PANAMA PAPERS
Pensioners’ millions gone
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“It feels like someone punched me in the gut” – A pensioner (63) who trusted Schlabitz with nearly N$400 000 of her retirement savings.
The liquidator estimates total losses will reach around N$350 million,...
Salmonella at one of Southern Africa’s largest infrastructure projects
LHDA to investigate claims of undercooked food and poor food storage at labour camp
By Mamohlakola Letuka | 26 June 2026
The SUN JV consortium, which secured the M7.68 billion (US$ 465 million) contract to build...
Mine workers’ billion-dollar empire on shaky ground
By Tracy Tafirenyika | 19 June 2026
EVERY payday for nearly three decades, Ndumba Kayundu paid his monthly dues to the Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia (MUN).
Although he has often wondered where that money ends up,...
‘Civil war’ hits Swapo company
By Shinovene Immanuel and Timo Shihepo | 15 May 2026
PRESIDENT Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has ordered a forensic investigation into a Swapo fishing company, as a boardroom ‘civil war’ intensifies over allegations of missing millions and...
Court fight threatens N$1.3 billion medicine tender
By Timo Shihepo | 15 May 2026
A COMPANY owned by businesswoman Sara Katiti wants the government to stop contract negotiations on a N$1.3 billion tender for the supply of mental health medicine, cancer treatments...