The Health Ministry promised 1.8 million dollars to finish the Rupara Maternity Ward building project. Officials met with Development Bank of Namibia and Kavango West Regional Council leaders at the health center on Friday. The money will pay for the final 40 percent of construction work needed to complete the medical facility. Workers started building three years ago but only finished 40 percent because of procurement delays. Health officer Boniface Hamutenya said electrical work, plumbing and outside infrastructure still need completion.
Development Bank originally gave 1 million dollars to start the project and worries about the slow progress. Bank spokesman Jerome Mutumba wants clear deadlines from everyone involved because delays...
Community leader Gerub Gaseb asked the Okahandja court to refuse bail for three men caught with drugs worth 52 million dollars. Police arrested South African Armand Schultz, David Van der Linden and Johannes Kamati after finding a huge cannabis farm. Officers discovered the 1.55-hectare plantation at Farm Eendrag between Hochfeld and Osire Refugee Settlement. Authorities seized the farm property during the major drug operation. The case started when police found 52 packages of cannabis during a vehicle search at an Okahandja roadblock.
Gaseb believes the suspects should stay locked up because they pose serious dangers to communities. The drugs were allegedly sold to people across Windhoek, Okahandja and nearby towns. Young people and...
Omusati governor Erginus Endjala plans to step down from his position on June 20. He spoke about leaving office during the Olufuko Annual Festival dinner at Outapi on Saturday. Endjala told the crowd this might be his final speech as their regional leader. His contract extension runs out at the end of the month. Some local people have criticized him for staying in the job longer than expected.
Endjala thanked residents for supporting him during his time as governor. He promised to remain active in the community after leaving office. The governor said he will continue attending local events as a regular person. Former president Nangolo Mbumba extended all regional governors terms for three months in March. Endjala faced controversy in...
Businessman Vaino Nghipondoka and his companies settled a debt case with the Development Bank of Namibia. The bank sued Nghipondoka for 4.5 million dollars after his company Profile Technologies failed to repay a loan. Three businesses and a family trust agreed to pay nearly 4 million dollars to end the court battle. The settlement requires monthly payments of at least 150,000 dollars until the debt disappears. Legal fees cost another 232,800 dollars that must be paid in two parts.
Profile Technologies borrowed 5.57 million dollars from DBN in March 2021 and promised to repay everything by March 2023. The company could not make the payment and owed 4.5 million dollars by October 2023. Nghipondoka personally guaranteed the loan through...
Experts say the government wants to fight joblessness through new security sector hiring. Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare announced plans to recruit 1,800 people for the Namibian Defence Force. Labour specialist Sydwill Scholtz believes these jobs will help reduce unemployment across the country. The government also hired 4,310 new workers for various departments recently. Police graduated 1,782 new officers last month and corrections services added 278 graduates.
Management consultant Ernest Simataa suggests using military personnel for development projects. He wants soldiers to work at hospitals and schools in remote areas where services are lacking. Military bases could grow food and help during disasters like floods and droughts...
RedForce Debt Management won a court battle against rival company Qaurtile Debt Collection. The fight centered around a 48 million dollar contract to collect money for TransNamib. Judge Thomas Masuku ruled that Qaurtile waited too long to file their legal papers. The company heard about RedForce winning the contract on April 8 but only went to court 22 days later. Masuku said parties cannot jump ahead of other cases without good reasons.
Qaurtile wanted the court to cancel RedForce contract and call it illegal. They claimed TransNamib gave away the work unfairly and blocked fair competition. The judge refused to hear these other complaints because Qaurtile missed the deadline. RedForce already started collecting the debt and recovered...
Many young people move from rural areas to Windhoek looking for jobs. Most of them cannot find work and live in shacks instead. Statistics show 75% of job seekers give up after one year of searching. The capital city does not have enough jobs for everyone who comes there. Housing problems grow worse as more people arrive.
Shack numbers have tripled since 2011 and reached 217,000 last year. Nearly half of all families in Khomas region live in shacks. The government needs 76 billion dollars to fix the housing shortage. President Nandi-Ndaitwah promised to build 50,000 homes over five years. City services cost families lots of money and push them into informal settlements.
Experts say the government should create more opportunities in...
Former National Youth Council leader Sharonice Busch wants her old phone number back and money she says the organization owes her. Busch served as executive chairperson until last year and asked to keep her work phone number after leaving. She offered to pay for the phone service herself to maintain contact with professional networks. The NYC director Calista Schwartz-Gowases cut off the phone service despite promises from staff that Busch could keep the number. Busch claims this decision hurt her ability to communicate and access important online accounts.
Busch wrote a letter to NYC leaders demanding they fix the phone problem and pay her back wages from December 2020 to August 2021. She also questioned whether the new acting...
Swapo president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says reports about fighting between her and secretary general Sophia Shaningwa are false. Party workers claim Nandi-Ndaitwah has stayed away from party events after traveling across southern Africa. She missed most Swapo activities since April when the party celebrated its 65th birthday. Sources say Shaningwa used this time to build support among party members. People inside the party think Shaningwa wants to become vice president in 2027.
Nandi-Ndaitwah called a news conference Wednesday to stop the rumors. One party insider compared the public display to past betrayals within Swapo leadership. The president said people spread lies about her relationship with Shaningwa. She explained that...
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