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What a great policy, in principle, president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and premier Elijah Ngurare have decided on – that government employees should use state healthcare facilities. Perhaps for once they will start fixing the failing state clinics, hospitals and primary healthcare…
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Let us pray that the current laissez-faire approach to public debt is brought to an end this year. Parliament come in, come in … Namibia’s central government debt has grown more than 10% – to about N$166 billion – from…
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Congratulations President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on your inauguration as Namibia’s first woman head of state. Your victory has raised expectations sky high – that a woman will bring better governance and the delivery of public services to the masses who keep…
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In 2021, Namibia’s investment promotion agency sent two executives to Dubai, who ended up attending a meeting virtually from their hotel rooms because they were not accredited to attend in person. Speaking to Namibian Sun at the time, Namibia Investment…
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The government, through the education ministry, has again shown there’s little care about improving a culture of high productivity when they urged schools to close in preparation for the inauguration of president-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Half of January was a write-off…
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Senior government officials seem to be embracing the Latin phrase carpe diem – “seize the day” – in the most self-serving way possible. How else can one interpret the government’s decision to announce a double or triple increase in civil…
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The Roads Contractor Company’s (RCC) decision to award road contracts to traditional authorities, who then act as middlemen, is a stark illustration of how Namibia perpetuates a culture of entitlement and enrichment. The RCC, a state-owned roads construction company, dished…
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Deputy works minister Veikko Nekundi’s claims proposed changes to the Ombudsman Act could “promote homosexuality” and are a distraction from substantive debate on strengthening the critical role of the public protector. For years, ministers and lawmakers have ignored the ombudsman’s…
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Dear politician, What will you do with N$2 billion of taxpayer (i.e. public) money? Spend the N$2 billion to rescue perennially failing government-run companies. Use that money to fulfil your election campaign promises. Park it in a bank account and…
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Kudos to the High Court which, through judge Eileen Rakow, stopped politician Charles Mubita in his tracks for trying to use the courts to silence another party member from making public criticism. Mubita sued fellow Swapo member Reinhold Shipwikineni for…
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Presumptive president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has declared her intent to hit the ground running by setting into motion a N$90 billion Swapo Manifesto Implementation Plan (SMIP) over the next five years as her blueprint to solve Namibia’s socio-economic problems. It’s always…
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Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba did well to remind Namibians that the departed struggle hero, founding president Sam Nujoma, would rather see people working than idly mourning his death. During an interview with the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, Pohamba may not have…
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