{"id":264536,"date":"2019-04-24T07:25:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T05:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=264536"},"modified":"2019-04-24T08:40:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T06:40:19","slug":"nwr-suspends-managing-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=264536","title":{"rendered":"NWR suspends Managing Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Eba Kandovazu<\/p>\n<p>ZELNA Hengari, Managing Director of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), has been suspended with immediate effect after receiving a letter to this effect on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_264539\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/58383368_2208135405920074_7764102575292416_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-264539 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/58383368_2208135405920074_7764102575292416_n-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/58383368_2208135405920074_7764102575292416_n-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/58383368_2208135405920074_7764102575292416_n.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: The embattled Namibia Wildlife Resorts Managing Director, Zelna Hengari.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an official statement issued by the Chairperson of the NWR Board of Directors, Ambassador Leonard Iipumbu, Hengari was suspended with immediate effect and with full pay.<\/p>\n<p>According to Iipumbu, Hengari&#8217;s suspension is the result of pending investigations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not at this stage wish to divulge the nature of the investigations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In the same statement, Iipumbu announced that Chief Officer: Strategy and Projects, Dr. Matthias Ngwangwama, has been appointed as the acting managing director until such time that the investigations against Hengari are completed and dealt with.<\/p>\n<p>With regard to the interim appointment of Ngwangwama as Managing Director, Iipumbu said: \u201cWe are confident that the company will be in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eba Kandovazu ZELNA Hengari, Managing Director of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), has been suspended with immediate effect after receiving a letter to this effect on Tuesday afternoon. 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