Namibia Finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi together with the Social Security chief executive Milka Mungunda launched the National Employment and Salary Protection Scheme for Covid-19 on Monday in Windhoek. Mungunda said before this launch, they considered the following: Assessment of comparative global, regional and local intervention strategies pertaining to social protection interventions. Identification of specific strategies […]

Home affairs minister Farns Kapofi said Namibia’s 14 regions have been clustered into 10 zones, comprising 69 lockdown points between zones, to give impetus to the countrywide lockdown as indicated in the Deployment Plan. The lockdown checkpoints will be established between zones, to ensure that unnecessary vehicle and foot movements are restricted. Existing road traffic […]

Education minister Anna Nghipondoka said teachers are expected to be “physically” at schools 6 May 2020 although learners will stay home until further notice because some schools have no water. She said the ministry is not starting from scratch with online education but only enhancing what has already been there. Most teachers are experienced since […]

Home affairs deputy minister Daniel Kashikola said the life during the lockdown will not be the same because the nature of the state of emergency means certain rights will be taken away. Kashikola, who spoke during Friday’s Covid-19 morning session in Windhoek, said vendors will be allowed to sell their goods especially those selling food […]

The finance ministry paid out more than N$110 million to 146 974 Namibians on Wednesday who applied for the Emergency Income Grant. Tonateni Shindhudhu, the finance ministry spokesperson said the payments were supposed to have been done on Tuesday this week but were delayed because of the verification. Shidhudhu said 327 528 applications were received […]