Author: Julia Heita
Parents Should Speak To Their Kids About Sex – Rosa Namises
By: Ludorf Iyambo The director of women’s solidarity Namibia, Rosa Namises, said that parents should engage more in dialogues with their children on sexual intercourse to reduce the country’s high teenage pregnancy rate. Speaking at a community and school mobilisation…
3.6 Percent of Children Aged 12-17 Vaccinated For Covid-19
By: Julia Heita Health minister Kalumbi Shangula says that of the 467 148 first doses administered in the country by April, 16,796 (3.6 per cent) were children and adolescents between 12-and 17. Shangula said the school vaccination campaigns had ignited…
Bank of Namibia expects to hike Interest rates by 25bps as inflation soars
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama At its second Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 2022, on the 13 April 2022D, the Bank of Namibia is expected to hike its Repo Rate to 4.25% for the second consecutive time. All of Namibian’sNamibian’s banks…
NamibRe Hands Over N$5 Million Dividend To Government
By: Julia Heita On Tuesday, the Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation (NamibRe) handed over a declared dividend of N$5 million to the government. NamibRe board chairperson, Faniel Kisting, said the Gross Written Premium (GWP)/turnover for NamibRe has grown from N$93 million…
Auditor’s Office Failed To Reach 5 Per Cent Disability Employment Target
By: Julia Heita Auditor-General Junias Kanjeke said that his office has only achieved a 3.27 per cent out of a five per cent employment rate target for people living with disabilities. According to Namibia’s current affirmative action plan, the auditor’s…
Swapo Welcomes 120 New Comrades At Epupa Constituency
By: Uakutura Kamaekua – Epembe The Swapo party, over the weekend, welcomed over 120 new members, who joined the party, and charged them to work closely with the leadership to ensure success for the transformation of the region and the…
Chicco Wins Supreme Court Omatala Appeal
By: Ludorf Iyambo Businessman and owner of Mouse Properties Ninety Eight won his appeal in the Supreme Court on Monday. Chief justice Petrus Damaseb ruled in favour of Mouse Properties Ninety Eight by setting aside the order from the Windhoek…
Civic Organisations And Corporates Collab For Housing Vital …As The Ghetto Situation Continues
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Institute of Social Development is suggesting the country consolidate all the civic organisations participating in housing with various social corporate responsibilities to address the low-cost housing. The institute project coordinator Lukas Mungolo, who is also an…
BIG Coalition Bemoans Recently Launched Social Protection Policy
By: Uakutura Kambaekua – Kunene The Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition has stated that the recently launched Social Protection Policy (2021-2030), which was expected to outline comprehensive interventions to eradicate poverty, as President Hage Geingob said when he took office…
SCABIES CASES ESCALATE COUNTRYWIDE
By: Vetondouua Tjivikua Health minister Kalumbi Shangula says the ministry has recorded 3454 cases of human scabies countrywide from January 2022 to date. This comes after 93 schools in the Ohangwena region reported an outbreak of scabies last week. Shangula…