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Namibia’s runaway infection rate, numerous deaths and the search for a miracle against the third wave of Covid-19 have turned demand
for Ivermectin into a gold mine for black market peddlers of the parasitic medicine.

Chaos erupted at Windhoek’s National Health Training Centre in Khomasdal yesterday when a large number of people showed up to collect their Covid-19 results and discharge papers from self-isolation, demanding assistance. 

With the surge of new cases across the country, the Namibian Nurses Union is demanding the health ministry to allow nurses to claim more than the prescribed 40 hours overtime per month.

After functioning without a management committee for more than six months, the Lüderitz Town Council elected a new management committee last week.

The governor of Oshana, Elia Irimari said the region has finally received approval to put up earth dams to harvest flood and rainwater to boost agricultural production.

A 52-year-old man from northern Namibia, who admitted he stabbed his girlfriend and mother of his two children, was sentenced to an effective 34 years behind bars by Oshakati High Court acting judge David Munsu.

The Oshikoto Regional Council is on the drive to maximise revenue by reducing waste of limited resources and uplifting employee morale as well as creating a healthy work environment.

The local hockey fraternity is in deep shock, mourning the death of Namibia Hockey Union (NHU) president Marc Nel, who died on Saturday. The union officially confirmed his passing on Saturday afternoon through its social media platforms.

Newly-appointed Namibia rugby fifteen head coach Allister Coetzee will have his hands full these coming weeks, as the country’s senior men’s team the Welwitschias on Saturday left for Ivory Coast to kick-start their 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign.

The lunacy of the Covid-19 pandemic may have thrown new music releases into chaos, but that is not the case for local musician Black Dice Salaam, who just released his second album titled ‘Calling the shots’.