Hon. Rodney Cloete MP-Shadow Minister of International & Trade

26/06/2026

Debt Trap!

The National Planning Commission (NPC) hosted the official signing ceremony for a new development cooperation grant today between Namibia and China. On behalf of the Namibian government, the Director General of the NPC, Dr Kaire Mbuende, thanked China for a grant that totals N$486 million.

26/06/2026

25/06/2026

when they declare a state of emergecy they really mean it is for the elite!

A state-funded coastal residence originally built for former president Hage Geingob's retirement exceeded its N$36 million budget by more than N$500 000, with the Presidency...

24/06/2026

SOE board work has become a full-time income stream for a politically connected elite without any accountability. Clear and wanton abuse of taxpayer money.

24/06/2026

Waiting until the last minute is not a solution we asked a few weeks ago, a budget and plan was supposed to be ready for implementation a evacuation plan!

24/06/2026

Vitol and the West Africa “dirty diesel” record finding that traders including Vitol sell high-sulphur fuel in Africa, up to 378 times the European limit flagged as documented practice with contested legality, not a crime.

Public Eye’s Dirty Diesel report, published in 2016, revealed that Swiss commodities companies exploit lax African standards in a targeted manner: they sell highly sulphurous fuels in Africa that have long been banned in Europe. The report made a significant contribution to the reduction of sulphu...

24/06/2026

with the current speaker, nothing much will be achieved.

%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% The one person who could singlehandedly drive an entire nation to need chronic blood pressure medication is the speaker of our National Assembly. Why? Because she has developed this annoying habit of beating that little wooden hamme...

22/06/2026

Deliver on promises through ex*****on, not rhetoric.