Month: March 2021

Swarms of migratory locusts last weekend destroyed crop fields in Kavango East and West regions, leaving subsistence farmers in some areas of the regions in disarray and hopeless. 

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday tried to tamp down fears about the local discovery of the coronavirus variant from South Africa.

President Hage Geingob believes the continuous classification of Namibia by the World Bank as an upper-middle-income country was working against it when it comes to procuring vaccines to strengthen the fight against Covid-19.

Government has gazetted a far-reaching cost-containment for public office-bearers which will include ministers and their deputies sharing an off-road official vehicle unlike in the past when they were each allocated a 4x4. 

The wet landed horse mackerel sector has scored a small victory following an announcement by fisheries minister Albert Kawana that no wet quota would be converted to freezer. 

Tributes poured in yesterday for veteran broadcaster and renowned historian Alexander Jarimbovandu Kaputu, who died in the early hours of yesterday after a long illness. He was 69. 

Commissioner of refugees and murder accused Likius Valombola has failed in his attempt to have the High Court dismiss all charges against him. 

Although Namibia has gone beyond achieving the HIV fast-track targets of UNAIDS by ensuring more than 90% of people living with HIV know their status and are on treatment while their viral load is suppressed, Windhoek mayor Job Amupanda believes more needs to be done in the battle against the global epidemic. 

Brave Warriors head coach Bobby Samaria yesterday named a provisional squad of 36 players in preparation for this month’s two remaining qualifiers of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), which will see Namibia visiting Chad on 24 March before hosting Guinea on 28 March.

The 2021 Nedbank Namibia National XCM Championships were held on Saturday, 6 March at the IJG trails in Kleine Kuppe on the outskirts of Windhoek.