Swapo parliamentarian and former journalist Modestus Amutse has commended the country’s state-owned media for an excellent job in keeping the nation informed “under very difficult circumstances”.
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2020-06-052024-05-07National
Air Namibia repatriates body from UK for free
The grief-stricken family of 43-year-old Bryan Hembapu, who died in the United Kingdom in March, have thanked Air Namibia for repatriating his remains for free.
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2020-06-052024-06-18Crime and Courts
N$20 000 offered to police brutality victim
An elderly woman claimed she was last month brutally assaulted and offered N$600 for medical expenses by members of the Namibian police at Oneumba village in the Oshikoto region during a routine patrol to enforce Covid-19 lockdown regulations under stage two.
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2020-06-052024-05-07National
School defends Covid-19 indemnity form
The St George’s Diocesan School has defended its decision to request parents to sign Covid-19-related indemnity forms once pupils return to school. Many parents frowned upon the decision this week.
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2020-06-052024-05-07National
Disability council hamstrung by lack of funds
The National Disability Council of Namibia says it is severely underfunded to the extent that it can only afford a workforce of 11 workers.
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2020-06-052024-05-07Focus
Star of the Week – Namibian authorities from various ministries
Our Star of the Week is the Namibian authorities from various ministries and agencies joint efforts to ensure the smooth and safe repatriation of 182 Zimbabwean nationals back to their country.
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2020-06-052024-05-07National
Critical grades resume classes in Zambezi
Grade 11 and 12 learners in Zambezi region have returned to school after weeks of nationwide closure that shut public and private schools since March due to the enforcement of the state of emergency that was triggered by the Covid-19 global pandemic.
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2020-06-052024-05-07National
//Kharas schools successfully reopen
With the reopening on Wednesday of both public and private schools for Grade 11 and 12 learners it was smooth sailing in the //Kharas region as the majority of schools successfully complied with the state of emergency regulations to ensure the virulent coronavirus is kept in check.
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2020-06-052024-05-07Columns
Raising Naneni – Be cautious of the superman complex
It is rather ironic how the Covid-19 global pandemic (which some feel is an apocalypse), proved to me how desperate society has made us to aspire to be heroes.
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2020-06-052024-05-07Editorial
Editorial – George Floyd’s murder is rooted in racism
The unprovoked cold-blooded murder of black American George Floyd is a painful and stark reminder of the minority rule of Namibia by an iron-fisted regime whose trademark was race-based laws excluding black Namibians from the mainstream economy.