Month: August 2021

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Vision Impact Institute Applauds UN Resolution on Vision

Resolution highlights impact of good vision to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals DALLAS, Aug. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Vision Impact Institute applauds the UN General Assembly’s adoption of the Vision for Everyone: accelerating action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals resolution. A major step forward for vision correction, this resolution commits the international community to improving vision for […]

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Mboma and Masilingi progress to 200m final

Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, Namibia’s 200 metre (m) female sprinters, made it to the final of their event after running personal bests at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The two spectacular runners progressed to the semi-finals of the 200m after stunning performances in their heats Monday morning, where Mboma ran 22.11 seconds – a new national record and

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No COVID-19 accountability report available yet: PM

An accountability report relating to how the N.dollars 8.1 billion set aside to soften the impact of COVID-19 was spent remains unavailable. There is equally no accountability report for donations received by the government from different organisations and countries in the wake of the global pandemic’s outbreak. This conclusion could be deduced from Prime Minister (PM) Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila’s response on

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Some people are more important than others: Geingob

President Hage Geingob has justified why politicians – including himself – have breached COVID-19 burial restrictions, saying they are not equal to ordinary citizens. Geingob was responding to media queries at State House on Friday. The violation of COVID-19 regulations has become a normal occurrence, particularly at State funerals which are attended by at least 100 people, including Cabinet ministers,

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COVID-19: Namibia records 157 new cases, seven deaths

Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula on Monday announced that Namibia on Sunday recorded 157 new COVID-19 positive cases and seven deaths from three districts, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 3 064. Shangula, in the daily COVID-19 update, said all the seven deaths occurred in July 2021, of which two occurred between

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Jonas knocked out of Olympic Games

Namibia’s Olympic Games medal hopeful Junias Jonas was on Saturday knocked out of the competition by his Australian opponent Harry Garside during the round of 16 of the boxing championships. The rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games are currently underway in Tokyo, Japan. The Namibian, who is the current International Boxing Association (AIBA) African men’s lightweight champion and the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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Mboma and Masilingi progress to the next round of the Olympics

Namibian female sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi progressed to the semi-finals of the 200 metre (m) event after an impressive performance in their heats at the Olympic Games. The two sensational runners competed in heat two and four of the women’s category in the early hours of Monday morning. To progress to the semi-finals of the 200m that will

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Thirteen SMEs benefit from Pitch for Resilience programme in Kavango East

Thirteen small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Kavango East Region received financial support last month from the Pitching for Resilience grant scheme programme through the German development agency, GIZ, to cushion the economic impact on business losses. This is according to Pitch for Resilience grant scheme programme Project Coordinator, Danny Meyer in an interview with Nampa on Monday, who

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Second doses can be delayed for six weeks

Executive Director in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ben Nangombe has called on members of the public awaiting their second jabs for AstraZeneca vaccine to not panic, assuring that the dose can be delayed for six weeks. Nangombe in an interview with Nampa said the ministry is aware that there are at least 70 000 people waiting to

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Man burns to death in shack at Walvis Bay

A 63-year-old man allegedly burned to death after his shack caught fire in the early hours of Sunday at Walvis Bay’s Kuisebmond residential area. A Namibian Police Force (NamPol) weekend crime report availed to Nampa on Monday said the deceased was identified as Namhindo Victor and the incident occurred around 02h10. “It is alleged that a passerby heard someone screaming

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Cabinet to decide on Agribusdev’s fate: Jooste

Cabinet is set to discuss the restructuring process of the financially troubled Agriculture Business Development Agency (AgriBusDev) in the near future, as the country strives to attain food security. Over the years, AgriBusDev has courted controversy and has been embroiled in various allegations of corruption and mismanagement, which have landed the company in court, for among other challenges, struggling to

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LPM rejects Noa’s re-appointment

The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has joined other opposition political parties in rejecting the re-appointment of Paulus Noa as Director General of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for the next five years. In statement availed to Nampa on Monday, LPM said the bid by President Hage Geingob and the Swapo Party to push a motion through Parliament for Noa’s reappointment sends

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ICU bed occupancy reduced by 52 per cent over two week period

Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, said the hospital bed occupancy rate, especially in intensive care units, has significantly improved in most of the regions, following a decline in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection rate over the past few weeks. Shangula, during the 31st public COVID-19 briefing in the capital on Friday, noted that during the last two

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