Namibia’s Ambassador to France, Albertus !Aochamub on his recovery from COVID-19

Finance Minister Ipumbu Shiimi on the COVID-19 stimulus package

Foreign Heads of State continue to pour in congratulatory messages to President Hage Geingob and Namibia’s 30th Independence anniversary.

Namibia has reported two more cases of COVID-19, bringing the number of confirmed cases from 11 to 13. This was announced by the Minister Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula during an update on COVID-19 at State House.

The Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade has created an online registration portal for essential service providers to register and receive their certificates for operations during the state of emergency. The move is to enable businesses to continue providing essential services during the state of emergency.

The Olympia Neighbourhood Watch Group is urging residents to be vigilant during the lockdown, as criminals are likely to take advantage of the empty streets and execute their criminal activities. Our NBC News team caught up with Carla de Klerk, a member of the neighbourhood watch.

President Hage Geingob and First Lady, Monica Geingos have tested negative for COVID-19. He is the latest leader to publicly announce this after South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa released his results, which also came out negative last week.

The Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) has raised concern about 400 job losses due to the termination of Basil Read’s contract with Skorpion Zinc Mine. The union’s branch chairperson at Skorpion Zinc, Petersen Kambinda revealed this at a media conference in Keetmanshoop.

Finance Minister Ipumbu Shiimi has announced a stimulus package to help individuals and businesses through the COVID-19 crisis. The relief measures for the business sector is to support cash flow and continued productive economic activities. The measures proposed include a N$400 million wage subsidy for the hardest-hit sectors to avoid further retrenchments. The ministry will […]

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Daniel Kashikola was driving his vehicle with an excessive concentration level of alcohol in his body when he was arrested in December 2019. This is according to laboratory test results obtained by the Namibian Police Force (NamPol), which were made public on Wednesday and show that […]