Duminga Ndala

SIM card registration process must be intensified – Ndala

SIM card registration process must be intensified – Ndala

Martin Endjala Following the extension of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration deadline from 1 January 2024 to 31 March 2024, by Information Communication and Technology Minister Peya Mushelenga, Duminga Ndala of the Landless People’s Movement stressed the need to intensify the registration process. Ndala stated that it is now the responsibility of all stakeholders to ensure that, by the set deadline, all subscribers have completed their registration. “Three months is a sufficient timeframe, but what needs to be done is to launch campaigns emphasizing the importance of registering our SIM cards, considering the lengthy period provided over the…
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MPs expected to address health issues and other challenges as Parliament resumes today

MPs expected to address health issues and other challenges as Parliament resumes today

Martin Endjala National Assembly will be under immense pressure as Namibians anticipate numerous issues to be on the agenda when Parliament resumes today following a break where several oversight visits across the country by various Parliamentary Standing Committees and the race to pass all bills to avoid financial greylisting. During the oversight visits, issues ranging from the state of health facilities, education, poverty, road infrastructures, Gender-Based Violence, and various water and electricity crises are among many issues anticipated to take centre stage in the August house. Political Analyst Ndumba Kamwanyah, yesterday said Members of Parliament have set for themselves high…
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Windhoek milking residents with tariff hikes: Ndala

Windhoek milking residents with tariff hikes: Ndala

Martin Endjala LANDLESS People’s Movement National (LPM) Youth Element Leader, Duminga Ndala has accused City of Windhoek (CoW) of emptying residents’ pockets, by milking them with its ever increasing tariffs without considering their economic status. Ndala made these remarks this week while reacting to the 8.6 tariffs increase which the City announced recently. A statement issued by City authorities this past Tuesday highlighted that tariffs hikes which came into effect from 01 August, are necessary to foster social and economic development through affordable electricity tariffs, and are cognisant of the fact that electricity is an essential commodity. “The City of…
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LPM youth leader calls for 80 percent youth employment in the mining sector

LPM youth leader calls for 80 percent youth employment in the mining sector

Martin Endjala The Landless People’s Movement Youth Leader Duminga Ndala is calling for 80 percent employment in the mining sector to be filled up by young people, saying this will result in direct inclusivity for young people residing within the areas where minerals are being mined. Ndala says this translates to social responsibility by mining companies while ensuring that youth unemployment is tackled especially in regions where mining activities are being conducted. The LPM youth Leader said this at a media briefing yesterday in Windhoek, where she explained that the mining sector is one of the sectors which exploits young…
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LPM says youth is closed off from opportunities

LPM says youth is closed off from opportunities

Martin Endjala Opportunities in the country are by-passing the youth of Namibia as tenders being awarded, are often won by those who are already well off or beyond the youth age. This is according to the Landless People’s Movement youth command element leader Duminga Ndala, who said this last week Friday at a press briefing. She dismayed that despite calls by the SADC Youth Protocol to empower the youth, the Namibian government continues to claim that they involve participation of young people in business Ndala questioned this arguing that which young people are they talking about if the SADC Youth…
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LPM youth league to protest against GBV at Rehoboth

LPM youth league to protest against GBV at Rehoboth

Martin Endjala The Landless People’s Movement Youth League will be staging a demonstration to call out the Police in their ability to reduce Gender-Based Violence in the country. The demonstration is calling for the arrest of the culprits involved in the gruesome murder of 28-year-old Charmaine Saron who was killed Thursday night. Speaking to Windhoek Observer today, LPM Youth League leader Duminga Ndala, expressed her sorrow saying to date the country still continues recording the horrible and inhuman cases of GBV. The suspects in the gruesome murder of Saron are not yet known and that it has become a norm…
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LPM wants corporates to develop communities

LPM wants corporates to develop communities

Martin Endjala The Landless People’s Movement is questioning the level of commitment of corporates to develop local communities where they operate. LPM says businesses, particularly mining companies are not ploughing back into the communities where they do business, resulting in the mushrooming of informal settlements across the Country. The party wants these companies to be held accountable. These sentiments were expressed by LPM Deputy Leader Henny Seibeb and the Youth Student Command Element leader Duminga Ndala. During today’s press conference held at the LPM headquarter in Windhoek under the theme mining and local development they particularly singled out Usakos, Omaruru…
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Age limitation in education against human rights

Age limitation in education against human rights

Martin Endjala The Landless People’s Movement Member of Parliament, Utaara Mootu has condemned the announcement by the Ministry of Education that learners older than 21 years and who have completed their Namibia Senior Secondary Advance Certificate and the Senior Secondary Ordinary Certificate through Namcol cannot return to full time schooling. However, all learners younger than 21 years will be granted a second opportunity to return to class and take on their AS level. Mootu said this is the promotion of inequality in the education system and goes against freedom of education regardless of age. She said this today via a…
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