The health ministry has commissioned the 12-bed dialysis unit at Oshakati Intermediate Hospital last week. The unit offers a place for patients with kidney problems to receive life-saving treatment and can thereafter live a normal life. Speaking during the commissioning, health minister Kalumbi Shangula said the government spent more than N$100 million annually to refer...
Due to the mushrooming and oversupply of midwifery educational institutions in Namibia, the Health Professions Council of Namibia (HPCN) has decided to reduce the number of nursing student intakes. In a recent directive that has been received with mixed reactions, the HPCN stated that the number of nursing and midwifery students has surpassed the capacities...
OSHAKATI – The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism is expected to commemorate Arbor Day at Onawa in Oshakati next Friday. A statement issued yesterday by ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said, this year, the ministry in collaboration with the Oshakati Town Council and the Oshana Regional Council will be hosting the official Arbor Day event...
GOBABIS – Omaheke Regional Council chairperson wants Buitepos settlement to be upgraded to a town. Ignatius Kariseb, who is the regional councillor for the Kalahari constituency, made the call during a recent council meeting at Gobabis and said such a move will pave the way for much-needed development at the settlement and attract investors that...
OTJIWARONGO – The Otjozondjupa Regional Council on Tuesday signed 20 contractual agreements with private companies and individual truck owners to assist in distributing food under the government’s drought relief food programme. Otjozondjupa Regional Council chairperson Marlayn Mbakera signed the agreements on behalf of the regional council. She said the council’s disaster risk management committee is...
Dr David N Emvula In recent months, a troubling trend has emerged at our Windhoek state hospitals. Teenage pregnancies are on the rise, igniting a wave of concern among healthcare workers. This increase has prompted calls for a renewed focus on prevention, education and support systems. A growing issue Data from the United Nations Population...
In 2019, Alina Kadhila ran to her human resources (HR) officer to resign for no reason. She was hysterical, as she was going through an episode. The mental health advocate and service user remembers being grateful that she was in the HR’s office, where she was protected and looked after as she was experiencing this...
WALVIS BAY – Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wants the cause of frequent shack fires in Walvis Bay thoroughly investigated, as it is not the only town battling the mushrooming of shacks. This is all while the government and its stakeholders are working around the clock to find a lasting solution to the nation’s housing crisis. ...
President Nangolo Mbumba wants the marathon talks on genocide between Germany and Namibia concluded while ensuring that all outstanding concerns are addressed. Mbumba made these remarks during a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the sidelines of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference, where both leaders held bilateral talks. Through presidential spokesperson Alfredo Hengari, Mbumba conveyed...
Seventy-two hours is a long time, but in politics, it is almost eternity. For three days, Namibians waited with bated breaths for what the Popular Democratic Movement’s hotly contested electoral college woulddeliver. The ‘pot’, as electoral colleges are known in the local political theatre, delivered a mixed bag of old and youthfulpoliticians. When it was...