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Health ministry blunders on COVID-19 announcement
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula Saturday morning said a couple from Spain had tested positive for COVID-19, but the Embassy of Spain in Namibia has denied that the two are their citizens. The case of the couple is Namibia’s first reported case and it has shaken the nation resulting in President Hage Geingob cancelling the […]
SPYL express concerns on state of COVID-19 preparedness
The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has expressed serious concerns over the health ministry’s state of preparedness for the coronavirus, right in the heels of minister Kalumbi Shangula confirming the presence of two cases in Namibia. Here are some of SPYL’s concerns in a statement sent to the minister: 1. Visitors entering are not being […]
NUST suspends all international travel
The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) has, with immediate effect, suspended all international travel by its staff and students as the coronavirus touches down in Namibia. Read the full statement below: In line with the NUST procedures and in support of the statement made by H.E President Hage Geingob on the confirmation of […]
No Covid19 in Namibia – Dr Shangula
Health Minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said there are no Covid19 cases in Namibia. There were 9 suspected cases of which 8 turned out negative whereas 1 needs to arrive from Ondjokwe to Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP). Two suspected cases were in Rehoboth, two from Luderitz and four from Windhoek Centres for Disease Control and […]
Nam tourism industry dealing with mass hyteria
Tourism director Dr Sem Shikongo has said that Namibia and the tourism industry are dealing with fear and hysteria emanating from western countries in relation to the coronavirus. Shikongo said presently there is no cross-sectorial and inter-ministerial coordination to discuss how best to deal with the virus. This as South Africa this week recorded its […]
Don’t panic, Haufiku advises as SA reports first coronavirus case
Former health minister Bernard Haufiku has urged for calm as South Africa reports its first case of the deadly coronavirus. Below is his full comment: SA is better equipped. They are particularly equipped with diagnostic tools to detect the virus early on. I am just not too sure whether their public health facilities are ready to […]
First coronavirus case detected in SA
Three days after the Western Cape health department said it’s not a matter of “if, but “when” the new coronavirus, will be detected in South Africa, the country reported the first-ever case in the sub-Saharan region. A statement put out by the National Institute of Communicable Disease Thursday, a man who is aged 38 tested […]
Namibia to take up full shares in AfDB
The Namibian cabinet on Thursday announced a final plan to take up its full complement of shares in the African Development Bank ((AfDB). Namibian Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Stanley Simataa said the Namibian government has taken an undertaken to fully subscribe to the AfDB. The announcement comes after Namibian Minister of Finance Calle […]
Probe fuel storage audit findings – Cabinet
Cabinet has issued a directive for investigations to be carried out into a number of issues flagged by a PwC audit on the controversial N$5.5 billion national oil storage facility at Walvis Bay, information and communication technology, Stanley Simataa has told Eagle FM. The minister said there were inadequacies that were detected pertaining to this […]
Nam realigns Special Economic Zone legislation to Sacu
The Namibia government on Thursday announced an alignment of its legislation on Special Economic Zone to Southern African Customs Union (SACU) laws. Namibia is a member of SACU, a customs union made up of South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini and Lesotho. Namibia is adopting SEZ to replace the Export Processing Zones which were dumped for failure […]