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Public health has dominated the world’s headlines for more than a year. The devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people’s lives and livelihoods and on economies worldwide has reminded us of the destructive power of a microscopic virus. 

The recent proposed legalisation of homosexuality in Namibia has placed many individuals, interest groups and organisations into total discomfort and disorientation. It is therefore essential to discuss this issue before it causes further polarisation.

A legislative drafting consultant said one of the objectives of the new Basic Education Act of 2020 is to incorporate the new dynamics of the e-learning policy.

Kavango West governor Sirkka Ausiku says the developmental state of her region continues to improve.

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) central committee (CC) meeting held last weekend resolved that members of parliament (MPs), regional and local authority councillors should make a monetary monthly contribution to the party. 

The Salambala conservancy in the Zambezi region is set to benefit from the Namibia Integrated Landscape Approach for Enhancing Livelihoods and Environmental Governance (Nilaleg) project.

Analysts say they expect the envisaged parliamentary debate on government’s deal with Germany over reparations for the 1904 to 1908 genocide of Ovaherero and Nama people to be fiery.

Fired up members of the opposition in parliament yesterday lashed out at the Namibian and German governments by roundly rejecting a recently agreed to genocide reparations pact, which included the European nation committing to fund projects in the country amounting to N$18 billion. 

A group of 30 doctors in Namibia have appealed to the health ministry and the Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council (NMRC) to approve Ivermectin as a Covid-19 therapy.

The Namibia Albino Association (NAA) has experienced a high number of children with albinism without national documents because some fathers deny them due to their condition.