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Worthy investment… President Hage Geingob yesterday commissioned two facilities at the Windhoek Central Hospital equipped to deal with Covid-19 cases.

Public and private schools finally reopened yesterday for grade 11 and 12 learners as part of a phased return to the classroom after weeks of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Fishrot accused were dealt a massive blow yesterday in the space of hours after a Windhoek magistrate initially ruled against their application to have charges against them temporarily withdrawn.

Education ministry executive director Sanet Steenkamp says the challenges at Onesi Secondary School in Omusati region will not be resolved overnight.

Local so-called prophet Jackson Babi and his co-accused Frizans Naululu Dumeni who were due to appear in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday for a bail application had their criminal case postponed to 24 July for further police investigations.

Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has suggested that a basic income grant of N$750 should be introduced for the next 24 months to cushion the impact of the Covid-19 on the less privileged. 

Government, together with social partners and other stakeholders, should use the Covid-19 crisis as a wake-up call to strengthen its social protection systems, Swanu president Tangeni Iijambo said in parliament this week. 

Ford has implemented a phased restart for its South African operations beginning 01 June, including restarting vehicle and engine production and bringing back the first wave of employees that are not able to do their jobs remotely.

HENTIES BAY - The Henties Bay community has been petitioned to consider removing the infamous gallows at the coastal town, which according to petitioners represent a dark era in the Namibian history. 

Namibians yesterday formed long queues at liquor stores as government eased Covid-19 regulations to allow the sale of alcohol to resume under looser restrictions.