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Ngashiingeyi omwaalu gwaaantu mboka ya monika ombuto yoCovid -19 ndjoka hayi etithwa komukithi gwoCoronvirus ogwa thikama paantu ye li 11 moNamibia.

MADRID  – The global coronavirus death toll surged past 30,000 over the weekend as Europe and the United States endured their darkest days of the crisis.

The authorities yesterday once again reminded residents of affected towns in Erongo as well as Windhoek, Okahandja and Rehoboth to strictly adhere to the lockdown rules as government intensifies the fight against the Covid-19 outbreak. Government has come up with strict measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, including imposing a 21-day lockdown, which begins tomorrow.

Former information minister Stanley Simataa has resigned as a member of the National Assembly with immediate effect, after failing to make the cut in the new Cabinet.

Labour minister Utoni Nujoma has vehemently denied that he made derogatory remarks against his former subordinate and Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi, saying it was not a Swapo culture to insult people. 

Chairperson of the Editors’ Forum of Namibia (EFN) Frank Steffen has welcomed the media being classified as an essential service by health advisor in the presidency Dr Bernard Haufiku – during the 21-day lockdown starting midnight today. Previously media was not regarded as an essential service. 

ONGWEDIVA – Sha landula elombwelo lyomupresidente Hage Goingob kutya oongamba  dhokuya miitopolwa Khomas nErongo itadhi ka pitwa okuza ngula, ano itaamu ziwa mo itamu yiwa, omweelo omunene okuza konooli inagu kwatelwa mo.

Aalandithi yokapana mOvenduka oye li monkugo yin a onkambe, sho ongeshefa yawo ya gu pevi, shoka taya hokolola kutya osha etithwa komukithi gwoCovid-19.

Many Windhoek residents embarked on panic buying around the city yesterday, hours after government announced plans to place Windhoek, Rehoboth, Okahandja and the Erongo region under lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus.