The Namibia Medicine Regulatory Council (NMRC) has withdrawn some cough medicines containing pholcodine due to an increased risk of perioperative anaphylaxis on the Namibian market. Health experts say there is a very rare chance that some people could experience an allergic reaction linked to an ingredient called pholcodine. There is also an increased risk of […]
More than 100,000 people die each year in sub-Saharan Africa due to fake and substandard anti-malaria drugs. The Director General of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation, Bemanya Twebaze, says global trade in counterfeit goods is estimated to be worth more than US$200 billion every year. Twebaze addressed a three-day meeting of the Judges Colloquium […]
Water scarcity continues to be a challenge in some parts of the Erongo Region, and Governor Neville Andre has urged the Orano Erongo Desalination Plant to work shoulder-to-shoulder with the government to help fight the water crisis in rural areas of the region. Andre said this during the opening of the visitor centre at the […]
Tribesmen and women from the !Aman clan, a sub-tribe of the Nama people, gathered at Aus settlement in the ||Kharas Region to pay tribute to their fallen heroes during the clan’s annual cultural festival. This year’s festival is being held under the theme ‘Faith, Love, and Hope’. Gaob Johannes Frederick, addressing his subjects, implored them […]
The Tulikonge Water Express was inaugurated at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region to supplement government efforts in water transport. The boat, valued at more than N$670,000, was assembled out of the desire for affordable recreation and transportation for residents of Katima Mulilo and the region at large. The boat was assembled locally with local […]
More than 4,000 people are currently on the Keetmanshoop Town Council housing waiting list. The town’s acting CEO, Cathy Boois, revealed this at the pre-allocation of plots in the Kronlein residential area. Boois says the huge housing backlog has prompted the council’s decision to pre-allocate 150 unserviced, unsurveyed, and unplanned plots to landless residents. Only […]
The Councillor of the Rundu Rural Constituency, Paulus Mbangu, has called on the Office of the Prime Minister to roll out drought relief in the drought-stricken Kavango East Region. Mbangu says the Office of the Prime Minister only provided drought relief to selected areas such as the Kunene, Omusati, and Erongo regions. “The reality of […]
The global weather predictions are forecasting the return of the adverse climatic phenomenon, El Nino, as of June. A media statement by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) says these forecasted extreme weather events pose a high risk to world food security. These weather extremes, coupled with conflicts and economic shocks, will escalate food insecurity […]
The Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, has called on young people to make use of technology and advance business opportunities around it. Theofelus made this call at the opening of the Omaheke Youth Camp and Exhibition 2023 at Gobabis. “I urge all of you here today as young people to embrace […]
Parents of learners who are attending an unregistered lower primary private school in Windhoek’s Goreangab area want the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture to urgently register the school. Parents, including community members, say they have done all they could to meet the government halfway by setting up the school. This is the Okapale informal […]
