Headlines in the morning

+++ The Student Assistance Fund (NSFAF) has to write off most of its $ 1.7 billion in outstanding debts due to incomplete documentation of student grants +++ Regulatory agency Cran allows state-owned Namibia Post and Telecom Holdings to buy another 34 percent stake in...

Headlines in the morning

+++ Tax increases to finance budget: Top earners and motorists are asked to pay up more +++ Opposition criticises budget of government: Too much money for the military and police, which could be better spent on poverty alleviation and housing +++ Initiative of AA...

Headlines in the morning

+++ Green light from the Communications Control Authority (Cran) – State-owned Namibia Post and Telecom Holdings may obtain 100% ownership of MTC +++ Government respects judgment of High Court – newspaper advertisement to collect the land tax was a mistake...

Headlines in the morning

+++ The government is trying to collect the land tax, although it was enjoined by the high court from doing so +++ More than a quarter of MPs in the National Assembly own farm land +++ Verdict in the corruption lawsuit against former MD of Namibia Wildlife Resorts,...

Headlines in the morning

+++ President Geingob wishes for a more balanced trade between Namibia and South Africa +++ Minister of Education Hanse-Himarwa has to face charges concerning allegations of corruption during her term as Governor of the Hardap region +++ Fuel prices remain the same...

Headlines in the morning

+++ The register of assets and income of parliamentarians shows that 24 of the 104 MPs in the National Assembly make money out of fishing +++ Former vice minister for land reform, Swartbooi, on a symposion in Berlin calls for the occupation of farms owned by Germans...