Namibian Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM) manager of strategy and organisational performance, Sankwasa Mubita, stated that NIPAM holds the responsibility of transforming service delivery in the public sector. Mubita made these remarks during the launch of NIPAM's Customer Service Charter earlier today. He noted that the Institute “ought to do things that add value to our society,” further stressing for staff members to uphold the Institute's values and use the commitment

NEW INDUSTRY… The Namibian Institute of Pathology (NIP) launched its Medical Innovation Hub at Swakopmund this morning, where it will manufacture critical medical equipment such as test tubes. NIP head of research and development Dr Iyaloo Konstantinus says this project was born out of scarcity during the Covid-19 pandemic, and represents a new industry for Namibia. Video: Lillian Beresford | The Namibian

More than 150 employees of the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) handed over a petition to management to demand their salaries for December 2022. Shopsteward Gabriel Wimmerth at the NIMT Arandis campus says workers' salaries are usually delayed, and this has affected their payments for medical aid, their pension fund, and other expenses. NAPWU representative of the Central Committee, Gertrude Jameson, called on the government to pay the funds due to NIMT so employees can get thei

OVERVIEW| Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, is currently visiting the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) in Keetmanshoop. The visit forms part of her ongoing tour of the ||Kharas Region aimed at assessing educational and recreational infrastructure. Steenkamp is expected to engage with staff and students, inspect facilities and evaluate the institution’s readiness to meet training demands in the mining and technical sectors. Repor

A former Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) employee, Ernst Lichtenstrasser, convicted of murdering the institute’s two top executives in 2019, will be sentenced in the Windhoek High Court on Monday. Judge Christie Liebenbergh reserved sentencing until Monday, following a pre-sentencing hearing on Thursday. Judge Liebenbergh convicted Lichtenstrasser on eight charges in November last year. A number of those charges are connected to the murder of NIMT executive director Eckhart Mu

Former Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) employee Ernst Lichtenstrasse received two life sentences and an additional 16 years behind bars. Lichtenstrasse was found guilty of eight charges in November last year for the murders of NIMT CEO Eckhart Mueller (72) and his deputy Heimo Hellwig (60) in 2019. Among the charges he was facing were theft and possession of a firearm without a licence, possession of ammunition without a license, defeating and obstructing the course of justice