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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6731 FRIDAY 2 MARCH 2018 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Local authorities dip their fingers in the honey pot with land deals, tenders and unfair recruitment processes
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Sharlien Tjambari
A quarter of cases currently under investigation by the AntiCorruption (ACC) in Erongo are related to corruption in local authorities. The only clean bill of health is Arandis Town Council which has never been under investigation by the ACC. These statistics were made public on Wednesday at a work session the ACC held with the various local authorities in Erongo under the theme: "Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in Local Authorities". The work session was aimed at chief executives, management cadres, mayors and local
authority councillors from across the Re-gion. Mrs. Frieda Kanyama, a Senior Investigating Officer of ACC in her presentation explained reports of corruption in local authorities are mainly over alleged irregularities with tenders, recruitment and land deals. Since the Erongo office of the ACC opened in 2012, a total of 209
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cases were registered in the case management system. At the moment there are 83 active cases, of which 5 are new cases, 56 are under investigation and 22 are now prosecuted in criminal courts. Of these 83 cases, 21 involve local authorities. That represents 25 %. The Erongo office has four investigators and one police officer. Continues on Page 2
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NEEEF will not benefit the “already� empowered Only a very small segment of black Namibians, whose economic status shifted since independence from "previously" disadvantaged to "already empowered" previously disadvantaged will benefit from whatever the final form would entail of the National Equitable Economic Empower Framework (NEEEF). Also, NEEEF would be more about the empowerment of communities and groups, and not individuals. The above assertion is if the words of President Hage Geingob are correctly interpreted from his keynote address on Tuesday in Windhoek, at the opening of the Namibian Cabinet's workshop on NEEEF. The workshop is the final leg of a national consultation process, which includes the consideration of con-
cerns by the public and industries. Part of the proceedings also included an overview by the Namibian Prime Minister, Saarah Kuukongelwa Amadhila, on the evolution of NEEEF. Also presenting the case for NEEEF at the workshop was the Chairperson of the Law Reform and Development Commission, Miss Yvonne Dausab. Dausab's input was of particular
importance, as one of the principal challenges to the successful implementation of NEEEF is its conformity to the provisions of the Namibian Constitution and the various relevant pieces of legislation to this framework, particularly the Affirmative Action Act (Act 29 of 1998), the Racial Discrimination Prohibition Act (Act 26 of 1991) and other legislation governing key
Festus Gonteb Primary School is one of the oldest schools in the holiday town, yet to date does not have a library or science laboratory. Instead of sitting idle, the school has held fundraisings and could purchase two old freight containers to convert into a library. The school also restores old school furniture, in order to save cost. See on page 2 of today's edition how you can make a difference in this school's existence. economic variables which could be used to accelerate the broad based economic empowerment in Namibia. "We are acutely aware of the unintended consequences arising, for example where only a minority of already empowered Previously Disadvantaged Persons would benefit from
NEEEF provisions, specifically through the Ownership Pillar", said President Geingob at the opening of the workshop. The President cautioned Government has a dual responsibility which is on the one end to take care of the most needy and on the other hand to create an environment
where those with the ability can prosper. "Genuine empowerment should cascade downwards to empower communities and groups, rather than individuals. Wealth distribution downwards is more sustainable than wealth distribution
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