2020-03-25Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Law enforcement officers will be deployed at critical roadblocks and on the streets as government yesterday announced a lockdown of Erongo and Khomas regions from midnight 27 March until 16 April in order to curb the further spread of the coronavirus after positive cases hit seven. View more
2020-03-26Kuzeeko Tjitemisa MANGETTI - In its efforts to boost the much-needed security at the conservancy, N?a Jaqna conservancy management committee member Lara Diez said they have added 12 new guards to help curb poaching that of late has seen a rapid increase at the park. View more
2020-03-26Kuzeeko Tjitemisa President Hage Geingob yesterday thanked world leaders for their congratulatory messages after the country’s Pear Jubilee Independence celebration and his inauguration, saying that Namibians appreciate the kind words and thoughts of the international community. View more
2020-03-26Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi was evasive yesterday on what possible action the August House would take after a war of words broke out between Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi and labour minister Utoni Nujoma. View more
2020-03-26Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Ogu kavapere sinkwa ntani sirugana souministeragona woukanguki noukali nawa Utjiua Muinjangue katente asi age takatwikira kuruganena mbunga politika zendi mombongarero zanavenye ano simpe taka ruganesa nonkondo dedi asi munisteragona goukkanguki noukali nawa mokuruganena vaNamibia navenye.”Ame kuna gusa posa ezi ngomuNamibia ogu ana hara kukambekako keparu lyovaNamibia; eyi kapi yina kara asi morw View more
2020-03-27Kuzeeko Tjitemisa The labour ministry has warned employers who might force their staff to take unpaid leave during the mandatory 21-day coronavirus lockdown that the practice is illegal and unacceptable. View more
2020-03-27Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Labour minister Utoni Nujoma has vehemently denied that he made derogatory remarks against his former subordinate and Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi, saying it was not a Swapo culture to insult people. View more
2020-03-27Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Former information minister Stanley Simataa has resigned as a member of the National Assembly with immediate effect, after failing to make the cut in the new Cabinet. View more
2020-03-30Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Yene ili likwambuyu waliluko la mañusa Stanley Simataa, utuhezi musebezi wakuba membala wandu yamilao kapilipili, kasamulaho akusaketwa hala makwambuyu babanca. View more
2020-03-30Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Namibians should not panic, and should at all times cooperate with authorities to ensure the national response to coronavirus is effective, preventing its further spread into the country. View more
2020-03-30Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) executive director Graham Hopwood yesterday said government needs to initiate an economic relief package to shield the poor during the far-reaching coronavirus crisis. View more
2020-03-31Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday said the State has so far only conducted about 40 Covid-19 tests, despite criticism that limited testing could leave cases undetected. “I don’t have the exact number but I think we have so far tested just over 40 people for Covid-19,” Shangula told New Era upon enquiry yesterday. View more
2020-03-31Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday said the State has so far only conducted about 40 Covid-19 tests, despite criticism that limited testing could leave cases undetected. “I don’t have the exact number but I think we have so far tested just over 40 people for Covid-19,” Shangula told New Era upon enquiry yesterday. View more
2020-03-31Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Labour ministry’s executive director Bro-Mathew Shinguadja yesterday urged Hilton hotel employees, who were last week sent on forced, unpaid leave by the five-star hotel management, to approach the labour unions. View more
2020-04-01Kuzeeko Tjitemisa President Hage Geingob yesterday appointed Air Marshal Martin Kambulu Pinehas, the commander of the Namibian Air Force, as the new chief of the defence force (CDF) with effect from today. Pinehas replaces Lieutenant General John Mutwa, who has been beset by ill-health since the beginning of last year. View more
2020-04-02Kuzeeko Tjitemisa President Hage Geingob and his wife Monica Geingos tested negative for Covid-19, after speculation that Geingos, who recently returned from the United Kingdom, might have come into contact with an infected person. View more
2020-04-02Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Government has prepared an economic stimulus package totalling a massive N$8.1 billion to confront the expected coronavirus economic fallout. The much-anticipated announcement was made by finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi at State House yesterday. View more
2020-04-06Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi is expected to finalise a loan agreement with China for the upgrading and expansion of the Hosea Kutako International Airport after the Asian giant gave the go-ahead for a “special financial package”. View more
2020-04-06Kuzeeko Tjitemisa The Popular Democratic Movement has called on government to re-evaluate its protocol and to start testing for Covid-19 on a larger scale as a matter of urgency. View more
2020-04-07Kuzeeko Tjitemisa A decision by several countries to institute bans on the exports of crucial medical supplies will have a devastating effect on Namibia and other African countries that still do not have adequate healthcare infrastructures to confront the Covid-19 pandemic. View more
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