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George Shiwayu

George Shiwayu

Eliaser Ndeyanale

Eliaser Ndeyanale


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President calls for nuclear power plant

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called for the establishment of a nuclear power plant in Namibia, saying the country’s rich uranium resources should be used to drive national development and energy security. The president said this during her official visit to…

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Flooding exposes legacy of land dispossession – Ithete

Calls for immediate revision of willing buyer-willing seller policy Deputy prime minister Natangwe Ithete has attributed northern Namibian communities’ vulnerability to seasonal flooding to colonial-era land dispossession and displacement. Speaking at Oshakati on Saturday, Ithete said the historical forced movement…

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Cabinet forces ex-Meatco CEO’s return

Cabinet is reportedly forcing the return of former Meatco chief executive officer (CEO) Mwilima Mushokabanji, who is accused of failing to rescue the state-owned meat entity from financial ruin. Mushokabanji’s return could signal another key decision by president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s…

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Mutindi returns to Namibia as Angola’s top diplomat

Angola’s former tourism minister Pedro Mutindi, who survived a landmine blast near Ondjiva in 2001 and was treated in Windhoek, has been named Angola’s ambassador to Namibia. Mutindi’s return marks a homecoming of sorts for the politician, who is known…

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Ohangwena family shares tent as floods wreak havoc

A short distance from the Omafo-Ongenga road, Jona Hangula (39) and his family sit under a thorn tree. Next to them is a tent, which he says has been housing them for the past two weeks after they had to…

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Councillor proposes bigger earth dam in Oshana

Okatyali constituency councillor Joseph Mupetami says floodwater in the north is going to waste because there are no dams to store it. Speaking to The Namibian this week, Mupetami said the Oshana region needs two or three dams larger than…

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Floods: 8 500 pupils stranded

Five of Namibia’s regions are struggling with the aftermath of floods that have left 8 500 pupils unable to attend school and disrupted food distribution to drought-hit communities. The waters, which began rising in recent weeks, have submerged roads, mahangu…

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N$3 000 to come later, NNN tells pensioners

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the old-age pension grant will not be increased from N$1 600 to N$3 000 this year, as youth development is the present budgetary priority. During a courtesy visit by newly elected International Olympic Committee president Kirsty…

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Likando still top spy

The director general of the Namibia Central Intelligence Service (NCIS), Benedict Likando, remains in his position, according to presidential spokesperson Alfredo Hengari. Hengari’s clarification comes after reports surfaced last week suggesting Likando had stepped down from his role. “Please be…

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Nust VC Faces Uncertain Future as Contract Ends

Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) vice chancellor Erold Naomab sought the intervention of minister of education, innovation, youth, sport, arts and culture Sanet Steenkamp to save his job. Naomab reached out to Steenkamp after the university’s governing council…

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