Hifikepunye Pohamba News

SMS Of The Day *I THINK it's time we up the age for access to alcohol to 21 years.

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba is said to have recalled all ambassadors and high commissioners heading Namibia's foreign missions with one or two exceptions.

Some commercial and communal farmers in the Omaruru district have started to sell some of their livestock as the drought tightens its grip across the country.

TOASTING IT ... Namibian businessman Knowledge Katti, Brazilian oil company HRT's president Joe Paul, prime Minister Hage Geingob, Mines and Energy Minister Isak Katali and HRT's chief financial officer Martin Thomas Davis are seen celebrating the finding of the non-commercial oil.

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba is expected to officially declare a state of emergency soon in the face of the devastating drought that is ravaging the country.

Thank you, the Boers are dead. Nujoma's boys have killed the Boers, you all saw that they are dead.

President Hifikepunye Pohamba is expected to officially declare a state of emergency for the drought situation currently ravaging Namibia, says Prime Minister Hage Geingob.

Onawa ya Kiliana - The Founding Father of the Nation, Dr Sam Nujoma, has urged the youth to concentrate on entrepreneurship and innovation as they are the catalysts for economic growth.

Among the most contentious issues that the newly appointed Kavango Regional Governor, Dr Samuel Mbambo, will face when he takes over the reins as governor are two major disputes relating to land ownership between two traditional leaders.

President Hifikepunye Pohamba has asked that the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare as well as trade unions work together in formulating measures that would enforce companies to uphold labour laws.

THE Namibia Tender Board which falls under the Ministry of Finance, and is charged with oversight of the government's procurement portfolio approved N$9 billion worth of tenders that enjoyed exemption privileges in the 2012-13 financial year and were awarded to handpicked companies.

Namibian products continue to be exploited by international and multi-national companies in raw form, said National Union of Namibian Workers acting president Constancia Pandeni.

Nigerian President Dr Goodluck Jonathan is expected on an official State visit to Namibia on Thursday and Friday where he will meet his counterpart President Hifikepunye Pohamba and the business community.

SMS Of The Day *THE Permanent Secretaries in all government ministries must be serious when it comes to government money and properties.

SMS Of The Day *PLEASE Namibians or Ondonga people, stop this issue of the Ondonga Region.

PRIME Morgan Tsvangirai's "diplomatic offensive" suffered another setback on Wednesday when Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba and his premier Hage Geingob snubbed the MDC-T leader, forcing him to take his roadshow to central and West Africa.

SMS Of The Day n THE union leaders have lost focus and direction. How can union leaders invite the president and ministers to address them on Workers' Day if the president and ministers are supposed to belong to the Employers' Association? What do you expect them to tell the workers if they are providers of employment, while you are 'fighting' ... (more)

SMS Of The Day *THE maintenance court must make a plan with the fathers who run away from supporting their children.

KEETMANSHOOP, Namibia, May 2 -- Government tenders will not be awarded to companies that violate the Labour Act, President Hifikepunye Pohamba has warned.

SMS Of The Day *HOW can Members of Parliament say their salaries of N$45 000 per month is not enough? But they agree that N$550 per month for pensioners is enough.