Esther Nakale

SoEs ministry refuses to take accountability for five companies without CEO

SoEs ministry refuses to take accountability for five companies without CEO

Martin Endjala The Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprise has strongly rejected that it is to blame for the current five Public Enterprises that have been without Chief Executive Officers and Managing Directors for a lengthy period. The Ministry Spokesperson Wilson Shikoto said that out of 81 Public Enterprises in the country, five are without CEOs, namely the Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency (AMTA), Roads Contractor Company (RCC), Namibian Standards Institution (NSI),AGRIBUSDEV and the Namibia Student Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF). Shikoto told the Windhoek Observer that the Board of Directors of the companies are responsible for the appointments of Chief Executive…
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School pleads for assistance to ‘stateless’ destitute children

School pleads for assistance to ‘stateless’ destitute children

Obrein Simasiku Ondiamande Combined School, at Eheke in the Oshana Region, is pleading with government, including good Samaritans to come to the aid of 14 destitute children of whom five are school-going and who find themselves in abject poverty. The children are under the care of their elderly grandmother, who is also looking after her own two mentally ill elder children. This was brought to Observer's attention by Esther Nakale, a Life Skills teacher at Ondiamande, who said the livelihood of the family is painful, as she pleaded with to the government to at least take charge of the five…
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