Niël Terblanché Namibians reliant on the internet voiced severe frustration as a significant internet service disruption has left numerous countries across West and Central Africa wrestling with connectivity issues, following failures in several subsea cables. The cause of the outage, which occurred on Thursday, remains undetermined, sparking widespread concern among the affected nations, including Namibia...
November 19, 2024
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Fishrot not to Blame for Unemployment – Klazen
Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Derek Klazen says the fishrot scandal did not cause the loss of jobs for over 1,000 fishermen, who were part of a strike in 2015. At his annual industry address at Walvis Bay, Klazen noted that there is a distinction between the Fishrot scandal and the job losses. The Fishrot...
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Gibeon residents blame poor leadership for intermittent water disruptions
Residents of Gibeon in the Hardap region are blaming poor leadership in the village council for intermittent water disruptions being faced by the community. Community activist Niklaas Dawson said the community has been without water since Tuesday, which is becoming a frequent occurrence at Gibeon, where water provision to households is disrupted for at least...
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Shiimi shifts blame from CPBN to Bipa in tender for five-year-old
The minister of finance and public enterprises, Ipumbu Shiimi, has told parliament that the question of whether minors should be allowed to be shareholders in companies is a matter to be addressed by the Business and Intellectual Property Authority (Bipa) and not the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN). He was responding to questions about...
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FNB continues to blame clients for eWallet theft
The First National Bank of Namibia (FNB) has said all the eWallet thefts recorded by the bank were through the customer’s compromised one-time pin (OTP). This is despite clients last week saying they never shared their OTPs with anyone and lashing out at the bank for “refusing to take responsibility”. Speaking during a media briefing...