Category: National
SCABIES CASES ESCALATE COUNTRYWIDE
By: Vetondouua Tjivikua Health minister Kalumbi Shangula says the ministry has recorded 3454 cases of human scabies countrywide from January 2022 to date. This comes after 93 schools in the Ohangwena region reported an outbreak of scabies last week. Shangula…
VENAANI SAYS HEROES ARE SELECTIVELY CELEBRATED
By: Tjizouye Kazombungo PDM leader McHenry Venaani has accused government of selectively celebrating heroes of the country. Venaani said this during the 44th commemoration of chief Clemence Kapuuo Day on Tuesday. According to him, he wrote President Hage Geingob requesting…
ADRIBUSDEV, NALOBA DEMAND LOCALS GREEN SCHEMES
By: Vetondouua Tjivikua Acting managing director of AgriBusDev, Berfine Antindi, says she expects locals in the bidding process for the 11 green scheme irrigation farms. This comes after agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein announced during the Namibia Investment Summit at World…
CHIEF KAPUOO DIGS IN OVER GENOCIDE DECLARATION
By: Tjizouye Kazombungo Ovaherero Traditional Authority says their positions on the Joint Declaration of the Namibian and German governments regarding genocide remains unchanged. Chief Vipuira Kapuuo said this at the Swakopmund reparation walk on Saturday. The first reparation walk in…
GREEN SCHEMES GOING IN JUNE THIS YEAR
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The country’s 11 green schemes are up for grabs and were offered to foreign investors during the president and his ministers’ trip to the Dubai Expo. After dumping Agribusdev, which has been run by a board of…
PDM PARLIAMENT-HOPEFULS AWAIT JUDGEMENT
By: Ludorf Iyambo One of the six PDM members whose names were removed from the list of National Assembly candidates in the 2019 election says they can still have an impact in parliament two years on. This comes as chief…
HEALTH TARGETS VACCINATING 215 000 CHILDREN BY JUNE
By: Vetondouua Tjivikua & Tjizouye Kazombungo The health ministry has said that Namibia plans to vaccinate about 215,108 children for Covid-19 between 12 and 17 before June this year. Director of primary health care Neami Shoopala said Namibia has 307…
KAVANGO WEST STRUGGLE VETERAN LAID TO REST
By: Annakleta Haikera A 71-year-old veteran of the liberation struggle and one of the long-serving civil servants, Siwombe Gideon Nestor Mufenda, was laid to rest on Saturday. Mufenda was buried at Nkurenkuru, where he grew up in the outskirts of…
AK Food To Cost More Next Month …Economists Not Surprised
By:Justicia Shipena The increasing price of basic staples such as wheat, maize meal, pasta and rice in Namibia is no surprise. These are the views of local economists after Namib Mills announced that it would be increasing food prices on…
Kavango East Police Gun Down Two Suspected Robbers
By: Annakleta Haikera Police in the Kavango East region shot dead two members of a gang of armed robbers that was said to have been planning a robbery. The shooting occurred at Ngarama-teya in Rundu Rural Constituency on Monday around…