THAT FINANCE minister Iipumbu Shiimi felt the need to call for state security protection for Namcor's board chairperson suggests a deeply disturbing trend of gangster-style tactics taking hold in the running of state-owned entities.
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating a payment of N$100 million made by Namcor chief Immanuel Mulunga to a joint venture that involved a fast-living German businessman, Lars Windhorst, who is facing several lawsuits from creditors in Europe.
City of Windhoek bean counter Jennifer Comalie withdrew her interest from the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) CEO position just hours before she was arrested on Monday morning.
The head of the board of directors at Namibia’s national oil company has appeared in court to face charges of dealing drugs. Jennifer Comalie was arrested at the company’s offices on Monday when intelligence officers acting on a tipoff allegedly found a consignment of drugs in her official vehicle. On Tuesday she appeared in the…