There is a great need to scale-up viral load testing and uptake of results in order to achieve the third of UNAIDS “90-90-90” targets. The African Society for Laboratory Medicine in collaboration with PEPFAR and CDC is co-hosting a HIV Viral Load testing workshop.
Grass harvesters in Kavango East will soon have a marketing centre for their grass, hopefully cutting out the middle man and making a better profit. Grass harvesters sell their bundles of grass on the main highways at very low prices. Very often, these will be bought by middlemen who resell the grass at much higher […]
A research manager at the First National Bank of Namibia says Namibia’s economic growth is expected to decelerate by 3,1% in 2016. In his contribution to the latest Sub-Saharan Africa Outlook conducted by RMB Global Markets Research, Namene Kalili, says the Namibian economy remains under pressure. He attributes this to low commodity prices, together with […]
The Italian Coast Guard says it has rescued 350 people who were aboard rickety boats in the Mediterranean Sea as they tried to make it to European shores. Three rescue operations were performed by the Central Coast Guard headquartered in Rome, which is affiliated to the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjavivi is appealing to the Executive to ensure that they table bills earlier to give the legislative enough time to review the proposed laws. Speaking during the resumption of the fourth session of the sixth parliament on Tuesday, Professor Katjavivi said tabling bills just before recess compromised […]
The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture envisages to have a new Education Act in place by 2017. The Ministry in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF presented the Education Bill to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social and Community development.
Namibia must support household food production to ensure long term food security for its people. The Economic Association of Namibia says while Namibia is food secure at national level, households continue to experience food shortages affecting the wellbeing of ordinary people.
The Okongo Conservancy is on fire. The fire broke out yesterday and is spreading fast to the rest of the camp.
A delegation of political office-bearers and administrative officers from the Oshakati and Ondangwa town councils are on an eight-day visit to Angola. The delegation will visit the three towns of Ondjiva, Namibe and Lubango. Oshakati Mayor Katrina Shimbulu confirmed their departure to Nampa, saying the delegation includes six representatives of Oshakati and four from Ondangwa. […]
The Chief Trade Promotion Officer in the Trade and Industrialization Ministry has invited Chinese business people to invest in Namibia’s various sectors. Tunga Mboti extended the invitation in his presentation in the Chinese city of Foshan on Monday. He noted that Namibia needs investors to set up manufacturing plants to make Namibia less dependable on […]
