December 2011

Ekiti State Government is to spend a total sum of N11,477,062,629.73 on 13 road projects, which will cut across 187.87kilometres. Consequently, the state government gave the contractors between six and 12 months to complete the projects.

RECENT revelations about how the President of the Rally for Democracy and Progress, RDP, Hidipo Hamutenya, messed up two projects that were set up to create jobs for thousands of jobless Namibians, especially former freedom fighters, have embarrassed Hamutenya so much that he has resorted to concocting stories to save his face.

At least 400 families evicted from the Mau Forest Complex will be resettled by the end of this month, Lands minister James Orengo said at the weekend.

More than 700 people have been rendered homeless and 10,000 hectares of banana plantations destroyed after River Tana burst its banks following heavy rains.

Two contractors at the centre of the controversy over the Milimani Law Courts have denied responsibility for the building's state of disrepair.

TRANSPORT, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga has bemoaned the poor workmanship at the Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport terminal that is under construction.

TRENCH TRAGEDY ... The Police and Windhoek fire brigade on Friday struggled for eight hours to retrieve the body of a man who had been buried alive in a five-metre-deep trench at a building site in Windhoek. Photo: Henry van Rooi

THE National Association of Housing Finance Organisations, an organisation that is meant to regulate the operations for housing development trusts and protect home seekers, has been launched.

Industrial action has increased in multiple sectors in 2011, with industry experts estimating 30 million working days lost so far this year, up from 20 million in 2010.

A number of development programs are under implementation in Anseba region, reports indicated. These include construction of micro-dams, schools, irrigation facilities and the finalization of water projects.

Over 6,000 families that were victims of the 1992 tribal clashes that rocked the country have threatened not to participate in the next general election unless the government resettles them alongside other internally displaced persons.

BUSINESS leaders in Eastleigh want Moi Airbase relocated. The airbase was outside Nairobi when it was built in 1921 for the Royal Air Force. Since then it has steadily expanded. Buildings around Moi Airbase are now being controversially demolished to make it more secure. Eastleigh is densely populated and a vibrant commercial district.

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In a parliamentary reply to the Democratic Alliance (DA), the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has revealed that 49 senior management positions in her Department are vacant. This means that an unacceptably high proportion of all senior positions remain unfilled. Please view the cuurent vacancies by clicking here.