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Shifeta says zero tourist arrivals to persist
Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta has said zero tourist arrivals for the next three to four months is expected and the situation is likely to persist throughout 2020. Shifeta told the Covid-19 Conference Centre on Tuesday that conservancies create N$60 million…
Namibia ends lockdown on 4 May, enforces facemasks
Namibia will end the nationwide lockdown on 4 May 2020 but will make the wearing of facemasks outside the home mandatory. In an address to the nation on Thursday, President Hage Geigon said that although it is very important to…
SA lawyers accuse Namibian lawyers over “work permit confusion”
Two South African senior lawyers arrested last year for working in Namibia without work permits when they came to represent Bernard Esau, Sacky Shanghala and James Hatuikulipi. The ex-Jacob Zuma lawyers, Michael Hellens and David Joubert claim that their instructing…
Katutura Single Quarters kapana market reopens
(From left) Urban development minister Erastus Utoni, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula, Khomas governor Laura McCloud-Katjiura and Windhoek mayor Fransina Kahungu at the reopening of the Single Quarters open market. The urban development minister Erastus Utoni officially reopened the…
SSC launches the employment and salary protection scheme
Namibia Finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi together with the Social Security chief executive Milka Mungunda launched the National Employment and Salary Protection Scheme for Covid-19 on Monday in Windhoek. Mungunda said before this launch, they considered the following: Assessment of comparative…
Geingob appoints !Gawaxab as central bank governor
Retired Old Mutual Africa managing director and now Eos Capital executive chairman Johannes !Gawaxab is now the Bank of Namibia governor. !Gawaxab takes over from Ipumbu Shiimi who was appointed the finance minister in March. President Hage Geingob announced !Gawaxab’s appointment…
Namibia locked into 10 zones and 69 checkpoints
Home affairs minister Farns Kapofi said Namibia’s 14 regions have been clustered into 10 zones, comprising 69 lockdown points between zones, to give impetus to the countrywide lockdown as indicated in the Deployment Plan. The lockdown checkpoints will be established…
Teachers should be at schools on 6 May – education minister
Education minister Anna Nghipondoka said teachers are expected to be “physically” at schools 6 May 2020 although learners will stay home until further notice because some schools have no water. She said the ministry is not starting from scratch with…
Kashikola says life won’t be the same under lockdown
Home affairs deputy minister Daniel Kashikola said the life during the lockdown will not be the same because the nature of the state of emergency means certain rights will be taken away. Kashikola, who spoke during Friday’s Covid-19 morning session…
Finance ministry pays out N$110m in Covid-19 grants
The finance ministry paid out more than N$110 million to 146 974 Namibians on Wednesday who applied for the Emergency Income Grant. Tonateni Shindhudhu, the finance ministry spokesperson said the payments were supposed to have been done on Tuesday this…