Year: 2021

Doctors and nurses in Oshana yesterday queued up to be vaccinated for Covid-19 at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital.

The bail hearing of Dennis Noa, a medical intern at Katutura Intermediate State Hospital, has been put on hold to allow further police investigations.

A seven-year-old girl was reportedly raped by a neighbour in Windhoek’s Ombili. The suspect is a 42-year-old man.  

The Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition of Namibia has criticised new poverty eradication measures announced by President Hage Geingob during last week’s State of the Nation Address. 

Landless People’s Movement (LPM) member Stanley IUi#nῡseb said Namibians will lose it all if they continue belittling others and think the country belongs only to some kind of supernatural beings.

About 16 men, found on the side of David Hosea Meroro Road in Windhoek, said: “poverty and death is the same thing – and at the moment, hunger is the pandemic”. 

While State House insists President Hage Geingob is seized with the matter of appointing a new defence minister, some commentators believe the delay in naming Peter Vilho’s replacement could be down to careful vetting. 

The High Court yesterday refused  to grant an order that would compel the ministry of home affairs to grant emergency travel documents to infant twins born to fathers Phillip Lühl and Guillermo Delgado via surrogacy. 

As Swapo celebrates 61 years of existence, the party’s coordinator in the Oshana region, Samuel Nelongo has called on members and leaders to desist from corrupt activities.

Farmers in Omitara and surrounding areas in the Omaheke region are frustrated and at their wits end with the increase in stock theft.