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Shimbulu drags Swapo to court

3 days ago - 01 April 2020 | Politics

ILENI NANDJATO OSHAKATIOusted Oshakati councillor Katrina Shimbulu wants to drag Swapo to court following a decision by the ruling party’s Politburo to remove her as a councillor.This emerged in a lawyer’s letter written to acting...

'Swartbooi's mom was insulted'

1 week ago - 27 March 2020 | Politics

JEMIMA BEUKESWINDHOEKThe Landless People's Movement (LPM) claims the commotion in parliament involving its leader Bernadus Swartbooi and labour minister Utoni Nujoma was trigged by an insult by Nujoma.LPM chief whip Henny Seibeb said in a...

Nudo affirms Muinjangue's loyalty

1 week ago - 25 March 2020 | Politics

JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEK The leadership of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) has welcomed the appointment of party president Ester Utjiua Muinjangue as deputy health minister. Muinjangue, who made history...

Geingob failed at downsizing - Venaani

1 week ago - 24 March 2020 | Politics

ELLANIE SMITWindhoekPresident Hage Geingob has failed to effectively trim down government's structure, including by not removing the vice-president and deputy prime minister positions. This is according to Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani, who...

Good for the goose, not for the gander

1 week ago - 23 March 2020 | Politics

JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEKGovernment yesterday moved to pour cold water over criticism that it has reneged on its own directives against the coronavirus...

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I go in peace – Ndjoze-Ojo

1 week ago - 23 March 2020 | Politics

While the nation pondered on who the new ministers and their deputies would be, high education deputy minister Dr Becky Ndjoze-Ojo has all but confirmed...

Geingob 'aware' of need to improve

1 week ago - 23 March 2020 | Politics

JEMIMA BEUKES WindhoekPresident Hage Geingob said he is aware of the urgent need to improve people's lives in his second term of office, including creating...

Swapo chucks out Shimbulu

2 weeks ago - 20 March 2020 | Politics

ILENI NANDJATOoshakatiThe Swapo regional coordinator for the Oshana Region, Samuel Nelongo, who previously told Namibian Sun that there was no skilful person at Oshakati to...

'Geingob added to broke govt'

2 weeks ago - 19 March 2020 | Politics

Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani says if it is true that President Hage Geingob inherited a bankrupt government, instead of addressing the problem,...

PDM win at Opuwo

3 weeks ago - 11 March 2020 | Politics

Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate Uaurikua Kakuva won Monday's Opuwo Rural Constituency by-election in the Kunene Region.Three candidates took part and a total 3 141...

State House unfazed by demos

3 weeks ago - 10 March 2020 | Politics

State House yesterday said it would only respond to demands of organised groups bearing representation of a spectrum of society, amid calls for President Hage...

Protesters demand election re-run

3 weeks ago - 09 March 2020 | Politics

Groups of dissatisfied Namibians protested in some parts of the country over the weekend, demanding President Hage Geingob to step down as Head of State...

Itula blasts registrar, demands hearing

4 weeks ago - 06 March 2020 | Politics

OGONE TLHAGE Presidential candidate Panduleni Itula remains unrelenting in his efforts to have the Supreme Court review its ruling that refused to...

Independence turns into political football

4 weeks ago - 06 March 2020 | Politics

Tempers are flaring high ahead of the country's 30th independence anniversary, with demonstrations being lined up this weekend by both proponents and critics of the...

Swapo politburo confronts Oshakati impasse

1 month - 04 March 2020 | Politics

The Swapo politburo has assembled a committee to investigate, amongst others, the controversial reinstatement of Katrina Shimbulu as councillor at the Oshakati town council as...

PDM list battle heads to...

1 month - 03 March 2020 | Politics

Two members of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) have filed an urgent application in the High Court over the contested list of those who will...

Shimbulu reinstatement declared illegal

1 month - 28 February 2020 | Politics

Oshakati town council legal consultant Jan Greyling has penned a damning opinion on the nomination and swearing-in of Katrina Shimbulu as a councillor, and her...

Vote for Nudo - LPM

1 month - 28 February 2020 | Politics

The Landless People's Movement (LPM) has announced it will not be participating in the upcoming Opuwo Rural Constituency by-election slated for 9 March.The party has...