The dose of medicine prescribed to President Hage Geingob by the High-Level Panel on the Namibian Economy (HLPNE) is praiseworthy considering the fact our economy is akin to a sick patient because it has stagnated while jobs are scarce, and poverty levels remain high.
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2020-03-132024-05-07Columns
Raising Naneni – Mothers are not superhuman!
They say a happy parent raises a happy child, but in the same vein a mother is expected to raise a good and happy child no matter what her circumstances are.
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2020-03-132024-05-07Columns
Sorry ngo – Is this the World War 3?
I don’t know, I really flippen don’t understand. How did we get from Amerika and Iran wanting to throw bombs at each other to the whole world being terrorised by a deadly flu which has spread like wildfire to every continent and literally led to the shutdown of almost all major power centres because the Chinaman has been kamma eating yuk goggas?
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2020-03-132024-05-07Focus
On the spot – Smith goes full steam ahead with overhaul plan
Substantial progress is being made at the national rail services operator, TransNamib, which recently successfully hosted its first annual general meeting (AGM) in seven years.
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2020-03-132024-04-30Front Page News
House of squalor… expectant mothers forced to live under terrible conditions
ONANDJOKWE – Expectant mothers at the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital in the Oshikoto region are calling on the authorities to provide them with a more habitable shelter.
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2020-03-132024-05-07National
Traditional leaders condemn disrespectful youth
The Council of Traditional Leaders has condemned the despicable, abhorrent behaviour of some youth groupings for showing disrespect towards national leaders, including President Hage Geingob.
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2020-03-132024-04-30Front Page News
Securing borders won’t stop coronavirus – Shangula
Despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) this week declaring coronavirus a global pandemic, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula says securing the country’s borders will not stop the spread of the virus.
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2020-03-132024-04-30Front Page News
Namibia urged to implement policy on climate change
One of the many recommendations made by President Hage Geingob’s High-Level Panel on the Namibian Economy (HLPE) is that Namibia implements its comprehensive national policy on climate change released in 2011.
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2020-03-132024-04-30Front Page News
Omaheke explains borehole tender delay
The Omaheke Regional Council has denied that a contractor, who won a tender to rehabilitate and drill boreholes in the region, disappeared without finishing the work.
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2020-03-132024-05-07National
Seasonal floods swamp eastern Zambezi region
LUHONONO – Residents in the floodplains of Zambezi region such as Luhonono, formerly known as Schuckmannsburg, are cut off from the mainland via the Namalubi-Luhonono road by the swelling Zambezi River.