Senior political leaders from the ruling and opposition parties in the //Kharas and Hardap regions are at loggerheads over the mandate of recruiting a workforce for the ongoing construction and rehabilitation project on the Gibeon-Tses B1 tarred road.
Year: 2021
Govt calls for speedy burials… as Covid deaths near 1000
Health minister Dr. Kalumbi Shangula has called for speedy burials as Covid-19 deaths near the 1 000 mark and surpasses the figures of the disease estimates projection model that indicated that Namibia would have recorded 834 deaths during 2020 and 2021.
Foreign witchdoctor fined N$6 000 for overstaying
A 41-year-old Zambian witchdoctor who has allegedly been conducting healing processes around the Zambezi region, was fined N$6 000 in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
NUST suspends contact lectures
The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) has decided to suspend all its face-to-face learning in an attempt to suppress the spread of Covid-19, and classes will be offered online until further notice.
Ex-soldier thrives after accident
A former Walvis Bay-based soldier has defied the odds by using his near-death experience to turn his life into a completely new direction… that of a flourishing businessman.
No semen found on hospital rape victim
The results for laboratory tests for semen obtained in the case of a medical intern at Katutura Intermediate Hospital, accused of raping an 18-year-old male patient, have come back negative.
Fishrot judge refuses to budge
An attempt by several Fishrot accused to have High Court Judge Orben Sibeya step aside from a case in which the suspects’ assets have been frozen by an order of the court failed when their application was denied yesterday.
Blaze engulfs Swakop shopping centre
Firefighters at Swakopmund yesterday battled a fire which engulfed the Shoprite complex during the early hours of Wednesday.
Shangula warns against vaccine conspiracies
The Namibian government is securing Covid-19 vaccines as the country now aims to inoculate up to 80% of the population to reach coronavirus herd immunity, but conspiracy theories and misinformation about the vaccine continue to spread.
‘A garden at every school’
The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) yesterday handed over a school garden to Auas Primary School, as a part of its countrywide school gardens funding project.
