On Thursday, 30 April, President Hage Geingob announced the lifting of the national lockdown on Monday evening. On Tuesday, the country will enter Stage 2, a gradual re-opening under strict precautions. Part of that is the re-opening of schools. Dr Peya Mushelenga, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, provides more clarity.
Local authorities in the Erongo Region have decided to procure face masks from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), as one way of supporting entrepreneurs.
The country’s events industry, like many others, has also been brought to its knees by the Coronavirus pandemic. Across the board, catering, décor and event management have been crippled with a further announcement by President Hage Geingob of an extended state of emergency causing further trauma to the embattled sector.
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General is calling for greater protection of journalists who are providing the “antidote” to what he has characterised as a pandemic of misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 crisis. António Guterres made the appeal in a video message for World Press Freedom Day, observed tomorrow.
Otjozondjupa Regional Council has started rolling out the drought relief food aid to the needy households at Kalkfeld. About 396 vulnerable households, including an orphanage and 10 individuals at Kalkfeld settlement, about 60 kilometres east of Otjiwarongo, benefitted from the donation.
A decision by the Regional Councilor of Rundu Rural Constituency, to stop the drilling of a borehole at Kambowo-village, east of Rundu, almost caused discord among residents. Residents were of the view that the borehole in the area was promised by the Minister of Industrialisation and Trade, Lucia Ipumbu, during last year’s election campaign. However, […]
Parents in rural areas are finding it difficult to assist their children to do their school work through e-learning during the lockdown period.
A Namibian truck driver who tested positive for COVID-19 in Zambia has been cleared after two subsequent tests. Health and Social Services Minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula gave the update at the COVID-19 information centre this morning.
About 900 refugees living in Namibia have so far received food aid from various institutions since the proclamation of the state of emergency. The donation, which includes maize flour, soya, beans, cooking oil, salt, sugar, and non-food items such as soap, will continue until Monday next week.
The use of face masks in public will now become mandatory after Stage 1 lockdown regulations come to an end on Monday. This is part of the directives announced by the Government as the country enters stage two of the state of emergency regulations.
