Day: June 5, 2023

Former Erongo Red Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Fessor Mbango on Monday officially joined the Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored) as its new CEO on a five-year employment contract.

The 48-year-old Mbango signed his contract at the Cenored offices in Otjiwarongo, where its board chairperson Moses Matyayi announced his appointment.

“We are excited to announce and introduce Mr Mbango to the general public as the new Cenored CEO, with effect from today,” said Matyayi.

Mbango was the technical executive for ErongoRed before becoming CEO at the same company in 2017 in the Erongo Region.

On his part, Mbango said he was joining Cenored with a happy heart.

Cenored distributes electricity to the entire Otjozondjupa Region, Kunene, Omaheke rural and parts of the Oshikoto Region.

The company, with a staff complement of 212 employees, had been without a permanent CEO since the departure of Robert Kahimise who took up a similar position at the Electricity Control Board (ECB) in April this year.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

Hannelie Prinsloo and Esi Schimming-Chase were on Monday sworn in as acting judges of Namibia’s Supreme Court, becoming the first Namibian female judges to be appointed to the Supreme Court.

Their tenure runs from 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony in the capital on Monday, Chief Justice Peter Shivute stated that it was the first time in Namibia’s judiciary history that two Namibian women were sworn in as acting Supreme Court judges.

‘’Lady Justice Prinsloo and Lady Justice Schimming-Chase, I congratulate you on your appointments and wish you all the success at the Supreme Court. Allow me also to express my gratitude on behalf of the Supreme Court for your gracious acceptance of your appointments,” he said.

Shivute said given their vast experience, the duo would serve as a positive addition to the Supreme Court bench.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

India’s Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, said countries of the global south need to stand by each other when it comes to the energy sector, saying India is keenly interested in Namibia’s envisioned green hydrogen sector.

Speaking during a courtesy visit at State House to President Hage Geingob on Monday, Jaishankar said India’s both state and private companies are interested to invest in Namibia, especially in the energy sector, as India is currently the world’s third-largest energy consumer.

“I do believe there is a call for cooperation amongst us… because we countries of the south really need to stand by each other when it comes to the energy sector. In the next 50 years probably more than half of the world’s energy demand will come from India, the new demands,” he noted.

At the same event, Geingob replied that countries of the south have no choice but to stand together, saying that Namibia is open for business.

“We listen more to old friends that have more experience and we are opening our doors to all countries. We went through a very difficult period of drought, economic downturns and the COVID-19 pandemic… now we are seeing the way forward is going to be okay. We went through the worst part and something good must come out,” said Geingob.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency