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Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has quit the emergency government in a sign of deepening divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s post-conflict plans for Gaza. Speaking during a news conference in Tel Aviv on Sunday where he announced his resignation, Mr Gantz said the decision was made with a “heavy heart”. “Unfortunately, Mr Netanyahu […]
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party said on Monday it had instructed its lawyers to ask the constitutional court for an urgent interdict to prohibit parliament from proceeding with the swearing in of new MPs and the election of the president next week. In a statement, MK said it did so after the secretary to parliament […]
President Emmanuel Macron has called snap parliamentary elections later this month in the wake of a big victory for his rival Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in the European Parliament vote. The far-right party is on course to win 32% of the vote, exit polls say, more than twice that of the president’s Renaissance party. […]
Diane Rwigara, an outspoken critic of Rwandan president Paul Kagame, has been barred from standing in next month’s presidential election. Only Kagame and two other politicians – Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party and independent Philippe Mpayimana – were cleared by the electoral body. Rwigara, who was also disqualified from the 2017 poll, took […]
The Makhanda High Court has given the Emalahleni municipality the go-ahead to sue the former Knysna municipal manager Dr Sitembele Wiseman Vatala for R7.5m. It is alleged that he failed to settle a civil suit against the municipality timeously. Former Knysna municipal manager Sithembele Wiseman Vatala lost his attempt to stop another municipality that had […]
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… police chief rapped for telling officers to build houses rather than buy iPhones Namibian Police inspector general Joseph Shikongo has been criticised as looking for attention after saying last week that low-ranking police officers should rather build houses at their village than invest in expensive phones, such as iPhones. Speaking at a police leadership […]
The Election Commission of Namibia (ECN) regional elections officer in Kunene, Mike Nganjone, says so far there are no challenges encountered during the current general registration of voters. The registration started on 3 June and will continue until 1 August. There are 482 registration points in Kunene. The Kamanjab constituency has 52 registration points, Khorixas […]
Vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the government will make sure nobody dies of hunger during this year’s drought. Nandi-Ndaitwah said this at the third edition of the Ehao Cultural Expo Fundraising Gala dinner at Okahao on Friday, where she was the keynote speaker. Namibia is facing its worst drought in 100 years, induced by the […]
The Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (Nored) says it will start cutting off electricity supply to customers whose accounts have been in arrears for 30 days or more. This is meant to encourage them to pay as Nored pushes to settle its debt with NamPower. The Namibian last year reported that NamPower’s managing director, Simson Haulofu, […]