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Fishrot: Swapo breaks silence over funding
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Fishrot: Swapo breaks silence over funding

Swapo party yesterday refuted allegations that it got funds from the Fishrot scandal, with both President Hage Geingob and party Secretary General Sophia Shaningwa dismissing claims the party received funding through corruption-tainted politicians.  This comes few days after a State witness in the ongoing bail application of former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau and his son-in-law...

Late birth registrations rife in Zambezi
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Late birth registrations rife in Zambezi

The office of the home affairs ministry in Zambezi region is challenged by the late registrations of birth. The office faces a high volume of late birth registrations whereby the authenticity of some of these cases also requires investigation which causes delays in the issuance of such documents. According to the 2019/2020 statistics, late birth...

Corona cases hit the 2 000 mark … Windhoek reports first death as 60 recover from virus 
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Corona cases hit the 2 000 mark … Windhoek reports first death as 60 recover from virus 

Namibia yesterday recorded an additional 66 confirmed cases of Covid-19, raising the tally to 2 052.  Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula last night also announced the first coronavirus-related death in Windhoek after a 41-year-old male succumbed to the virus. He died on 28 July while his test results came out positive on 29 July. Forty-seven...

Haufiku consults WHO on use of hydroxychloroquine
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Haufiku consults WHO on use of hydroxychloroquine

Presidency adviser on health matters Dr Bernard Haufiku said he has engaged his contacts at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva to gauge their views on the authenticity of the video clip that went viral on how hydroxychloroquine was allegedly successfully used to treat patients with coronavirus.  Haufiku, who serves as the national coordinator of...