Four male learners from Swakopmund Secondary School were yesterday tested for Covid-19 after presenting flu-like symptoms at a local state hospital.
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2020-06-092024-04-30Front Page News
Erongo goes back to square one
President Hage Geingob yesterday said governmenet was forced to impose stricter restrictions by placing the entire Erongo region under lockdown, as a number of people were breaching lockdown rules aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus in Walvis Bay
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2020-06-092024-04-30Front Page News
Heritage council enters fray over Henties gallows
WALVIS BAY – The acting director of the National Heritage Council, Erica Ndalikokule, says public opinion bears much weight, especially when it comes to landmarks that are deemed offensive or declaring heritage sites.
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2020-06-092024-04-30Front Page News
Universities get N$9.4m virus relief
The government has made available N$9.4 million towards public higher education institutions to mitigate the impact of Covid-19.
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2020-06-092024-04-30Front Page News
Covid-19 cases rise to 31
Namibia yesterday recorded two more new positive cases of Covid-19, bringing the total confirmed number to 31.
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2020-06-092024-04-30Front Page News
Preacher withdraws urgent application
Flamboyant preacher Jackson Babi yesterday withdrew an urgent application that his lawyer Kadhila Amoomo had filed in the High Court last week to have his arrest and the search at his house declared as unlawful.
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2020-06-092024-04-30Front Page News
MP promotes urban agriculture for food security
Landless People’s Movement (LPM) parliamentarian Utaara Mootu has urged government to pursue urban land-for-food programmes to promote township horticulture farming and food self-sufficiency.
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2020-06-092024-05-07National
Budget offers balancing act – PM
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says the budget presented by finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi balances between the need to enable the country to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-06-092024-05-07National
Universities should be research-oriented – Mushelenga
Council members serving on local public universities should at least possess a minimum master’s degree qualification, information minister Peya Mushelenga proposed in the National Assembly last week. Mushelenga recommended to the minister of higher education, Itah Kandii-Murangi, that the acts governing tertiary institutions should be revisited to provide for appropriate requirements for membership to the councils of the two public institutions.
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2020-06-092024-05-07National
PDM questions budget priorities
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) parliamentarian Nico Smit has charged poverty eradication has long been a slogan used by government to rally voters during elections.