Category: National
Geingob’s Covid-19 retrenchments decision dismissed
Justice Hannelie Prinsloo sat on the bench together with Justices Thomas Msuku and Shafimane Ueitele President Hage Geingob’s decision to suspend some provisions of the Labour Act that allowed employers to retrench or reduce salaries was ruled out by the…
Ministry condemns teacher for tribal slur
The education ministry has condemned tribal comments made on social media by a Bethanie-based teacher in which he said given an AK he would kill all the Nama people. Sauana Lukas Kampale (24) has since appeared in court and was…
Indongo Toyota hit by sexual harassment accusations
Indongo Toyota has been hit by accusations of sexual harassment as its Windhoek office workers took to the streets protesting this and other issues. Workers have claimed that a white employee accused of sexually harassing a black woman has not…
Fitch Ratings project the economy to contract by a record 5% in 2020
Fitch Ratings that has revised the Outlook on Namibia’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to Negative from Stable and affirmed the rating at ‘BB’ says Namibia’s economy will contract by a record 5% in 2020. In a report released…
Venaani says Swapo’s time is up
The official opposition leader McHenry Venaani charged that Swapo’s time was up and that his party will use the legislative’s strength to hold the government to account. The party won 16 seats during 2019 Presidential and National Elections. Address the…
What stage 4 of Covid-19 regulations entail
The full statement of what migrating to stage 4 of the Covid-19 regulations mean for the 13 regions as well as for Walvis Bay, Arandis and Swakopmund. The next level of migration for Namibia On Monday 29 June 2020 at…
Nam hospitals situation gross human rights violation – Venaani
PDM leader McHenry Venaani said the situation in Namibian hospitals is a gross human rights violation and must be considered treasonous. Venaani said this during his Real State of the Nation Address in Windhoek Monday. “Our health system is collapsing….
The nation is bleeding – Venaani
The president of the official opposition party PDM, McHenry Venaani, said Monday that whatever the politics, the nation is bleeding. Delivering the Real State of the Nation in Windhoek, Venaani said jobs are being haemorrhaged with more than 30 000…
Geingob moves 13 regions to stage 4 as Covid-19 stats mount
Namibia’s 13 regions will migrate to stage 4 effective 6 July 2020, president Hage Geingob said Monday. The move from states 3 to 4 comes even after the country’s Covid-19 figures have risen to 63 with 28 new cases reported…
Parents told to decide sending children to school or not
President Hage Geingob said parents will have to decide whether to send their children to school or not when he announced the slackening of the Covid-19 regulations Monday. The relaxation of the regulations comes after the country announced 8 new…