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Due to the global coronavirus pandemic that has brought the world to a standstill, regional leaders from all 14 regions are proactively engaging stakeholders on possible strategies to halt and contain the further spread of the virus across the country. 

The announcement by President Hage Geingob that informal traders would be allowed to operate under strict conditions until the country emerges from the Covid-19 lockdown on 5 May has been met with appreciation. However, a small business expert has cautioned that the sector will need special assistance to operate under strict conditions. 

Minista yomakwatathano gIinima yopondje noshowo omalongelokumwe Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah okwa koleke kutya opwa li pu na oshikumungu shokatongo moChina, shoka sha li sha tongola aakwashigwana yAfrika ashike ngashiingeyi osha tulwa po oshoka aaleli yaAfrika oya ya moonkundathana naChina e taya holola euvonayi lyawo.

Presidente Hage Geingob okwa shivifa kutya oshilongo ashishe paife otashi pate, nefiku lepato otali ka ya fiyo okomafiku 04 May 2020. Edi omupresidente okwe di shivifa Etivali loshivike eshi keumbo lepangelo. 

Government has banned, with effect from 18 April, all unnecessary transport and movement of people throughout the country until 4 May to combat the further spread of Covid-19. Last month, government imposed a 21-day partial lockdown of Rehoboth, Windhoek, Okahandja and Erongo regions. This lockdown was due to lapse on 17 April. 

Without Sunday offerings, many churches in the country are feeling the financial strain from being closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. 

The Ministry of Finance has come to the defence of the emergency income grant that is currently being rolled out to cushion the impact of the Covid-19 on the less privileged. 

“We are receiving calls every day from people who desperately want to buy alcohol. We were sold out the first week after the lockdown. Our stock was bought out by our regular customers who were buying in bulk. We are empty,” said a bar owner selling alcohol backdoor in Eveline Street.

Failure to pay rent due to businesses closing abruptly last month because of coronavirus resulted in a family of four being evicted by their landlord from a corrugated iron sheet shack in Katutura on Thursday morning. The family failed to pay their rent of N$1 000 for March.