By:Megameno Shinana In the event that Namibia finds in newly elected Swapo vice-president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the country’s first-ever female president come 2024, chances are that this may not translate into the introduction of feminist-friendly policies at the executive level. This is the take of prominent political analyst and writer, Henning Melber at the back of […]
By:Megameno Shinana, Annakleta Haikera and Uakutura KambaekuaProfessor Joseph Diescho has expressed that the two Kavango regions have been used as voting cows in the Swapo congress election to impress certain candidates at the expense of their own interests. The political critic said these words in the wee hours of the Swapo delegates casting their votes, […]
By:Megameno Shinana The Bank of Namibia (BoN) is expected to increase its repo rate come 30 November, to play catch up with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) which has hiked the rate by 7%, making borrowings more expensive. The repo rate increase of 75 basis points in South Africa will come into effect today. […]
By:Megameno Shinana Incoming chief executive officer (CEO) Conrad Lutombi’s rise to the helm of the City of Windhoek (CoW) has not been short of drama. New files from inside the ministry of urban and rural development and the municipality itself have painted a picture of how various forces tussled to make or break the city’s […]
By:Megameno Shinana A parliamentary standing committee on economics meeting with the mines minister Tom Alweendo and his team ended on a heated note yesterday afternoon. The discussions focused on the management of Namibia’s mineral resources while huge Lithium exports to China also took centre stage. The issue of XinFeng Investments’ exportation of 55% Lithium ore […]
By:Megameno Shinana With a supreme court judgement having ruled two years ago that scab labourers acted independently when performing the work of striking workers, a prominent lawyer Nixon Markus has bashed the court for effectively rendering strikes meaningless. Labour experts are now taking the war onto the doorstep of the law itself. The supreme court […]
… fumes against allegations of seeking to ruin Trustco Megameno Shinana The Namibia Revenue Agency (NAmRA), has fumed at a report in which it has been accused of seeking to bring down Quinton van Rooyen’s Trustco, but rather held back on responding to the report fully saying the matter is before court. The tax collector […]