Botswana’s new vice president, Ndaba Gaolathe, worked in Namibia and was detained for allegedly supporting former Swapo veteran Hidipo Hamutenya’s presidency. “I was once detained at an airport in Namibia for supporting Hamutenya’s presidential bid against former president Hifikepunye Pohamba,”…
Joel Konopo
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The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) was once the ‘natural party of government’. Now it is not even the natural party of opposition. Botswana rarely makes international headlines. It holds regular, peaceful elections, with the BDP all but guaranteed to win…
Joel Konopo
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Businessman Desmond Amunyela says local businesses also want to be exempted from paying certain taxes, like farm owners.Some prominent local figures were recently exempted from paying land tax by agriculture, water and land reform minister Calle Schlettwein.“I have no issues…
Joel Konopo
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Minister of mines and energy Tom Alweendo last week revealed this in parliament, and added the government is still negotiating with a German company on owning a stake in a green hydrogen energy project in southern Namibia. The minister was…
Joel Konopo
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TILENI MONGUDHI and SHINOVENE IMMANUEL FIRST National Bank Namibia wants to shut down the bank accounts of several politically connected individuals linked to the Fishrot corruption scandal. This includes deputy minister of works and transport Veikko Nekundi, Swapo regional coordinator…
Joel Konopo
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Six former SME Bank directors could be slapped with a N$1 billion bill if the liquidators get their way at the High Court where they accused the board of recklessness and allowing widespread looting of the bank. The directors are…
Joel Konopo
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One of the officials at State House who was involved in installing the controversial N$1 million elevator at a government house occupied by former vice president Nickey Iyambo, has allegedly killed himself. The Namibian understands that the deputy director for…
Joel Konopo
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Central Procurement Board has told the Roads Authority to re-advertise two highway road tenders worth N$1,4 billion. However, the Roads Authority, a parastatal tasked with constructing and managing national roads, believes that the procurement process will delay the projects for…
Joel Konopo
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A majority of Swapo-owned businesses are facing financial problems, prompting the holdings arm to complain to the party’s top hierarchy that subsidiaries were failing to repay inter-company loans that have mounted to about N$30 million. An investigation by The Namibian…
Joel Konopo
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Namibia, a mining frontier for decades, continues to struggle with mining companies which subject workers to dangerous working conditions. Among the alleged culprits are Australian multinationals. Well-established Australian companies face allegations of treating Namibian workers differently by subjecting workers to…
Joel Konopo
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Desert Star, the company that sued The Namibian for N$25 million over a report in 2011, has become difficult to trace since 2012 and remained silent on legal costs they were supposed to pay, lawyers for the newspaper said this…
Joel Konopo
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Desert Star, a company that promised to invest in a multi-billion dollar film-making industry, was evicted from office premises this week for failing to pay rent, raising doubt about their claims of turning Namibia into ‘Africa’s Hollywood’. Questions have already…
Joel Konopo
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