By: Gabriel Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka The last year’s flooding of Wernihil Shopping Mall in the capital city got people questioning Engineers and the mighty city planning, furthermore the yearly flooding of the northern and eastern regions. Someone posted that “engineers should further their studies”. My question is what is the buzz, guys? Zambezi, Kavango, and central […]
By: Megameno Shinana There is a fight at the Walvis Bay municipality over who should preside over the disciplinary hearing of two managers who are still being investigated for possible misconduct in light of the mass land servicing project in which N$24 million was initially said to have disappeared into thin air. Walvis Bay general […]
By:Megameno Shinana The City of Windhoek (CoW) councilors have managed to catapult NUDO’ Joseph Uapingene to the position of mayor deputised by Swapo’s Magdalena Lombardt. This was, however, after a dramatic pulling out of the nominations list by several other candidates. The presiding officer was at a loss after councilors Ilse Keister, Clemencia Hanases, Sade […]
By:Megameno Shinana The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has lashed out at the now defunct Air Namibia’s liquidators for selling off some aircrafts to WestAir while ex-workers of the national airline have bemoaned being kept in the dark about the purchase. SPYL’s Ephraim Nekongo said that the transaction reinforces the suspicion that Air Namibia was […]
By: Megameno Shinana Christmas is around the corner and just hours away we will embrace 2023 but holly-molly, what a hectic year it has been. Granted, 2022 has not been a pretty year for most of us and the economy seemed to have been in some kind of a tail-spin with intermittent increases in fuel […]
By: Megameno Shinana Former fisheries and marine resources minister and Fishrot corruption accused, Bernard Esau vehemently denied in court that he was a lone wolf who operated with a syndicate to benefit from Namibia’s fisheries sector. Esau on Tuesday continued to provide his evidence in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court before acting judge David Munsu. He […]
By: Megameno Shinana President Hage Geingob has drawn strong criticism from several quarters for hastily jetting to Qatar to watch the final FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and France soon after he arrived from a U.S-Africa Leaders’ Summit on Digital Connectivity. Geingob’s trip was announced by the Presidency over the weekend just about the […]
By:Megameno Shinana Tobie Aupindi and Katrina Hanse-Himarwa’s failure to make it into the Swapo party politburo could be a cleansing exercise by delegates to rid the party’s structure of elements whose integrity has been put into question, analysts have reasoned. Himarwa is a convict who was found guilty of corruption leading to her losing her […]
By:Megameno Shinana The Namibia Breweries Limited’s (NBL) – a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group – net revenue increased by 14.1% to N$ 3.021 billionfor the financial year ended 30 June 2022. This growth was predominately a result of the growth in volumes to South Africa, a 35% increase in royalty income from […]
By:Megameno Shinana The dramatic comeback of prime minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Khomas regional governor, Laura Veendapi McLeod-Katjiruaand others in the second round of vote verification and certification after allegations of ballot tampering has seriously cast doubt on the party’s inside processes, especially on vote counting. The fact that it has taken longer than the scheduled period […]