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Namibia to open more foreign missions
Deputy prime minister and international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said Monday that the 78% her ministry received for 2020/2021 is for the foreign missions programmes Nandi-Ndaitwah said this during her budget motivation speech for her ministry. The ministry was allocated N$1 010 617 000 under Vote seven of the 2020/2021 budget. This percentage retranslated into N$784,622,278.00 (Seven […]
AirNam grounds charter flights days after Geingob said must be liquidated
A few weeks after resuming international charter flights and a few days after President Hage Geingob said Air Namibia must be liquidated, the national airline announced that it was grounding its fleet indefinitely. The airline announced the decision on Monday on its twitter. The message read: Air Namibia wishes to inform the flying public that all […]
Swapo to amend constitution to block independent candidates
The Swapo Party is planning to amend its constitution and make it difficult for any member to run as an independent candidate ahead of the November regional councils elections. Apart from amending the constitution, the ruling party that suffered a massive loss during the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold a meeting to […]
4 Swakopmund high school pupils in quarantine
The health ministry said Monday that four students from the Swakopmund Secondary School are in quarantine at the Namib High School after they showed flu-like symptoms. In a statement dated 8 June 2020 and from the executive director, the ministry said the four students went to the Swakopmund State Hospital for treatment early Monday. Health […]
Important guidelines for Erongo 14-day lockdown
1. When will the lockdown come into force? 1.1 The lockdown will begin at 23:59 on Monday 08 June 2020 until 23:59 on 22 June 2020. 1.2 The lockdown will remain in force for 14 days, an observance period equivalent to one Covid19 incubation cycle. 2. The following categories of persons are exempted from this […]
Govt committed to restarting the economy
The government is committed to restarting our economy but this cannot be achieved if the virus is spreading from person to person, community to community, President Hage Geingob said Monday. Speaking during a press conference ar State House where he announced the return to stage 1 for Erongo region, Geingob said although he understands the […]
Covid-19: We are still vulnerable – Geingob
President Hage Geingob said although Namibia is managing the coronavirus, the country has not defeated the virus yet and is vulnerable. Geingob said this during a press conference Monday at State House in Windhoek where he announced an extension of the lockdown on Walvis Bay Local Authority Area and pulled the whole Erongo region back […]
Unam, Nust need N$9,4m for internet upgrades
Higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi said both Unam and Nust urgently need N$9,4m to expand their bandwidth for enhancing e-learning. Addressing the Covid-19 Communications Centre Monday, Kandjii-Murangi said Nust requires N$2,4m to upgrade their bandwidth capacity, while Unam will need to invest N$7m to upgrade the saver and storage facility. The minister said all needy […]
Probe fuel storage audit findings – Cabinet
Cabinet has issued a directive for investigations to be carried out into a number of issues flagged by a PwC audit on the controversial N$5.5 billion national oil storage facility at Walvis Bay, information and communication technology, Stanley Simataa has told Eagle FM. The minister said there were inadequacies that were detected pertaining to this […]
The health of Namibia’s voter roll and fate of EVMs
Electoral Commission Chief Electoral Officer Theo Mujoro has lauded the national voters’ register as one of the healthiest in the region, surpassing that of neighboring South Africa. Mujoro said that the register is a reflection of half of Namibia’s population, equating it to that of Botswana. Mujoro has so far expressed happiness with the successful […]