Category: National
34 CHILDREN VACCINATED THUS FAR
Ludorf Iyambo Only 34 children have been vaccinated thus far, one month after the Ministry of Health and Social Services expanded its vaccination legibility to children and adolescents aged 12-17 years. The statistics show that 15 children aged 12-13 and…
OMICRON FORCES CENTRAL HOSPITAL TO SHUT REFERRALS EARLY
Justicia Shipena Windhoek Central State Hospital has suspended all non-emergency referrals from regions to the hospital a week earlier than it is supposed to in preparation for the festive season. The hospital superintendent, Dawid Uirab, said that the spike…
NBC SUFFERS LEGAL BLOW AGAINST NAPWU
Kelvin Chiringa The Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has been dealt a blow in a court case against the Namibia Public Workers Union (NAPWU), in which it has been restrained from making unilateral revisions of staff leave days. The court order…
FISHERMEN SHOOTING BY BDF WITNESS ACCOUNT
An inquest into the fatal shooting of three Namibians and their Zambian cousin by the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) in November 2020 is ongoing at Kasane in Botswana. The Namibians are brothers Tommy, Wamunyima, and Martin Nchindo. The Zambian is…
HOSPITALISED MAN CLAIMS POLICE ASSAULTED HIM
By: Hellen Andreas Israel Nangolo (39) from Elombe village was admitted to Oshakati Intermediate Hospital in the Oshana region after four police officers assaulted him. The incident allegedly occurred on Friday, 12 November 2021. Nangolo, who spoke to The Villager…
LACK OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES…KATUTURA NURSES SEEK HELP FROM SYMPATHISERS
By: Justicia Shipena Student Nurses are frustrated with the lack of medical supplies, including gloves, surgical masks, and linen savers at the Katutura Intermediate State Hospital. This has led the student nurses to seek help from marshal ranger…
JOOSTE WON’T LEAD SOES DEPARTMENT UNDER SHIIMI…NUNW IN CELEBRATORY MODE
By: Kelvin Chiringa Leone Jooste said he has no intention to head the public enterprises’ department when the current state-owned enterprises’ ministry is phased out. The department will be placed under the watch of finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi. Effectively,…
UNRECOGNISED CAREGIVERS PROVIDE THE BASE TO ECONOMIES
BY: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Macroeconomic behaviour and ordinary markets function cannot be understood without recognising gender differences because of unpaid labour. These are the findings of Jayati Ghosh, professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts- whose work on women’s economic…
KHOMAS TO VACCINATE OVER 200 000 BY 2022
BY: Justicia Shipena The governor of the Khomas region, Laura Mcleod-Katjirua says Khomas needs to vaccine 286 641 with the first dose by march next year to reach herd immunity. Mcleod-Katjirua said during the launch of the Khomas…
SLUGGISH GROWTH FOR NAM, ZAMBIA AND ANGOLA
BY: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Angola will record negative growth of 0,7%, Zambia will only grow by 1%, and Namibia will increase by 1,3% this year. Next year (2022), Namibia is expected to do better than others with 3,6% in economic growth,…