Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has suggested that a basic income grant of N$750 should be introduced for the next 24 months to cushion the impact of the Covid-19 on the less privileged.
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2020-06-042024-04-30Front Page News
Strengthen social safety net – Swanu
Government, together with social partners and other stakeholders, should use the Covid-19 crisis as a wake-up call to strengthen its social protection systems, Swanu president Tangeni Iijambo said in parliament this week.
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2020-06-042024-05-07National
PDM takes on Govt over wage bill
Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarian Nico Smit has lambasted government, saying if it were a business, it would have been liquidated long ago.
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2020-06-042024-05-07National
Canadian PM accepts offer to visit Namibia
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday telephonically accepted President Hage Geingob’s invitation to visit Namibia post-Covid-19, according presidential spokesperson Alfredo Hengari.
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2020-06-042024-05-07National
Covid-19 compels Nguvauva to cancel event
Chief Kilus Nguvauva III of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority on Monday announced the cancellation of the annual tribal commemorations scheduled for June and August due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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2020-06-042024-05-07National
Tunacor donates stationery to learners
About 250 learners in Oshikoto region will be returning to school equipped with the necessary stationery, months after classes were temporarily interupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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2020-06-042024-05-07National
Visually impaired feel excluded from Covid-19 messaging
OPUWO - Some of the visually impaired residents of Opuwo feel they are excluded and left out of Covid-19-related programmes.
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2020-06-042024-05-07National
Hotel retains staff with pay cuts
Hotel Rundu has cut salaries of all employees by 25% as the hospitality sector struggles to cope with the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak.
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2020-06-042024-05-07National
Warehouse donates 700 bags of maize meal
Ohangwena region has received 700 bags of maize flour each weighing 5kg with a combined value of N$35 000 from International Commercial (Pty) LTD (ICPL) in Oshikango to assist its communities most in need.
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2020-06-042024-05-07National
Medical supplier donates 300 surgical masks
Stakeholders from the multi-sectoral stratum continued to show their support and assistance towards the containment of the fast-spreading Covid-19 pandemic when the Oshikoto Regional Council received 300 surgical masks from Element Medical Suppliers to be distributed to the most needy.