!GOMENǁGAMS – ǂHanub di ǂam skolgu hîa Tsoaxubams tsî !Gomenǁgams !nâ māgu ge ǀgaisa ǁgâib !naka hâ, ǁnāpa gu ǀgauna nî ôa mâtin ǀasa xoaǂgāde !gaoǁgui xrats tsî xrat 1’s hâra !aroma nî dīsa nî ôase. !Nubusib ǁkhāǁkhā!nā-omdi dib ge nē ǀgam huri-m !āra tawa kurigu ǁaeba ǁgoaǂuis ase ī tsî nēsi skolgu mâǁae nî...
WALVIS BAY – Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has warned Windhoek residents to refrain from large gatherings as Covid-19 cases surge in the capital city, escalating community transmission fears. Shangula urged citizens to adhere to basic steps of prevention, including avoiding large gatherings such as weddings, funerals and church events. Shangula, who announced a substantial...
WALVIS BAY – Frontline workers and ordinary residents from Walvis Bay, which became the flashpoint of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, have warned Windhoek inhabitants not to take the virus lightly. Nine people died of the virus at Walvis Bay, while more than 1 700 tested positive. More than 60% of those who tested...
SWAKOPMUND – Eighteen of the 20 people arrested for allegedly attacking police officers and vandalising the Mondesa police station at Swakopmund last weekend were denied bail. Two of the accused were granted bail when the group appeared for the first time in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The two suspects released on bail –...
Two Windhoek-based teachers who are working at the same school have tested positive for coronavirus, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula announced yesterday. Shangula announced 64 new positive cases and 24 recoveries. Walvis Bay recorded 44 cases, while Windhoek reported 15. Five cases were reported at Swakopmund. The country’s tally of confirmed cases now stands at...
WALVIS BAY – A resident of Uis is expected to appear in the Omaruru Magistrate’s Court today for allegedly sodomising a 35-year-old man at the settlement on Monday evening. Erongo police crime investigations coordinator Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu yesterday said the suspect and the victim were drinking together at a local residence when the former...
SWAKOPMUND – The DRC community at Swakopmund was left devastated on Sunday evening after a mother, her daughter and grandchild died in a house fire. The heroic mother was, in fact, trying to rescue the two from the fire when the incident, which was allegedly caused by a burning candle left unattended, occurred. The incident...
WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay municipality says they are exploring the possibility of using a piece of land, belonging to the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) and which was earlier identified for temporary decongestion, to permanently resettle the residents of Twaloloka. CEO of the Walvis Bay municipality Muronga Haingura yesterday said discussions are currently underway...
WALVIS BAY – An angry mob of the DRC informal settlement residents yesterday morning attacked a fire truck that had responded to a fire incident at Swakopmund. The residents accused the fire brigade of arriving late to the scene after being alerted on time about the fire, resulting in three shacks being destroyed and a...
WALVIS BAY – Health authorities yesterday announced that the recommended isolation period for patients with confirmed Covid-19 infections will no longer be more than 14 days. This is according to Dr Kaveto Sikuvi, from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Sikuvi, who is accompanying the high-level government delegation assessing the Covid-19 situation at Walvis...