ACC arrests five in N$500 million Namcor ‘corruption’ scam
...N$560 million in bogus oil transactions where the parastatal supplied politically connected companies with petroleum products but was never paid for the fuel...
SSC admits investment breach, divorces investment firm
....SSC allocated US$34 million to RISE and that this amount grew by US$5.6 million to just shy of US$40 million...
NBC TV licence fee failure burdens the public
Jacobs confirmed the launch of the Integrated Television Licence (iTVL) platform, a centralised digital system designed to tackle poor financial accountability, fraud vulnerability...
Vivo, Nasan embroiled in monopoly claims
...Vivo Energy, the local owners of the Shell service station franchise, has chosen to sell 53 Engen service stations around the country to Nasan Energies...
Government cherry picks banks for lucrative rescue package
The Ministry of Finance has entered into a N$6 billion bailout agreement with three commercial banks in an unorthodox arrangement that will strengthen the banks’ control of the debt market and gain an extra yearly interest income of over N$140 million for
Bring back BIG cry Omitara residents
OMITARA – Lolla Seibes (28) sits in line waiting to collect the N$350 orphans and vulnerable children’s grant. She gets it for her daughter, whose father died last year. That grant, Seibes’ grandmother’s N$1 600 state pension, and her aunt’s civil servant
Social safety net leaves gaping holes
The Basic Income Grant Coalition's current proposal has substantially increased the suggested amount to N$500 to be paid to every Namibian aged 0 to 59...
SA cops close in on suspects, tight-lipped on N$5m Namdia link
...South African Police’s Directorate of Priority Crimes Investigation (DPCI), well-known as the Hawks, raided a Port Nolloth house, where 1 000 carats of diamonds were recovered...
GIPF raises fresh fears over N$350 million mandate
... N$350 million investment mandate to the controversial Chinese-owned fund manager VG Cap...
Dear The Namibian leadership and staff
...The Issue extend our warmest congratulations to you on the profound and lasting impact you've had on both of us, press freedom, Namibia's liberation history...
Alabuga influencer scandal shows need for regulation, rules
...prominent figures like TikTok star Cyan Boujee, real name Honour Zuma, and others apologised for their role in promoting the Alabuga Start programme...
