Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

An official report launched last Friday by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) found that while Namibia has made progress in reducing monetary poverty, more than 43.3% of the population still live in multidimensional poverty. 

The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) with the support of GIZ Namibia on Tuesday inaugurated an agricultural, technical and vocational education and training (Agri-TVET) campus at the Rundu Vocational Training Centre (RVTC).  

The overarching message a group of women learned during a one-day session held recently to try and understand gender-based violence (GBV) is to give tough love when dealing with children perpetrating domestic violence.

As Windhoek continues to drown under a brutal surge of Covid-19 cases and record deaths, Khomas governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua has called for the reinforcement of all public health protocols.

With the demand for oxygen increasing at hospitals, the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital is now transferring semi- emergency theatre cases to Oshikuku to cater for this continuous demand.

The education ministry yesterday clarified that the suspension of face-to-face teaching and learning as from today until 30 June is only applicable to three heavily affected localities, namely Windhoek, Rehoboth and Okahandja. 

As another round of online learning comes into effect today, university students have expressed unhappiness over the delayed arrival of Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) laptops. On Tuesday, President Hage Geingob once again announced new measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, including suspending face-to-face learning.

A possible exposure to a Covid-19 positive employee has forced lawyer Slysken Makando to miss a trial in which a married couple and their friend are accused of defrauding MultiChoice Namibia of about N$2 million. 

The Grootfontein municipality has dismissed allegations that it has inflated a tender to award a N$1.9 million contract to supply 1 000 dustbins to the local authority for the next three years.

The country’s oldest political party has urged the Ovaherero and Nama chiefs to put aside their animosity and work together to reject in unison the N$18 billion genocide reparations agreement reached between the Namibian and German authorities.