The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs allegedly misled the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture about needing the house given to the wife of a former minister for office space. This is according to letters exchanged between executive director of defence and veterans affairs Wilhelmine Shivute and executive director of education, arts and culture...
The government is giving the widow of former housing minister John Pandeni a newly renovated house. The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs has justified the decision to take the house from the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture and allocate it to the late minister’s wife, Julia, claiming she deserves it since she is...
National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) member of parliament Joseph Kauandenge has accused ministers of obtaining resettlement farms after claiming to be previously disadvantaged. Kauandenge yesterday took issue with the current definition of ‘previously disadvantaged’ under the Affirmative Action Act. Most of our ministers who are sitting here are formerly disadvantaged as per the term. They...
Members of Parliament have commended the Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Iipumbu Shiimi, for his efforts in presenting a substantial increment in this year’s national budget. However, some are concerned about the inadequacy of the allocated funds for old-age grants and the absence of dedicated financial provisions and employment opportunities. In her contribution to...
Deputy finance and public enterprises minister Maureen Hinda-Mbuende should be ordered to return 80 head of cattle that her husband, former ambassador and deputy minister Kaire Mbuende, donated to her, Mbuende is asking in a divorce claim filed at the Windhoek High Court. Mbuende instituted divorce proceedings against Hinda-Mbuende last week. According to his divorce...
Maria David SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary Elias Magosi said that as part of their efforts to mobilize resources to implement regional integration based on prioritized projects, the Secretariat has scaled up its resource mobilization drive with International Cooperating Partners. Magosi made the remarks during the official opening of the ordinary SADC Council...
Maria David MINISTER of International Relations and Cooperation Peya Mushelenga is expected to attend the Southern African Development Community Council (SADC) of Ministers’ meeting from 10-11 March 2024. The meeting will be held in Luanda, Angola. In a statement issued by MIRC Executive Director Penda Naanda, it was announced that Ambassador Téte António, Minister of...
WINDHOEK: Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Peya Mushelenga, is set to attend the meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council of Ministers in Luanda, Angola on 10 and 11 March. The SADC Council of Ministers meeting was preceded by the meeting of SADC senior officials which took place between 04 and 06...
The Justice Minister Yvonne Dausab graced the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting in Zanzibar. The gathering commenced with a resounding call for intensified efforts to ensure universal access to justice for all 2.5 billion Commonwealth citizens. Addressing over 400 ministers, senior government officials, and dignitaries from six regions worldwide, the Commonwealth Secretary-General,...
Hertta-Maria Amutenja High Court Judge Eileen Rakow, has granted Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigator Phelem Maseka Masule leave to execute a judgment delivered on 25 April 2023. This allows Masule to take up the position of Chief of Investigation and Prosecution with the ACC while awaiting an appeal by Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila and the ACC....