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President Hage Geingob yesterday reiterated the need to increase Covid-19 vaccination coverage to achieve herd immunity as that will instil confidence in the economy,

Namibia’s U/20 rugby team head coach Chrysander Botha is resolute his charges are well prepared and in top shape to perfectly execute their game plan against Kenya in today’s Barthes Cup semi-final clash in Nairobi.

My name is Sarah. A corrugated truck skidded into the camp. First, the lorry hooted and then grated its ring-shaped rubber tyres on the bumpy road. Soon, half-starved children galloped towards the vrooming Bedford. A group of ballooned-stomach toddlers faked the truck’s sound as they dog-tailed it. 

How much money do you need to comfortably retire? N$3 million? N$10 million? The majority of us are not able to put a figure to our ideal retirement. Most times we know what we want to be doing in retirement but have no idea what it will take to fund these dreams. 

A brief visit to our liberation struggle memoirs informs us that for 106 years, the people of Namibia have been subjected to inhumane; degrading treatment at the hands of Western imperialists and the so called civilised world, who are now parading themselves as the guardians of human rights and democracy in the world. 

Acting public enterprise minister Iipumbu Shiimi has urged personnel at the ministry to promote teamwork and persistent diligence. Shiimi, who is also the finance minister, made the call when he was introducing himself to the ministry’s staff on Monday. 

Bagging the top awards at the recently held Oshikoto regional performance enhancement awards, Oshigambo High School has proven once again why they are the crème de la crème of education excellence in the region.

King of the Ondonga traditional authority Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo last week paid a courtesy visit to former chairperson of the Oukwanyama traditional authority and senior headman for Eudaneko district George Nelulu. 

The Kavango West region has set a target of vaccinating 15 038 school-going children under the age of 18 as part of measures adopted to curb the spread of Covid-19.

The office of the auditor general has launched a publication of their first-ever braille information booklet. The booklet is aimed at including the visually impaired community through simplifying audit information, while at the same time improving the relevance of the office of the auditor general to its stakeholders.