Hifikepunye Pohamba News

THE Magistrates' Commission is taking Justice Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana to court to compel her to "do her job" after it accused her of refusing to dismiss a magistrate.

With the presidential and national elections just 22 days away, party flags and posters have replaced most of the billboards and signs which usually welcome visitors in the city center and beyond.

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has likened the European Union's trade negotiations with Namibia to the days of apartheid, saying the powerhouse is refusing to treat the country as an equal and listen to its concerns about the controversial economic partnership agreement .

BOTH drivers a Police officer and a civilian whose vehicles plunged into the sea ahead of the President's motorcade near Swakopmund last week are facing a charge of reckless and negligent driving.

South Africa and Namibia have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of transport and infrastructure development, among others.

The slow implementation of agreements between Namibia and South Africa on energy and cross-border movement remained a concern, Namibian president Hifikepunye Pohamba said.

A POLICE bakkie acting as the 'sweeper vehicle' - clearing the road for the presidential motorcade - crashed into a civilian vehicle with three occupants between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund yesterday.

History will be made today at 10h00 when President Hifikepunye Pohamba will switch on the main pump of Areva's Trekkopje Project Desalination Plant north of Wlotzkasbaken.

A record 12 candidates, including incumbent President Hifikepunye Pohamba, had entered for this year's presidential race as the Electoral Commission of Namibia closed entries on Monday afternoon.

REVEREND Hendrik Witbooi begins his final journey today as Namibia mourns the passing of one of its political pioneers and a spiritual giant.

NAMIBIA'S first Deputy Prime Minister, the Reverend Hendrik Witbooi, passed away yesterday.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting begins in Port-of-Spain on November 27 and continues for three days.

Thank you very much. It is as Dr Helena Ndume appropriately says, no money in the world can pay for the happiness of a person whose sight is repaired.

Russia should reconsider its trade policy towards African states if it wants to keep up with the likes of China, the European Union and the U.S., say experts.

THE following is an edited version of a lecture by Tuliameni Kalomoh, Special Advisor to President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Foreign Affairs, delivered at a Pacon-organised function in the capital this week.

MANY will recall that in 1999, the relationship between The Namibian newspaper and the Government was at an all-time low.

In Namibia we are believed to be one nation now, so please let's set good examples in order to keep our nation as united as we wish.

WOULD President Hifikepunye Pohamba have given the green light to Public Service Commissioner Teckla Lameck to cream off some N$120 million from a State contract? This was one of the rhetorical questions raised in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday, on the second day of arguments that should determine the fate of the court order through which ...

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday reminded the UNHCR that Namibia is standing firm in its position not to allow the refugees stranded at the Mamuno border post between Namibia and Botswana back into the country.

People with standard qualifications did apply to keep things in order but in the Sesfontein constituency it's clearly tough to understand how some people were shortlisted.