Year: 2021

It is the duty of the state to ensure that all citizens are protected from every threat that may erupt threats such as Covid-19 through inclusive health protocols, which the nation has to abide and adhere to.

I am certain that very few Namibians have made it to the only Island we (Namibia) have, the Impalila Island, in the Zambezi region.

Two men, accused of murdering and robbing an elderly Swakopmund couple in 2017, pleaded not guilty to six counts in the Windhoek High Court last week before Judge Christie Liebenberg.

OMAHENENE – The water utility Namwater will spend N$93.5 million in revamping a 5.8km section of the Calueque-Oshakati canal that transport water from Angola to Oshakati for both human and animal consumption.

The residents of Sikondo village in the Kapako constituency of Kavango West were left devasted after the heavy rains left them stranded. 
Households have been left in dire need of urgent help, as rooms in the homesteads collapsed.

 WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay municipality has warned residents against paying money to a third party or into any municipal account to secure plots.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected the performance of the lower courts, which record a finalisation rate of 44% last year, way below the annual target.

As the nation continues to express dismay, as many do not agree with the government’s announcement on the liquidation of Air Namibia, stakeholders in the tourism and hospitality industry feel such a move will adversely affect the lucrative sector, which is one of the biggest contributors to the country’s GDP.

OSHAKATI - The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform is expected to spend about N$97 million to roll out the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccination to mitigate the further spread of the virus in the Northern Communal Areas (NCAs).

The Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Friday has denied an application by the defence team of parents who are accused of assaulting their nine-year-old daughter to death last year to have their case provisionally withdrawn, pending the finalisation of police investigations.