The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says 42 Namibians currently in South Africa have been cleared to come back by road. Most of these Namibians are health practitioners and would come in handy to help with the fight against COVID-19 at home.

Most retail shops selling non-essential goods remain closed in compliance with the State of Emergency. These malls would normally be flooded with shoppers, but have for more than a month closed shop. This simply means there is no cash flow for the tenants to pay the astronomical rental fees which could vary anything between N$50 […]

A total of 327, 528 applications were received since the SMS line for the Emergency Income Grant became operational. The Ministry of Finance says 180 554 applications were rejected for various reasons. This include people who applied by using identity documents of deceased persons and those who already benefit from the Government’s other social grants. […]

The Namibia Institue of Pathology (NIP), acting chief operations officer, Bonnie Makumbi said NIP has so far done 338 tests, including retesting of the positive COVID-19 cases. Makumbi said they will have a capacity to test for around 1 400 tests in 24 hours if their suppliers deliver enough reagents by the end of this […]

COVID-19 National Coordinator, Dr Bernhard Haufiku said there is a possibility of suspected local transmissions because the number of people tested is small to conclude that we do not have community transmission. He suspects that Namibia might have community transmissions and it’s just a matter of time before it’s discovered. Dr Haufiku said it will […]

The Namibia Blood Transfusion Service is experiencing a critical shortage of blood. The recent partial lockdown in the Khomas and Erongo regions has many blood donation clinics closed countrywide, leading to a drop of more than 50% in blood reserves.

The orderly manner in which food bank parcels are now distributed since the outbreak of COVID-19 was commended by beneficiaries at Keetmanshoop.

The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare on Tuesday urged the administrators of all early childhood development (ECD) centres countrywide to urgently submit their subsidy proposals to the Ministry of Finance for inclusion in the wage bill subsidy scheme.

Suspending income tax to ease the burden of COVID-19 is not an option at this stage. This was said by the Ministry of Finance spokesperson, Tonateni Shidhudhu in an interview with NAMPA.

Charity Mwiya, CEO of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, discusses the way forward for informal traders, amid the current restricted conditions and beyond.