Staff Reporter THE United People’s Movement (UPM) has penned a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly, claiming that the request made by the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) to have its president, Jan van Wyk, and Frans Joseph Bertolini withdraw from parliament is unconstitutional and violates the agreement signed between the two parties. In...
Swapo Party members in the Otjozondjupa Region say the legacy of President Hage Geingob will not be honoured if unity is not maintained. Over the years, Swapo membership in the region has been dwindling, and factions have formed along district and regional ranks. However, this trend was reversed following the intervention of Dr. Geingob and...
The Chinese company Zhong Mei Engineering has taken legal action against the government to stop the award of a N$237 million tender for the construction of the new Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) head offices in Windhoek. Last year, the Namibia Revenue Agency (Namra) accused Zhong Mei of failing to pay corporate taxes in...
The Oniipa Town Council is facing a leadership crisis as Swapo fights to gain control of the town’s management committee, currently consisting of two Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) councillors and one Swapo councillor. Swapo has four seats in the town council while IPC has three. Those in the management committee are David Nghifikepunye and...
Swapo Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has urged people to stop tribalism and build a Namibia that will bring prosperity to everyone. Nandi-Ndaitwah said this during the Swapo party’s rally in Omuthiya on Saturday. She said tribalism forms part of the things that can bring down a country that is trying to...
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has launched a new initiative to fight against rhino poaching. Speaking at the launch of the initiative, which coincided with the commemoration of the World Rhino Day hosted at Okaukejo over the weekend, environment minister Pohamba Shifeta said Namibia has the second-largest white Rhino population in the world...
The Republican Party (RP) has vowed to fight tooth and nail against any attempt to legalise abortion in Namibia. The Party’s president, Henk Mudge, speaking at a media briefing, said they will only support abortion when the mother’s life is in imminent danger. Therefore, he justified the claim that abortion under any other circumstances is...