Despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) this week declaring coronavirus a global pandemic, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula says securing the country’s borders will not stop the spread of the virus.
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Namibia urged to implement policy on climate change
One of the many recommendations made by President Hage Geingob’s High-Level Panel on the Namibian Economy (HLPE) is that Namibia implements its comprehensive national policy on climate change released in 2011.
Omaheke explains borehole tender delay
The Omaheke Regional Council has denied that a contractor, who won a tender to rehabilitate and drill boreholes in the region, disappeared without finishing the work.
Granite miner to retrench 30 employees
WALVIS BAY – About 30 employees of Dreamland Investment, the granite and marble mining company in Erongo will be retrenched after the company halted production at its three quarries.
Jobs back to centre of agenda… as panel recommends free land allocation in informal settlements
The creation of a national employment task force, a national internship programme, the allocation of free land in urban areas, the adequate leveraging of public assets and the appointment of a government-owned holding company to run affairs of commercial parastatals are but some of the recommendations made by President Hage Geingob’s High-Level Panel on the Namibian Economy (HLPE).
Struggling with infertility in silence
A 38-year-old woman yesterday shared her emotional ordeal of experiencing a miscarriage and failing to conceive in her marriage of nearly four years.
N$250 million airport upgrade on track
Namibia Airports Company (NAC) says the current upgrades worth N$250 million at Hosea Kutako International Airport are on track with the project expected to be completed by October this year.
Speaker launches sexual reproductive project
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Peter Katjavivi, is hopeful that the second phase of the Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR), HIV and AIDS Governance project will replicate the successes of its predecessor.
Lawyer wants tax fraud accused discharged
Windhoek-based lawyer Trevor Brockerhoff has indicated he will apply for a section 174 discharge of his clients after the State closed its case yesterday in the tax fraud trial in the High Court.
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