Namibia: Report Officials Who Own Licences - Alweendo

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Namibia: Report Officials Who Own Licences - Alweendo

[New Era] Mines and Energy minister Tom Alweendo has called on members of the public who have knowledge of cases where his ministry's officials own licences through proxies to report such cases to his office or to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for investigation.

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