Namcor fraud saga drags on with 14 suspects facing plea calls in April amid custody fights and massive evidence piles.
Court postponement drama
Windhoek Magistrate Olga Muharukua delayed the case yesterday for pleas and probes.
Prosecutor Basson Lilungwe got extra time despite defence pushback.
State collected forty-five lever-arch files so far with charges prepping.
Next appearance set for April twenty-one in Windhoek Magistrate’s Court.
Alleged corruption details
Accused linked to Enercon Namibia selling NDF base stations to Namcor unit.
Deal hit fifty-three point two million Namibia dollars in July twenty twenty-two.
Namcor reportedly defrauded when Enercon and Erongo Petroleum overran credit.
Firms allegedly bought fuel without...
Namibia's rogue e-hailing apps just got a final 56-day lifeline before vehicles start getting towed.
Compliance ultimatum
Unregistered operators face impoundment after the September thirty deadline extension.
Yango InDrive Lefa drivers get twenty-eight days to secure permits, plus twenty-eight days for verification.
Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi stressed that public passenger permits and vehicle tests are required.
A meeting happened yesterday in Windhoek with Info Minister Emma Theofelus.
Permit progress snapshot
Roughly four hundred drivers grabbed permits by late twenty twenty-five.
Yango Namibia reports two ninety-three full approvals and three conditional.
The company backed nine hundred ninety-four applications total, with...
Old Swakopmund post office risks lives rotting away while heritage rules block fixes, turning it into a boutique hotel.
Developer safety alarm
Quintin Simon warns that the Erf nine eighty-nine structure fails modern health standards.
The building sat neglected for twenty years, making occupation dangerous.
A collapse could kill people inside without urgent action.
Developer blasts heritage council for ignoring upkeep duties.
Historic building background
Gottlieb Redecker designed the old post office back in nineteen oh seven.
Redecker also created Christuskirche and Tintenpalast in Windhoek.
Structure served as a post office until around nineteen sixty, then the municipality HQ.
Protected status locks it under the National Heritage...
Zimbabweans fuming over slow licence fee cuts get told to chill while bureaucracy drags its feet.
Ncube demands patience
Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube stressed legal steps to block instant changes.
Cabinet greenlit reductions, but laws need proper alignment first.
Ncube spoke on March twenty-one pushing back on instant relief demands.
Authorities promise gazetting and enforcement only after full compliance.
Parking fee implementation mess
Harare drivers still pay one dollar hourly despite a cut to fifty cents.
Statutory Instrument forty-one got gazetted on March two this year.
Mayor Jacob Mafume blames ongoing legal tweaks for the holdup.
Motorists stuck paying old rates until technical fixes wrap up.
Public backlash...
Zimbabwe's biggest union just dropped a bombshell threat of street chaos unless fuel taxes get axed fast.
ZCTU's urgent warning
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions slammed irrational fuel taxes on March twenty.
Tinkumbu Manhlo flagged skyrocketing kombi fares, crushing workers daily.
Union predicts civil unrest similar to January 20, 2019, if ignored.
Employers face calls for big wage hikes to offset living costs.
Fuel price spike details
Petrol jumped to two dollars and seventeen cents per litre on March eighteen.
Diesel hit two oh five dollars, triggering instant fare surges.
Taxes pile on zero eighty-six dollars for petrol and zero forty-two for diesel.
Zimbabwe's pump prices tower over neighbours staying below one fifty...
Zimbabwe's education bosses just killed the over-registration grind, forcing refunds and capping O-Levels at nine subjects plus A-Levels at three.
Strict subject cap enforcement
Ministry blocks fees for anything over nine O-Level or three A-Level subjects.
Schools must refund cash already paid for extra registrations.
Policy ties into Heritage-Based Curriculum rollout.
No exceptions allowed beyond the hard limits now.
Mukudzei Ziveyi's standout case
Pamushana High School teen Mukudzei Ziveyi smashed twelve A-Levels in twenty twenty-five.
He pulled off fifty-six points across subjects like Mathematics and Crop Science.
Family sold three cows plus tapped dad's salary to cover costs.
Zimsec bent timetables for his clashing papers back...
Retired generals clash hard as one blasts the Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 while another slaps down the dissent.
Muchena's opposition letter
Air Vice Marshal (Rtd) Henry Muchena fired off a March twelve letter to Parliament.
He pushed for a full referendum on the bill changes.
Muchena claimed to speak for unnamed retired generals plus ex-fighters.
His warning labeled the move a potential constitutional coup without public input.
Mashingaidze's sharp rebuttal
Major General (Rtd) Gibson Mashingaidze hit back in a March nineteen letter.
Mashingaidze stressed that Muchena spoke purely for himself.
Retired Army generals and senior civil servants back the amendment bill.
Mashingaidze chairs the War Veterans League in Masvingo...
Illegal mining chaos at Ball Mine finally gets crushed by a fresh Chinese-Zimbabwean joint venture.
Zimbabwe Miners Federation partnership
ZMF via FS Mining teams up with Anhua Chenxi Mining to launch RR Mining.
Five years of criminal takeovers and dodgy ops at Ball Mine end now.
Formal setup targets orderly mining, proper processing, and sales.
Registration and oversight details
Four hundred artisanal miners have already signed up, with one thousand as the goal.
Chief Chipfungwe's traditional leaders guard the official register.
Register data also goes straight to the Zimbabwe Republic Police for tight security.
Production control measures
All ore gets sold only to RR Mining, so gold stays fully tracked.
Fidelity Gold Refinery...
Businessman's flashy empire crumbles under court orders and auction blocks.
Eviction hits luxury pad hard
Thami Ndlala must vacate the upscale Northcliff spot at 14 Hillel Avenue.
Johannesburg High Court ruled the property belongs to Urban Mountain.
The company proved he occupied and upgraded it without a legal title.
Lerato Kganyago's husband loses the place he once gifted her.
Boutique hotel dream dies
Ndlala turned the residence into a spa and hotel setup.
He pitched it as a lavish present tied to her media brand.
Plans for luxury hospitality vanished with the eviction win.
Public eyes now question the whole flashy gesture's backstory.
Mall heads to the auction block
Ndlala Mall got listed through Aucor Property Auction...
