Mental health is significant at every phase of lifetime, from childhood and adolescence through to adulthood. Providing for and supporting good mental health is a public health issue, which the Namibian government and its stakeholders are taking seriously.
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Opinion – Mass vaccination will revitalise the tourism industry
In a public lecture hosted at Unam, the United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Dr Vera Songwe, realised a need for Namibia to consider increasing Covid-19 vaccinations as a means to an end of revitalising the tourism industry.
Opinion – The President’s accountability to Namibians through parliament
Suppose you are an investor with N$61.5 billion to invest in a business. An entrepreneur appears before you with a business proposal and his 23 children, and explains the concept to you, as well as how he will personally drive the business agenda forward.
Murder accused granted bail
Defence lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji has succeeded in convincing Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen to grant his client and murder accused Abraham Maasdorp bail on stringent conditions.
Empower youth first – Nekongo
Swapo Party Youth League secretary Ephraim Nekongo said in order to develop the youth as the country’s future, they should first be empowered as the most important step in grooming them.
Dausab seeks ratification of extradition treaty with Botswana
Justice minister Yvonne Dausab has asked the National Assembly to ratify the extradition treaty between Namibia and Botswana, which the two governments signed in 2018.
Empowering women has trickle-down benefits
Empowering women and the girl-child holds many benefits for society because of its trickle-down effect on the other members of society.
AR urges foreign land ownership limit
The Affirmative Repositioning Movement’s chief activist, Job Amupanda, has urged members of parliament to do something useful for their people by passing a bill prohibiting foreign nationals from owning land in Namibia.
Namibia’s curriculum a puzzle
Former education ministers are on a warpath about the conundrum created by the new education curriculum, which has seen thousands of learners dumped on the streets, and their academic futures in disarray.
Hambukushu leaders: Wildlife don’t vote… traditional authority demands piece of national park land
Hambukushu Traditional Authority leaders came out guns blazing this week by accusing the government of tampering with their livelihoods in the Bwabwata National Park as opposed to wildlife.