Year: 2021

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday said the country anticipates spending about N$583 million on the Covid-19 vaccination rollout plan to enable to achieve 60% coverage of the population. 

Just a little over 25 days after visiting Namibia for a one-day working visit, Botswana president Mokgweetsi Masisi is once again expected to arrive in Windhoek this morning. 

Namibia will know next week whether the new variant of the novel coronavirus, which was confirmed in neighbouring South Africa, is responsible for the surge of local infections reported in December last year. 

Education minister Anna Nghipondoka has discouraged parents from visiting children in boarding schools to minimise the spread of Covid-19, saying the ministry cannot afford to close schools at the moment.

KEETMANSHOOP – Police in //Kharas region have opened a case of negligent and reckless driving against an unlicensed driver who reportedly caused an accident involving nearly 70 workers of the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) on Tuesday evening.

Justice minister Yvonne Dausab has expressed concern over the slow progress in global efforts to promote and protect human rights of persons with disabilities and that of persons with albinism. 

Okalongo constituency councillor Laurentius Iipinge has urged residents to approach his office when they are in dire need of support. 

The hearing of a convicted rapist who is suing the judiciary and head of the correctional services for keeping him in police custody after his 10-year prison term had ended was postponed yesterday in the Windhoek High Court.

Over two years after former Tsumeb municipality CEO Alfeus Benjamin left the local authority for Swakopmund, the town is yet to appoint a substantive administrative head. 

RUNDU – A Rundu woman welcomed a special delivery of triplets recently, bringing the family’s children tally to ten.