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Walvis residents told not to panic over housing list
05 Jul

Walvis residents told not to panic over housing list

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Martin Endjala Residents living in the Walvis Bay’s two suburbs Naraville and Kuisebmond have been advised not panic over the list of names who are selected to be allocated houses in the two suburbs, saying that the municipal administrators are working within the regulatory frameworks and will ensure that every resident is treated fairly in the compilation of the list. “If you are not on the list do not be alarmed, the administrators are working on it,” councilor Ryan Gordon of the Landless People’s Movement said recently during his local authority update briefing in Walvis Bay on housing and social…
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SADC candidate triumphs at PAP
05 Jul

SADC candidate triumphs at PAP

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Martin Endjala The Pan African Parliament presidency election that was delayed last year because of uncompromising stand-off and embarrassing pandemonium between delegates, took a much reconciliatory tone this time around and the election finally took place with the Southern Caucus candidate winning. Zimbabwe’s Chief Fortune Charumbira was elected as the new President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) on Wednesday evening, 29 June 2022. The breakthrough of Charumbira’s election was widely celebrated in Southern Africa as he becomes the very first person from the sub-region to lead PAP. Although he was the sole presidential candidate, running for PAP presidency, he needed…
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05 Jul

Woman dies after being run over by two seperate drunk drivers

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Tujoromajo Kasuto 40-year-old Kalista Gabriel died Friday evening at Okakoko village in the Omuthiya area after she was bump by a bakkie and run over by a SUV on a gravel road. According to the Namibian Police weekend crime report both drivers were under the influence of alcohol. ‘’It is alleged that the driver of a Toyota pick-up bumped Kalista Gabriel, aged 40, Namibian female pedestrian who was walking on the gravel road. The deceased was again run over after she fell by Toyota Fortuner vehicle which was travelling behind the Toyota pick-up. Both drivers are licensed,’’ states the report.…
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02 Jul

Namibia still “searching” for “correct” land reform trajectory 32 years after?

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Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro “This Eurocentric [capitalist] approach to land reform will never get us anywhere. It continues to protect the interests of foreigners. It continues to protect the background where we come from and enforce it. We are never moving towards reform and never moving towards ensuring that the livelihoods of our people are going to be transformed. Not now. Not under the current situation.” Sandie Tjaronda of the Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (AFLON). 28062022. “We run around here as politicians talking about industrial revolution. We believe in agrarian revolution. The first act of revolution must be agriculture based where…
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02 Jul

Swapo in search of high calibre youth leadership

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The Swapo Party 3rd Policy Conference that started in Windhoek this morning is tasked to direct the party and formulate policies for the future and is held under the appropriate theme of ‘’Strengthening the Swapo Party for a United Congress 2022’’ in preparation for the decisive meeting, particularly for the 2024 Presidential and National Elections. From President Hage Geingob opening remarks the gathering is important in the sense that it will deliberate on critical issues such as Youth Empowerment and Employment. The future belongs to the youth, the President declared saying that future cannot be achieved through rhetoric, but requires…
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02 Jul

Namibia’s Rating Downgrade: What does it mean for Namibia? – By Josef Kefas Sheehama

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Fitch Ratings (Fitch) downgraded Namibia’s long-term foreign currency credit rating to BB- and changed the outlook from negative to stable on Friday, June 24. This reflect high and rising government debt and exacerbated by the economic shock. A downgrade means that when Namibia needs to borrow more money, as it inevitably will, investors will demand a higher interest rate because of the lower creditworthiness of the country. This will translate into higher interest costs which leave less money to be spent on running and developing the country. Successful economic policy requires that priority be given to interventions which offer the…
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Swapo won’t betray liberation friends: Geingob
02 Jul

Swapo won’t betray liberation friends: Geingob

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Obrein Simasiku Swapo Party President Hage Geingob has come out strongly against those expecting Namibia to turn its back against Russia in its fight against Ukraine. ‘’Namibia will not betray its' liberation friends, because it values the help extended to it during the struggle to liberate the country from the apartheid regime,’’ Geingob stated emphatically. "Today we have our liberation friends here, represented by ambassadors from China, Cuba, Tanzania and Russia. This shows these are the people who were there for us and where it all started in the liberation fight, leading to how we won our independence. Although Zambia…
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NamRa tax fraud increases to N$36 million<br>…10 criminal cases registered
02 Jul

NamRa tax fraud increases to N$36 million
…10 criminal cases registered

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Obrein Simasiku About N$36 million has been discovered through a high level 90-day investigation to have been defrauded from the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) through provisional tax refunds, a double increase from the N$15 million announced earlier in March, before the agency moved to effect a moratorium on refunds in an effort to crack down on fraudsters. The moratorium has however been lifted as of today, according to NamRa's commissioner Sam Shivute, who said the agency is now working towards cracking down on those involved and recoup the misappropriated millions. The investigations began in March when it was discovered that…
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Health ministry makes double payments to suppliers
02 Jul

Health ministry makes double payments to suppliers

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Staff Writer Auditor general, Junias Kandjeke, found that the Ministry of Health and Social Services has made payments to suppliers amounting to N$155 533.28 during the 2020/21 financial year. According to a report compiled by the Office of the Auditor General on double payments made 24 duplicate payments to different suppliers during the year under review. “The Accounting Officer indicated that double payments were as a result of multiple supplier codes allocated to individual suppliers. Nevertheless, the Ministry has started to engage the Ministry of Finance to clean up the system on double supplier accounts on the data base,” read…
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NCA beef and meat products find market in Ghana
02 Jul

NCA beef and meat products find market in Ghana

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Staff Writer Meatco’s first consignment of the Namibian beef from the Northern Communal Areas (NCA) has arrived at Tema Port in Accra, Ghana. Executive Director of the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation Penda Naanda said the ministry continues to enhance its economic diplomacy and create market access for Namibian products. “In this context, the Ministry is pleased to announce that, Meatco’s first consignment of the Namibian beef from the Northern Communal Areas has arrived at Tema Port in Accra- Ghana. The meat is being imported by the Abanga Farms and Food Systems, a Ghanaian company that has signed a…
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