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Fitch Ratings project the economy to contract by a record 5% in 2020
Fitch Ratings that has revised the Outlook on Namibia’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to Negative from Stable and affirmed the rating at ‘BB’ says Namibia’s economy will contract by a record 5% in 2020. In a report released Monday, the rating agency says the contraction will happen despite the easing of temporary disruptions […]
Venaani says Swapo’s time is up
The official opposition leader McHenry Venaani charged that Swapo’s time was up and that his party will use the legislative’s strength to hold the government to account. The party won 16 seats during 2019 Presidential and National Elections. Address the nation Monday from Windhoek during the Real State of the Nation Address, Venaani said Swapo […]
What stage 4 of Covid-19 regulations entail
The full statement of what migrating to stage 4 of the Covid-19 regulations mean for the 13 regions as well as for Walvis Bay, Arandis and Swakopmund. The next level of migration for Namibia On Monday 29 June 2020 at 23:59, 13 regions with exception of the Erongo Region, will transition from STAGE 3 to […]
Nam hospitals situation gross human rights violation – Venaani
PDM leader McHenry Venaani said the situation in Namibian hospitals is a gross human rights violation and must be considered treasonous. Venaani said this during his Real State of the Nation Address in Windhoek Monday. “Our health system is collapsing. Our hospitals are in deplorable condition. Just opposite the new N$700 million Swapo headquarters, the […]
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 […]