Category: News
Not All Businesses Will Be Rescued
By: Justicia Shipena, Kelvin Chiringa Not all businesses are going to be rescued. The Business Rescue Task Force (BRTF) on economic advancement and business rescue in Namibia revealed this in a recent final report. They submitted the report to President…
Fingers Crossed for an Accident-Free Easter Holiday
By: Justicia Shipena, Eba Kandovazu, Ludorf Iyambo As the Easter weekend approaches, ||Kharas governor Aletha Fredricks said she looks forward to an accident-free Easter long weekend. Fredricks said this at the launch of the Easter weekend roadblocks on Wednesday. According…
Man Commits Suicide After Four Die In Accident
By: Eba Kandovazu and Natangwe Kauluma The nation is reeling in shock after police discovered the remains of a man this morning in a purported suicide. The man is said to have been the driver of a pickup Bakkie that…
Earthquake Hits Khorixas
By: Uakutura Kambaekua The mines ministry has confirmed an earthquake occurred approximately 24 kilometres northeast of Khorixas in the Kunene region on Tuesday evening, 12 April 2022, around 22h36. In a media statement on Wednesday, the deputy executive director at…
Sacrificing Debt Holders To Maintain The Peg
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The central bank has decided to maintain the peg and contain inflation that is not internally driven and burden those paying their debts or holding interest-bearing obligations further. Moreover, to enable favourable real interest rates conducive to…
Parents Should Speak To Their Kids About Sex – Rosa Namises
By: Ludorf Iyambo The director of women’s solidarity Namibia, Rosa Namises, said that parents should engage more in dialogues with their children on sexual intercourse to reduce the country’s high teenage pregnancy rate. Speaking at a community and school mobilisation…
Covid-19 Upsurge Expected This Winter
By: Hertha Ekandjo Health minister Kalumbi Shangula says as winter approaches, Namibia should expect an upsurge in the number of Covid-19 cases should a pathogen mutate and a new variant is detected. Geingob, during the 42nd Covid-19 public briefing on…
3.6 Percent of Children Aged 12-17 Vaccinated For Covid-19
By: Julia Heita Health minister Kalumbi Shangula says that of the 467 148 first doses administered in the country by April, 16,796 (3.6 per cent) were children and adolescents between 12-and 17. Shangula said the school vaccination campaigns had ignited…
Ndeitunga Bemoans Thieving “Fake Police Officers”
By: Eba Kandovazu Namibian Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga has cautioned public members to stop dishing out their money to criminals who pretend to be police officers. The police chief was reacting to a kidnapping and robbery incident in which a…
Bank of Namibia expects to hike Interest rates by 25bps as inflation soars
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama At its second Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 2022, on the 13 April 2022D, the Bank of Namibia is expected to hike its Repo Rate to 4.25% for the second consecutive time. All of Namibian’sNamibian’s banks…