Namibia News UPdate: 18/07/2008
NDF Major Arrested by ACC
On the morning of Tuesday this week at 07h00, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested Major Richard Sepiso of the NDF whilst he was busy transporting his children to school with a NDF vehicle, registration number NDF 0224, from Pionierspark residential area. According to a statement from the ACC, Sepiso, 43, was charged with contravening section 43 of the Anti-Corruption Act.
‘Households Live on Mortgages’
Windhoek residents are a people in debt with half of the middle class mortgaging their houses for that extra cash in the pocket, it has been revealed.
Court Overturns CoD Congress Outcome
The Windhoek High Court has nullified the outcome of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) extraordinary congress that took place in May last year at Keetmanshoop and ordered the re-instatement of the CoD leaders who were expelled on August 11, 2007.
Chilling Details On Shaduka Abuse
The death of the Secretary to the Minister of Defence could possibly have been averted had she pressed a formal charge against her husband in March.
Finland Will Stay – Kinni-Huttunen
Chargé d’Affaires of the Finnish Embassy in Namibia, Seija Kinni-Huttunen, will be leaving the country after her five-year-long assignment here. New Era spoke to her before her departur
On the morning of Tuesday this week at 07h00, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested Major Richard Sepiso of the NDF whilst he was busy transporting his children to school with a NDF vehicle, registration number NDF 0224, from Pionierspark residential area. According to a statement from the ACC, Sepiso, 43, was charged with contravening section 43 of the Anti-Corruption Act.
‘Households Live on Mortgages’
Windhoek residents are a people in debt with half of the middle class mortgaging their houses for that extra cash in the pocket, it has been revealed.
Court Overturns CoD Congress Outcome
The Windhoek High Court has nullified the outcome of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) extraordinary congress that took place in May last year at Keetmanshoop and ordered the re-instatement of the CoD leaders who were expelled on August 11, 2007.
Chilling Details On Shaduka Abuse
The death of the Secretary to the Minister of Defence could possibly have been averted had she pressed a formal charge against her husband in March.
Finland Will Stay – Kinni-Huttunen
Chargé d’Affaires of the Finnish Embassy in Namibia, Seija Kinni-Huttunen, will be leaving the country after her five-year-long assignment here. New Era spoke to her before her departur
Consideration Risks within Environmental Impact Assessment
According to the preliminary report of the Central Statistical Office of 1991, the rural areas account for 58 percent of the population while the urban areas account for 42 percent.
Mugabe Is the Legal President
In the wake of unsubstantiated press statements emanating from the British, American and their European allies, with respect to the outcome of the recently held 27 June 2008 harmonised elections in Zimbabwe, the Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe would like to highlight the following.
Land Reform: Prospects and Challenges
Since independence, the Swapo Party-led government has faced many challenges in the distribution of land to landless Namibians. This was caused by the racial skewed land distribution pattern the government inherited from the apartheid–colonial system to which 52 percent of land was declared as commercial land and 48 percent as communal land.
Fertility amongst Women Aged 12 –19: Namibian Child-Mothers?
Like many countries around the globe, Namibia commemorated World Population Day on the 11th July. Factors that influence population change are mainly birth, death and migration. This paper attempts to investigate the extent of fertility (births) among women aged 12 to 19 in post-independence Namibia. To undertake this, reference is mainly made to the 2001 Population and Housing Census.
Sorry Ngo! - Jetting into Blantyre
THE time is 18h09 sharp. I am hovering above electricity-deprived Chileka International Airport, in a leased cargo air carrier, after Air Malawi 737 could not make it for connection.
Now is the Time
A saying goes, “A woman was taken out of a man; not out of his head to top him, not out of his feet to be trampled underfoot, but out of his side to be equal to him, under his arms to be protected, near his heart to be loved.”
Take Time to Sober Up
“COURT Ruling Ends Ovambanderu Dispute,” the New Era headlined one of its front page leads on Tuesday following the Supreme Court’s verdict on Monday on the Ovambanderu “constitutional” dispute that has been running since 2005.
Walvis Bay Wows Johnson-Sirleaf
Liberian Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf expressed her government’s desire to forge cooperation with its Namibian counterparts in areas of fishing.
Zim Team Walks Out on SADC Tribunal
“We did not walk out; we excused ourselves as the Government of Zimbabwe,” said Zimbabwe Ambassador to Namibia, Chipo Zindoga at a press briefing yesterday afternoon.
IT Gurus Share Wisdom
The second Telecom’s Information, Communication and Technology Summit opened yesterday in the capital with much fanfare and anticipation over the future of global communication.
Workshop Tackles Women Representation
While some SADC states have introduced measures aimed at boosting the level of women representation in government, the situation is far from achieving the 50 percent target for women in decision-making, as set by the sub-regional body.
Regional Councils Share Ideas
The Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, Jerry Ekandjo, says it is imperative that citizens participate in development efforts in order to ensure that public services and projects are implemented in response to locally defined needs.
Afrodite Beach on Course
Construction work on the multi-billion-dollar Afrodite Beach is on schedule. The project is expected to be launched before the end of the year.
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