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DRIVING SCHOOL CAR ENGULFED
HUGE BLAZE: A driving school car caught fire on Saturday afternoon at Ongwediva. The incident occurred after 15:00 and according to bystanders the blue Chevrolet Spark was completely engulfed within minutes. Owner of Middletown Driving School, Oscar Martin told Namibian Sun he was particularly shocked because the car had gone for testing at NaTIS the previous day. He said a learner was busy with parallel parking lessons when the instructor noticed smoke coming from under the car’s bonnet. Read more about DRIVING SCHOOL CAR ENGULFED
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Credit blacklisting unlawful - Horn
Social commentators have slammed credit blacklisting, which has caught thousands of Namibians in a poverty trap and unable to obtain credit from financial institutions.
This comes at a time when the Law Reform and Development Commission has embarked on scrutinising existing laws that inhibit development.
Credit bureaus that blacklist people for considerable periods of time, such as Trans Union South Africa, also known as ITC, are a case in point.
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Still no justice for Martha
Prosecutor-General Martha Imalwa has refused to disclose whether anyone will be prosecuted for the killing of student nurse Martha Ilonga. Almost eight months after she was allegedly shot in the head by a police officer and later succumbed to her injuries, the Ilonga family is still seeking justice for Martha.
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Stamping out mother-to-child HIV
Namibia is making headway to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Namibia could be the second country in the world after Cuba to eliminate mother-to-child transmission. In June this year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that Cuba has successfully eliminated mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis. In July this year, President Hage Geingob told world leaders that 95% of HIV-positive pregnant women in the country are currently receiving treatment. Read more about Stamping out mother-to-child HIV
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Some FMD control measures lifted
The moving of livestock within the northern communal area is now possible with permission and supervision from veterinary services. At the same time the road control points have been reduced from the current 42 to 26.
The roadblocks that will remain will be located in Kavango East and West, Omusati, Kunene, Ohangwena, Oshikoto and Zambezi regions and patrol teams will be deployed to monitor the situation.
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City will not disconnect the vulnerable
The services of vulnerable people in Windhoek will no longer be disconnected and those whose services have been disconnected will be restored.
This was announced by the Mayor of Windhoek Muesee Kazapua on Friday after a group of about 50 senior citizens last week staged a peaceful demonstration, demanding for their old municipal housing bonds and water bills to be written off.
Kazapua said that pensioners are invited to approach the City should they find difficulties with their accounts, while a long-term solution is being found.
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Catch ‘em while they’re young - Sono
South African football legend, Ephraim Jomo Sono believes more African footballers would be thriving in Europe if they had moved overseas earlier.
Sono said this at the MTC Masters of Success event, which was held in Windhoek a few weeks ago.
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Murder accused denied bail
A man who allegedly murdered his ex-wife by slitting her throat with a pocketknife appeared before the Outapi Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
Simon Shinana, 40, stands accused of killing 28-year-old Nangula Yelukeni Haikela at her mother’s house at Oshuundje village in the Omusati Region at the weekend.
Shinana, who was denied bail, was not asked to plead and the matter was postponed to February 3, 2016 for further investigation and for him to apply for legal aid.
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Trains grind to a halt
TransNamib services came to a screeching halt when more than 100 train drivers and their assistants embarked on a nationwide strike on Tuesday morning, demanding salary increases.
TransNamib has already headed to the High Court in Windhoek twice since Tuesday with an urgent application to try and stop the illegal strike, which could have devastating economic impacts on the country if it continues.
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Drought relief is urgently needed - DTA
The president of the DTA of Namibia, McHenry Venaani, has called on President Hage Geingob to implement immediate drought-relief programmes before the situation worsens.
In a media statement issued by the party yesterday, Venaani said the drought which has been experienced for the past few years should be viewed as a state of emergency and provisions should be made to activate drought-relief programmes and other necessary measures.
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Defectors won’t be missed
Rally for Democracy and Progress president Jeremiah Nambinga says the four party members who have re-joined the Swapo Party won’t have a negative effect on the party.
Nambinga was commenting on the departure of Shapwa Kaukungwa, Phillemon Kanime, Magnus Nangombe and Festus Naholo, who were welcomed back by Swapo on Tuesday.
Nambinga said the party was not bothered by the defection because the four were not popular members of the RDP.
The move took place 18 days before the nation heads to the polls for the regional and local elections.
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Vaccination drive under way
Statistics show that despite being free of charge and available at all state facilities, measles immunisation coverage reached only 77% of the targeted group from January to July this year.
Deputy Health Minister Juliet Kavetuna, during her speech at the launch of Maternal and Child Health Week yesterday, said the situation makes children vulnerable to preventable childhood diseases.
“The Ministry of Health and Social Services is also challenged by the maternal, peri-neonatal and child mortality rate in the country,” she said.
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Candidate pleaded guilty to fraud
The Swapo Party candidate for the new Daweb Constituency in May last year admitted guilt to fraud, forgery and uttering in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court.
The matter involving more than N$123 000 against Hercules Jantze was provisionally removed from the court roll on August 28 last year due to a delayed decision by Prosecutor-General Martha Imalwa.
It is not known why the PG’s decision was delayed.
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AR movement, a year on
Exactly a year ago Affirmative Repositioning (AR) founders George Kambala, Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and Job Amupanda occupied a piece of land in Windhoek’s Kleine Kuppe area, giving birth to the AR movement.
Twelve days later the trio were joined by thousands of landless Namibian youths in submitting 14 000 applications for plots to the City of Windhoek, leading to 50 000 applications submitted nationwide by February 27 this year.
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Tolerate each other - Simataa
More needs to be invested in sustained efforts to construct true and lasting peace as well as for human beings to learn to understand each other.
This is the view of Deputy Minister Information and Communication Technology Stanley Simataa, who was recently elected president of the 38th session of the Unesco General Conference.
Simataa added that the historic narrative of a humane world order, characterised by lasting peace, has never been as relevant and profound as it is today with unending conflict and natural disasters.
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Correction
Prosecutor-General Martha Imalwa has pointed out that the police docket in a medical-aid fraud case involving a Swapo regional council candidate is not with her office.
We reported in yesterday’s edition that the case involving Hercules Jantze, the Swapo candidate for the new Daweb Constituency in the Hardap Region, was provisionally withdrawn in August last year because of a delayed decision by the PG.
Imalwa objected yesterday, saying that the docket was not with her because the investigation had not been completed yet.
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