A labour hire company, Employee Placement Services of Namibia (EPSN), has suspended some of its employees who participated in a protest organised by the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) at Oshakati on Friday last week. The NEFF handed a petition to the office of Oshana governor Elia Irimari and the Rani Group, claiming exploitative contract...
Walvis Bay community members who are affected by the Fishrot corruption case yesterday attended a meeting hosted by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) at the town at which local councillors, among others, expressed their unhappiness with the government’s lack of support to communities affected by the scandal. The meeting, which aimed to record...
Prime minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says infighting among local authority councillors and staff members, as well as any unethical conduct, diverts attention and resources from pressing priorities that require urgent attention, leaving the public underserved. She says the government expects local authorities to embrace the principles of team work among the various stakeholders involved in governance...
Staff Reporter POLITICAL turbulence continues unabated in Omuthiya town, the seat of the Oshikoto Regional government. Two of the three opposition councillors have faced on-and-off suspensions since last year, but all three have now been issued an indefinite restraining order from their own political party, the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC). Councillor Nghipudilo Ya Shiindi...
OMUTHIYA: The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) leadership has directed its councillors serving on the Omuthiya Town Council to refrain from participating in council activities from 08 November 2023 until further notice. The decision follows the extended suspension of IPC representative Nghipundilo yaShiindi by Omuthiya Mayor Johannes Ndeutepo on 24 July 2023, for alleged misconduct...
By Chimine Chimine A group of Katima Mulilo residents held a peaceful demonstration on Wednesday, demanding for the removal of Katima Mulilo Town Council’s Chief Executive Officer, Local Authority Councillors and the closure of Redforce Debt Collector office in Katima. The angry residents took to the streets of Katima Mulilo with charting songs and placards...
Karasburg mayor Maria Veldskoen, the chairperson of the management committee, Franciskus Skeyer, and the town’s acting chief executive, Hansina Isaak, were released on bail of N$1 000 each on Saturday. The councillors of the Karasburg Town Council and an official were arrested last Monday under the Anti-Corruption Act for allegedly using their office for personal...
The two LPM council members and a senior member of the Karasburg Town Council were each granted bail of N$1000 by the Karasburg Magistrate’s Court. Karasburg Mayor Maria Veldskoen, Town Council management committee member Fransiskus Skeyer, and acting CEO Hansina Isaacks were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigators on alleged corruption charges. Each suspect...
The bail hearing of two councillors of the Karasburg Town Council and a local authority official has been postponed to Saturday, because the public prosecutor involved in the hearing was ill on Friday. Karasburg mayor Maria Veldskoen, management committee chairperson Franciskus Skeyer and the town’s acting chief executive officer, Hansina Isaak, were arrested on Monday...