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The nation is bleeding – Venaani
The president of the official opposition party PDM, McHenry Venaani, said Monday that whatever the politics, the nation is bleeding. Delivering the Real State of the Nation in Windhoek, Venaani said jobs are being haemorrhaged with more than 30 000 being lost in the construction industry alone. The PDM holds the Real State of the […]
Geingob moves 13 regions to stage 4 as Covid-19 stats mount
Namibia’s 13 regions will migrate to stage 4 effective 6 July 2020, president Hage Geingob said Monday. The move from states 3 to 4 comes even after the country’s Covid-19 figures have risen to 63 with 28 new cases reported during the past 7-day period. Twenty-four of the 28 newly reported cases originate from Erongo […]
Parents told to decide sending children to school or not
President Hage Geingob said parents will have to decide whether to send their children to school or not when he announced the slackening of the Covid-19 regulations Monday. The relaxation of the regulations comes after the country announced 8 new cases, the second such high figure in as many as two days. Namibia now has […]
Ataalela epangulo lyekwato nkonga lyokanona komivo heyali
Omulumentu gomivo 25 Martin Indongo okwa holoka oshikando shotango mompangu ya mangestalata gwOndangwa etitato, komeho ga magestalata Ilge Rheent ataalela epangulo lyoshipotha shekwato nkonga. Oshiningwanima shika osha ningilwa pegumbo lili pomudhingoloko gwOmpitula komukunda Iihandi popepi nOkatope moshitopolwa Oshikoto etitatu lyomasiku 17 06 2020, potundi 15h00 moshanga shomutenya. Oshika osha kolekwa komanda gopolisi moshitopolwa shOshikoto, Commissioner […]
Covid-19 patients being told to go home in WB – Ipinge
Walvis Bay’s chairperson of the disaster risk management committee, Knowledge Ipinge, has told Eagle FM that people testing positive for Covid-19 in Walvis Bay are being told to go home. “Everyone who is being tested positive in Walvis Bay currently will be sent back home. Imagine how you are risking the lives of those family […]
We’ve reached a stage we feared the most – Haufiku
Former health minister Bernard Haufiku who leads the Covid-19 task force team, speaking in his own capacity, has said with the rising cases of community infections, Namibia has now reached a stage where experts feared the most. Haufiku said the concern right now is whether the country is going to lose lives, as Kuisebmund recorded […]
Zim health minister arrested over company linked to Namibia
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested health minister Dr Obadiah Moyo over the procurement of Covid-19 material using Jaji Investments – a company registered in Namibia. Moyo has been accused alongside his former secretary Agnes Mahomva, health acting secretary Dr Gibson Mhlanga and finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga. Jaji, owned by Garikai Prince Mushininga, […]
Hilton lets go of 130 out of 200 workers
Hilton Namibia General manager Martin Voskamp confirmed to Eagle FM that the establishment has so far retrenched 130 of its 200 employees including some of its executive management. Voskamp said Hilton’s announcement comes as the hotel industry has been among the worst hit by the pandemic, with travellers forced to cancel bookings and stay at […]
Those talking about mass testing don’t know what they’re talking about: Shangula
Health minister, Kalumbi Shangula has shot back at calls for the mass testing of people in the Erongo region by saying that those talking about mass-testing in the region “do not know what they are talking about”. “When you are in a pandemic, you choose the most appropriate strategy in terms of the objectives which […]
School opening to go ahead: Sanet Steenkamp
The accounting officer for the education ministry, Sanet Steenkamp has said that they are continuing with preparations for the opening of schools for all grades despite the first case of Covid-19 at Mariental Secondary school. A student who had visited the Erongo region tested positive prompting a lockdown for the entire school for 14 days. […]