Environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta expressed concern that there is evidence that agricultural dryland productivity in the region is negatively declining due to climate change impacts.
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Govt expands access to clean water
Access to secure potable water for human and industrial use has improved over the current plan period, the minister responsible for water affairs Calle Schlettwein announced this week.
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Government settles Operation Kalahari lawsuit
Government, in particular the minister of home affairs and immigration (previously minister of safety and security) has agreed to settle a lawsuit instituted against them for an Operation Kalahari incident on 5 October 2019.
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Unam to open public dental clinic
The University of Namibia’s Hage Geingob School of Medicine campus will open a dental clinic for the public soon.
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Govt rolls back Covid measures
*abolishes face mask requirement
*resumes quarantine-free tourism
*public gatherings extended to 1 000
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Mother pleads son’s innocence in shack fire
The mother of a 13-year-old boy accused of starting the shack fire on Friday afternoon in Walvis Bay, said her son did not do it.
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Geingob disappointed with Mukwiilongo foreigner comment
President Hage Geingob was irritated yesterday by a remark made by Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters’ leader Epafras Mukwiilongo that presidential economic advisor and green hydrogen commissioner James Mnyupe is a foreigner, who shouldn’t have been appointed as the commissioner.
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Shacks are death chambers – Venaani
Popular Democratic Movement president McHenry Venaani says local authority councillors should scrutinise municipal by-laws to see if they are responsive to the current needs and issues of their electorate.
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Vaccination key in curbing Covid
President Hage Geingob has pleaded with Namibians to get inoculated for Covid-19, as vaccination remains one of the most effective measures in the country’s multi-faceted national response against the pandemic.