Namibia’s leader seems to be preparing the ground for a new political direction for the country’s ruling party after reinstating Hage Geingbo.
Teachers have ignored a court order and they have joined forces with disgruntled nurses who were reined in by the state, writes John Grobler.
Divisions within Namibia’s ruling Swapo deepened this week after Prime Minister Nahas Angula withdrew from the presidential race.
The gloves have come off in Swapo in the increasingly acrimonious battle for the Namibian presidential nomination.
Rodwell Kasika Mukendwa was accused number 106 in the trial in which a remaining 110 men face 278 charges of high treason.
A ruling by the Namibian High Court brought by women who alleged they were sterilised by state against their will could open door for similar cases.
The discovery of a giant aquifer beneath the country’s most populous region has been amazing news, writes John Grobler.
With 251 rhinos poached so far this year in SA, the expectation is that rhino hunting, especially that of the black rhino, will be shut down.
Namibia’s partial privatisation of non-core state services appears to be heading up a dead-end track, writes John Grobler.
Namibia has plans to become a big energy player but consumers will feel the pain this winter, writes John Grobler.
A new scandal has revealed the staggering corruption that is bleeding Namibia’s state coffers.
Scientists say the mysterious circles, also known as "fairy circles", in the Namib desert may have been caused by oxygen-depleting methane.
Namibian businessperson Simon Kapenda has been punting grandiose schemes to develop the country, though his past is tainted with fraud allegations.
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/ 27 February 2012
Visitors flying into Namibia may in the near future be asked to retrieve their luggage from the aircraft themselves.
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/ 17 February 2012
IMF gives Namibia a thumbs but raises concerns over rising public debt.
A minister’s inflammatory comment about his Ovambo colleagues sparks minorities’ sympathy.
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/ 29 October 2011
A proposal to construct a chemical plant on the Namibian coast, the heart of the coastal tourism area, has the country in a deadlock.
A crisis in Namibia’s mining industry was narrowly averted when the Cabinet agreed to review proposed new taxes after tense negotiations.
Concern has been rising over Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s health after he was hospitalised two weeks ago.
Accusations of inflated costs at a Zambian mine have been made against Glencore.
Namibia has declared its second national flood emergency in three years, following extensive flooding in six of the country’s northern regions.
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/ 15 November 2010
Faced with threats of summary dismissal, Namibia’s public servants postponed their planned demonstration against the alleged looting of their pensions
Civil servants put unprecedented pressure on the government as elections loom.
Political entitlement has a sell-by date — a harsh truth discovered by a group of Swapo "struggle children".
Joint mining ventures with ‘tenderpreneurs’ ensure that the Asian giant gets a slice of the minerals pie.
Hopes by nine Namibian opposition parties to force an annulment of last year’s November election were dashed on Thursday.
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/ 15 January 2010
Ghost voters cause parties to question Swapo landslide, writes John Grobler.
A week after a scandal of a kickback scheme involving Chinese scanners broke in local media, the chief of the Namibian Defence Force was suspended.
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/ 6 September 2008
Blessed with natural resources of oil, diamonds, and rich agricultural land, Anglola has the potential to become one of the richest nations worldwide.
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/ 3 September 2008
Driving in Luanda requires nerves of steel, nuts of tungsten and a head like a stubborn mule.
Pressure on SADC signatories mounts as Zimbabwe continues to violate the terms of key treaties
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/ 16 November 2007
Namibia’s ruling Swapo Party plans to amend the country’s Constitution at its end-November congress to do away with the position of prime minister and create the position of deputy president instead, sources said this week. This would ensure Swapo’s leadership, still dominated by former president Sam Nujoma, tightens its grip over a government accused of ineptitude, graft and corruption.