The Namibia Football Association (NFA) executive council will meet at Gobabis on 31 March to discuss, among others, the controversy around N$15 million received from the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The funds are Namibia’s reward for reaching the round of 16 at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) held in Ivory Coast in...
Microsoft and Quantexa announce partnership Quantexa supporting rising wave of organizations using data, analytics, and AI to break down silos Partnership with Microsoft makes Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence Platform immediately available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace; company commits to build solutions natively on Azure Technology preview demonstrates Quantexa’s ambitious plan to accelerate platform, solution and generative...
Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Windhoek High Court last week overturned a decision by the Public Procurement Review Panel, providing a triumph for the Roads Authority (RA) in a case involving tender bids for routine maintenance of bitumen roads across five towns in Namibia. According to the court documents filed at the Windhoek High Court, RA advertised...
Hertta-Maria Amutenja In a legal showdown, Palladium Civil Engineering (Pty) Ltd and Zhong Mei Engineering Group (Pty) Ltd, have lodged an urgent court application to challenge the decision by the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) to disqualify their bids. The dispute revolves around the procurement process for the construction of the Namibia Financial Institutions...
South African arts and culture minister Zizi Kodwa has welcomed the decision to suspend the auction of the late former president Nelson Mandela’s personal belongings, including his identity document (ID) book, trademark shirts, hearing aid equipment, spectacles, shoes and 100 other items. Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe had reportedly initiated the auction with the New York-based Guernsey’s...
Fellow Namibians, you are going to vote again this year with the misguided illusion of change. Lo and behold, Namibians, we are always kept in the same condition, which is getting worse with each passing year. Unless we wake up and collectively say this is not the Namibia we envisaged, we all are going to...
Stefanus Nashama Tom Alweendo, the Minister of Mines and Energy, has called upon the G7 member states to reconsider their decision regarding measures to restrict the sale of Russian diamonds. He urged them to engage with all diamond-producing countries to discuss the specifics of the proposed measures and their potential impact on economies and people’s...
The Namibian Association of Medical Aid Funds (Namaf) remains resolute in its stance to uphold the standard tariffs of 2023, despite criticism over a potential reduction in member benefits. Namaf chief executive Stephen Tjiuoro says the unique dynamics of the healthcare industry justify this decision, citing asymmetry of information and consumers’ inability to compare prices....
Niël Terblanché In a very unexpected development, President Hage Geingob has appointed retired Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga, the former Inspector General of the Namibian Police, as the new Governor of the Ohangwena Region. The appointment, made under the constitutional powers vested in the President, is set to take effect from today. President Geingob invoked Articles...
