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02 Aug

No pay rise in sight for TransNamib

info_e12wt4csNational NewsCEO Johnny Smith, making losses of N$10 million monthly, No pay rise in sight for TransNamib

Obrein Simasiku TransNamib workers are expected to vote for a strike on 12 August, despite the parastatal in serious financial dire straits.CEO Johnny Smith, maintains that TransNamib is no financial position to give any salary increments. He pleaded with the union and workers to evaluate and understand the dire consequences the industrial action will have on a limping entity. “Throughout our negotiations we have been opening our books to show them where we stand. We implore our employees to remember that after much grappling we have secured the needed funding to improve our capacity in terms of rolling stock,” said…

02 Aug

Why am I the centre of attention: Hanse-Himarwa

info_e12wt4csNational NewsKatrina Hanse-Himarwa, Media Ombudsman, Why am I the centre of attention: Hanse-Himarwa

Obrein Simasiku Former Education Minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa has come out guns blazing against the media, asking why there is so much interest in her. “Why is it always Katrina, Katrina, Katrina? I want the media to tell me, why my persona is so important to them to such an extent that they’re fabricating things,” she asked rhetorically. She further accused media houses and journalists of conniving with individuals, with the aim of character assassination. Hanse-Himarwa’s remarks come after the a local newspaper carried a report that she said that opposition councillor will not succeed because Swapo is still in charge.…

02 Aug

Second desalination plant in offing

info_e12wt4csNational News) Veston Malango, Calle Schlettwein, Chamber of Mines of Namibia Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Veston Malango, Malango, Second desalination plant in offing

Tujoromajo Kasuto Government is currently engaged in negotiations with the private sector to set up a new desalination plant as a joint project by four uranium mines, Chamber of Mines of Namibia Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Veston Malango has revealed. ‘’The mines have joined forces together to make a proposal to the chamber of mines, expressing their desire to invest in such a desalination plant. We are not in the business of making and selling water because that is the prerogative of Namwater. If the private sector is allowed to build a desalination plant like the current one, we believe…

02 Aug

Retired general sues for ‘illegal detention’

info_e12wt4csNational NewsAlbert Kawana, N$100 000, N$150 000 for unlawful arrest, Retired general sues for ‘illegal detention’, Thomas Ngilifavali Hamunyela

Retired major general, Thomas Ngilifavali Hamunyela has instituted legal proceedings against the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security for an alleged unlawful arrest. Hamunyela is claiming N$150 000 for unlawful arrest, N$100 000 for further detention of three days in a holding cell in January last year in Rundu and an additional N$170 000 for both claims and legal costs. “The arrest and detention were not necessary and appropriate as the members of the police did not have any fear that the plaintiff (Hamunyela) if given summons would appear in court. There was no reasonable suspicion that the…

01 Aug

Unions, Govt to butt heads over strike rules….Geingob cancels overseas trips amid strike

info_e12wt4csNational Newse NANTU, Geingob cancels overseas trips amid strike, Govt to butt heads over strike rules....Geingob cancels overseas trips amid strike, Loide Shaanika., Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu), Unions

Obrein Simasiku Unions representing civil servants in the looming national strike will tomorrow butt heads with the government, as they sit to set rules to guide the picketing process, after the workers overwhelmingly voted in favour of an industrial action. About 96 percent voted in favour of the strike during the two-day voting period that ended on Friday. Meanwhile at an eleventh hour President Hage Geingob has decided to cancel his overseas State visits to Jamaica and Cuba, saying he will need to attend to the slated strike because its a pressing domestic matter. “We have a meeting with the…

01 Aug

Schlettwein rebukes Aminuis uranium mining

info_e12wt4csNational Newsand Land Reform, Carl Schlettwein, Minister of Agriculture, Schlettwein rebukes Aminuis uranium mining, Water

Tujoromajo Kasuto Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, has slammed the prospecting for uranium in Aminuis in the Omaheke Region, where people rely heavily on underground water for survival, claiming that mining in an aquifer is potentially harmful and that it would be irresponsible to allow such potential pollution and destruction of such a valuable water resource in an otherwise dry country. Carl Schlettwein made the statement in response to the drilling of boreholes in the area by Headspring Investments’ Project Wings, a subsidiary of Uranium One, which is part of Rosatom, a Russian state-owned uranium exploration, mining, and…

01 Aug

NWR exonerated in Hengari lawsuit

info_e12wt4csNational NewsMinister of Environment and Tourism, NWR and Sun Karros Lifestyle Safaris (Pty) Ltd., NWR exonerated in Hengari lawsuit, Pohamba Shifeta, Zelna Hengari

Staff Writer The absolution in the N$7.5 million defamation claim, filed by Zelna Hengari against her former employer, the Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) and the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta was rejected in the High Court of Namibia. Hengari filed a civil suit against her former employer, Shifeta, and former public enterprises minister Leon Jooste, claiming N$7.5 million for reputational damage related to a press statement issued by the board on 5 April 2018 and published in local newspapers. The press statement issued on the local newspaper relates to a 30-year joint partnership agreement between NWR and Sun…

01 Aug

Facial recognition for GIFP members

info_e12wt4csNational NewsBiometric System, Evans Maswahu, GIPF chairperson Benefits and Administration Committee, Government Pension Insitutions Fund (GIPF)

Obrein Simasiku The Government Pension Insitutions Fund (GIPF) has intensified security features, sealing loopholes of dubious payments to non-existent individuals by cheating the system, as it introduced a Biometric System which can capture both facial and fingerprints. Previously the fund heavily relied on fingerprint identification, while the new system has an added security feature of facial scanning which has a liveness detection. This is especially critical to members with disabilities in respect of their hands, or damage to fingers which may be difficult to scan, says Evans Maswahu, GIPF chairperson Benefits and Administration Committee. The new system has verification capabilities…

Mushelenga’s dedication<br>worth emulating- Geingob

01 Aug

Mushelenga’s dedication
worth emulating- Geingob

info_e12wt4csNational NewsMushelenga’s dedication worth emulating- Geingob, Nkrumah Mushelenga, president Hage Geingob, refugee commissioners

Martin Endjala President Hage Geingob has reiterated that the legacy of the former refugee commissioner and Swapo veteran fighter Nkrumah Mushelenga is worth emulating in building the country and making it a better place for all. Geingob said this in his condolences message on Sunday. “I have learned with sadness of the passing on of a freedom fighter and senior civil servant, comradeNkrumah Mushelenga. On behalf of the government and the Namibian people, I extend our sincereheartfelt condolences to the children and the entire bereaved Mushelenga family,’’ Geingob expressed. Mushelenga died on the 27th July 2022. Mushelenga leaves an illustrious…

30 Jul

Family of man killed by jumbo receive N$100 000

info_e12wt4csNational News57-year-old man, Family of man killed by jumbo receive N$100 000, N$10 000, N$100 000 for loss of life, National Policy on Human and Wildlife Conflict (HWC), Victor Mubiano

Obrein Simasiku The family of the 57-year-old man who was trampled to death by an elephant at Impalila island in the Zambezi region, will receive compensation of N$100 000 from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism through its National Policy on Human and Wildlife Conflict (HWC) management. The deceased identified as Victor Mubiano was attacked and killed by the elephant on Sunday evening, while a second victim Nkonga Simataa (24) who survived with severe injuries was also trampled in a separate incident the same day.HWC policy management makes provision of a N$100 000 for loss of life, N$10 000 for…