PANAMA PAPERS
Swapo cracks show as Shaningwa faction fumes over Nandi-Ndaitwah’s Cabinet picks
By Timo Shihepo and Martin Endjala | 18 May 2025
Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa and her followers are allegedly not happy with president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s Cabinet appointments.
Shaningwa and her team allegedly eyed several candidates...
Deceased mechanic owes Nida N$7m as eviction saga drags on since 2015
By Timo Shihepo | 15 May 2025
The Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida) has lost N$7 million in unpaid rent after years of delays in evicting a tenant from a Windhoek property.
The state-owned agency has...
The thorny truth of Lesotho’s rosehip industry
What you need to Know:
Lesotho’s wild-harvested rosehips are an important industry for the small country’s economy, providing thousands of people in rural villages with a source of income.
But pay is lower than minimum wage,...
After Sierra Leone’s President Took Office, His Wife and Her Family Went Real Estate...
What you need to Know:
Since becoming Sierra Leone’s first lady, Fatima Bio has bought four properties in Gambia, while a $500,000 villa was purchased in her mother’s name.
Fatima Bio’s half-brothers have also purchased Gambian...
As Equatorial Guinea burned through oil riches, millions were funneled to a company owned...
By Micah Reddy | 8 May 2025
Leaked documents reveal the government awarded a Portuguese construction giant with ties to the vice president $1 billion in contracts as it splurged on a Paris-inspired capital, an...