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Namibians need to invest in sectors and industries that grow the domestic economy, according to the water and agricultural minister, Calle Schlettwein.

Namibia’s Covid-19 vaccination programme, just like that of any other country in the world, aims to prevent serious illness and deaths. However, the pandemic is having a devastating impact as daily Covid-19 positive figures put a heavy strain on the healthcare system across the country.

Cabinet last week approved the automotive production and development policy on the development of the automotive assembly sector in Namibia. 

A 26-year-old woman by the name of Nompilo desperately needs new sets of lungs as she is living with Cystic Fibrosis. Nompilo had lost all hope after her psychologists have been preparing her for death, according to her.

Media personality Pombili Shilongo has been making great strides in her career and we love to see it. The brand influencer has been scoring major campaigns recently, making sure she secures that bag.

Every Namibian needs to start understanding that they are soldiers in the fight against Covid-19, albeit with the general average levels of our training, public readiness, and technical and administrative capacities and sophistication. 

On the occasion of the SOE CEOs forum event held at the beginning of June 2021, the state-owned enterprises minister made a statement on the state of compliance pertaining to these enterprises.

The murder case of a senior police officer from the Women and Child Unit has been postponed to 13 August 2021 in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court.

The main trial of Ernst Lichtenstrasser (60), accused of killing two senior managers at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) in Arandis, was again put on hold yesterday, as he cannot attend court proceedings.

The health ministry yesterday said it would give as many Namibians as possible the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine while government awaits the arrival of ordered shots.