The Omaruru mayor’s office, in solidarity with local authority residents and those from peripheral settlements and commercial farmers, recently embarked on a vigorous campaign to solicit medical equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the local district hospital.
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Pilot census on this year
The Namibia Statistics Agency is planning to conduct a pilot phase of the Population and Housing Census, which has been moved to August 2022. The pilot phase of the census serves as a test or dry run for the actual population and housing census enumeration.
Woermann armed robbers arrested
The Namibian Police in Erongo arrested two of the four suspects who carried out an armed robbery at Swakopmund’s Mondesa Woermann Brock shop last week.
State wants assault convict jailed for 3 years
A 23-year-old Henties Bay man, who was convicted by Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen on two counts of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, will be sentenced this Thursday.
Namibia takes over the reins at youth body
Youth leader Ester Simon has been appointed as president of the Pan African Female Youth Leaders (PANAFYL), with the main aim of addressing issues confronting women and children on the continent.
N$1.1m Air Namibia fraud trial to resume
The Windhoek Regional Court is set to hear more details on how N$1.1 million from the liquidated Air Namibia in payments meant for the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) ended up in the bank account of a Windhoek resident when the trial resumes this week.
Covid survivors urge public to get vaccinated
Since the first cases of Covid-19 were detected in Namibia, there has been a number of misconceptions about the virus and to this day, some individuals continue to downplay the existence of this virulent pandemic.
Young woman offers leather-crafting classes
Entrepreneurship among the youth is one of the fast-growing sectors and a possible solution to the high unemployment rate and severe poverty in the country.
Prisoner sues after alleged sexual assault
A man serving a prison sentence of 40 years for murder is suing the safety and security ministry for N$1.8 million for assault and sexual assault.
Govt commits over N$8bn to water sector
The government has committed at least N$8.31 billion over the next seven years towards the water sector programme.
