Nurses downed tools last week over poor conditions at Boitumelo Regional Hospital in Kroonstad Crumbling infrastructure is hampering patient care at Boitumelo Regional Hospital in Kroonstad, Free State. We first visited the hospital two weeks ago. Buckets have been set out on the floors of some wards and theatre rooms to catch water leaking from […]
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About 30 activists and fishers led by the Eastern Cape Environmental Network and Earthlife Africa protested outside TotalEnergies service station in KwaDwesi, Gqeberha on Wednesday. They do not want the government to grant the company a license for the production of oil and gas between Mossel Bay and Cape St Francis. The protest started at […]
MENTORS and mentees should strive to do their best and be dedicated in everything they do. This was said by Bank Windhoek’s executive: marketing and corporate communication services Jacquiline Pack when she addressed 46 mentors and mentees who participated in the first training sessions of the 2023 Katuka Mentorship Programme in Windhoek last week. According […]
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Namibia: Pupkewitz Gives Nru New Wheels
The Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) yesterday received a vote of confidence from partner Pupkewitz Nissan which handed over four vehicles to be used for administration purposes for a period of 12 months. The car dealership said the NRU was well run and therefore it made sense to partner with the national rugby mother body, which […]
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Namibia: FNB Revives Women’s Football
The Women’s Super League returns to action next week thanks to FNB Namibia’s N$7,5 million sponsorship. The Namibia Football Association (NFA) normalisation committee signed a three-year agreement with the banking institution to provide N$2,5 annually and ensure women’s football is played continuously. The FNB Women Super League 2022/23 season is scheduled to kick off on […]
Govt Says No Money For Free Education The government says it has no money to go through with free education despite it being one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s promises during his 2018 election campaign. Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu told Parliament that her ministry was not well equipped to undergo the exercise as […]
The Supreme Court of Appeal has rejected former presidential bodyguard Norman Chisale’s request to access his frozen accounts to withdraw some money. Chisale told the court that he wanted to withdraw K50 million to pay for his legal fees. Justice of Appeal, Charles Mkandawire, said he did not see any legal mandate for the Supreme […]
Flagship brewers, Castel Malawi Limited has re-affirmed its commitment towards the fight against the marauding Cholera outbreak by donating items worth K20 million to the Ministry of Health to support the cause. Some weeks ago, the company launched an in-house initiative against Cholera where among other things arranged for oral vaccination for the employees, apart […]
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Malawi: High Court Snubs Govt. On Chizuma
The Malawi High Court has snubbed government’s ‘highly unusual’ instant application filed to seek for an order to vacate an injunction the Court granted the Malawi Law Society (MLS) pending a judicial review of the decision to suspend the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director Martha Chizuma until her criminal defamation case is concluded. Dissatisfied with the […]
Govt Websites Hit by Massive Outage, Most Restored Key national government websites across the country – including Parliament, those of several departments, and the South African Police Service – crashed, possibly due to “infrastructure damage”, reports News24. State Information Technology Agency (SITA) spokesperson Tlali Tlali said that “acts of vandalism and theft” in the […]
Malawi Government says out of respect for international laws, it will engage the US Embassy and its Ambassador David Young through diplomatic channels to address concerns they have raised on how government is handling the issue of interdicted Anti – Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General Martha Chizuma. In his statement to the media on Wednesday, […]
Gospel musician Ivy Kombo and her husband Pastor Admire Kasi can now practice law in Zimbabwe following their admission as lawyers at the High Court in Harare yesterday. The couple was among 12 lawyers who were sworn in before Justice Never Katiyo and undertook to observe the laws of the country in the execution of […]
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has resorted to undisclosed campaigns and mobilisations ostensibly to protect the electorate from political violence. This follows a series of events where violence was targeted at its members allegedly from governing party, Zanu PF members, in rural areas ahead of general elections to be held between July and […]
“THEY used to call us heroes and heroines on the frontline, but now they want to let us go.” These were the sentiments of a group of about 50 former Covid-19 volunteers who yesterday protested at the Ministry of Health and Social Services’ head office in Windhoek, demanding permanent jobs. The group members say their […]
The Namibian Police are looking for a suspect/s who allegedly stole N$60 billion from investors. According to a short statement released by Namibian Police spokesperson warrant officer Silas Shipandeni on Wednesday, a case was opened in Klein Windhoek in December 2022 in connection with the theft. No further details were provided on how the theft […]
Kasika — The community of Kasika in Zambezi region is displeased with the government’s efforts in maintaining existing infrastructures. According to the residents, the lack of maintenance has resulted in buildings such as the immigration office being in a deplorable state. The immigration office was built and donated to the line ministry by the late […]
The Zimbabwean government refurbished chanceries and embassy buildings in seven countries last year as part of its program to improve the country’s image abroad. The refurbished buildings are in South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi, Germany and the United Kingdom, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Frederick Shava said on Tuesday. “In line with its […]
Tigere Property Fund, Zimbabwe’s first Real Investment Trust (REIT) has declared a dividend of ZW$76 million plus an additional US$153 000 in line with its listing prospectus. This will result in a dividend pay-out of 0,021 United States cents as well as 10,54 Zim$ cents per unit. The dividend will be payable on the 24th […]