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The leader of the Landless People’s Movement (LPM), Bernadus Swartbooi, says the party believes in the potential of Namibia’s young people and does not hesitate to support those without qualifications and experience. He says the LPM believes one has to invest in Namibians between 25 and 30 years old to hone their leadership skills and […]
An audit report has found that the Ohangwena Regional Council awarded a N$600 000 tender to a bidder who submitted their documents five months after the deadline. This was revealed in the audit report of the financial books of the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development. “The awarded bidder only submitted their cost estimates during […]
The brother of the Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (Nored) employee who died while attending to a power failure at Okongo has described his death as a great loss to the family. He says his brother was the family’s sole breadwinner. Electrician Ananias Iiyambo tragically died a week ago after he was electrocuted while on duty. […]
Six years ago, a Muslim boy returned red-faced from a well-known school in the northern Indian city of Agra. “My classmates called me a Pakistani terrorist,” the nine-year-old told his mother. Reema Ahmad, an author and counsellor, remembers the day vividly. “Here was a feisty, little boy with his fists clenched so tightly that there […]
The Portuguese government has said it has no plans to pay reparations for the country’s role in transatlantic slavery and colonialism. The previously dormant debate about the country’s role in the slave trade and other colonial-era abuses roared back into life last week after its President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, suggested it should make amends […]
British and Irish ministers are set to meet as tensions grow over the UK’s policy on migrants. The Irish government says it’s seeing an influx of asylum seekers coming from Northern Ireland because they are “fearful” of being sent to Rwanda. And it says it will not allow Ireland to provide a “loophole” for anybody […]
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio took the bold step of declaring a national emergency over rape and sexual violence in 2019. Five years on, BBC Africa Eye explores whether survivors of attacks are getting justice. Warning: This article contains details some readers may find upsetting. In the city of Makeni, a three-hour drive east […]
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RedForce Debt Management has decided to bring an urgent application in the Windhoek High Court for an order to stop the termination of its contract to collect debts on behalf of the Municipality of Walvis Bay. This comes in the wake of a decision by Walvis Bay town councillors to opt out of a five-year […]
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced a fuel price increase of 70 cents per litre of petrol and 40 cents per litre of diesel, with effect from Thursday (2 May). The new fuel prices at Walvis Bay will be N$23 per litre of petrol, N$22,17 per litre of diesel 50ppm and N$22,37 per […]