Category: Covid-19
Nudo leader Muinjangue, Geingob’s surprise appointnment
NUDO leader Ester Muinjangue has made history by being appointed as the deputy health minister in the new cabinet despite having contested against President Hage Geingob. Muinjangue’s appointment comes a few days after Geingob told the media at State House…
Geingob braves coronavirus as is inaugurated
President Hage Geingob braved the coronavirus scare when he was inaugurated for his second five-year term at State House in Windhoek on Saturday. Traditionally, an inauguration is a big event held in an open stadium and take long hours as…
Namibia 7th parliament swing into action
Namibia’s members of the 7th parliament were sworn in Friday in Windhoek ahead of president Hage Geingob’s inauguration on Saturday. The members from 11 parties also elected the National Assembly speaker and the deputy speaker. The 96 members were sworn…
Namibia announces wide-reaching measures to combat COVID-19
Namibia has put in place more measures to contain the spread of coronavirus after president Hage Geingob declared a state of emergency on Tuesday. Some of the measures are: a travel ban on people from Schengen States, China, Iran, Korea,…
Aochamub first known Namibian to test positive for COVID-19
Deputy Prime Minister and the international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Tuesday said that Namibia’s ambassador to France Albertus Aochamub tested positive for the coronavirus. Nandi-Ndakitwah revealed this at State House in Windhoek when she gave an account of what…
Zim defence minister says COVID-19 punishment for sanctions
Zimbabwe’s defence minister Oppah Muchinguri has called the coronavirus pandemic a “punishment” of the US and Europe for imposing sanctions against members of the ruling regime over human rights abuses. Muhcinguri led the Sadc observer mission that monitored Namibia’s 2019…
Kenyan president announces stringent measures against COVID-19
My fellow Kenyans. On Friday, March 6th,2020 the Government of Kenya received confirmation of the first case of COVID-19, commonly known as Coronavirus. Asyoumayrecall, when we first announced the confirmation of the first case, we stated that we had…
Meatco suspends public visits to abattoirs
Meatco said it was suspending all educational tours and visits by the public to all its abattoirs with immediate effect. In a statement signed off by Meatco corporate communications, Rosa Hamukuaja-Thobias, the suspension was in response to the worldwide outbreak…
COVID-19 stops the NAMAs
MTC has announced the cancellation of the NAMA awards ceremony as the health ministry confirmed the presence of the deadly coronavirus in the country on Saturday. The event was scheduled to take place on the 27th of March 2020 and…
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…