Oshiwambo

31 Mar

LEFA Shuttle gets 250k boost from NBL

ObserverUncategorisedLEFA Melkisadek Shivute Ausiku, Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL), Oshiwambo, Self-Regulating Industry Forum (SAIF)

Martin Endjala The popular local cab transportation better known as LEFA received a sponsorship boost worth N$ 250 000 from the Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) as a reaffirmation of its long-standing relationship with LEFA. The shuttle’s name is adopted from the Oshiwambo vernacular ‘OLEFA’, which is translates to English as transport. The sponsorship is part of NBL’s commitment to advocacy on promoting support on a healthy an sustainable drinking culture in Namibia. LEFA’s ride sharing platform has grown exceptionally in its last four years since its formation in 2018 with the help of a NBL investment, where it saw its…

Case opened against IPC member after ‘Geingob hate speech’

ObserverObserver MoneyIndependent Patriots for Change (IPC), Oshiwambo, president Hage Geingob

Eba Kandovazu THE state has laid criminal charges against a member of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) at the Walvis Bay police station, after he allegedly made hateful remarks towards President Hage Geingob on a WhatsApp group last weekend. Jonas Immanuel, 42, one of the former employees of saga seafood who was retrenched alongside 169 others, now faces charges pertaining to the contravention of Section 17 of the Riotous Assemblies Act, according to Erongo Crime Investigations Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu. Iikuyu says Immanuel is charged with incitement of public violence, defamation of character, assault by threat and crime…