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Tourists to get permits to enter Windhoek
Tourism Ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said international tourists will be issued with permits to move out of Windhoek, Rehoboth and Okahandja. On 28 August 2020, President Hage Geingob extended the travel restriction in Windhoek, Rehoboth and Okahandja as well as…
Robbers steal N$300 000 meant for pensioners
The police said robbers stole N$300 000 meant for pensioners from the NamPost Fransfontein branch in Kunene on Tuesday. The incident occurred around 00:00. In a statement, deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi said the men badly assaulted the postmaster and tied…
My baby died in my arms – bereaved mother
The bereaved mother of an alleged baby who according to the health ministry passed on due to Covid-19 but the family insists was due to a wrong injection has said that he passed on while in her arms. Lavinia Ndilimekkeh…
Do not release N$200 million to education ministry – SPYL
The Swapo Party Youth League secretary for education, Hofni Iipinge, has advised the finance ministry to freeze the N$200 million funding for the procurement of 33 000 laptops for previously disadvantaged students because corruption may happen. SPYL has claimed that…
Defence minister Vilho under fire
The Landless People’s Movement and the official opposition have all teamed up on defence minister Rear Admiral Peter Vilho for his remarks this week which attacked the private sector. LPM says it is “shocked and dismayed at the baseless and…
Column: To truly develop Namibia
By Llewellyn le Hané We talk a good game as Namibians, but we are prone to not embracing real change. A small shift here, a small innovation there, but large scale comprehensive change always seems out of reach. We use…
Shiimi gives thumbs up for fish quota auction
Finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi has today said that the total amount raised from the auction amount to N$ 627,936,827.10 including the application fees. He said this is equivalent to 100% more or two times when compared to N$315,366,400.0, which could…
Aakalimo yokOhangwena yagandja iikwathitha
Ngoloneya goshitopolwa Ohangwena Valde Ndevashiya, olyomakaya okwa gandja pambelewa iikwathitha ya yooloka koshiketha Vatela Oshiwana Foundation, okuziilila pendiki lyomauliko giipindi yEenhana. Shika oshili oshitopolwa shegongelo lyiikulya niikwatha yilwe ngaashi iizalomwa oku gandjwa kwaamboka yeli monkalo ondhigu, pethimbo ndika taku kondjithwa…
172 countries working with WHO on shared coronavirus vaccine plan
Some 172 countries are engaging with the COVAX facility designed to ensure equitable access to coronavirus vaccines, the World Health Organization said on Monday, but more funding is needed and countries need now to make binding commitments. Countries wishing to be…
4 arrested for rhino poaching
PHOTO FOR ILLUSTRATION ONLY Four (4) suspects were arrested on 21 August 2020 after they illegally hunted a specially protected game (rhino). The suspects conspired and entered a private Farm to hunt rhinos, they shot and injured a female white…