In the last week, New Era reported on two sets of professionals who have shown a worrying level of vaccine hesitancy. Both teachers and journalists stand at the forefront of the fight to regain some semblance of a normal life, but last week it was revealed that only 40 out of 440 teachers in the Oshikoto region were vaccinated.
Volunteers from National Youth Sports Development Platform in Stampriet hosted the “Sportjab” campaign to encourage residents, especially the youth of the small village east of Mariental to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
Historian Kletus Likuwa has donated 18 of his scholarly publications relating to the history of the two Kavango regions to the Kavango East Regional Council to make publications on the region’s history available and accessible to the community.
Elias Mpedi Magosi has been sworn in as the seventh executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the 41st SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government, held in Lilongwe, Malawi.
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In the country’s quest to increase access, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has installed internet to 26 rural ICT centres, established in the most remote parts of all 14 regions to lay a foundation in rural areas for e-governance.
A farmworker from the Maltahöhe district took the stand on Wednesday and testified in his own defence to a charge of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, over the death of the mother of his four children in the Windhoek High Court.
The Namibia Forensic Science Institute needs at least N$36 million per year to clear a backlog of 4 300 DNA samples.
Following public outcry because of the rampant sand mining, which leads to land degradation that poses a threat to humans and animals, the environment ministry is reviewing the law to tighten all loopholes.
Fisheries minister Derek Klazen says he will not be pressured into making hasty decisions without doing proper research regarding trawling within the restricted zone of the country’s fishing grounds.