Tribalism in Swapo structures rocks Zambezi
By Confidente Reporter TRIBALISM pitting the Mafwe, Mayeyi and Masubia tribes in the Zambezi region has reared its ugly head yet again and this time it’s over the ongoing Swapo primary elections for...
View ArticleControversial Nekundi freezes SPYL bank accounts
By Confidente Reporter IN what is being termed by insiders as flexing his muscles, controversial Swapo Member of Parliament and acting SPYL Secretary, Veikko Nekundi has unilaterally written to First...
View ArticleFormer Unam director nabbed for N$50 000 bribery
By Patience Nyangove FORMER University of Namibia (Unam) Director of Estates Services, Martin Shikongo was last week arrested while trying to bribe an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigator with...
View ArticleTender Board blacklists companies
By Confidente Reporter THE Tender Board of Namibia has so far this year banned two companies from bidding for any government tenders for one year as a result of flouting tender regulations. The two...
View ArticleSecrecy shrouds N$223m CoW land deals with the well-connected
By Patience Nyangove and Marianne Nghidengwa THE sale of over 90 000 square metres of land in the affluent suburb of Academia to the well-connected is feared to be shrouded in secrecy with allegations...
View ArticleGM accused of sexual harassment
By Confidente Reporter A General Manager at Nampost, Bertie Reyneke, has been accused of sexually harassing his personal assistant, with the organisation bringing in investigators to probe the matter....
View ArticleIrregularities mar Usakos Swapo primaries
By Eliaser Ndeyanale A group of disgruntled Swapo party members at Usakos in Erongo region is calling for the party’s top leadership to nullify the Usakos primary election results. FOR FULL STORY GET A...
View ArticleOdibo hospital affairs in shambles
By Marianne Nghidengwa INVESTIGATIONS into the alleged rot at the Odibo Health Centre in the Ohangwena Region reportedly continue to unearth lots of interesting revelations, with the latest being that...
View ArticleChinese ‘grabbing’ land in Ondangwa
By Hileni Nembwaya ONDANGWA has become the next land haven for Chinese and foreign nationals, after the town council recently approved to lease and rent out larger portions of land to mostly Chinese...
View ArticleOver 700 000 Namibians hungry – GHI
By Marianne Nghidengwa AT least 731 000 Namibians translating to 31.8 percent of the country’s 2.3 million population face serious hunger, a recent report by the Global Health Index has revealed. At...
View ArticleAlleged rapist appointed Mbumba advisor
By Confidente Reporter SUSPENDED Special Advisor in the then Ministry of Lands and Resettlement and alleged rapist Vincent Likoro has reportedly been appointed a Special Advisor to Swapo Secretary...
View ArticleFormer MPs finally to get their N$13 000 allowances
By Confidente Reporter FORMER Members of Parliament who served for a single term will be smiling all the way to the bank end of this month when they start receiving their N$13 000 monthly allowances,...
View ArticleDeaf rape victim still to get justice
…Nine years after attack By Confidente Reporter THE case in which a 12 year-old deaf girl was reportedly raped nine years ago by a 21 year-old man was postponed to December as further police...
View ArticleSchool principal rapes pupil, 11
By Hileni Nembwaya THE school principal of Sheefeni Primary School at Okumbula circuit in the Oshikoto region, Lucas Shigwedha has appeared before the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court, after he allegedly...
View ArticleNdishishi leaves Health Ministry
…Set to be replaced by Dr Mwoombola By Confidente Reporter THE long awaited departure of Andrew Ndishishi from the Ministry of Health and Social Services as Permanent Secretary has finally arrived....
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Namibia’s ‘Miracle Doctor’ celebrated in style
By Marianne Nghidengwa INDIA had its own Mother Teresa, Britain had its own Florence Nightingale and Namibia has its own Dr. Helena Ndume whose outstanding work of restoring the eyesight of over 30 000...
View ArticleOngwediva youth forum barred from upcoming congress
By Hileni Nembwaya THE Ongwediva constituency youth forum under the chairmanship of Thikameni Hipundaka has been stopped from taking part in the upcoming forum congress by the national restructuring...
View ArticleNew Labour Commissioner appointed
By Confidente Reporter THE Minister of Labour, Industrial, Relations and Employment Creation, Erkki Nghimtina, has appointed a substantive Labour Commissioner Henri Kassen with effect from November 1....
View ArticleFew female candidates on Swapo’s RC list
By Eliaser Ndeyanale IN the just ended Swapo primary elections, only a few female candidates were voted to stand as candidates in the upcoming November 27 regional and local authority elections.In 2013...
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