Author: Wonder Guchu
Unam, Nust need N$9,4m for internet upgrades
Higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi said both Unam and Nust urgently need N$9,4m to expand their bandwidth for enhancing e-learning. Addressing the Covid-19 Communications Centre Monday, Kandjii-Murangi said Nust requires N$2,4m to upgrade their bandwidth capacity, while Unam will need…
Namibia’s Covid-19 figures creep up – now at 31
Namibia’s Covid-19 cases now stand at 31, after an announcement of two more new cases made Monday by the health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula. Addressing the nation from the Covid-19 Conference Centre, Dr Shangula said the new cases involve a…
e-Learning and working remotely requires discipline and integrity
The year 2020 is certainly a year of change, so much change in the fact that we cannot ever go back to how things were. The ‘genie’ is well and truly out the bottle and every aspect of our lives…
Unam, SRC at loggerheads
The University of Namibia and the student representative council is at loggerheads over the resuming of face-to-face lessons for some of the students who could not participate in online learning. UNAM had announced that they will be resuming lessons…
SONA2020: Delays in decision-making drive away investors, Geingob
Namibia sometimes fails to concretise investment deals and secure development because of delays in decision-making, President Hage Geingob said in his state of the nation address Thursday. According to Geingob, he had on different occasions urged ministers to provide answers…
SONA2020: Geingob praises Schlettwein for fiscal consolidation
President Hage Geingob thanked the former finance minister Calle Schlettwein for implementing fiscal consolidation measures, saying the green shoots of recovery are visible. “I would like to thank the former Minister of Finance, Comrade Calle Schlettwein for implementing these difficult…
SONA2020: We don’t lack political will to fight corruption, Geingob
President Hage Geingob told the nation on Thursday that contrary to erroneous perceptions, his administration does not lack the political will to fight corruption. In his State of the Nation Address, Geingob said the government has made a good start…
SONA2020: I expect lively debate, Geingob
Despite the highly contested and spirited campaigns that preceded the November 2019 elections, President Hage Geingob said all the parties are united in the collective responsibility to safeguard the wellbeing of all Namibians. Geingob said this when he delivered the…
SONA2020 – I understand your distress, Geingob
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…
Assaulted journalists dismiss State House apology
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…