More than 80 disgruntled volunteer workers at the Katutura Intermediate Hospital in Windhoek are demanding that they be given priority when government recruits for new positions. The group, which comprises cleaners, marched to the offices of the ministry of health to seek answers they have sought on numerous occasions. The group’s representative, Festus Isai, explained...
Economic, social and political empowerment are important tools in fighting gender-based violence and achieving gender equality in Namibia. The role of policymakers was the main objective of the exchange platform organised on 24 July by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in partnership with REGAIN TRUST. Members of parliament, representatives from civil society, government and academics participated in the second...
Dr Peng Wang a specialist in acupuncture – a drugs-free alternative medicine that has evolved into one of the most utilized forms of complementary integrative medicine – says a handful of Namibian medical insurance firms have finally agreed to sanction the therapy, thus enabling medical insurers to start accepting acupuncture claims. It took three years...
ONGWEDIVA – A group of Chinese business people from Oshikango on Friday donated blankets and mattresses to the seven families whose shelter was destroyed by fire the same week. The group was led by Cao Shuhua, the owner of the Times Square Mall at the town. The mayor at the town, Eliaser Nghipangelwa, said two...
RUNDU – The Bukalo Village Council has approved the construction of the N$145 million modern meat processing plant on a five-hectare piece of land where a dry meat processor, meat boilers and several other meat products would be processed, thereby creating much-needed jobs, revealed the Zambezi region governor Lawrence Sampofu during his state of the...
In a bid to decongest hospitals and quarantine facilities, the government last week announced the isolation period for patients with confirmed coronavirus infections has been reduced to 10 days, while a negative test on the seventh day will end quarantine. The revised de-isolation and quarantine protocols follow recent guidelines by the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Katrina Jacob BEIJING – A group of 25 Namibian students studying in China will return to the country this week via Zambia. The Namibian embassy in Beijing worked together with other embassies from the southern African region to ensure that students and other nationals are repatriated from China. The embassy reached an agreement with Rwanda...
The newly launched Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) president Dr Panduleni Itula has told the ruling party leadership to be prepared to meet him and his party at the ballot box, saying this time around the game plan would be different. Itula, who contested last year’s presidential election as an independent candidate, made the remarks...
President Hage Geingob said Jamaica’s black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement Marcus Garvey planted the seeds in them to combat colonialism, racism and division, and to pursue Pan-African solidarity towards a liberated continent. Geingob, who celebrates his 79th birthday, said this on Saturday during a virtual event marking the 100th anniversary of Garvey’s...
The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) says it is delighted by government’s decision to gradually reopen borders to help revive the tourism industry. This comes after President Hage Geingob on Friday announced the commencement of the targeted international tourism revival initiative, which is being rolled out as of today. Initially, government intended to conduct a...