National

As countries in southern Africa decrease restrictions on the sale of alcohol, the question that should be asked is, do we want to see and experience a permanent change in how alcohol is sold and consumed in our communities and country? 

To further demonstrate its commitment to the fight against the global pandemic, the Namdia Foundation, in close collaboration with Namdia clients, recently donated over N$7.1 million to the health ministry. 

While on patrol with the Namibian Police, Bank Windhoek’s Customer Contact Centre Agent Bonifacius Chaunelesethle caught a scammer in the act on Thursday, 29 July 2021. 

Standard Bank has donated three five-litre oxygen concentrators to the value of N$63 000 to the Healing Haven Otjiwarongo Hospice. 

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines mental health as a state of wellbeing in which the individual realises his or her own abilities and can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her life. 

African ambassadors accredited to Namibia this week donated N$146 000 towards community projects in Tsumkwe. 

Employees at the government’s Sikondo irrigation project on Saturday battled a mysterious fire that caused substantial damage to the facility. The damage is estimated at about N$600 000. 

Residents of Dordabis have asked that a garbage dumpsite, located in the middle of the settlement, be moved because it is hazardous to their health.

Namibia’s policy of ‘being friends to all and enemy of none’ does exist, and does not create a moral and political dilemma in the execution of the country’s international relations policy, international relations executive director Penda Naanda has said.

A 19-year-old grade 10 learner, who is accused of raping a 67-year-old woman, was denied bail in the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court on Monday.