BETHESDA – President Donald Trump finally yielded to pressure and wore a face mask in public for the first time on Saturday as the US posted another daily record for coronavirus cases, while Disney World reopened in a state hit hard by the pandemic. White House experts leading the national fight against the contagion have...
Tiri Masawi Neither age nor the new coronavirus can stop top Namibian athlete Helalia Johannes (39) from crossing another finishing line. The multiple award-winning athlete this week told The Southern Times Sport that as surely as the restrictions on sporting activities occasioned by Covid-19 end, she will be back in the hunt for more victories....
JOHANNESBURG – The Namibian women’s cricket team resumed training in Windhoek over the weekend, after their season had been interrupted by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Players had their temperatures checked before being granted entry into the Wanders sports grounds and were then required to follow hygiene and physical distancing protocols during training. Bowler Eveleen Kejarukua...
DUBAI – An abandoned oil tanker lying off Yemen’s coast with 1.1 million barrels of crude on board is deteriorating badly and could rupture at any time, with disastrous results for Red Sea marine life, UN and other experts warn. The 45-year-old FSO Safer is anchored off the port of Hodeida under the control of...
PARIS – The novel coronavirus has killed at least 561 551 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT on Saturday though the figure keeps increasing At least 12 580 980 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and...
WASHINGTON – Reeling from polls predicting defeat in November’s election, President Donald Trump struck a newly serious tone on the coronavirus crisis Tuesday, acknowledging that a disease he has frequently played down would “get worse.” “Some areas of our country are doing very well,” Trump said at his first formal White House briefing on the...
Access to residential land and being able to become proud homeowners in urban and peri-urban areas where the masses live in matchbox shacks without basic services such as running water and electricity should not be politicised by politicians primarily preoccupied with leaving behind a legacy. There is nothing wrong leaving behind a political legacy but...
New Era (NE) this week engaged Erongo governor Neville Andre (NA), who is at the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic after a record number of positive cases were reported in the region over the last couple of months. NE: You have been thrown into the deep end, having come in shortly before Covid-19 hit Erongo seriously....
OUTJO – Outjo residents in the Kunene region on Wednesday expressed anger with a High Court judgement that was passed in March this year to legally evict a 63-year-old woman from a private-owned farm where she was born and bred, and where her relatives are buried. The ruling was passed on 25 March 2020 to...
Namibian Police Deputy Inspector General of Operations Oscar Embubulu said a lack of proper facilities to accommodate victims of human trafficking and their families is one of the challenges the police face. Embubulu made these comments yesterday during the commemoration of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons in the capital, under the theme ‘Committed...