SWAKOPMUND – Healthcare services at the Mondesa clinic in Swakopmund have been temporarily halted following a fire that gutted the facility early Monday morning. The fire caused extensive damage to the clinic’s pharmacy, and destroyed much-needed medicine as well as valuable paperwork and records. Erongo police’s Chief Inspector Ileni Shapumba said, the fire was first...
ONGWEDIVA – Oshana regional council on Friday rolled out a programme to support farmers with goats. The council is giving 480 goats to 88 farmers in all 11 constituencies in the region. A first-of-its-kind initiative in the region, the council aims to support farmers in the region to become food-secure and grow the local economy....
President Nangolo Mbumba has acknowledged the immense challenges and profound loss Namibia faced in 2024, yet also a year that laid the groundwork for prosperity. He expressed gratitude for the international support received during difficult times. Speaking at the New Year’s greetings’ ceremony for the diplomatic corps on Friday, the Head of State highlighted key...
Namibia’s ambassador to China Elia Kaiyamo has called on African countries to invest in information access, and thus close the digital divide. He said this during an online workshop on innovation, science, technology and the contemporary world on Friday. The workshop took place under the theme ‘Innovation, Science and Technology in a Contemporary World’. It...
Concerns over elevated radionuclide levels in the Stampriet Water Basin have reignited debates about the environmental risks posed by uranium exploration in the Leonardville area. Uranium One, through its Namibian subsidiary Headspring Investments, confirmed that water samples from the aquifer revealed high concentrations of radionuclides, which could pose serious health risks. “We found elevated levels...
OMUTHIYA – The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has reported two separate lion sightings in the Oshikoto region on Saturday morning. A press statement issued by the ministry’s spokesperson Romeo Muyunda on Saturday said a female lion was spotted between Tsumeb and Oshivelo. Another lion was spotted at Oromowa on the western periphery of...
UUKWANGULA – Tarah Iithete, the long-serving headman of Uukwangula village in the Oshana region, was laid to rest on Saturday at Oniimwandi. He was well-known for his passion for soccer and community development. Ithete, who went affectionately by the moniker ‘Choice’, died at the age of 59 after a short illness. Remembering the late headman,...
Michael Mutonga and Hâbatte Doëses were last Thursday sworn in as appointed commissioners in the Public Service Commission (PSC) of Namibia in the capital. The duo fill the PSC’s previously-vacant spot as well as the position vacated by commissioner Florence Munyungano, who retired after 15 years of service. The PSC is an independent body that mainly...
In July 2023, 34-year-old Ngerikomukuenu Tjihukununa was diagnosed with stage four endometriosis. This was a shocking recount, as she had never heard of the condition before. The World Health Organisation states that endometriosis affects approximately 190 million women and people assigned female at birth worldwide. Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory, gynaecologic disease, marked by the...
Namibia’s infant mortality rate declined by just over 3% over the past two years, the Ministry of Health and Social Services has reported. The infant mortality rate declined from 27.248 deaths per 1 000 live births in 2023 to 25.414 deaths per 1 000 live births in 2024, representing a 3.06% decrease. This follows a...