Year: 2021

Total value added in real terms nationally reached the lowest point in quarter three (Q3) of 2020 since Q1 of 2013.

WALVIS BAY – Coastal residents and those in nearby towns do not need to travel out of the town to access life-saving dialysis therapy.

RUNDU - Retired army general Thomas Hamunyela was yesterday denied bail in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court where he appeared on a count of stock theft. 

WALVIS BAY - A woman, who four years ago survived a murder attempt at the hands of her former abusive partner, says she has never fully recovered from the ordeal.

ONGWEDIVA – A further case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been detected in Oshana region at Okadhiya crush pen in the Uuvudhiya constituency on 6 January 2021.

ONGWEDIVA – The new CEO of the Eenhana Town Council,  Gabriel Benjamin, has vowed to turn the local authority into a preferred investment destination.

RUNDU – A high-ranking police officer in Kavango East says some residents only wear face masks to appease law enforcement officers. 

Namibia has secured a Covid-19 vaccine for health workers, severe patients and the vulnerable, which is due to arrive end of January or early February. 

The number of teenage girls who have become pregnant across the country last year has more than doubled, compared to 2019, the ministry of education announced yesterday. 

OSHANA SHA NALUMONO – Northern-based senior hydrologist Leonard Hango yesterday maintained there were no signs of the seasonal floods from Angola, locally known as efundja, yet.