Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

Minister of Health and Social Services Dr Kalumbi Shangula said late president Hage Geingob will go down in history as a Covid-19 champion, whose country’s containment and responses to the pandemic stood out in the region and beyond.

President Nangolo Mbumba said despite the Office of the Judiciary at times receiving unfounded criticism from the public, they must still ensure that justice is accessible, timely and affordable to all citizens.

A move that sent shockwaves across the political sphere has seen Oshikoto politician and former deputy information minister Engel Nawatiseb quitting the ruling Swapo to join the Landless People’s Movement.

Residents of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, led by various spiritual leaders, paid tribute to late president Hage Geingob, who died on Sunday morning following his battle with cancer. 

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism is finalising the tender process to appoint a contractor to renovate the office building (Ritterburg) in Swakopmund.

Pensioners in northern Namibia said they are worried about whether their pension grant will still be increased since the late president has died.

Oshikoto Regional Council chairperson, Samuel Shivute is pleading with senior citizens from the region to stop taking alcohol on credit.