2018-08-23Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - There are low levels of trained teachers at secondary level and in some Southern Africa countries at primary level, according to the recently released SADC Gender Protocol 2018 Barometer report. View more
2018-08-23Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – Pharmaceutical companies opting to establish themselves in Namibia have been encouraged by Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Bernard Haufiku, to position themselves in such a way that they can enter the regional market. According to Haufiku, a larger market would make local pharmaceutical companies more sustainable and due to economies of scale a larger operation can offer more View more
2018-08-24Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - The Alliance of Churches and Ministries in Namibia (ACM) says the law should take its course on preachers who use the Gospel but whose practices are devious and contrary to the law. View more
2018-08-24Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - The International Extremity Project (IEP) medical team that performed orthopaedic surgery in Namibia for the past two weeks donated arthroscopy equipment to the Ministry of Health and Social Services valued at N$420 000. View more
2018-08-24Alvine Kapitako The media can play a crucial role in promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHRs) in Namibia because of its various functions, which include providing a link between government and the people, watchdog, setting the agenda and influencing public opinion. View more
2018-08-31Alvine Kapitako The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) yesterday launched a storybook titled ‘Frieda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’ View more
2018-09-03Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – “Do not despise where you are now or where you have been, it is all part of the process,” is a notable quote from the book titled ‘The Process’ by young author Sesilia Nekwaya. View more
2018-09-03Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – With the end of drought relief food distribution last year, it is now survival of the fittest for people in the Kunene Region. They depend on livestock and crops for survival, but the persisting drought spell of the last three years killed their livestock and there was no maize or mahangu harvest. View more
2018-09-03Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – Even though it is rarely openly discussed, mental illness in the academic space is a major problem affecting both students and academics alike. View more
2018-09-03Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - In the age where technology is at the center of people’s daily lives, even the busiest of people can choose to remain fit and healthy with electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) workout sessions. View more
2018-09-04Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK -The end of the listeriosis outbreak in South Africa as declared yesterday means the chances for Namibia to have a similar outbreak are nullified, according to the deputy director for public and environmental health in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Benson Ntomwa. View more
2018-09-05Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – Women’s Action for Development has called on the private sector to invest in initiatives aimed at reducing gender-based violence and violence against children in the country. View more
2018-09-07Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - There is a need for collaborative, integrated and coordinated approaches that aim at both responding to and preventing GBV in order to meet the goal of eliminating all forms of gender-based violence by 2030 in accordance with the revised SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. View more
2018-09-07Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – Faith-based communities can have meaningful and impactful roles in the lives of individuals and society at large if they join hands to address societal ills such as gender-based violence, the Director of the Windhoek Islamic Centre, Dr Armas Abdul Malik Shikongo says. View more
2018-09-07Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Violence being perpetuated against women and children is persistent because of complacency in all levels of leadership, including the church leaders to address the root causes of such violence, according to the former secretary-general of the Council of Churches (CCN), Reverend Maria Kapere. View more
2018-09-10Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - With neighbouring Zambia being among countries at risk of an Ebola outbreak, the Ministry of Health and Social Services says Namibia has an Ebola virus disease (EVD) preparedness and response plan in place that was developed in 2015. View more
2018-09-10Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Seven months into her pregnancy in 2015, Utjitaye Kangunÿe was given the option to either terminate her pregnancy because her unborn baby would have serious birth defects. View more
2018-09-10Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - I heard about electro muscular stimulation (EMS) for the first time over two months ago when a fitness trainer encouraged me to try it. View more
2018-09-11Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Namibia has the fourth highest suicide rate in Africa, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Services, and between April and July this year, 131 people committed suicide countrywide. View more
2018-09-11Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – The former secretary general of the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN), Reverend Maria Kapere is of the opinion CCN does not need to struggle financially if Christians unite to support it. View more
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