A three-year-old baby girl who had never been vaccinated since birth died on Tuesday in the casualty section at Onandjokwe state hospital where she was rushed for treatment.
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2020-06-192024-06-18Crime and Courts
Otjomuise man sentenced to 30 years
Windhoek High Court acting Judge Orben Sibeya sentenced a 58-year-old man to 30 years’ imprisonment for murder and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Sibeya said he took into consideration the people affected by the death of the victim, including her children, when he sentenced Benjamin Strong to an effective 30 years behind bars.
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2020-06-192024-05-07National
Bus, seven-seater owners fight over turf
Bus, mini-bus and seven-seater drivers clashed on Tuesday at SADC Square commuters rank in Rundu.
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2020-06-192024-05-07National
Unam jumps on the Coursera bandwagon
The University of Namibia has joined forces with renowned online education platform Coursera to offer its students and staff free access to over 3 800 courses from the world’s top universities.
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2020-06-192024-05-07Focus
Star of the Week – Tatekulu Samuel Amunyela
Our Star of the Week is none other than Tatekulu Samuel Amunyela (72), a resident of Elombe in Onayena constituency in Oshikoto region.
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2020-06-192024-05-07National
Corona blues for berries project
MASHARE – The prolonged global lockdowns as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on the multi-million-dollar blueberries project at Mashare in Kavango East.
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2020-06-192024-05-07National
Foundation spends N$300 000 on retirees’ home
The senior citizens sheltered at Tsumeb’s Martin Shailemo old age home had a collective sigh of relief after individuals and companies joined forces to rehabilitate the once dilapidated retirement home.
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2020-06-192024-05-07Letters
Editorial – Information is imperative in any democracy
The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Peya Mushelenga, on Wednesday tabled the Access to Information Bill, which will remove one of the obstacles that have been hampering Namibian journalists from accessing critical information when they rightly want to inform the public.
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2020-06-192024-05-07Letters
Letter – Have we lost touch with our Ubuntu?
As Africans, we have always known the term solidarity long before the arrival of our coloniser who came and taught it back to us the hard way.
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2020-06-192024-05-07Letters
Letter – The birth of Dr Haufiku’s National Health Service
I refer to the editor’s guest letter by Dr Bernard Haufiku of Friday 22 May 2020, in The Namibian newspaper, which
reads “Setting up a National Health Service”.