Plans are at an advanced stage for Namibia to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) convention 190 concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work including boardroom bullying. Cabinet recently directed the labour minister to table the convention in the National Assembly for consideration and ratification. The labour ministry executive director...
The Covid-19 pandemic could drive the increase in acute hunger despite the country receiving improved harvests this year, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa said yesterday. Addressing a stakeholders’ meeting on the food and nutrition security policy in Windhoek, Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said statistics on food and nutrition security in Namibia are worrying with levels of stunting standing at...
Forestry minister Pohamba Shifeta has announced the ministry will, with immediate effect, issue transport permits for already-harvested timber destined for the local market. He made the announcement yesterday when he informed the public on conditions regarding the harvesting and transport of timber resources as well as personnel changes to the executive management of the Ministry...
Three Zimbabwean nationals are living in fear after they allegedly received death threats following attempts to organise a solidarity march in Windhoek over multiple accusations of violations of human rights and corruption by the ruling Zanu-PF. A number of protest marchers are being held across the world in solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe, where...
Pan Africa Women’s Organisation (PAWO) President Eunice Iipinge says the Covid-19 pandemic has the potential to derail the gains towards women empowerment. While celebrating African women last week, Iipinge said the unprecedented global pandemic is threatening to wipe out progress on some of the gains made in promoting gender equality and women empowerment. “Unity is...
The Presidency yesterday said President Hage Geingob has in the past gone out of his way to accommodate requests by former health minister Dr Bernhard Haufiku, including the appointment of a deputy minister and executive director of his choice. Haufiku was removed as presidential special advisor on health matters last week after a fallout with...
Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) CEO Linus Chata says the national news agency has never victimised, disciplined, or fired any reporter for writing investigative stories critical of the government or any public office-bearer. This follows a screenshot message that went viral authored by Nampa news editor Maggy Thomas who summoned the reporter Edward Mumbuu after he...
The high-level research coordination task force on Covid-19 has successfully developed a contact tracing app, meant to assist the ministry of health in its response to the global pandemic. This forms part of the task force, which aims to examine how data coding can be used to improve and fast track Covid-19 contact tracing and...
Presdidenti di ǀawemā-aob ǂurusib ǁhōn ǂnamipeb, Dr Bernard Haufikub ge ge mî, ǁîb ge Hoa !Hūbaisi ǂUrusib ǂNûiǂgās (WHO) di mâisana Genevas !nâ a ǀgūǀkhāsa, ǁîn di mûǂgāb tsî mâtikō amab ǁnāti ī videob hîa ǂhabase ra mûmâheb hîa mâti-i hydroxychloroquine-e koma corona-xoxoros xa ǀaehâ khoena ǂuruǂurus !nâ !gâiba ge sī!nâsa ǁawoǁ-awos !aroma. Haufikub hîa...
In a bid to decongest hospitals and quarantine facilities, the government last week announced the isolation period for patients with confirmed coronavirus infections has been reduced to 10 days, while a negative test on the seventh day will end quarantine. The revised de-isolation and quarantine protocols follow recent guidelines by the World Health Organisation (WHO)...