The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating former Aranos mayor Elden Kuhanga for allegedly influencing the award of a N$556 000 contract to his own company. ACC director general Paulus Noa has confirmed the investigation into Kuhanga, who is the current…
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Minister of finance and public enterprises Iipumbu Shiimi has defended the government’s decision to buy a building in Windhoek’s central business district for N$67 million. The property, which used to house accounting firm PwC, includes a four-storey building on a…
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The Ministry of Justice has brought back two senior government officials three months after they retired from their positions. They are former government attorney Matti Asino and chief legal adviser Chris Nghaamwa. Asino, who is founding president Sam Nujoma’s nephew,…
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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says no criminal evidence was found against the Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) executives who bought luxury vehicles. The ACC conducted a probe after a request from Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) general secretary Petrus Nevonga…
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Former minister of education, arts and culture Katrina Hanse-Himarwa is remembered for her role in reforming the ministry, yet her political career was overshadowed by a corruption conviction. Known as ‘Mutti’, she died on 14 July at the age of…
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… woman living a nightmare after selling her N$1,4m Windhoek house to a ‘witch doctor’ A decade ago, Elisabeth Neis was a successful registered nurse raising her two children in a three-bedroom home in Windhoek. Now, retired at age 66,…
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The administrator of the state-backed medical aid fund has advised the government to remove unlimited benefits and to force all civil servants to sign up for the most expensive package. Methealth Namibia Administrators made these recommendations as part of a…
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… PG Imalwa blames SA authorities for wrong procedures Fishrot paymaster Marén de Klerk is a free man for now, after his extradition to Namibia was withdrawn in South Africa (SA) last week. Prosecutor general (PG) Martha Imalwa confirmed this…
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A Windhoek pensioner hoping to enjoy his retirement years in his home, now faces the threat of losing the house he bought from SME Bank beneficiary and ex-deputy minister Engel Nawatiseb. Pensioner Godfrey Makumbi bought the house from Nawatiseb in…
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Businessmann Martin Shipanga has retracted the statement he made last year, accusing the former minister of health and social services, Dr Bernard Haufiku, of using his relatives to steal public money. Shipanga made the statement on a WhatsApp group called…
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The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs allegedly misled the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture about needing the house given to the wife of a former minister for office space. This is according to letters exchanged between executive director…
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The government is giving the widow of former housing minister John Pandeni a newly renovated house. The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs has justified the decision to take the house from the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture and…
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