The Namibia Institute for Pathology (NIP) has ramped up testing for Covid-19 in recent weeks, despite a backlog of cases. This week, New Era had the opportunity of witnessing first-hand the testing process at the NIP Windhoek laboratory. Testing for Covid-19 is a process that is cumbersome, intense and sensitive, according to medical technologists employed...
WALVIS BAY – Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has pleaded with Namibians to take the Covid-19 pandemic seriously, as cumulative confirmed cases in the country nearly hit 2 000. According to Shangula, some Namibians are behaving as if the pandemic is no longer here, despite the country reporting 1 917 cases and eight deaths due...
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) on Monday approved the registration of the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement to contest in the Windhoek local authority polls set for November. This was confirmed by (ECN) chief electoral and referenda officer Theo Mujoro in a letter to AR chairperson Bernadine Johannes on Monday. AR applied June this year to...
Three magistrate’s courts were shut down with immediate effect yesterday for 14 days after two court officials tested positive for Covid-19. The Katima Mulilo and Katutura magistrate’s courts, as well as the Windhoek Traffic Court were temporarily closed. According to a statement issued by the Office of the Judiciary, the closures were necessitated when a...
Industrialisation and trade minister Lucia Iipumbu yesterday said the ministry was investigating allegations of corruption and mismanagement made against senior officials of the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida). This follows after staff members penned a second letter to the government, this time to Iipumbu requesting urgent intervention at the agency. The staff members allege mismanagement,...
NKURENKURU – Kavango West regional governor Sirkka Ausiku is displeased with the slow issuance of IDs and birth certificates by officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration Safety and Security in Kavango West. According to NSA statistics, 67.6% of inhabitants in the region possess birth certificates, 64.1% possess ID cards and the rest are...
SWAKOPMUND – Residents from the DRC informal settlement at Swakopmund were dispersed by the police on Monday evening after they tried to embark on an illegal demonstration for decent housing. The group of more than 300 people, through their leader Erna !Gom-Khaises, demanded to occupy the unoccupied NHE houses in the Matutura residential area, saying...
AUSSENKEHR – The Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation, Utoni Nujoma, is of the view that employers, employees, trade unions and the government should all join hands in the spirit of tripartism to fully develop Aussenkehr to the optimum benefit of all to heed the call for inclusivity by President Hage Geingob. He...
City of Windhoek CEO Robert Kahimise said the City has been working hard to find lasting solutions to the water supply interruption in Groot Aub. In a media statement availed to Nampa on Tuesday, Kahimise said it has come to the attention of the City that Groot Aub settlement in the Windhoek Rural Constituency has...
WALVIS BAY – Cries of anguish reverberated through the informal settlement of Twaloloka in Walvis Bay yesterday as hapless residents sifted through ashes following a devastating fire on Sunday evening, which claimed the life of a one-year-old boy. More than 1 000 people were left homeless after the fire destroyed about 200 shacks at the...