Heather Erdmann REHOBOTH – Rehoboth residents gathered last Saturday morning for the Big Walk for Young Warriors, a 5km initiative led by the Rehoboth Lions Club. It aims to raise funds and awareness for children affected by cancer. The walk forms part of the club’s childhood cancer service pillar, one of eight global focus areas...
Auleria Wakudumo The health ministry says some community members are choosing to use mosquito nets instead of allowing indoor residual spraying (IRS) in their homes. Health executive director Penda Ithindi said the resistance to indoor spraying is mainly caused by myths and misunderstandings. “Some people believe mosquito nets work better than spraying, while others think...
Adolf Kaure Operations at the Namwaste Management Facility (NMF), located outside Arandis, began this week. The NMF is Namibia’s first fully compliant general and hazardous waste management site, located 17km northwest of Arandis. The project, worth N$200 million, was launched last year and covers 177 hectares of land. It will collect a minimum of 60...
NAIROBI – Workers at Kenya’s main airport ended a strike on Tuesday that had caused severe disruptions to flights and air traffic control operations since the previous day, the union and airport said. Passengers had reported major delays at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), one of Africa’s busiest hubs, after the strike began on Monday....
Auleria Wakudumo Omupresidente Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah okwa holola kutya oilongo yaAfrica oya pumbwa okutula oukuni kumwe meendelelo nokukala i na omangeshefelo ehe na eengaba ile eendjidikila pokati kayo. Ndandi-Ndaitwah eshi okwe shi holola momutumba woilongo ya hangana yaAfrica, hano oAfrican Union (UN) uti-39 oo wa li ko moAddis Ababa shaEthiopia. Pefimbo ta yandje oshipopiwa shaye komutumba,...
JOHANNESBURG – Crime-weary South Africa will deploy army units alongside police within 10 days to tackle rampant crime fuelled by drug gangs and illegal miners, the police minister said on Tuesday. The move marks the latest in a series of tough measures by the government to contain rampant crime in a country with one of...
ABUJA − Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency said yesterday it was questioning opposition politician Nasir El-Rufai, a prominent critic of president Bola Tinubu. The authorities launched court proceedings on Monday against El- Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna state, after he said on Nigerian television he had tapped the phone of Tinubu’s national security adviser. Local media...
Rudolf Gaiseb Transport minister Veikko Nekundi says funds are simply not enough to construct all roads needed in the country. This comes after questions about when the ministry will upgrade the MR112 road between Okahandja and Okondjatu to a bitumen standard. Nekudi told Parliament last Thursday that the upgrade was delayed due to a lack...
Rudolf Gaiseb Judicial Affirmative Repositing activist-in-chief Job Amupanda raised questions over the understaffing of the judicial service and the strenuous workload the staff, including judges and prosecutors, experience. This affects output and raises serious questions about the welfare of employees. Despite reports of unemployed lawyers, the Judiciary also recently underwent industrial action by magistrates,...
Rudolf Gaiseb “I went to the room, and I found Elijah lying down. He passed me his phone, and I started reading what was typed on it. He wrote, ‘Mama, I’m not feeling okay. I’m not feeling well. When I breathe, my chest hurts.’” These are words of Emma Ludwina giving an account of the...