The Ministry of Health and Social Services is in the process of recruiting 4 000 health personnel in different professions to address staff shortages at various health facilities across the country. There has been a public outcry over poor service delivery, staff shortages and alleged unbecoming behaviour by some health workers towards patients.

A police officer who shot and seriously injured his former girlfriend over a financial dispute appeared in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court. Police constable Herman Abed, aged 31, was arrested on a charge of attempted murder after he seriously injured his 22-year-old former girlfriend while on duty.

Since the rehabilitation of the railway line running through Luderitz, TransNamib has seen an increase in requests from the Northern Cape to move freight by rail through the ports of Luderitz and Walvis Bay. This was revealed by TransNamib’s commercial executive and marketing manager Hippy Tjvikua.

The Ministry of Mines and Energy says at least 90 000 litres of illegal fuel has been confiscated from smugglers during the course of this year. An economist in the ministry Abednego Ekandjo warns that illegal trade in fuel has a negative impact on the economy and environment in Namibia.

The City of Windhoek is calling for public cooperation with its data collectors, who are conducting the city’s 2019 Community Risk Assessment. The call follows circulation of a clip via social media, cautioning the public against cooperating with two such data collectors, and alleging they were not legitimate representatives of the project.

The Ministry of Land Reform has failed to clarify whether N$123,1 million or N$221,5 million was used to purchase 12 farms during the 2018/19 financial year. This forms part of the findings by Auditor General (AG), Junias Kandjeke, in an audit report submitted to the National Assembly by Deputy Minister of Finance, Natangwe Ithete recently. […]

The National Democratic Party (NDP) President Martin Lukato is calling on Namibians to support his party during the upcoming elections in November. Lukato says, once in power his party would be a servant of the people and deliver good services, especially to the poor and voiceless group of society. He made the statement when announcing […]

A renowned educator and business coach has urged business leaders to be principled and provide good leadership in order for their businesses to succeed. Dr Hoze Riruako shared the motivation as he provided leadership training to a multitude of entrepreneurs at a workshop in Windhoek, over the weekend. He said consistent leaders, with best qualities, […]

The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) has started mobilising support towards the hosting of next year’s WorldSkills Africa Competition. NTA chief executive officer (CEO) Jerry Beukes has called on all stakeholders, including private companies, to come on board and help the NTA organise the continental vocational skills competition. Namibia won the right to host the competition […]

Special Olympics Namibia hosted a Family Health Forum to educate the community about family health at the Okuryangava disability resource center on Friday. Special Olympics Namibia is programme which caters for athletes with intellectual disabilities and is part of Disability Sports Namibia. The aim of the catering was to educate parents and families of the […]