Health minister Kalumbi Shangula was excused from testifying in the lawsuit brought by public tender magnate Shapwa Kanyama and his wife Beata against a retired northern-based nurse, Mathilde Kadhikwa. Kadhikwa subpoenaed Shangula and health executive director Ben Nangombe to testify in the suit against her for alleged defamatory statements against the power couple. Kanyama and...
WALVIS BAY – Coastal residents in need of urgent and intensive medical care no longer need to travel 460km to Windhoek to be admitted. Neither does Erongo region’s facilities have to run out of capacity, after the US government donated a five-bed intensive care unit (ICU) field hospital to the health ministry. The donation is...
Ebba Kandovazu Electronic-hailing taxi service provider Lefa Transportation has threatened legal action against the Windhoek City Police, the Namibian Tourism Board and the Namibian Police for allegedly failing to act against two other e-taxi service operators. The operators it fingers are Yango and InDrive. Drivers belonging to these two companies, Lefa claims, are openly violating...
The Namibian Police have confirmed the deaths of five people, who died in a motor-vehicle accident between Oshivelo and Tsumeb in the early hours of yesterday morning. Police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi said the accident happened around 01h00 when the driver of a white Nissan travelling from Walvis Bay to Ondangwa lost control of the vehicle,...
Paulina Ndalikokule Health executive director Ben Nangombe has called on the public to report any corrupt practices they may witness at public health facilities or departments within the ministry. “The ministry appeals to members of the public to alert the office of the executive director, the public relations office, customer care units at health facilities...
SWAKOPMUND – Construction of the N$26 million neonatal unit at Swakopmund Hospital has finally resumed after a long delay caused by Shatty Construction’s failure to complete the much-needed facility. The government, through the health ministry, awarded the million-dollar tender to Shatty Construction in 2020 after recognising the need for such a facility to serve not...
The National Council reconvened on Monday to review several Bills that were sent from the National Assembly for consideration. These include the Electoral Amendment Bill, Marriage Bill, Property Practitioners Bill and the Road Fund Administration Amendment Bill. The National Assembly’s ninth session of the Seventh Parliament is currently in recess, and will resume in the...
OTJIWARONGO – The just-appointed Otjiwarongo municipality CEO Mberipura Hifitikeko was introduced to the public last Thursday during an ordinary council meeting. The meeting was attended by the public, all seven local authority councillors, and some municipality officials. Mayor Gottlieb Shivute, who chaired the council meeting, introduced Hifitikeko as a captain appointed to administer the affairs...
Charles Ndeumane ONGWEDIVA – To combat road accidents in the country, the education ministry and the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) are working on incorporating road safety into the national school curriculum. The integration will see road safety being incorporated into several school subjects, as the country works to achieve the vision of reducing road...
RUNDU – Health officials from Kavango West and Kavango East, along with their counterparts from Cuando Cubango in Angola, gathered at Rundu on Monday for a three-day meeting to discuss strategies for strengthening cross-border collaboration to effectively control infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV-AIDS. The meeting, which ends today, aims to share cross-border...