The Ministry of Health and Social Services today issued a statement after a video of passengers from a cruise ship docking at Walvis Bay went viral. The Aidamira docked at Lüderitz on 11 March where “all passengers on the vessel were screened before they set foot on Namibian soil and none of them had a […]
The First Lady and the Merck Foundation have launched a new booklet, to educate the youth about infertility. A special focus has been placed on informing boys and girls about how to prevent infertility, and value themselves and others faced with infertility.
The fight for freedom and independence from South Africa, which occupied the country in defiance of the UN, always remains in the memories of many people, particularly if this rich history is preserved. Oiva Amuthenu, a resident of Windhoek, is one, preserving the history of the Old Location and has refurbished the then neglected historically […]
The Chief Administrator of the Namibia Sport Commission, Freddy Mwiya, said the preparations for the upcoming National Youth Games are going well. The games are set to place from 29th of April to the 02 May at Swakopmund. The National Youth Games were launched in 2018, with Windhoek playing host initially. Last year, however, the […]
Women in SWAPO have been urged to mobilise others to work towards attaining gender equality. The call was made by the secretary for Swapo Women’s Council, Eunice Iipinge at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region.
The leader of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), McHenry Venaani has proposed to the National Assembly (NA) that the Ministry of Finance intervene and see how commercial banks can come up with a plan to refinance commercial farmers who are unable to repay their loans. Venaani gave notice of a motion that the NA discusses […]
The High Court has declined to hear a matter in which the Workers Revolution Party (WRP) and the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) want the 2019 election results to be set aside. A High Court bench of three judges this morning said the applicant failed to comply with the provisions of Section 169 of […]
Government has been advised to review the remuneration guidelines of state-owned enterprises’ (SOE), boards and chief executive officers (CEO). The High-Level Panel on the Namibian Economy believes such a move would encourage efficiency and effectiveness at SOE and lessen dependency. These recommendation to review the earnings of the top bosses targets mostly those entities which […]
Local boxer Sakaria Lukas is currently in America for the toughest test of his boxing career yet: He is set to face US boxer Jessie Magdaleno on Saturday. The bout is scheduled to take place at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York. Sakaria Lukas, also known by his ring name ‘Desert Storm’ had […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) country representative Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses has called on the governments to intensify efforts to trace, detect, test and treat as well as prevent the outbreak of Coronavirus. The WHO yesterday declared Covid-19, a global pandemic.
