officials of Namibia

"President of the Republic of Namibia, Dr Hage G. Geingob wishes to congratulate the Founding President and Father of the Namibian Nation, Dr Sam Shafishuna Nujoma for his nomination and award of the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo Gold," press secretary in the Namibian presidency Dr ...

PUBLIC enterprise deputy minister Veikko Nekundi said on Tuesday if the youth ministry budget is not revised upwards, the government would be ... The Namibian reported last year that a team of para-athletes blamed poor preparations due to a shortage of money for Namibia's poor performance at the ...

WORD on the street, words from the street and… a few from the 'the sunken place' as rapper Kanye West and president Donald Trump buddy up over dragon energy. Yip, s'true. And as real as Friday... @ungoofie: Why don't you people hug and kiss before stopping taxis, ano? Why are you so inconsiderate ...

“President of the Republic of Namibia, Dr Hage G. Geingob wishes to congratulate the Founding President and Father of the Namibian Nation, Dr Sam Shafishuna Nujoma for his nomination and award of the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo Gold,” press secretary in the Namibian presidency Dr ...

PRESIDENT Hage Geingob has not flown from or landed at Eros airport in Windhoek since 2016 due to the deplorable state of the infrastructure. Namibia Airports Company's acting boss, Albertus Aochamub, said this yesterday during a question and answer session at Eros airport where works minister ...

The drive to consolidate the Namibian electricity distribution industry is a Government initiative motivated by the policy drivers embodied in the 1998 White Paper on energy policy. A key motivating factor behind this drive was the deterioration of electricity distribution assets in small towns and rural areas ...

THE government wants to borrow around N$120 million from the Chinese government to build 400 houses in two Namibian towns. This transaction is part of the many deals the government wants to pull off as part of the renewed relationship with the Asian superpower. Even though Namibia will benefit from ...

Windhoek — The Namibian tertiary education sector faces a serious threat of termination of critical programmes and erosion of the quality of tertiary education, which may lead to a reduction in the new student intakes if the severe cuts in the national budget allocation continues in the next financial year.

Namibian athletes have over the years complained about the lack of support from government. ... BESIDES the debate on critical national matters, deputy minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Samuel Ankama took a swipe at the Namibia ... But Sioka said Ekandjo could be Namibia's future President.

Namibia plans to finalise revisions to its mining act by the end of the year, Bloomberg reported this week. The comments were made by Mines Minister Tom Alweendo at a conference in Windhoek on Tuesday. The revisions under consideration included policies on environmental and social responsibility ...

WINDHOEK - Diamond and uranium producer Namibia may scrap requirements for black ownership in the mining sector as it seeks to woo investors to an industry that is rebounding with the commodities cycle, its new mines minister said on Tuesday. Regional peers such as Angola and Zimbabwe are also ...

WINDHOEK – Namibian President Hage Geingob on Monday strongly denied corruption accusations stemming from a French anti-corruption probe centred on the purchase of Canadian ... Geingob, 76, was prime minister of Namibia between 1990-2002 and 2012-2015 before becoming president in 2015.

Namibia National Teachers' Union (Nantu) leadership wants government to urgently address the unequal pay in the public service, which is especially prevalent in the teaching profession. Nantu secretary general, Basilius Haingura, said the issue is that staff members in the same job grade, Grade 5, ...

DEPUTY minister for disability affairs Alexia Manombe-Ncube has attributed the 40% budget cut for her portfolio for the 2018/19 financial year to a lack of understanding of the needs and necessities of people ... Of the N$19 million, about N$9 million will go to the National Disability Council of Namibia.

President Hage Geingob today leaves for China in what is certainly Namibia's first State visit to that country in recent years. Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba last went on a five-day State visit to China in 2005. According to State House, Geingob's visit would be for seven days. Accompanying him ...

PRESIDENT Hage Geingob will travel to China this week for an official state visit to improve bilateral relations between the two countries, the Presidency announced over the weekend. In a Saturday statement, State House press secretary Alfredo Hengari said Geingob will travel tomorow, 27 March, and will ...

This was revealed when officials from Namport and the Ministry of Works and Transport briefed minister of environment and tourism Pohamba Shifeta on ... Briefing the minister, the deputy director of marine pollution control and search and rescue from the Ministry of Works and Transport, Pinehas Auene, ...

Ethiopian Airlines, a truly pan-African carrier, is the fastest growing and the largest airline in the continent. This continental pride hauler is reputed for acquiring rich aviation experience from operating the most modern and environmentally friendly fleet to owning the multiple largest state-of-the-art facilities, ...

Former press secretary for the Namibian Presidency, Albertus Aochamub, chats to Managing Editor Toivo Ndjebela about the transition from his old cushy job to taking over as acting CEO of the Namibia Airports Company (NAC), which is often embroiled in controversies. Toivo Ndjebela (TN): How did your ...

A COMPANY co-owned by Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi, bought 10 residential plots at Okahandja in 2013 for N$90 000, and sold them a year later for N$630 000. This transaction is one of many examples of how Okahandja's municipal councillors deliberately dished out large plots of ...

Windhoek — Chinese President Xi Jinping was the first world leader to convey a cordial message to his Namibian counterpart President Hage Geingob to congratulate Namibia on its 28th independence anniversary yesterday. In his congratulatory message President Xi stated: "On the occasion of the 28th ...

Uganda's Yoweri Museveni and Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari are not only former soldiers but they are both into cattle farming. Buhari also has crops. The other African leaders known for their farming exploits are former Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete, exiled Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh and ex ...

Windhoek — The Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has congratulated President Vladimir Putin on winning the Russian presidential election with ... Furthermore, Nandi-Ndaitwah expressed satisfaction with the steady development of the trust-based Russian-Namibian political dialogue and ...

Hage Geingob, President of Namibia, found dead at 75 from food poisoning is a death hoax. There is no truth to a report that the President of Namibia died as a result of food poisoning. Where did this death hoax originate? GlobalNews published the fake news article in March 2018 reporting that Geingob ...

Bir lehlu (liberated territories), March 20, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, sent a congratulatory message to his counterpart of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Mr. Hage Geingob, during the celebration of his country's 28th ...

PRESIDENT Hage Geingob bought a bed for N$120 000, as part of a N$1,6 million splash on his furniture imported tax-free through people implicated in Namibia's N$3,5 billion tax evasion, fraud and money laundering scheme. The luxury goods were bought from China, shipped to Walvis Bay and, ...

MAHIKENG - South African police on Friday fired rubber bullets at protesters after president Cyril Ramaphosa cut short a foreign trip to deal with violent riots over alleged government corruption and poor public services. Shops were looted, roads were blocked and vehicles set alight in North West province ...