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16 Dec

FNB House Price Index shows green shoots in house prices

ObserverUncategorisedFNB, FNB House Price Index

Staff Writer The FNB House Price Index recorded a 12-month average growth of 0.7 percent year-on-year as at September 2020. This is the first time in nearly three years that the index marks a growth territory. “The rebound in house prices further affirms our earlier view, as highlighted in the prior quarterly publication, that house price deceleration has seemingly reached a pinnacle. This brings the national weighted average house price to N$1 233 106 as at September 2020” said Frans Uusiku, FNB Market Researcher. “The increase in house prices has been partly fuelled by the completion of new developments in…

16 Dec

Walvis Bay CEO and three others suspended

ObserverObserver MoneyAgosthino Victor, Jack Manale, Muronga Haigura, Walvis Bay

Andrew Kathindi The Walvis Bay municipal council through its management Committee has resolved to suspend its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Muronga Haigura along with three others over the alleged misappropriation of millions. The missing funds, estimated at N$24 million, were part of the massive urban land servicing initiative, but however never reached the municipality account and remain unaccounted for. “As a result of the investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) with regards to the alleged misappropriation of funds, CEO Muronga Haigura, General Manager of Community and Economic Development Agosthino Victor, Manager of Housing and Properties Jack Manale, and Properties Clerk…

16 Dec

Kanime hunts for Fishrot accused officer . . . as no action has been taken to extradite Meren de Klerk

ObserverObserver MoneyCity police boss Abraham Kanime, Phillipus Mwapopi

Andrew Kathindi City police boss Abraham Kanime has told Windhoek Observer that his office will investigate Officer Phillipus Mwapopi, who has been implicated in the Fishrot scandal, but he first needs to find him. This comes as Prosecutor General (PG), Martha Imalwa has decided to charge in the High Court the Fishrot accused, which includes former Fisheries Minister Bernard Esau, former Justice Minister, Sacky Shangala and Fishcor board chairperson James Haitukulipi, along with three new names including Shangala’s lawyer Meren de Klerk, officer Mwapopi and northern businessman, Otneel Shuudifonya, along with eight close corporations and trusts connected to the Fishrot…

15 Dec

Is justice delayed, justice denied?

ObserverNational Newsfishrot, Is justice delayed, justice denied?

At what point do those behind bars without being convicted of a crime become victims of the system? The Fishrot accused sit in prison accused of crimes for over a year for some of them. The concerning issue is not the guilt or innocence of those standing trial. The serious concern is about why it takes over a year to collect evidence and present a strong case for the court to decide? It cannot be that people are arrested in Namibia when there is insufficient probable cause. Where is the evidence strongly pointing to the guilt of the accused that…

15 Dec

Tribute to late Comrade Mandela Kapere

ObserverUncategorisedMandela Kapere, SWAPO Party Youth League, TIPEEG

Dr Elijah Ngurare I was stormed by shock when I learned that Mandela Kapere had died. I could not believe it. It sounded very unreal as Henny Seibeb was telling me about it. It was a shocking news and still is. I have seen Mandela Kapere growing up in the streets of Arandis. His father was then a Commissioner for the Western Region what is now Erongo Region. The late Mandela Kapere was amongst the cream of young people who have grown in the minefield of Africa’s youth politics in order to become leaders of the continent at various levels.…

15 Dec

Winds of Change in //Kharas and Hardap

ObserverUncategorised//Kharas, Hardap, Landless People’s Movement, Namibia

Fritz H. Dausab The Landless People’s Movement, the second newest political party in Namibia, less then two years old currently has done what many older parties have never achieved. The achievement of winning 12 Regional Councilors and 39 Local Authority Councilors is a loud voice from disenfranchised voiceless in Namibia. The two regions of //Kharas and Hardap are coming of age after 30 years of oppression. As these winds of change has brought political change in these two regions, in terms of social and economic changes, the Landless People’s Movement have been in tune with its Regional and Local Authority…

15 Dec

When farming becomes a livelihood

ObserverUncategorisedAgribank, Emerging Farmers Retail Financing Product (ERFP)

Staff Writer Elia Kamati, a loan beneficiary of Agribank’s Emerging Farmers Retail Financing Product (ERFP), left his formal employment to live his passion, which is farming. He is currently a full-time farmer in the Mpungu district of the Kavango-West region, where he farms with livestock, cattle and goats. “I was a permanent employee for one of the insurance companies for 15 years and in 2007, I resigned from my full-time job to concentrate on my dream and passion which is farming and now am a full-time farmer,” Kamati narrated. Through the ERFP loan from Agribank, Kamati bought 38 heifers and two…

15 Dec

Repatriation of Addis murdered children begins

ObserverObserver MoneyAmbassador of the Republic of Namibia to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, Emilia Mkusa, Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation

Staff Writer The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation has announced that it has begun the process of repatriating the bodies of two children allegedly murdered by their mother, who is the wife of a Namibian diplomat attached at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The latest is that the young children have been declared dead and the Mission has embarked on a process to facilitate the repatriation of the remains to Namibia and will advise accordingly, as soon as the process has been finalized,” Emilia Mkusa, Ambassador of the Republic of Namibia to…

15 Dec

Kawana hits back

ObserverObserver Moneyfisheries minister Albert Kawana

Staff Writer Fisheries minister Albert Kawana has hit back at allegations that he awarded fishing rights to his son under the on-going government fishing rights allocation to new applicants. According to social media allegations, the minister awarded his unnamed son, five of the best species as fishing rights, three Hake rights and two Monk rights. A furious Kawana said the allegations which have been circulating on social media were politically motivated. “That information you are asking about just came to my attention as I have been out of Khomas. I can tell you it’s coming from people with a political…

15 Dec

Three more face Fishrot prosecution

ObserverObserver Moneyfishrot, Martha Imalwa, Prosecutor General

Andrew Kathindi Three new names have been added to the “Fishrot” list after the office of the Prosecutor General (PG) said it will charge former Justice Minister, Sacky Shangala’s lawyer Meren De Klerk, along with Phillipus Mwapopi (Accused 8) and Otneel Shuudifonya (Accused 7) for their involvement in the scandal. De Klerk has been living in South Africa since earlier this year and is believed to have fled justice. This comes as the Prosecutor General, Martha Imalwa, has decided to arraign the Fishrot accused before the High Court, which is scheduled for pre-trial on 22 April 2021. This date is…