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Move with the times

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Delivering the keynote address at the opening of a five-day foreign policy review conference in Windhoek yesterday, President Hage Geingob urged diplomats to modernise their approach.
“In today’s world of social media and 24-hour news cycles, diplomats are expected to be up to date and technology savvy to ensure that any information they generate has relevant context,” he told diplomatic staff.
The president told diplomats that they will have to become social media literate and that he will monitor how many of Namibia’s foreign missions have Facebook and Twitter accounts.
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Swapo elders get pep talk

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Swapo Party secretary-general Nangolo Mbumba has advised the party elders to stop fighting each other for leadership roles and instead guide party members, especially the youth, on how to take the party forward.
Speaking during the opening of the Swapo Party Elders Council (SPEC) refresher workshop on Friday, Mbumba urged members to remember that Namibia has just come from a bloody liberation war and that leaders must promote peace at all cost.
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Human rights education in schools halted

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School learners will no longer benefit from the Ombudsman’s Basic Human Rights programme, as the office has discontinued it due to limited resources.
This was revealed in the Ombudsman’s 2015 annual report tabled in the National Assembly last week.
According to the report, during the past two years complaints investigators visited schools to introduce learners to basic human rights. It reached 200 schools in 2014 and 41 147 learners benefited.
The number of schools reached last year decreased to 111, benefiting only 35 073 learners.
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Fly Blue Crane waiting for aircraft

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Fly Blue Crane has experienced a delay in the delivery of the aircraft supposed to fly the Cape Town to Windhoek route.
The airline announced in April this year that it had received approval from the South African and Namibian authorities to operate flights between the two cities.
The inaugural flight from Cape Town to Windhoek took place on 13 July and the return flight on 15 July, but no launch date for scheduled operations has been confirmed.
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Gardener attacked by dogs

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A 47-year-old man was attacked by three dogs at a house in Hindernburg Street, Otjiwarongo, yesterday morning.
The same dogs had in March attacked a woman, her daughter and a security guard.
The spokesperson of the Namibian Police in the Otjozondjupa Region, Warrant Officer Maureen Mbeha, confirmed the incident in an interview with Nampa, saying the victim is a gardener at that house.
“I am coming from the private hospital where the victim is being stitched up by a doctor all over his body. The man is in a critical condition and cannot move,” she said.
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Holton killer guilty

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Jesaya Nikanor, 40, has been found guilty of the rape and murder of Fiona Ann Holton at her house at the Etosha Safari Camp on 21 and 22 September 2008.
In his judgement Judge Christie Liebenberg said that in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, the only reasonable conclusion is that the presence of Nikanor’s DNA on several samples taken from Holton’s genital area directly links him to a sexual act that he committed with the deceased.
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Nampol mum on elephant poaching

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Namibian and Angolan authorities are investigating the shooting of elephants on the Angolan side of the Kavango River on Saturday afternoon.
Three elephants were reportedly killed when poachers armed with assault rifles opened fire on a herd of between 10 and 13 elephants.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Romeo Muyunda, yesterday said that the incident was reported to the ministry by community members on Saturday.
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Army chaplain wants wife to pay maintenance

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A former chaplain in the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has taken his wife to court for not supporting him financially.
Petrus Mumbuu is claiming a monthly allowance of N$2 500 from his wife.
He told Nampa that although he and his wife are getting divorced, they are only separated at the moment.
State prosecutor Obert Masendeke said the couple was supposed to appear before the Opuwo Magistrate's Court on Friday, but the wife did not turn up, leading to the postponement of the case.
The case will now resume on 29 July.
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Fishing rights double in 4 years

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Namibia currently has 338 right holders in the fishing sector, mainly from previously disadvantaged communities, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernhard Esau has said.
This represents an increase of 114% from the 158 right holders recorded in 2012, the minister said on Monday while doing a presentation on the Blue Economy in the context of Namibia’s fisheries sector as part of the review of the White Paper on Namibia’s Foreign Policy.
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San girls used as sex slaves

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A northern headman yesterday claimed that the trafficking of San girls, who are used as sex slaves by truck drivers, has continued for the last ten years despite the issue being raised with local police officers.
Oshivelo senior headman Erwin Namburu Nashikaku, who is also the advisor to Oshikoto Governor Henock Kankoshi, raised this issue during a discussion on the state of security and intelligence in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), which forms part of the foreign policy review conference under way in Windhoek.
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From teacher to tourism tycoon

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B7: Over 21 years Gondwana has created one of the largest privately protected areas in Africa, the 127 000 hectare Gondwana Canyon Park; established 14 lodges countrywide and The Delight Hotel in Swakopmund; grown its staff complement to over 600 people; and welcomed two million guests who have walked through its doors. How did you manage to motivate 600 staff members to deliver such excellent service?
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DTA claims irregularities in OPM tender

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The DTA claims to have evidence proving irregularities in the tender for building a new office for the prime minister.
DTA president McHenry Venaani yesterday said he had written a letter to President Hage Geingob, accompanied by documentation showing evidence of irregularities in the tendering procedure.
Venaani claimed the documentation in his possession shows that the Ministerial Tender Committee in the works ministry recommended and approved the tender allocation to a company that not only met all the criteria, but tendered the lowest bid.
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Killer says murder was accidental

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Joel Petrus, 34, who was convicted of killing Maria Erastus with a panga in Gobabis four years ago, maintains it was not his intention to kill her. He was convicted of murder with intent to kill in April this year.
Testifying in mitigation of sentencing in the High Court yesterday, Petrus admitted that although he did not personally show remorse towards the family of the deceased, he had indeed asked for forgiveness from the family of the victim, the court and the Namibian nation from the dock.
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Drastic increase in complaints to Ombudsman

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Complaints made to the office of the Ombudsman increased drastically last year.
More than 1 500 complaints were made, with the police and the justice ministry receiving the most complaints against government institutions.
According to the Ombudsman’s annual report a total of 3 961 complaints were received last year in comparison to 2 438 the previous year.
Ombudsman John Walters said in the report he could not attribute the drastic increase of 1 512 complaints to any specific reason.
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Pay row between teachers, govt continues

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The recognised teachers’ union says the government must stop its “delaying tactics” because they are not going to accept its 5% salary increase.
The Namibia National Teachers’ Union (Nantu), which is demanding an 8% increase, also accused the government of disrespecting them and taking teachers for granted.
Speaking at a media conference this week, Nantu secretary-general Basilius Haingura also questioned the government’s lack of commitment to the issue.
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City gets tough with water wasters

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The City of Windhoek will turn off the taps of households using more than 40 000 litres of water per month.
In an attempt to ensure that Windhoek reaches the 40% savings required to ensure continued water supply, the City plans to target 200 consumers each week for the duration of the water crisis. The campaign was launched last week.
Taps will be closed to a trickle flow and house owners will be required to pay penalties in order to restore supply.
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Omaheke governor apologises

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Omaheke Governor Festus Ueitele has asked the elders in his region to mentor and guide him so that together they can take the region to greater heights.
This followed an instruction by President Hage Geingob that he publicly apologise to the OvaHerero community for alleged inflammatory tribalist remarks he recently made.
The instruction from Geingob followed a widely circulated audio recording in which Ueitele was heard saying that some members of the OvaHerero community are backstabbers, practice double standards and do not seem to respect other tribes.
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Ndishishi to hold the fort at NIPAM

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Former Health and Social Services permanent secretary Andrew Ndishishi has been appointed as the Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management’s (NIPAM) acting executive director until a suitable candidate is found.
Ndishishi replaces University of Namibia director for communications Edwin Tjiramba, who has been at the helm of NIPAM in an acting capacity since last year.
NIPAM has been without an executive director since Joseph Diescho was controversially axed from the institution.
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Namibia’s diplomats are unskilled

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Africa must stop spending money on sending uninformed diplomats to international conferences where they fail to make relevant contributions.
This sentiment was expressed by speakers during a discussion on the role of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the foreign policy review conference under way in Windhoek.
According to Loide Lungameni, chief of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), African diplomats often see international trips as “shopping sprees”.
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