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Justicia Shipena The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) today begins supplementary voter registration ahead of the regional council and local authority elections set for 26 November. The registration period will run from 4 to 19 August in all regions.  Over the weekend, the ECN announced it had deployed voter registration teams across the country in preparation for the 2025 elections.  According to a media release issued on Saturday, registration will take place from Monday to Saturday, between 08h00 and 19h00. The ECN has established 4 233 registration points across all constituencies and local authorities.  These include schools, community centres, and…

Justicia Shipena  The Etunda Feedlot, set for completion by September 2026, will have the capacity to hold up to 1,000 cattle and aims to strengthen the communal livestock sector in the Northern Communal Areas (NCAs).  The N$78.9 million facility is being built within the Etunda Irrigation Scheme near Ruacana and forms part of the broader N$400 million Livestock Support Programme jointly funded by the Namibian government and the European Union. The project was launched on Thursday during a groundbreaking ceremony attended by government officials, EU representatives, regional governors, traditional leaders, and farmers from across the Omusati region. Agriculture minister Inge…

Hertta-Maria Amutenja  The speaker of the National Assembly, Sara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, has warned that international donors who opt to work exclusively with civil society organisations rather than elected governments risk undermining state-led development.  She said this approach could also weaken democratic accountability. She made the remarks during an interactive debate at the United Nations in Geneva under the theme “Networked Global Governance for More Effective Multilateralism: Does it Work?” Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said civil society organisations and other non-state actors contribute to national development, but they do not carry the same democratic mandates as elected governments. “We note that there are some limitations.…

Justicia Shipena The seventeenth accused in the Namcor fuel corruption case, Austin Elindi is alleged to have paid over N$2.36 million in bribes to former Namcor employees in five months.  The bribes were paid between July and December 2022. Court documents show the payments were channelled through Namcor Petroleum Trading and Distribution (Pty) Ltd, the state-owned company responsible for fuel trading and distribution.  The company also operates the National Oil Storage Facility in Walvis Bay and supplies fuel to sectors such as mining, construction, and public enterprises. The state alleges the payments  included N$500,000 to Jennifer Hamukwaya, N$350,000 to Cornelius…

Hertta-Maria Amutenja  Six Namibian nationals were repatriated from Southeast Asia after being trafficked between June 2024 and June 2025. The victims, five from Myanmar and one from Laos, were returned to Namibia through coordination between Namibian authorities and international partners. The minister of international relations and trade Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, shared this on Wednesday during the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons commemoration held in Rundu, Kavango East region. “These are not just statistics. Each represents a case in which a person’s rights and dignity were violated. Our collective response must be rooted in justice,” she said. Ashipala-Musavyi also confirmed that…

Justicia Shipena Eco Fuel Investment CC has asked the High Court to set aside a N$5.46 million default judgment granted in favour of Engen Namibia (Pty) Ltd, arguing that the summons was not properly served. The company, co-owned by Namcor corruption accused Austin Elindi and fugitive Victor Malima, filed an urgent rescission application on Wednesday. Eco Fuel claims that Engen delivered the combined summons to an outdated address, Buffalo Signs on Werner List Street, despite having been notified on 16 April 2024 that the company’s new address was on Julius Nyerere Street in Windhoek. In court  documents seen by the…