Year: 2021

The Covid-19 global pandemic has amplified the need to address issues related to Intellectual Property (IP) and human rights as well as for taking steps to benefit from TRIPS flexibilities to ensure access to medicines for all.

A top United Nations official recently said women and young girls are disproportionately affected by inequality and, therefore, need to engage in difficult conversations.

The government spent over N$2 million on state and official funerals in the last financial year, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has said. 

The Presidency has been allocated over N$609 million in the 2021/22 budget, which is N$118 623 million more than the revised figures of the previous financial year.

Erongo governor Neville Andre Itope received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination at the Swakopmund District Hospital on Monday morning.

National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) secretary general Josef Kauandenge this week said all is in place for the party’s long-awaited central committee meeting to take place on Saturday in Windhoek.

The Omuthiya Town Council says it is pinning hopes on government’s recommendations on how to rectify a system error that caused exorbitant tariffs since last year.

A sheepherder from Tses was yesterday sentenced to 36 years imprisonment for murdering and dragging his friend’s body with a car nearly three years ago. 

The Ohangwena teacher, who last month made headlines after a failed attempt to kill her friend and colleague, could face additional charges of forgery and uttering.

The National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) has not been successful in finding permanent employment for the former employees of Seaflower Pelagic Processing (SPP).