Category: Covid-19
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…
Kashikola says life won’t be the same under lockdown
Home affairs deputy minister Daniel Kashikola said the life during the lockdown will not be the same because the nature of the state of emergency means certain rights will be taken away. Kashikola, who spoke during Friday’s Covid-19 morning session…
Finance ministry pays out N$110m in Covid-19 grants
The finance ministry paid out more than N$110 million to 146 974 Namibians on Wednesday who applied for the Emergency Income Grant. Tonateni Shindhudhu, the finance ministry spokesperson said the payments were supposed to have been done on Tuesday this…
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…
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…
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 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…
Editors worried Covid-19 might shut down media houses
Chairperson of the African Editors Forum Jovial Rantao The African Editors Forum joins fellow Africans in expressing deep concern at the devastating impact that the deadly Coronavirus (Covid-19) has had on lives and economies across the continent, leading to the temporary closure…