President Nangolo Mbumba says Namibia’s government remains committed to concluding genocide negotiations with Germany. He also says the government will conclude negotiations with South Africa on the Orange River boundary between that country and Namibia. “I wish to assure the Namibian people that the government remains committed to conclude the genocide negotiations with Germany and...
The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) have expressed their frustration with the lack of response from government officials, particularly president Hage Geingob and finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi, regarding the awarding of a N$1,3 billion pharmaceutical supply tender to a company primarily owned by a five-year-old child. In a media statement issued yesterday, NEFF deputy leader...
Members of the /Khomanin Traditional Authority yesterday marched from Eros to the old State House in Windhoek to hand over a petition to vice president Nangolo Mbumba to consider the plight of their landlessness. The petition is aimed at focusing on the land challenges the traditional authority continues to face after 33 years of independence....
The government is introducing a directive to subject non-profit organisations to sweeping regulations – a decision which has been met with fierce opposition from action groups. The new directive, led by the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), mandates strict disclosure rules for non-profit organisations, such as revealing detailed information about donors, board members, and beneficiaries, as...
The Federal Government, on Monday, reiterated its commitment to collaborating with state governments to ensure elimination of illegal mining activities across the country. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Mary Ogbe, stated this when the Governor of Taraba, Dr Agbu Kefas, visited the ministry in Abuja. Ogbe said there was the need...
Namibia’s nurses and midwives face an unjust burden, raising serious concerns about the government’s lack of accountability and transparency in public health budgeting. Newspapers have reported on a circular issued by the authorities that restricts nurses to claiming only a fraction of their overtime work. This has sparked outrage and highlights a distressing pattern of...
A report by the Ministry of Works and Transport has revealed that poor contract management, cash-flow problems and a lack of technical capacity from contractors are among the reasons why more than 43 government capital projects have been abandoned. The report, compiled in 2020 and obtained by The Namibian, found that projects worth N$990 million...
Hyphen, the company that was awarded the contract to spearhead the large-scale green hydrogen production in Namibia, will today launch its socio-economic development framework, which details the benefits and opportunities for Namibians. And that includes some N$330 million rental income for the state. On Friday, the company revealed that this framework highlights the socio-economic development...
The recently signed pioneering Feasibility and Implementation Agreement (FIA) between the Government of the Republic of Namibia and Hyphen Hydrogen Energy (Hyphen) is set to govern the development, implementation and operation of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest, and its only fully vertically integrated, green hydrogen project. By extension, it governs the process under which Namibia’s first green...