The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has suspended the registration of Identity Document cards (IDs) for two weeks, due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases among staff members at various offices countrywide.Executive D…
An emergency department, four wards of 26 beds, a theatre and a store were all destroyed in a fire incident that destroyed the Namibian Defence Force’s Peter Mweshihange Military Health Centre on Sunday.The health centre situated in Windhoek’s Tobias …
Namibian Medicines Regulatory Council (NMRC) Registrar, Johannes Gaeseb said the use of ivermectin in human beings has not yet been registered or granted authorisation in Namibia and thus cannot be considered for treating COVID-19.Gaeseb said this in …
In response to the escalating COVID-19 positive cases recorded in the country over the past weeks, President Hage Geingob on Tuesday announced stringent measures including locking down Windhoek, Okahandja and Rehoboth for a period of 14 days.Entry int…
President Hage Geingob has implored eligible Namibians to get vaccinated, saying vaccination is an important weapon in the arsenal towards reaching herd immunity and defeating COVID-19.Addressing the public on national television for the 29th COVID-19…
Chief Justice Peter Shivute has challenged Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader, Bernadus Swartbooi, to prove that there are high levels of imbibing of alcohol in the judiciary.Shivute said this on Tuesday in response to questions by this agency re…
Swapo politician and former parliamentarian Kazenambo Kazenambo says German-speaking Namibians who are scared to lose large tracts of agricultural land must rally behind descendants of the genocide communities.Kazenambo made these remarks during an in…
Secretary general of the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) Joan Smit said Namibians should always be hopeful of their athletes winning silverware at major competitions.In an interview with Nampa on Tuesday, Smit said despite financial constrai…
The Governor of the Kavango East Region, Bonny Wakudumo, said he refuses to believe that the region is one of the poorest in the country.Wakudumo made the statement during the official inauguration of the Rundu Vocational Training Centre’s agriculture…
The Brand Africa initiative by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) is the weapon to rebuild Africa as a tourist destination of choice, Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism Heather Sibungo has said.Speaking at the open…
Teachers and principals from schools offering Advance Subsidiary (AS) level in the ||Kharas Region have raised concern about the timeframe to cover and finish the AS level syllabus for 2021 as mock examinations are scheduled for August.These concerns …
The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup will be staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17 as preparations for the historic 20th edition of the regional showpiece competition kick into gear.The 12-team tournament will take place from July 7-1…
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