Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

During the last ‘family meeting’, President Hage Geingob announced amended regulations at the end of June to curb the spread of Covid-19, which has unleashed a deadly third wave of infections.

As the world reached four million Covid-19-related deaths last Thursday, Namibia crossed the unwelcome milestone of over 100 000 positive cases on that day. 

A male police officer was assaulted by four women related to a suspect he attempted to arrest for a stock theft case on Saturday. 

Police in the //Kharas region say those attending funerals are the main transgressors of the regulations ratified to curb the spread of Covid-19, while warning residents who ignore the curfew that they may face heavy fines or imprisonment.  

Informal traders at the Okuryangava Stop n Shop market say they are disturbed by the actions of the City Police, who confiscated their products while they try to make an honest living.

A 35-year-old man died on Friday afternoon at Walvis Bay when he fell from a garbage truck.

Car rental owners have accused Profile Car Hire of owing them more than N$400 000 for using their vehicles to carry out the Namibian Statistics Agency (NSA) Mapping and Pilot Census between November last year and April this year. 

Following the outbreak of new Covid-19 variants which are more infectious and deadly with a catastrophic effect on developing countries, Namibia has been identified as one of the lucky nations that Germany will donate vaccines to.

A murder convict who was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment for killing a Russian farming couple in a brutal panga attack, was granted leave to appeal his sentence by the High Court. 

//Kharas governor Aletha Frederick said coronavirus has touched every corner of the globe and changed the course of history. She urged residents to get vaccinated, as the region has doses available.