Windhoek Observer

Martin Endjala The Electricity Control Board has reiterated that it will not support any debt collection plan that compromises lifesaving services and people’s livelihoods going forward. “In the future, any debt recovery plan by any licensee which compromises the lifesaving services and interruption to customers in good standings will not be supported by the ECB,” said the ECB Chief Executive Officer, Robert Kahimise in a statement. Kahimise’s position follows NamPower’s announcement last month, about its debt collection plan to disconnect defaulting customers’ electricity as a measure to collect debt owed to it which stands at N$1.5 million, if defaulters do…

Martin Endjala The new implementation of diplomatic passports for Police Generals and Correctional Services Commissioners including all security clusters and Standing Committee Chairpersons as well as their spouses does not sit well with Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarian Elma Dienda, who says it is unacceptable as it leaves out crucial members of Parliament such as the Deputy Speaker. The implementation was I nitiated by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration Safety and Security and furthermore accords diplomatic passports to the President and the First Lady, Vice-President, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and spouses. Dienda said National Assembly and National Council officials…

Hertta-Maria Amutenja Parts of a human skeleton along with some clothing items were found at Oukuvas Village in Okakarara constituency on Friday morning. According to the Namibian Police Spokesperson, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, the unidentified human remains consist of a skull with teeth, a jaw bone, ribs, a spine, arm and finger bones. She said people also found a brown jersey and a grey balaclava at the scene. On the same day at Ohadiwa Village, Endola the lifeless body of a female Angolan national, Judith Paula Ngongololo, was discovered in her bedroom. She was allegedly employed as a domestic worker…