The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Sophia Shaningwa, says the government will ensure that local authorities are given the financial assistance needed to service land but warned that questionable transactions would not get her approval.
Shaningwa was speaking at the opening of the Namibian National Mayors’ Forum AGM in Walvis Bay on Monday.
She said the money will be allocated within the confines of the national budget.
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Forensic investigations are delaying the burial of the burnt remains of two women who died in a car crash at Onankali village on July 29.
The families of Anna Gustav, 19, and Christina Manya, 32, say the National Forensic Science Institute has not completed the DNA testing of the remains.
Gustav and Manya were among four people who died on July 29 when a truck collided head-on with a sedan and both caught fire at Onankali village on the Ondangwa-Omuthiya main road. The bodies were burnt beyond recognition.
Read more about DNA tests hold up burial of crash victims
Elijah Ngurare, Job Amupanda, George Kambala and Dimbulukeni Nauyoma, who were expelled from Swapo last month, have challenged the move in the High Court.
The four, now called the ‘Swapo Four’, were kicked out of the party following their involvement with, and support of, the Affirmative Repositioning movement which has been driving a demand for land to landless Namibians.
Ngurare, Amupanda, Kambala and Nauyoma have cried foul at the manner in which they were expelled. They claimed the party did not follow the correct disciplinary procedures.
Read more about Expelled politicians drag ruling party to court
Three fallen liberation struggle veterans will be accorded heroes’ burials next week at the Heroes’ Acre south of Windhoek, Namibian Sun has learned.
The three Swapo stalwarts are founding member Moses Garoeb, former defence minister Peter Mweshihange and anti-apartheid activist Anton Lubowski.
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A warrant of arrest has been issued for Chinese national Gu Jainin Kelvin following his failure to appear in court on June 24.
According to the Anti-Corruption Commission, Kelvin, another Chinese national and an employee of the Roads Authority face corruption charges.
The corruption charges stem from the unlawful release of a truck belonging to the company where Kelvin was employed after it was impounded at the Walvis Bay weighbridge in 2012.
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Rickey Tjienda, who has been found guilty of falsifying company ownership documents in order to change the ownership of a company, will be sentenced on August 31.
Tjienda on October 3, in 2005, 2005, falsely and with intent to defraud the Registrar of Companies in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, forged the signature of Anelda Harms on an amended founding statement of RICMA Investments cc indicating that she was a witness.
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Former health deputy minister Zedekia Mujoro will be laid to rest on Sunday at Okaepe in the Okakarara Constituency. He died of pneumonia at the Grootfontein State Hospital last Thursday at the age of 64.
Mujoro was born in a family of ten at Okaundja in the Okakarara Constituency.
His became a youth activist, serving as Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) president from 1976 to 1978.
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From January to July this year, the NamPol Drug Law Enforcement Unit arrested 650 Namibians and 63 foreigners on drug-related charges.
These figures show that the drug trade in Namibia is run by Angolans, Congolese and Burundians from the Osire refugee camp outside Otjiwarongo.
Nampol’s spokesperson, Edwin Kanguatjivi, said the police have found it increasingly difficult to make drug busts as dealers are getting smarter by the day.
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Despite having a very strong government, good policies and an administration that knows what they are doing, Namibia fails to implement its programmes, says newly appointed United Nations Resident Coordinator Anita Kiki Gbeho.
“We need a place to come together to push the implementation. We can look at a poverty council to discuss the actual implementation challenges and address it,” said Gbeho.
She also pledged the UN community’s commitment to assist Namibia as long as the government gives its support.
Read more about Namibia needs to pull up socks - UN
Shoprite-Checkers workers in Windhoek are calling on President Hage Geingob to come to their rescue, saying his efforts to eradicate poverty in Namibia are being trampled upon by their employer who pays them just over N$1 000 per month.
Yesterday, 65 employees were summoned to a mass disciplinary hearing at the Nampower Convention Centre. The company was represented by its area managers and legal representatives.
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South Africa has put the release of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius on hold, saying a decision to free him tomorrow after serving only 10 months in prison for killing his girlfriend had been premature.
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The Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group and its property services company Broll Namibia this month celebrate the 25th anniversary of its landmark Wernhil Park complex in Windhoek.
The country’s first venture into one-stop shopping first opened its doors in August 1990, at 18 000 square metres and hosting 54 shops. Two upgrades saw it grow to 86 shops and 36 500 square metres.
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The country’s foremost agricultural cooperative this week hailed the opening of a new N$110 million investment, the Agra Hyper retail centre in Windhoek.
The 3 250-square-metre development is situated in the Lafrenz Industrial Area. According to Agra’s outgoing CEO Peter Kazmaier, it was meant to address a number of challenges identified at existing branches, including space constraints, vehicle loading bottlenecks, traffic flow and product range constraints.
Read more about Agra Hyper a sign of national success
Readers have until September 2 to vote for their favourite northern town of the year via SMS. The town with the most votes will be the first finalist in the Town of the Year competition introduced by Namibia Media Holdings. For the northern regions, you can vote for Ongwediva, Oshakati, Outapi, Oshakati, Opuwo, Eenhana, Rundu, Katima Mulilo, Ruacana, Okahao, Omuthiya, Oshikuku and Nkurenkuru.
Only one SMS message is allowed per cell phone number and everyone, anywhere in Namibia, is allowed to vote. One lucky voter stands the chance to win N$1 000. Send your message to 51500. Read more about Vote for your favourite northern town
The Office of the Prosecutor-General has made a final decision on whether to prosecute Jandre Dippenaar for a horrific accident at the coast last year in which six people were killed.
The accident that occurred on December 29 last year between Swakopmund and Henties Bay killed three Namibians and three German tourists. An FJ Cruiser that Dippenaar was driving collided head-on with a Ford Ranger occupied by a German family of four.
Dippenaar and 16-year-old Antonia Klara Joschko were the only survivors.
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Johny Rayno Diergaardt, 32, accused of stabbing his former girlfriend 27 times, is apparently not disturbed or unstable and his lawyer, Borris Isaacks, has told the High Court there is no need for psychiatric evaluation.
The order would have been made by Judge Christie Liebenberg but Isaacks had requested more time to consult with his client.
Yesterday, Isaacks said that his client does not suffer any psychiatric disturbance and can follow the court proceedings.
Read more about Alleged passion killer refuses evaluation
It appears the Namibian electoral law makes no provision for citizens who are kept away from their home areas because of work, after a citizen was turned away from his settlement’s registration point.
This came to light when a Maltahöhe resident who is a weekend farmer in the district was turned away from the settlement’s registration point yesterday.
“People must have the right to exercise their right to vote for leaders,” said the farmer, who pays municipal fees at Maltahöhe where he farms and not in Windhoek where he works and lives most of the time.
Read more about Proving residency remains thorny
