By: Vetondouua Tjivikua & Tjizouye Kazombungo The health ministry has said that Namibia plans to vaccinate about 215,108 children for Covid-19 between 12 and 17 before June this year. Director of primary health care Neami Shoopala said Namibia has 307 298 young people in that age bracket from which the ministry is targeting vaccination. She […]

By: Justicia Shipena Some job retrenchments went unrecorded during the Covid-19 pandemic. A report by Simonis Storms on Covid-19 update on stock taking and looking ahead has revealed on Monday after Namibia marked its second year since the first lockdown. According to the report, Namibia retrenched about 15 000 while 0.2% died between March 2020 […]

By: Eba Kandovazu The police in Oshakati was left in shock on Sunday after an immigration official who drove from Eenhana instructed them to free undocumented eight Indians. On the same day, over 170 Angolan illegal immigrants were deported to Angola. According to Oshana Regional Commander Rauha Amwele, the official said that the order came […]

By: Annakleta Haikera A 71-year-old veteran of the liberation struggle and one of the long-serving civil servants, Siwombe Gideon Nestor Mufenda, was laid to rest on Saturday. Mufenda was buried at Nkurenkuru, where he grew up in the outskirts of the Kavango West. He is well-known for his activism during the colonial regime when he […]

By: Frans Sinengela A proposed rice project at Onheleiwa in Omusati has sparked commotion among community members in the area. This comes as a group of young people under an organisation called Namibian People Against Poverty approached the chief headman of the Onheleiwa village for a pan which they deem a potential spot for their […]

“the WBNLDC is no longer an alternative trade route to Zambia and the DRC but rather a preferred trade route” By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Beyond South Africa, DRC and Zambia are Namibia’s biggest trading partners in Africa, offering export markets and importing diversification. The country’s monthly trade statistics indicate that most of what is shipped from […]

By: Vetondouua Tjivikua The Onandjokwe state hospital has allegedly run out of medication for diabetes patients. This comes after doctors told a diabetes patient to purchase his diabetes medication at a private pharmacy when he returned for a follow up at the Onandjokwe state hospital in the Oshikoto region. According to the daughter of a […]

By: Ludorf Iyambo Windhoek high court on Wednesday dismissed the application for leave to appeal for Likius Valombola. The court removed the matter from the roll and regarded it as finalised. According to Judge Claudia Claasen, it is not sufficient for the applicant to state that there’s a reasonable possibility that another court will come […]

  By: Justicia Shipena The proposed amendments to the Procurement Bill has the potential to decongest the load at the Review Panel and to alleviate the cost implications on bidders. Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi said this on Wednesday in the National Assembly when making contributions to the tabling of the proposed amendments of the public […]

By: Annakleta Haikera A Kavango West Region secondary school, about 50 km west of Nkurenkuru, has been described as so unhygienic that the foul smell hangs around the corridors, and worms from the toilets infest the grounds. The deplorable conditions have tormented learners at the Himarwa Ithete Secondary School for nearly six months now. The […]