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AR Windhoek apply to ECN ahead of regional council elections
The Affirmative Repositioning Windhoek branch has applied with the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to register as an organisation to participate in the November 2020 regional council elections. The deputy chairperson Nathaniel Kalola told Eagle FM Wednesday that they had…
Bank of Namibia staff work from home as cautionary measure
Bank of Namibia (BoN) staff will return to a phase 1 approach of lockdown after some employees were suspected of coming into contact with a positive COVID-19 case. This was communicated in a memo to the staff members. According to…
Plans afoot for truck drivers to have own service stations
There are plans to designate service stations that will be used by truck drivers only in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19. In addition, there are also plans to reserve certain amenities from where truck drivers can buy…
Ekanitho lyiilonga tali tala komalwaala goshipa
Okwa lopotwa puna omahangano ngoka ooyene yago aatiligane, taya kutha miilonga aanilonga aaludhe noku kalekamo aatiligane ooyakwawo. Eagle FM etiyali oyayi moonkundathana na Labor Executive Director Bro Mathew Shinguandja shinasha noolopota ndhika, nokwati uuministeli wo labour owuna oolopota dhaagandji yiilonga…
NSFAF uses draft policy document- Students
A number of students convened a meeting at the Namibia University of Science and Technology where they unanimously agreed that the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) was making use of a policy document that was still at the draft…
Parliament erupts into chaos over fishrot
Fishrot, the fisheries sector saga that has claimed the scalp of two ex-ministers all belonging to the same ruling Swapo party, divided parliament this week after the vice-president of Swapo, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said that the saga had been spoken about…
Guest Column: Geingob’s inclusivity philosophy pays off
Lameck Odada Like any other country in the world, Namibia is also dealing with the outbreak of COVID-19 and trying to alleviate what has become a pandemic. With the confirmation of the first two cases of COVID-19 in the country…
Video of man beating child triggers police probe
Namibian Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga said there is a difference between chastising and excessive beating. Ndeitunga said the police will step in when there is excessive beating, adding that the gender-based violence unit of the Namibian Police is investigating a child…
Naku pitikwe oveta yoku kuthamo omategelelo nenge ahawe
Opuna omukanda yindilo tagupula ekuthepo lyokatendo koku ngambeka ekuthemo lyomategelelo moshilongo. Omukanda nguka ogwa tamekithwa kongundu yaalumentu naakiintu oshiwike sha ziko moshilando pangelo. Okatendo ko Namibia Abortion and Sterilization okeetwapo okuza ko South Africa mo 1975, nokuza mpoka eyikutho lyomateegelelo…
Govt willing to probe racism, GBV and police brutality – Dausab
Justice minister Yvonne Dausab said the government is willing to investigate the several claims and cases raised by petitioners during a march against racism, police brutality and gender-based violence. Dausab received the petition on behalf of the cabinet, during the…