Author: Paheja Siririka (Paheja Siririka)

Venturing into business, especially the lifestyle and fashion industries, requires one to have a teachable spirit, patience and consistency because it takes time to grow an enterprise.

Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare Minister Doreen Sioka said the phenomenon of children on the streets is a growing international concern. 

A campaign dubbed ‘Leaving No One Behind’ is starting its tour across the country to address sexual and gender-based violence by safeguarding persons with disabilities, pregnant and lactating women, and other vulnerable groups.

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has said pregnancy and childbirth-related complications are the number one killers of girls, aged 15 to 19, in developing countries.

Excitement is growing for the premiere of the film ‘Ompata’, due to be screened on 22 July 2022 at Maerua Mall Ster Kinekor cinema.

International relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said on 30 June 2022, 21 out of 31 victims (Namibian women) safely returned home from Oman after falling prey to trafficking in persons through agents in both countries since February 2022.

Freshman parliamentarian Maximalliant Katjimune says it is important to call for a state of emergency on youth unemployment because frustrated and hungry youth have the ability to cause social unrest and topple the government.

The health ministry announced that the duration of isolation and quarantine periods for people who are asymptomatic or have a mild Covid disease has been reduced to five days, respectively.