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17 Mar

Lack of enforcement fails graft fight

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedGeneral Paulus Noah, Lack of enforcement fails graft fight, The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Executive Director Graham Hopwood

Martin Endjala The Anti-corruption Commission Director General Paulus Noah has admitted that the fight against corruption is failed by government office bearers not implementing the systems in place to the letter. Among the objectives of the strategy to contain corruption is to capacitate officials to deal head-on with the vice through a holistic approach, Noah said at the launch of the second National Anti-corruption Strategy for 2021-2025 at the Safari Hotel yesterday. The ACC conducted induction training during the launch to engage in dialogue with different stakeholders and to give clarification on some of its strategic action plans. Noah said…

17 Mar

Geingob lays Rupiah Banda to rest … as he remembers him as a lovable and dependable friend to Namibia

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedGeingob lays Rupiah Banda to rest, Rupiah Banda, Rupiah Bwezani Banda

Tujoromajo Kasuto President Hage Geingob today joined other Heads of State to attend the State Funeral of the late Rupiah Bwezani Banda, the 4th President of the Republic of Zambia. The President returned this afternoon. The Government and the people of the Republic of Namibia received with a sense of great sorrow, the sad news of the death of Rupiah Banda on the 11th of March, which Geingob described as a dependable friend of Namibia. During this moment of grief, Geingob in a statement said that ''we have come to join the fraternal people of Zambia not only to mourn…

17 Mar

Education decentralises some functions to regional councils

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedAnna Nghipondoka, Education decentralises some functions to regional councils

Eba Kandovazu THE Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, Anna Nghipondoka today decentralised the functions of primary and secondary schools, community libraries, adult education, arts and culture programmes and school hostels to regional councils across the country. Nghipondoka says the ministry staff members and trade unions have been consulted before signing the secondment letters of affected personnel. This means, 39 025 staff members, teaching and non-teaching, will no resort under regional councils, including buildings of 1947 schools, 237 hostels, 17 special libraries, 66 public libraries, 503 functional school libraries, 75 circuit offices, regional offices and Teachers’ Resources Centres. Extensive consultations…

17 Mar

‘Breakaway’ NCCI groups get Geingob’s ear

info_e12wt4csUncategorised'Breakaway' NCCI groups get Geingob's ear, Naloba

Martin Endjala President Hage Geingob told a new business grouping of black entrepreneurs who visited him at the State House yesterday that unity is important among the business fraterning to build a prosperous nation. The Namibia Local Business Association, Naloba is a breakaway group from the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who claim that NCCI does not fight for their interest. However, the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry denied that the new association is a breakaway group, saying the NCCI has not experienced any loss in membership and therefore it is unclear where the black businesses are departing…

16 Mar

Parliament attends to Bwabwata dispute

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedHambukushu, Kyaramacan Association, Parliament attends to Bwabwata disput

Martin Endjala The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs commenced on Tuesday 15th March with its fact finding mission regarding complaints from the Hambukushu Traditional Authority about benefits for its people from the Bwabwata National Park. The mission follows a petition handed to the National Assembly on the 19th of November 2021 by the Hambukushu Traditional Authority. The document titled “Petition on the Management of the Bwabwata Communal Land by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism'' calls on the Parliament to revisit the Cabinet decision of 1999 that prohibits the rearing of domestic animals in the Bwabwata…

16 Mar

Govt looking at sustainable tourism in response to Covid-19 disruptions

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedGIZ, Govt looking at sustainable tourism in response to Covid-19 disruptions, Sebulon Chicalu

Eba Kandovazu THE Namibian Government will launch a project aimed at inclusive community development as a response to the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The main outcome of the project is to address some of the immediate socio-economic impacts of Covid-19 on tourism and heritage, accelerating the recovery to protect livelihoods and transform the sectors to become more inclusive and sustainable. The project, whose details will be announced tomorrow, will be funded by GIZ and will be known as ''Promoting Sustainable Tourism and Private Sector Engagement for Inclusive Community Development''. The funding will be done through the Ministry of…

16 Mar

Strong regulatory framework required for positive impact from oil revenues

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedAlweendo, Strong regulatory framework required for positive impact from oil revenues

Staff Writer The Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo said the discovery of oil in Namibia will not necessarily make petrol pump prices cheaper. Alweendo said this in a ministerial statement in the National Assembly yesterday to answer to frequently asked questions coming with an oil discovery in a country. The minister said another obvious question that follows this is, would it be cheaper if we were to invest in a refinery to process the crude locally. With the skyrocketing prices currently experienced, Namibians are looking for cheaper alternatives suggesting that the country imports from Angola, where refined fuel…

15 Mar

Commonwealth should engender shared prosperity

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedCommonwealth should engender shared prosperity, Hishamundi Ibrahim, Nomsa Uushona, Professor Peter Katjivi

Martin Endjala Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjivi emphasized the importance of the Commonwealth Charter, which fosters cooperation for the good of the Commonwealth family, as he addressed Commonwealth and other ambassadors and international representatives in the country on Commonwealth Day yesterday. The Commonwealth is historically connected to the British Empire and the countries that resorted under the British during the colonial period, but any independent nation can apply to become a member. Namibia is a member of the Commonwealth countries. Commonwealth Day was celebrated in Parliament Gardens on Monday in Windhoek. “We wholeheartedly welcome and echo the…

15 Mar

Masks no longer mandatory

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedMasks no longer mandatory, president Hage Geingob

Eba Kandovazu AS of midnight, the wearing of masks in public will no longer be compulsory and the gathering of people has been increased from 500 to 1000, while fully vaccinated travellers will not be required to provide negative PCR results upon entering the country. These were the Covid-19 relaxed health measures announced today by President Hage Geingob, who also said that recently the World Health Organisation adjusted the Covid 19 outbreak from a pandemic to an endemic disease. “A reprieve does not mean the end of the pandemic. We must continue to care for ourselves and the vulnerable members…

15 Mar

AR bill against sole foreign land ownership

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedAgnes Kafula, AR bill against sole foreign land ownership, Job Amupanda, Maitjituavi Kavetu

Martin Endjala The Affirmative Reposition (AR) representatives had a field day with the National Assembly Standing Committee on Natural Resources today as they presented a proposed amendment bill on foreign ownership of land in Namibia. It is the first time a political party or a civil society organization succeeds to inititate a full proposed law to the legislature. The presentation today follows the recent delivery of a petition by AR to the Office of the Speaker of the National Assembly in which they demanded for the introduction of a law to control of foreign ownership of land in Namibia. After…