Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila

04 Mar

Prime Minister hails importance of vocational education

ObserverUncategorisedPrime Minister hails importance of vocational education, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila, TVET

Tujoromajo Kasuto AT a consultative workshop this week, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila called for a shift in the public perception of vocational training as inferior to the academic stream and therefore less prestigious. Vocational training, she said, plays a dynamic role in addressing many current problems such as underemployment and unemployment and poverty alleviation particularly among young people. Kuugongelwa-Amadhila emphasised that technical and vocational skills are vital to make in poverty reduction, economic recovery and sustainable development. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) can also play a role in ensuring the transferring local knowledge and skills between generations, thus…

10 Jul

Covid ‘fire-fighting’ meeting

ObserverObserver MoneyCovid-19, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila, World Health Organization (WHO)

Staff Writer Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila hosted a virtual emergency Covid-19 meeting on Friday morning, akin to “fire-fighting” as the pandemic appears to be getting out of control. Those attending included most Cabinet members and a number of executive directors from key ministries, offices and agencies. Kuugongelwa-Amadhila announced that 165 600 vaccines from Johnson & Johnson had been donated by the United States government, which makes it the biggest government-to-government vaccine donation that Namibia has received so far. This consignment of vaccines is expected to arrive in the country before the end of August, the Prime Minister informs, giving hope…

18 Feb

NUNW guns for Jooste

ObserverObserver MoneyLeon Jooste, National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila, Public Enterprises minister

Maria Hamutenya and Kandjemuni Kamuiiri The National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) is demanding the immediate dismissal of Public Enterprises Minister, Leon Jooste. According to a petition handed over to Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, and SWAPO Secretary-General, Sophia Shaningwa, yesterday, on Wednesday, NUNW Secretary-General Job Muniaro, among others, is accusing the minister of violating his oath of office. In the petition, Muniaro alleged that Jooste had carried himself “in a dishonest manner, by under representing and deliberately misdirecting the Cabinet to take a decision that is tantamount to violation of Article 95 of the Namibian Constitution on state policy. Maintaining…

14 Oct

Government promises rafts of GBV reforms

ObserverObserver MoneyMinister of Justice, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila, Yvonne Dausab

Helena Johannes The government has been forced to implement a raft of new measures to fight Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the country as a response to a petition that was handed by protestors to Minister of Justice, Yvonne Dausab last week. Some of the new measures will include the establishment of a Sexual and GBV Offences Court, reviewing of sentencing laws for sex offenders, expedition of current murder and sexual offence trials, reviewing current prisoners in the correctional services system in order to separate known repeat offenders, capacitate forensic investigators and experts and the provision of remote and mobile…