Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe on Friday refused to confirm the dates of the next Africa Cup of Nations, due to take place in 2025. “The focus for all of us now is Ivory Coast,” CAF chief Motsepe said at a press conference in Abidjan, where this year’s Afcon in Ivory Coast concludes...
Martin Endjala In a developing controversy within the Karasburg Town Council, Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hansina Isaacks is reportedly refusing to vacate her office despite being dismissed by members of the Landless People’s Movement (LPM). An anonymous internal source disclosed that the reasons behind Isaacks’ dismissal are not fully detailed but are believed to...
In certain circles, the name Martin Fayulu has become synonymous with tenacity and a refusal to give up. One of the leading opposition candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 20 December presidential election, he maintains that he won the race five years ago. Emblematic of the 67-year-old’s die-hard attitude is his biography on X,...
The Namibian Presidency has refused to provide the flight tickets of the four presidential children and grandson who travelled with the first couple to Dubai for the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28). President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingos are facing backlash over travelling with their four children and grandson to COP28, which...
Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni has declined an application for long-serving Damara chief Justus //Garoëb to be recognised as paramount chief. //Garoëb applied to be recognised as chief of the ≠Nukhoen traditional district in the Kunene region, as well as to be recognised as the paramount chief of the Damara people. //Garoëb, who...
The massive Ongos Valley housing development on the northern outskirts of Windhoek has reaffirmed its intention to generate some of its own electricity using renewable solar energy. This is despite strong objections and a legal challenge by the City of Windhoek that remains adamant that Ongos should buy all its electricity from the City. Ongos...
Hertta-Maria Amutenja Nelson Daniel Haihambo, a pastor at House of Grace Ministry in Windhoek, is allegedly refusing to pay employees whom he recruited to harvest grass for his company, Grace City Investment, around Windhoek. Sarafina Andupula, one of the employees, stated she, along with approximately 50 others, was recruited at Havana informal settlement to harvest...
Menzies Aviation (Namibia), the former cargo handling company at Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA), has allegedly refused to comply with a Namibia Revenue Agency (Namra) urgent request to hand over cargo for direct release to the owners. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) chief executive, Bisey Uirab said: “It is...
MENZIES Aviation Group’s chief executive officer Philipp Joeinig says the company will not release cargo that has been in its warehouse at Hosea Kutako International Airport since 18 August. This comes days after freight forwarding agents have been begging Menzies and the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) to release the cargo. Some of the cargo was...
Niger closed its airspace on Sunday until further notice. The national leaders are citing the threat of military intervention from the West African regional bloc after coup leaders rejected a deadline to reinstate the country’s ousted president. Reuters reports that thousands of junta supporters flocked to a stadium in Niamey, the capital, cheering the decision...