Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs

31 May

Parliamentary committee finds decrepit police stations

ObserverNational NewsParliamentary committee finds decrepit police stations, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs

Niël Terblanché The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Security on a visit to police stations in Swakopmund found that prisoners and police officers have to live in terrible conditions. Members of the committee visited the coastal town’s main police station as well as facilities in the Mondesa neighbourhood of Swakopmund. The inspection started at the Mondesa police barracks where there are 21 single rooms for male and female officers as well as five family units. The committee found that the facilities are in dire need of renovation. Taps, showers, and toilets are out of washing basins, are…

01 Jul

Plight of 1976 Angolan immigrants remains unresolved

ObserverNational NewsDefence and Security, Ovaherero, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Plight of 1976 Angolan immigrants remains unresolved

Tujoromajo Kasuto The civil registration of immigrants who came to Namibia in 1976 shortly after Angola attained its independence remains unresolved after the it has been with the Cabinet for the past seven years. This was revealed in a report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security. The report states that "these people have families and relatives on both sides of the two countries but still don't have national documents as they do not meet the requirements." According to the committee the region requested that the government or Ministry concerned deal with matter in the same…