WALVIS BAY – A Russian man, who is part of 126 foreign crew that arrived via a chartered plane in Windhoek last Friday, tested positive for Covid-19. The fishing sector, according to Erongo health director Anna Jonas, is being allowed to quarantine foreign crew on vessels as long as they receive prior approval from the...
Opposition parties yesterday accused the ruling party of lacking political will to tackle corruption at the highest level. Leaders of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo), the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) and Landless People’s Movement (LPM) yesterday spoke out against corruption, following President Hage Geingob’s announcement on Sunday that the party has not received any...
President Hage Geingob yesterday expressed condolences to his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa following the passing of Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South African anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. The South African Broadcasting Corporation reported yesterday that Mandela died aged 59 at a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Monday. She had...
The chairperson of Okongo traditional authority district, Asser Mukumangeni, confirmed the traditional authority has resolved the matter of the 30-year-old widow who was evicted from her matrimonial home after her husband died. During a meeting that occurred on 11 July to solve the matter, Mukumangeni explained that some information on the matter was distorted by...
Hilma Hashange Parents of lower primary learners are worried about sending their children back to school as Covid-19 cases surge. The pre-primary to grade 3 learners resumed face-to-face classes on 7 July and many parents fear that their children are not ready to go back to school. Diana Slinger, a parent of a grade 2...
SWAKOPMUND – The Tsaseb family from Swakopmund will be allowed to attend their mother’s funeral this weekend in Otjiwarongo but they will be tested for Covid-19 and be placed in isolation if they test positive after the funeral. The family, led by Daniel Tsaseb, in an emotional protest last Friday, asked for intervention from the...
The country’s official opposition, Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani exhorted the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) members to nominate competent and selfless energetic leaders to represent the party in the upcoming regional and local authority elections. The regional and local authority polls are set for November. Venaani expressed his sentiments while opening the...
A ruling in a legal battle between prominent local defence lawyer, Sisa Namandje and the Law Society of Namibia (LSN), is expected to be made public in the High Court on Friday. Initially, High Court Judge Herman Oosthuizen, who is presiding over the matter, was scheduled to give his ruling on 24 July 2020. However,...
David Adetona Khomas governor Laura Mcleod-Katjirua recently handed over equipment and material worth N$700 000 as part of the development programme dedicated to small-scale entrepreneurs or for the self-employed to participate in local economic activities and to also create employment in the region. The governor’s development programme partnership since 2014 with Namsov Fishing Enterprises through...
The office of the Kalahari constituency in the Omaheke region last week donated 500 bags of cement and a 10 000-litre water tank to the Nossobville Development Committee, which has succeeded in getting unserviced land for at least 250 households. Speaking at the event, regional governor Pijoo Nganate applauded the constituency councillor for being proactive...