Author: Wonder Guchu
Teachers should be at schools on 6 May – education minister
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…
Community transmissions could be just a matter of time – Dr Haufiku
The Namibia National coordinator, Dr Bernard Haufiku, says people cannot say that Namibia can only suspect that there are community transmissions and that he suspects community transmissions are just a matter of time before it’s discovered. He also said it…
Namibia to be under lockdown, open markets to open
President Hage Geingob said the cabinet decided to extend the lockdown in Khomas and Erongo regions as well as bring all the other 12 regions under lockdown as from Friday 17 April 2020. The announcement made Tuesday at State House…
Covid-19: Public service wage bill needs serious attention – PM
The Namibian economy is expected to implode further as all sectors take a blow from the Covid-19 pandemic, and fears have surfaced over the future jobs of civil servants. The pandemic and lockdowns will further put a burden on the…
Chinese embassy says Africans in China safe
The Chinese Embassy in Namibia has broken silence on ongoing allegations that Africans, Namibian nationals included, in China were being evicted from homes out of fear that they may be spreading Covid-19. This has led to a confrontation of the…
COVID-19 – 109 released from supervised quarantine
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said of the 333 samples tested,16 were positive and the people were placed under quarantine with one hospitalised. Dr Shangula said 109 were released from the supervised quarantine while 216 still remain. The government, Dr…
GOVT LAUNCHES COVID-19 EMERGENCY INCOME GRANT
Finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi has launched the N$562m Emergency Income Grant (EIG), a once-off payment of N$750 in cash grant per qualifying person, on the basis of a set of eligibility criteria. This is estimated to benefit up to 739,000…
Geingob appoints 8 new governors
Youngest governor Neville Andre President Hage Geingob has appointed eight new governors and reappointed six others. The new appointments are: 1. //Karas – Aletta Fredericks 2. Hardap – Rev. Salomon April 3. Erongo -Neville Andre 4. Kavango East -Bonifatius Wakudumo…
Geingob calls for Covid-19 national day of prayer
President Hage Geongob has called for a day of prayer on Wednesday 8 April 2020 for the protection and welfare of Namibia against Covid-19. In a statement on Monday, Geingob said the day of prayer would give effect to the…
Covid-19 exposed inequality – Steenkamp
Education ministry executive director Sanet Steenkamp, who admitted that Covid-19 exposed the matter of inequality, said although schools are expected to open on 20 April, children will remain at home. Schools in Namibia were closed as part of curbing the…