The Katima Mulilo Town Council has commissioned the servicing of land towards the development of extensions 23 and 24. The area that will yield more than 200-plots was handed over to the contractor, SISI Construction and Technical Services, which will start building roads and installing sanitation infrastructure. Katima Mulilo Mayor, Georgina Mwiya-Simataa, says the more […]
The Namibia Competition Commission (NCC) has warned taxi operators against unauthorised increase of transport fares. The commission says operators, who intentionally impose fixed taxi fare increases without following due process set out in the 1974 Roads Transport Act, will be subjected to punitive or criminal sanctions. The operators and their associations want to increase taxi […]
Political analyst Dr Charles Mubita analysis the Zimbabwe election results.
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has dismissed what he called the unverified fake results of the election which handed victory to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. MDC leader Chamisa wrote on Twitter, saying that the scandal of releasing unverified fake results by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is regrettable. He charged that the ZEC had denied his […]
Mnangagwa received over 2 460 000 votes while his closest rival, Nelson Chamisa of the MDC Alliance got over 2 147 000 votes. According to the the announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), Mnangagwa won the elections by over 300 000 votes.
Securing well-equipped librarians and archivists are some of the biggest challenges in making information accessible in Namibia. The Minister of Education, Arts and Culture raised the concern during the inauguration of the fifth Namibia National Library and Information Council (NLIC) in Windhoek on Wednesday.
Public hearings are scheduled to take place countrywide to regulate the import of foreign goods, once the country rectifies the AU Free Trade Agreement. This was announced at a weekly Cabinet briefing. The consultations, according to Information and Communication Technology Minister Stanley Simaata will also reflect on modalities for tariffs liberation, priority sectors, as well […]
Shoprite has withdrawn the summons against 93 of its employees that the company sued for N$4,5 million. This comes a day after Windhoekers protested in front of the retailer’s Independence Avenue outlet to force it to stop the court action. Activists have been calling for a consumer boycott after the South African group insisted on […]
The winner of Zimbabwe’s presidential election is Emmerson Mnangagwa who took power from Robert Mugabe after a coup in November 2017. His closest competitor, Nelson Chamisa of the MDC Alliance, mustered 2 147 436 votes. Mnangagwa received 2 460 463 votes by winning six of the 10 provinces, including Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Masvingo, Matabeleland […]
