The telling line from SA Rugby chief executive Jurie Roux’s response to a question on Black Lives Matter during his media briefing this week was that “progress will not be celebrated – we will only celebrate success”. And that is how it has to be because words and transformation charters can only take you so...
ATHENS – Two years after 102 people died in Greece’s worst fire tragedy, a judicial probe into operational errors has been rocked by cover-up claims, while reconstruction remains a distant goal. Wildfires fed by strong winds swept through homes and vehicles in the coastal town of Mati near Athens in July 2018, leaving only charred...
BRASÍLIA – Brazil recorded a new daily record of coronavirus cases yesterday with nearly 68 000 infections, a sign Covid-19 is still far from being brought under control in the hard-hit country The health ministry said 67 860 new infections and 1 284 deaths had been reported in the past 24 hours in Brazil, which...
Miami – For one young funeral home assistant in Florida, his social life has been dead – his main human interactions are with deceased coronavirus victims at his workplace. But he doesn’t regret his isolation. The pandemic is “bigger than we are,” said Bradley Georges (26) an assistant at the Van Orsdel funeral home in...
OSHIKANGO – Chairperson of the National Council Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Lebbius Tobias said a lack of housing, office space and transport are the common challenges facing border officials across the country.Tobias said this in an interview with Nampa during his committee’s visit to the Namibia-Angola Oshikango border post in...
Hilma Hashange Governor of Hardap region Salomon April has promised to establish a regional think tank. The governor made the undertaking when delivering his maiden state of the region address at Mariental yesterday. April said that his office would spearhead the initiative and rope in former governors as well as former ministers and deputy ministers...
Stefanus Nambara & Elizabeth Hiyolwa NKURENKURU – Kavango West regional governor Sirkka Ausiku has urged traditional authorities in the region not to allocate communal land without involving community members. “The region is appealing to our traditional authorities to consult the affected communities before allocating land,” Ausiku urged during her state of the region address yesterday. ...
SWAKOPMUND – The bodies of people who have died from the coronavirus will be buried in already existing cemeteries at Walvis Bay. The decision was taken after thorough consultations with the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Erongo governor Neville Andre-Itope told Nampa in an interview yesterday. He said a resolution was reached during a...
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila yesterday launched the Public Sector Innovation Policy, aimed at enhancing effective public service delivery through good governance, accountability, transparency and improved performance service delivery as part of the Harambee Prosperity Plan. The launch took place at Nipam in Windhoek and was attended by cabinet ministers and other public institution executives. The...
OSHAKATI – The National Council Parliamentary Standing Committee on Habitat is dismayed by the way drought mitigation funds were utilised in the construction of the Ombonde-Omapale water supply pipeline project. The project, which is aimed at improving water supply to what is known as the Ombuga grazing area in the Oshana region’s Uuvudhiya constituency, received...