The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has introduced a new uniform for natural resources and forestry management staff members in an effort to enhance law enforcement and wildlife crime prevention.Launching the uniform here on Wednesday, Mi…
The newly established Wage Commission is in Rundu to investigate the possibility of introducing a national minimum wage in the country.At a meeting held at the Kavango East Regional Council hall on Wednesday, the Commission’s Chairperson, Marius Kudumo…
The Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVA) has indicated that people aged between 16 and 35 years represent the largest group of people who lost their lives in road accidents in 2020.The MVA in its 2020 Road Crash and Claims Report availed to the media on W…
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, said the international community should denounce the apartheid practices that are being employed by Israel to maintain its dominance over the Palesti…
The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare on Wednesday started with three days of training for its male staff members and members of the public on how to prevent Gender Based Violence (GBV).While addressing the participant…
Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula on Tuesday announced that Namibia recorded 722 new COVID-19 cases, making this the highest daily figure recorded since the start of the pandemic.The cases had a gender distribution of 399 fema…
Despite rising COVID-19 cases among learners, Minister of Education, Arts and Culture Anna Nghipondoka maintains that children are safer in school than they are at home.Nghipondokal while responding to questions in the National Assembly on Tuesday, sa…
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has advised families to ensure speedy burial of their loved ones in order to decongest the mortuaries which are overwhelmed by rising deaths due to COVID-19.Health minister Kalumbi Shangula while updating the …
The Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) on Tuesday suspended an employee suspected to be involved in tampering with COVID-19 records.In a media statement issued late on Tuesday, NIP Chief Executive Officer Kapena Tjombonde said the suspension is aimed…
More than five families in Oshakati, among the drought-stricken areas suffering from economic challenges due to COVID-19, on Tuesday, received food assistance from the United States government.The food aid, funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan…
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the opening of the high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS today:It is a pleasure to be with you. I bring the best wishes of the Secretary-General. I congratulate the President of the Gener…
A 31-year-old Congolese national was arrested with 27 000 grams of cannabis valued at N.dollars 1 350 000 at Swakopmund on Tuesday.The Namibian Police Force in a report late Tuesday said the suspect was arrested at a complex opposite Shell Service Stat…
World leaders in the General Assembly today committed to “urgent and transformative action” to end the gender inequalities, restrictive laws and multiple forms of discrimination that perpetuate the global AIDS epidemic, adopting a lengthy Political Dec…
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