OVER the past three years ReconAfrica, has been trying to exploit what it calls “the last major onshore oil discovery on earth”. The company has hyped that the licence it holds in Namibia could contain a whopping 120 billion barrels of oil. The problem is not only that 120 billion barrels of new oil would...
… alcohol and drug abuse red-flagged at schools A new report by a parliamentary standing committee has pinpointed the chief factor behind the high failure rate of grades 11 and 12 pupils in the 2022 academic year: the automatic progression of students to the next grade without learning basic competencies like reading and writing. The...
By Adolf Kaure. The Swakopmund Municipal Council, during its latest Monthly Agenda Meeting, approved to write off bad debt owed to them by senior citizens amounting to about N$6,437,000. By 31 August 2023, there were 2253 active service accounts under the senior citizens category, with over N$9 Million owed to them. Chairperson of the Swakopmund...
Martin Endjala According to the Business Intellectual Property Authority’s records, non-compliant businesses have collectively accumulated a total of an estimated N$275 million in penalties for the period from 2012 to 2022. This is the sum that could potentially be waived if all non-compliant registered businesses opt to participate in BIPA’s annual duty penalty programme launched...
Springbok fullback Willie Le Roux insisted that South Africa would not under-estimate the All Blacks when the two teams meet in what promises to be a titanic encounter in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final. In what is often dubbed the oldest and hardest-fought rivalry in rugby union, Le Roux said “you can never write off...
Staff Reporter DURING an ordinary council meeting, Councillor Joseph Uapingene, the Mayor of Windhoek, restated the council’s position on the petition submitted by the Katutura Residents Committee to maintain the services of Redforce debt collectors. Despite this stance, the Mayor said that the City is currently working on a proposal to write off debt for...
Martin Endjala The Deputy Minister of Works and Transport, Veikko Nekundi, is calling for all debts owed to the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) by beneficiaries who employ ten or more people to be cancelled. Nekundi tabled a motion in Parliament last week calling on his fellow parliamentarians to discuss the matter. He said...
