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Kanime says police talking to public about social distancing
Windhoek City Police Chief Abraham Kanime said they were trying as hard as possible to talk to the community about maintaining social distancing and observing other state of emergency regulations. Chief Kanime told Eagle FM on Tuesday that although it…
Four-stage back to school plan announced
The education ministry has announced a four-phase back to school plan for the 2020 academic year. The executive director of the education ministry Sanet Steenkamp has announced a four-phase plan for the reopening of schools and resumption of face-to-face teaching…
Ombudsman receives 27 complaints against the police
The office of the Ombudsman has received fewer complaints during the lockdown and Advocate John Walters said the decrease is as a result of the movement restrictions. The Ombudsman received 56 complaints of which 27 are related to police brutality…
Column: How to see Africa
Breyten Breytenbach We need to see Africa as it is – in all its brutality, excesses, riches, horror, humiliation, poverty, despair, squalor, posturing and display, beauty, and creativeness. And this is a function of the imagination because we must make…
COLUMN: It’s not about saving N$200m, but about wasting it on cars
The story about President Hage Geingob saving N$200m when he suspended the purchase of cars for ministers and others was misunderstood. It is not about saving N$200m, but it about wasting it on cars under the circumstances. Many people hailed…
Tjihuiko, Kandetu punished over Muinjangue appointment
Caught in-between… Ester Muinjague The Ovaherero Traditional Authority says Bob Kandetu and former Nudo MP Arnold Tjihuiko connived with President Hage Geingob’s administration to capture the former chairperson of the Ovaherero Genocide Foundation Ester Muinjangue to accept the deputy minister’s…
What if there is no post-Covid-19?
It is dismaying and discouraging that most people are focusing on post-Covid-19 while ignoring now. What if there is not post-Covid-19? Will life stop while we wait for the next two years for Covid-19 to dissipate? I mean, the influenza…
Police arrest 2 men for gang-rape of 12-year-old
The Namibian police have arrested two men aged 22 and 23 years old at Uis in connection with the rape of a 12-year-old girl. In the incident that happened at Uis, it is alleged that the two men gang-raped the…
Putting parliament online proving to be expensive
Some ICT companies are charging as much as N$20 000 per day to put parliament online, National Assembly spokesperson David Nahogandja has said. The National Assembly has been affected by Covid-19 and this time the tabling of the national budget…
Dr Andrew Niikondo now Nust acting vice-chancellor
The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) Council has appointed Dr Andrew Niikondo as the acting vice-chancellor. Dr Niikondo’s appointment came after the expiry of Morne Du Toit’s acting term on 18 May 2020. Nust has had no substantive…