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Swapo to amend constitution to block independent candidates
The Swapo Party is planning to amend its constitution and make it difficult for any member to run as an independent candidate ahead of the November regional councils elections. Apart from amending the constitution, the ruling party that suffered a massive loss during the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold a meeting to […]
4 Swakopmund high school pupils in quarantine
The health ministry said Monday that four students from the Swakopmund Secondary School are in quarantine at the Namib High School after they showed flu-like symptoms. In a statement dated 8 June 2020 and from the executive director, the ministry said the four students went to the Swakopmund State Hospital for treatment early Monday. Health […]
Important guidelines for Erongo 14-day lockdown
1. When will the lockdown come into force? 1.1 The lockdown will begin at 23:59 on Monday 08 June 2020 until 23:59 on 22 June 2020. 1.2 The lockdown will remain in force for 14 days, an observance period equivalent to one Covid19 incubation cycle. 2. The following categories of persons are exempted from this […]
Govt committed to restarting the economy
The government is committed to restarting our economy but this cannot be achieved if the virus is spreading from person to person, community to community, President Hage Geingob said Monday. Speaking during a press conference ar State House where he announced the return to stage 1 for Erongo region, Geingob said although he understands the […]
Covid-19: We are still vulnerable – Geingob
President Hage Geingob said although Namibia is managing the coronavirus, the country has not defeated the virus yet and is vulnerable. Geingob said this during a press conference Monday at State House in Windhoek where he announced an extension of the lockdown on Walvis Bay Local Authority Area and pulled the whole Erongo region back […]
Aochamub to represent Namibia on Unesco board
Namibia was elected to the Unesco executive board for the period 2019-2023 during a meeting in which ambassador Albertus Aochamub participated on Monday. The Unesco executive board is elected by the General Conference and is one of the three constitutional organs of UNESCO. It consists of 58 member states with a four-year term of office. […]
Covid-19 case 26 never had travel history
The health ministry and Erongo regional governor have not been quite upfront on whether Covid-19 case number 26 in Walvis Bay was a community infection or not, despite an official report that the individual never travelled anywhere. Governor Neville Andre said investigations were still under way to determine how the 44-year-old could have been infected, […]
Unam, Nust need N$9,4m for internet upgrades
Higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi said both Unam and Nust urgently need N$9,4m to expand their bandwidth for enhancing e-learning. Addressing the Covid-19 Communications Centre Monday, Kandjii-Murangi said Nust requires N$2,4m to upgrade their bandwidth capacity, while Unam will need to invest N$7m to upgrade the saver and storage facility. The minister said all needy […]
Namibia’s Covid-19 figures creep up – now at 31
Namibia’s Covid-19 cases now stand at 31, after an announcement of two more new cases made Monday by the health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula. Addressing the nation from the Covid-19 Conference Centre, Dr Shangula said the new cases involve a 27-year-old woman and a 50-year-old woman who are both Namibians. Both women travelled from India […]
e-Learning and working remotely requires discipline and integrity
The year 2020 is certainly a year of change, so much change in the fact that we cannot ever go back to how things were. The ‘genie’ is well and truly out the bottle and every aspect of our lives is now different. One of these changes is the way people look at interaction with […]