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Geingob announces new government structure
President Hage Geingob has announced a new structure for his upcoming administration that will have 19 ministries instead of the current 26. Geingob made the announcement on Monday in Windhoek ahead of his inauguration for the second five-year term on Saturday. He has retained the vice presidency position that was created in 2014 and brought […]
Zim defence minister says COVID-19 punishment for sanctions
Zimbabwe’s defence minister Oppah Muchinguri has called the coronavirus pandemic a “punishment” of the US and Europe for imposing sanctions against members of the ruling regime over human rights abuses. Muhcinguri led the Sadc observer mission that monitored Namibia’s 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections. “Coronavirus is the work of God punishing countries who imposed […]
Ramaphosa calls for the real ‘thuma mina’ moment against COVID-19
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa said his country was dealing with a national disaster after the number of confirmed cases reached 61 on Sunday. “We have now declared a national state of disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act”, announced Ramaphosa. This is will enable us to have an integrated and coordinated disaster management mechanism […]
Kenyan president announces stringent measures against COVID-19
My fellow Kenyans. On Friday, March 6th,2020 the Government of Kenya received confirmation of the first case of COVID-19, commonly known as Coronavirus. Asyoumayrecall, when we first announced the confirmation of the first case, we stated that we had traced 27 persons who had come into contact with the first patient. We have since […]
Meatco suspends public visits to abattoirs
Meatco said it was suspending all educational tours and visits by the public to all its abattoirs with immediate effect. In a statement signed off by Meatco corporate communications, Rosa Hamukuaja-Thobias, the suspension was in response to the worldwide outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). “All Meatco Abattoir visits or tours are hereby suspended until 30 […]
Teacher’s union welcomes school closures to contain COVID-19
The Namibia National Teachers’ Union (Nantu) has welcomed the government’s decision to close all schools from Monday 16 March 2020 until 14 April 2020 to contain COVID-19 from spreading. The government announced on Sunday that all schools – public and private – should close after the announcement of the country’s first confirmed COVID-19 cases on […]
Namibian government orders all schools closed to contain COVID-19
All schools in Namibia will be closed with effect from Monday 16 March 2020 following an order given by president Hage Geiongob that bans all gatherings. The ban on gathering was made on Saturday after the health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula had announced Namibia’s first confirmed cases of COVID-19. Although the couple who tested positive […]
AirNam parks Frankfurt flights for 30 days
Air Namibia has announced the temporary suspension of the Windhoek – Frankfurt –Windhoek route effective today, Saturday 14 March 2020 for a period of 30 days. The Namibian National Airline said it is complying with the directive of the Namibian Head of State, Hage Geingob to the worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19. The SW285 (Windhoek […]
COVID-19 stops the NAMAs
MTC has announced the cancellation of the NAMA awards ceremony as the health ministry confirmed the presence of the deadly coronavirus in the country on Saturday. The event was scheduled to take place on the 27th of March 2020 and was estimated to bring together over 600 artists that entered for the 10th NAMAs. “The […]
Geingob cancels independence gig, upholds his inauguration
President Hage Geingob said Saturday that the planned 30th independence celebration that had been set for 21 March will not go on but his inauguration will be held at State House. Announcing a raft of stringent measures after health minister Dr Kalumbi Shanguila’s revelation of Namibia’s first two COVID-19 cases, Geingob said the money meant […]