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Boy, 7, dies in canal
Sakeus Taanyanda Enkono, 7, from Iishanaputa Village in Outapi Constituency in Omusati region died after drowning in a water canal while trying to swim. According to commissioner Titus Shikongo, the incident happened last week in the NamWater water canal, at Okafakoushongo Village, Outapi Constituency. Commissioner Shikongo also said three children of the same age were […]
SWAPO gets legal advice on convicted candidate – Kapere
Swapo party leader assigned to the Hardap region, Mandela Kapere, has said they have solicited legal opinion on a member that successfully ran in the Stampriet primaries despite a criminal conviction. Ferdinand Uirab’s candidature attracted discontent with some members who still want him to be chucked out of the list of those running in […]
Namibia to cough up millions for future Covid-19 vaccine doses
Officials at the health ministry have said Namibia is set to cough out between N$26million toN$29 million for future vaccine doses while other countries are being financially assisted to do so. This is but a 15% upfront payment of the total that is needed. This is just to secure vaccine dozes so that once the […]
RP said Itula dumped them
Republican Party leader Henk Mudge has said Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) leader, Panduleni Itula refused a political relationship with his party. Mudge said it is unimaginable that leaders of opposition parties do not want to work together. “If you have the same vision for the people that are suffering and you want to solve […]
We do not know when a second wave will hit us – health ministry
Health ministry’s Dr Theo-Ben Kandetu has said they were not presently sure when a potential second wave of Covid-19 will hit Namibia as Europe gets engulfed by another storm of the virus. The past few days have been laced with mass protests bordering on anti-Gender Based Violence as well as political mass mobilization which have […]
Councillor Cornelius leaves RDP, runs on RP ticket
Former Rally for Democracy and Progress secretary-general Brunhilde Cornelius will run for local authority councillor on a Republican Party ticket This comes a few days after Cornelius jumped ship from RDP for not addressing her allegations of corruption against former party member Nicanor Ndjoze. Cornelius has accused RDP President Mike Kavekotora of supporting Ndjoze rather […]
6-year-old girl killed in panga attack
A resident of Epanya village in Oshana ran amok and attacked three people including a six-year-old girl who later died at Oshakati State Hospital on Tuesday evening. Oshana police inspector Tomas Aiyambo said the man, aged 34, attacked the women with a panga. Police identified the victims as Martha Nembuta (60) and Samuel Dortea (17), […]
Namibia records 42 veld fires in one week
Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta said Namibia recorded 42 veld fires between 23-30 September this year. Updating the National Assembly on Tuesday, Shifeta said the most affected regions are Kavango East, Kavango West, Otjozondjupa, Oshikoto, Zambezi, Ohangwena, Kunene, Oshana, Omusati and Omaheke. According to Shifeta, from January to October, 220 100ha were burned in the Zambezi; […]
Schools to launch GBV programmes
The government says the education sector will with immediate effect launch programmes that will equip pupils with appropriate skills and knowledge as well as attitudes regarding gender-based violence. This was said by Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila in the National Assembly Tuesday when she responded to a petition handed over to the justice minister Yvonne Dausab […]
Boy (14) stabs another boy (15) to death at school
A 14-year-old Grade 3 pupil at St Joseph’s Primary School at Rehoboth stabbed to death another 15-year-old Grade 8 pupil on Tuesday. The boy, who could not be named because he is a minor, was taken by the police. It is not clear at this moment whether he will be kept in custody or released […]