WINDHOEK- The Ministry of Health and Social Services is exploring the Public Private Partnership (PPP) option to renovate the nurses’ homes at Windhoek Central and Katutura intermediate hospitals, it was revealed.
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Scholtz foresees a positive 2019
KEETMANSHOOP - //Kharas Regional Council Chairperson Jan Scholtz says 2018 has been a tough year for the region and he is therefore pleased that it is finally coming to an end and he is positive the year 2019 will be better in terms of service provision.
President Trump signs PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018
WINDHOEK – The United States of America’s efforts to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria
LPO welcomes Karan Beef but says pillars be protected
WINDHOEK - The Livestock Producers Organisation (LPO) has welcomed Karan Beef of SA as direct role player in the Namibian cattle procurement market, which earned the country N$3.5 billion last year on condition that the three pillars of the local industry stay protected and looked after.
Medical doctor dies five months after graduation
WINDHOEK - A young doctor who recently graduated from a Ukraine university, did not live long enough to practice medicine and enjoy the fruits from the long hours of study,
MTC Sunshine boxing stable still in the driving seat …reflecting on the highs and lows of Namibian boxing
WINDHOEK - Boxing is arguably one of Namibia’s most followed sporting disciplines and most successful, judging from the number of world champions past and present.
Tura Magic to face Julinho tonight
WINDHOEK - Action will tonight continue in the MTC Namibia Premier League when Tura Magic takes on Rundu side Julinho Sporting at the Sam Nujoma Stadium at 20h00.
Ageing “Wessie” crowned top senior golfer at Rossmund
SWAKOPMUND – Despite his advanced age, veteran golfer Piet van der Westhuizen, 80, was deservedly crowned as the winner of the Bank Windhoek Swakopmund Coastal Senior Open Golf Day tourney at Rossmund golf course, recently.
Though the annual gathering caters for play-offs between the coastal and the central seniors - individual entrants also participated.
Climate smart agriculture a paradigm for climate change
The Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) together with the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) in 2015 implemented the Conservation Agriculture (CA) Component under the ‘Farmers Clubs with Climate-smart Agriculture for Improved Resilience and Livelihoods of Small-scale Farmers in Kavango Project’. The aim is to improve the livelihoods of small-scale farmers, as well as assisting them with adapting to climate change.
Drought, wireworm killing animals on farms east of Aranos
WINDHOEK - Farmers east of Aranos are in the grip of one of the worst droughts in living memory with livestock and game dying daily like flies.