President Hage Geingob said he understands the nation’s distress and sympathises with those who lost jobs. Delivering the State of the Nation Address in Windhoek Thursday, Geingob also said he understands the pain of the small and large business owners and that of the entrepreneurs whose businesses have closed or face the risk of closure […]

A police officer manhandling Jemima Beukes The two journalists who were manhandled on Wednesday by security details at the Windhoek Central Hospital where President Hage Geingob officially opened the isolation facility said they are traumatised. The Sun journalist Jemima Beukes and The Namibian’s Charmaine Ngatjiheue were manhandled by some security details when they walked into […]

President Hage Geingob said the government has had the wisdom and foresight to safeguard life through Namibians’ health. Officially opening the isolation facility at the Windhoek Central Hospital Wednesday, Geingob said no amount of material wealth can equate to one’s life. The One Economy Foundation in partnership with Earth Logistics donated nine hospital beds valued […]

Petrus Uugwanga The Agricultural Business Development Agency (Agribusdev) has suspended its managing director Petrus Uugwanga to pave way for investigations into allegations levelled against him. In a statement Monday, the board of directors chairperson Sophia Kasheeta said Uugwanga’s suspension was with immediate effect. Kasheeta also said the board consulted the agriculture, land reform and public […]

Namibia will transit from stage 2 to stage 3 on 1 June 2020 except the Walvis Bay area where two Covid-19 cases were reported this week. President Hage Geingob said this was decided in a Cabinet meeting held on 26 May 2020 in Windhoek. Namibia has 22 cases of Covid-19 and has not recorded any […]

File Photo: Queueing for N$750 at Walvis Bay Namibia has put in place about 10 packages to help the people cope with the effects of Covid-19. These details are contained in the 2020/21 budget tabled by finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi Wednesday. There is the: emergency income grant of N$727 million was frontloaded to the health sector […]

The 2020/21 national budget presented in parliament Wednesday is ‘part of the ammunition in Namibia’s arsenal to fight Covid-19, finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi said. This year’s N$72,8b budget runs under the theme ‘Together defeating COVID-19, Together thriving again’, which according to Shiimi ‘summons the collective contribution of all Namibians, young and old, to defeating COVID-19 […]

Finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi presented the 2020/21 national budget on Wednesday under the theme “Together Defeating COVID-19, Together Thriving Again”. Shiimi said that he was tabling the N$72,8b budget during one of the most challenging times in the global, regional and domestic economy. According to Shiimi, the budget aims to enable Namibia to better fight […]

The oldest African leader is 87. That is Cameroon’s Paul Biya. If his gods allow him to enjoy a much longer life, he will be 130 years old when Agenda 2063 happens. The youngest is 43. That is Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. When Agenda 2063 finally happens, he will be 86 and out […]

One of the Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo made a second court appearance in his formal bail application today. He applied for bail in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Friday, before magistrate Johannes Shuuveni. Gustavo, in his first appearance, testified that he is a man of integrity, and has never in his life stolen a cent […]