By: Ludorf Iyambo The director of women’s solidarity Namibia, Rosa Namises, said that parents should engage more in dialogues with their children on sexual intercourse to reduce the country’s high teenage pregnancy rate. Speaking at a community and school mobilisation workshop on gender issues awareness and presentation and management of teenage pregnancy on Tuesday, Namises […]

By: Hertha Ekandjo Health minister Kalumbi Shangula says as winter approaches, Namibia should expect an upsurge in the number of Covid-19 cases should a pathogen mutate and a new variant is detected. Geingob, during the 42nd Covid-19 public briefing on the national response measures, stated that the rate of infection during the expiring observance period […]

By: Julia Heita Health minister Kalumbi Shangula says that of the 467 148 first doses administered in the country by April, 16,796 (3.6 per cent) were children and adolescents between 12-and 17. Shangula said the school vaccination campaigns had ignited a positive movement for vaccination among youth in Namibia. He said this during the 42nd […]

By: Eba Kandovazu Namibian Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga has cautioned public members to stop dishing out their money to criminals who pretend to be police officers. The police chief was reacting to a kidnapping and robbery incident in which a pensioner who had just retired was robbed of N$39 900 last Friday. Police say the […]

By: Josef Kefas Sheehama At its second Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 2022, on the 13 April 2022D, the Bank of Namibia is expected to hike its Repo Rate to 4.25% for the second consecutive time. All of Namibian’sNamibian’s banks now expect the Bank of Namibia to hike its Repo Rate target by 0.25 basis […]

  By: Justicia Shipena and Nangura Nguvauva On Tuesday, finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi Iipumbu said that low retirement savings increase the state’s future burden due to more people becoming dependent on social grants and public services. Shiimi made these remarks in the National Assembly while emphasising that the Financial Institutions and Markets Act (FIMA) regulations […]

By: Eba Kandovazu The Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court was a hive of activity today when Ondangwa Businessman Otto Niimboto made his bail application. The bail application also saw the presence of Ondangwa Mayor and businessman Paavo Amwele in a packed gallery. Magistrate Alice Gawanas this afternoon set free rape-accused Niimboto after granting him bail for N$20 […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa The battle for the succession of the late OvaHerero Traditional Authority Paramount Chief, Advocate Vekuii Rukoro, ended in defeat for Professor Mutjinde Katjiua yesterday in the High Court. Katjiua has been battling it out with chief Vipuira Kapuuo, who had insisted that according to the customs of the traditional authority, he was […]

By: Julia Heita On Tuesday, the Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation (NamibRe) handed over a declared dividend of N$5 million to the government. NamibRe board chairperson, Faniel Kisting, said the Gross Written Premium (GWP)/turnover for NamibRe has grown from N$93 million on the topline to N$622 million in 2021/22, and the assets of the corporation have […]

By: Julia Heita Auditor-General Junias Kanjeke said that his office has only achieved a 3.27 per cent out of a five per cent employment rate target for people living with disabilities. According to Namibia’s current affirmative action plan, the auditor’s office should employ at least five per cent of people living with a disability for […]