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Martin Endjala Following a recent visit by Erastus Uutoni, the Minister of Urban and Rural Development to the Karasburg Town Council, residents were quick to expose the local authority’s purported dirty laundry. One of the issues brought to light is the dormant build-together programme that was implemented by the ministry but has for a decade failed to construct new houses. Angry residents claimed that the Council has been mismanaging the funds allocated to it, with some also revealing that some residents, who are on the list for houses to be built are those who have not been paying anything, whilst…

Stefanus Nashama The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement has submitted its application to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to register the movement as a political party to contest in the 2024 presidential and national assembly elections, an insider revealed. According to the source, who opted to remain anonymous, the application was submitted last week and was received by the ECN. He however did not specify what the party structure will be when the AR is registered as a political party, or whether the movement’s Leader Job Amupanda will run for president on the movement’s ticket or as an independent candidate…

Stefanus Nashama The Deputy Leader of the Landless People’s Movement, Henny Seibeb says he will face the Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Iipumbu Shiimi on Thursday with ‘serious’ questions concerning the subject of economic diversification in Namibia. The Parliamentarian explained that economic diversification entails the expansion of the range of products offered by a country adding that it can be assessed by examining the variety of goods and services encompassed within the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or the range of export commodities. “On December 7, 2022, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV…

Martin Endja Namib Mills and the Namibia Revolutionary Transport Union (NARETU) finally agreed to negotiate employee wages following a lengthy meeting between the two parties. The company faced a gloomy blue Monday after operations were halted when employees downed tools countrywide. The employees accused Namib Mills of refusing on numerous occasions to entertain their proposal to negotiate for an increase in their salaries. As a result, Namib Mills operations stood still, with the depots in Walvis Bay, Ondangwa, Windhoek, Otjiwarongo and Otavi being negatively impacted. Corridor and cross-border truck drivers also refused to drive and parked their trucks while stating…