The Ministry of Health and Social Services started a countrywide COVID-19 targeted testing exercise, in an effort to combat the virus and flatten the curve of cases. The exercise, which started in Windhoek, is targetting 200 000 people and will include those who might have been exposed to the disease, such as journalists.
Executive Director of the Ministry of Health, Ben Nangombe said Namibia’s health infrastructure is ready for the pandemic. Nangombe pointed out that the Windhoek Central Hospital is under renovation, with an ICU facility for infectious and an isolation facility ready to be used. He added that more isolation facilities have been set up in Opuwo, […]
A case was opened after a man was arrested for Dealing in Mandrax tablets on 21 April at about 20h00 along the B1 road just outside Rehoboth. The 37-year-old Namibian suspect was arrested for possession of 605 Mandrax tablets valued at N$72 600. This successful apprehension resulted from intelligence-led information which was provided to the […]
The Ministry of Finance appealed to Emergency Income Grant (EIG) applicants, who have received rejection notifications, to remain at home while a data reconciliation is carried out. The ministry, in a media statement, said the rejected are unemployed applicants who were rejected on the basis of appearing on the tax register or applicants who used […]
Preparations are underway to re-open the Katima Mulilo Open Market in the Zambezi Region on Friday.
Windhoek Chief Magistrate Phillanda Christiaans has postponed the case of the Fishrot suspects to 29 May due to COVID-19 lockdown. They appeared in absentia in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court this morning and have not indicated an intention to apply for bail yet. The suspects include former ministers Sacky Shanghala and Bernhard Esau as well as […]
NamPower has added itself to the growing list of corporates lending a hand to the Government in fighting the spread of COVID-19. The national power utility donated 28 water tanks, 154 portable toilets and 25 litres of sanitisers, valued at N$2,5 million in total, to different settlements in the Khomas and Erongo regions.
With COVID-19 dominating everyday life and people are asked to stay home, it is important that families have access to counselling. This was the sentiment shared by a NamPol chaplain, inspector Hafeni Mwaningange, in an interview with the NBC News.
The Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Emma Theofelus and Executive Director, Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana got tested for COVID-19 yesterday. They share their experiences.
The Executive Director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Percy Misika said in the agricultural sector, the communal sector is the most vulnerable and the previous challenges together with COVID-19 highly affected the sector. Misika said the pandemic brought limitations for farmers to produce more. He said this sector is labour intensive […]
