Prime minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says infighting among local authority councillors and staff members, as well as any unethical conduct, diverts attention and resources from pressing priorities that require urgent attention, leaving the public underserved. She says the government expects local authorities to embrace the principles of team work among the various stakeholders involved in governance...
Landless People’s Movement parliamentarian Henny Seibeb is set to formally question minister of mines and energy Tom Alweendo on the awarding of mining exploration rights near an area where oil has been discovered off the southern Namibian coast. Seibeb is set to question Alweendo on a licence granted to Zambezi Exploration (Pty) Ltd, despite its...
Namibia has reached the darkest depths of legalised corruption when the government gives a N$1,3 billion medicine business to a five-year-old. Apparently, decision-makers at the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) see nothing wrong with entrusting buying of medicine to Cospharm Investments – a company 51% owned by a five-year-old and 49% by the father....