Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao has urged the public to remain calm, saying the health ministry, supported by partners, is implementing full-scale surveillance and response measures across all 14 regions. She made the remarks on Friday as she provided updates on Namibia’s current public health situation, covering measles, Mpox, Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic...
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World Aids Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo
OTJIWARONGO – More than 1 500 people gathered at the Mokati Sports Stadium in Otjiwarongo on Monday to commemorate the 2025 World Aids Day. Street processions, speeches, testimonies, and cultural performances marked the event.The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, officiated the event and said that Namibia remains committed to eradicating HIV...
Outjo youth urged to capitalise on youth fund
OUTJO– Kunene regional governor, Vipuakuje Muharukua, yesterday called on Outjo youth to capitalise on the government’s youth development fund. Muharukua said this during an information session on the National Youth Development Fund held at Etoshapoort Community Hall in Outjo. “It is our responsibility to make sure that young people become business people,” Muharukua said. He...
Lüderitz man admits to killing pregnant wife
Iuze Mukube A resident of Lüderitz yesterday in the Windhoek High Court tendered a guilty plea to a charge of murder for stabbing his four-month pregnant wife, Dorethea Ricket, multiple times with a knife in 2014. Johannes Swartbooi, is facing a charge of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act....
Namibia a dimbuluka efiku loHIV/AIDS …98% daavo tava lumbu nombuto va panga oukaume nouhaku
Auleria Wakudumo Ovanamibia keembinga neembinga ova dimbuluka efiku lo-HIV/AIDS olo hali dimbulukiwa mounyuni mefiku lotete laDesemba odula keshe. Minista wouhaku nonghalonawa Esperance Luvindao okwa holola kutya efiku eli otali lalakanene okudimbuluka ovo va kanifa eemwenyo davo molwombuto yoAIDS osho yo okutwa omukumo ovo tava lwifa omukifi wo-HIV. “Efiku eli otali tu dimbulukifa omafiku mai omukifi...
Umwe a dengwa nokumangelekwa
Taimi Haihambo Opolifi moshitukulwa shaKhomas oya lopota omulumenhu e li pokati keedula 15 fiyo 20, oo vati a dengwa nokudipawa kukaume kaye momukalo woku mu mangeleka. Oshiningwanima vati osha holoka konima eshi nakufya a li ta kendabala okunyeka omufekelwa oinima yaye, osho sha etifa omufekelwa e mu ponhokele no ku mudenga. Konima eshi a dengwa...
Asia floods death toll tops 1 100 as troops aid survivors
PADANG – The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1 100 yesterday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors. Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia...
Meatco Foundation launches Agribusiness e-Academy … to boost farmers’ productivity
Undamuje Hambira The Meatco Foundation, together with its consortium partners, has launched an innovative Agribusiness e-Academy to strengthen the skills and resilience of smallholder farmers across Namibia and beyond. The initiative is delivered in partnership with Meatco Northern Communal Area (NCA), the Namibia National Farmers’ Union (NNFU), the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land...
Shanghala moves to delay Fishrot trial
Iuze Mukube Former justice minister Sacky Shanghala filed another request with acting judge Marilize du Plessis, asking for a delay in the start of the Fishrot trial until all pre-trial issues are resolved. During yesterday’s proceedings, where the trial was expected to begin, Shanghala argued that the trial cannot move forward while a review application...
Tsandis tsî Omugulugwombashes daob ge ǂhanusise ge ǁkhowa-amhe
Auleria Wakudumo Ministeri, Sîsengu tsî !Nari!oabadi dib, Veikko Nekundib ge ǂhanusise ǁnā daob hîa ge ǂgaoǀkhādi !oa a !gâi!gâi!nâheb, ǀkharisi Daob 3633 hîa Tsandis !garo!āba, Omugulugwombashes !garo!ās ǀkha Omusati ǀkharib !nâ ra !hûǁareba ǂoa ge wekheb di Donertaxtsēs ai ge ǁkhowa-am. Nekundib ge mîsa !oab ge nē daoba !norasasiba !naris !nâ hā-ū, tsaraba ǀoroǀoro tsî...









