Month: July 2021

Namibia’s entire life insurance industry has seen an escalation in Covid-related death claims, and Hollard Namibia is no exception.

The country’s rental market is an increasingly important pillar of the property market, hence a significant economic contributor. 

A gentle giant has fallen. Comrade Dr Samuel Chief Ankama is no more. Cde Ankama was there to help those in need at every opportunity.

It appears that over the years, albinism has been an object of social stigma.

The Covid-19 pandemic has shed an uncomfortable but important light on the difficulties dealt to our healthcare systems globally and within Namibia. 

Namibia’s population grew from 1.8 million in 2001 to 2.1 million in 2011, while it is estimated to be at 2.5 million this year. 

Three suspects who were arrested last weekend in Keetmanshoop for not adhering to the national curfew between 21h00 and 04h00, pleaded guilty in the local magistrate’s court on Monday.

The vicious cycle of violence, death and looting that erupted in South Africa on Friday continued for a fifth day yesterday, compounding already contracted regional economic performance in the face of a devastating global pandemic. 

A 49-year-old former police officer, who allegedly filmed under-aged boys and sold video footage of the minors on the “dark web”, yesterday pleaded not guilty to 40 counts of child pornography in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. 

The Divundu village will soon boast a state-of-the-art shopping mall, which is expected to transform the face of the Kavango East local authority.