WALVIS BAY – The confirmation of a second positive case of Covid-19 involving a correctional facility officer has fuelled fears of community transmission at Walvis Bay.
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2020-06-172024-05-07National
Agrarian reform must be a tool for redressing poverty – Swartbooi
The country’s agrarian reform must be a tool for redressing poverty, inequality and unemployment, Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader and Member of Parliament Bernadus Swartbooi said on Monday.
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2020-06-172024-05-07National
Millions available for water infrastructure
The Agriculture, Water and Land Reform ministry has been allocated an amount of N$929 million in order to improve the water security situation in the country, including upgrading of the existing infrastructure.
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2020-06-172024-05-07National
Down and out for homeless man
“If I get cold, I wear everything,” said a man who has made a facet crawl tunnel his home at Wanaheda playgrounds.
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2020-06-172024-05-07National
Namibia waives overstay fines for stranded tourists
Travellers who overstayed their temporary permits due to the disruption to flights caused by the Covid-19 have been granted an exemption and will therefore not be declared illegal immigrants for the time being.
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2020-06-172024-05-07National
Ministry donates masks to pensioners, less fortunate
RUNDU - The Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade in the Kavango East handed over 41 000 face masks meant for pensioners, vulnerable children and marginalised communities in the region on Monday.
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2020-06-172024-05-07National
Parliament confronts Covid-19 challenges
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to perversely disrupt institutions around the world, the Namibian parliament has not been spared.
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2020-06-172024-06-18Crime and Courts
Murder suspect who refused to testify convicted
A murder suspect, who refused to testify in his own defence in an ongoing case, was recently convicted in the Oshakati High Court.
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2020-06-172024-05-07National
Opinion – The anti-pandemic experience of China
At the beginning of 2020, an outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, never seen before, raged around the world, posing a severe threat to the safety and health of all human beings. As one of the first virus-stricken countries, through months’ painstaking efforts and tremendous sacrifice, China has achieved an initial victory in containing the spread of the virus.
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2020-06-172024-05-07National
Canada: A close friend and ally of Namibia
The last several years have seen multiple crises engulf global affairs, and we are in the midst of one of the most daunting ones yet: the Covid-19 pandemic.