Namibia
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:48:22 GMTCalls to Halt Construction of Massive Oilfield in One of Africa's Last Wildernesses
[IPS] Bratislava -- Wildlife and environmental campaigners have called for international action as concerns grow over a project to create a massive oilfield in one of Africa's last wildernesses.
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:58:03 GMTNoa Pays N$10 000 Bail
[New Era] Medical intern Dennis Noa, accused of sexually violating an incapacitated patient at the Katutura Intermediate Hospital in April, was granted bail yesterday in the local court.
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:23:31 GMTResettlement - Disabled Want to Be Prioritised
[New Era] Despite being a designated group for land allocations, Namibians living with disabilities feel excluded as beneficiaries of the country's resettlement programme.
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:21:59 GMTClergy On the Frontline... Spreading Hope Amidst Pandemic Anguish
[New Era] A lot has been said about the struggle of healthcare workers during the pandemic, but little attention has been given to the role of faith leaders who minister to the sick and console the grieving.
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 07:13:36 GMTNamibia Remain in the Hunt
[Namibian] NAMIBIA remain in contention for a place at the 2023 Rugby World Cup after an emphatic 52-10 victory against Madagascar in Abidjan on Wednesday.
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 07:11:44 GMTFormer Star Player Poised to Be Top Hockey Coach
[Namibian] SIYABONGA Martins was part of the golden generation of young black players who took the Namibian hockey scene by storm during the early 1990s and the 2000s.
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:08:44 GMTCricket Namibia Wins Two ICC Africa Awards
[Namibian] CRICKET Namibia recently achieved another milestone when it won two more awards at the ICC Development Awards.
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:08:44 GMTNamibia's Olympics Team Announced
[Namibian] NAMIBIA's athletes and supporting staff for the Tokyo Olympic Games were announced at the National Olympic Committee's headquarters yesterday.
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:08:44 GMTJunior Africa Hockey Cup Cancelled
[Namibian] COVID-19 has put paid to Namibia's hopes of hosting the Junior Africa Cup hockey tournament, with the Africa Hockey Federation announcing that the tournament had been cancelled.
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:08:37 GMTBrave Warriors Beat Senegal in Cosafa Cup
[Namibian] NAMIBIA rode their luck to steal a march on their Cosafa Cup Group B rivals after beating a youthful Senegal 2-1 in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa yesterday.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:15:51 GMTFishrot-Linked Firm Slapped With N$1,8m Fine
[Namibian] THE Office of the Labour Commissioner at Walvis Bay has slapped ArcticNam Fishing, which was managed by Fishrot-linked Iceland company Samherji, with a N$1,8 million fine to compensate 23 Namibian fishermen who were retrenched in 2018.
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:30:33 GMTNamibia Beat Senegal, Zimbabwe and Mozambique Play to Draw
[Cosafa] The 2015 champions Namibia defeated west African guest nation Senegal 2-1 to get their 2021 COSAFA Cup Group B campaign off to a positive start in Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:15:51 GMTLuxembourg Tax Loophole Laid Bare
[Namibian] MULTINATIONAL corporations registered in Luxembourg are believed to be using a loophole in the country's tax system to circumvent European Union (EU) transparency regulations and underpay tax.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 11:56:42 GMTWomen's Centre Challenges World Athletics
[Namibian] THE Women's Leadership Centre has thrown its weight behind Namibian athletes Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, saying their exclusion from the Tokyo Olympic Games amounted to sexism and racism.
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:16:05 GMTNamibia Calls Out World Athletics
[Namibian] WORLD Athletics acted with negligence and insensitivity after inexplicably breaking a confidentiality agreement with the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) and Athletics Namibia over the handling of the Beatrice Masilingi and Christ...
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:36:04 GMTColonel Kolokwe Laid to Rest
[New Era] Marythar Kambinda
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:36:03 GMTPandemic Worsens Challenges of Visually Impaired
[New Era] The challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic has not spared people living with visual disabilities.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:15:50 GMT'Germany Could Easily Pay for Vaccines'
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Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:15:49 GMTWe're Not Vaccinated - Hardap Inmates
[Namibian] INMATES at the Hardap Correctional Facility claim they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 due to "maladministration, injustice and general negligence".
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:15:49 GMTWalvis Bay Hospital Gets Mobile Mortuary
[Namibian] MEMBERS of the private sector, led by Namdock at Walvis Bay, on Monday donated the Walvis Bay State Hospital a cooling container to be used as a temporary mortuary.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:15:48 GMTNo Evidence of Hospital Rape, Lawyer Says
[Namibian] THE medical evidence in a case about the alleged rape of a patient at a Windhoek hospital three months ago does not incriminate the intern doctor accused of having sexually assaulted the patient, a defence lawyer argued at the close of the...
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:15:48 GMTBeating Covid-19 With Comorbidities At 76
[Namibian] GERTRUIDA Hartney (76) from Windhoek recently discharged herself from the Katutura State Hospital in high spirits after beating Covid-19 in one-and-a-half weeks.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:15:46 GMTCompanies, Households Still Cling to Overdrafts
[Namibian] ALTHOUGH local companies have been reducing their borrowing for productive purposes, most of them still depend on overdrafts to get by.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 11:03:36 GMTHungry Lions Stalk Warriors
[Namibian] SENEGAL's Teranga Lions are not on a southern African safari, they are here to conquer. The West African Cosafa Cup guests are hungry and have a single mind to gobble up everything on offer, the team's head of delegation, Sam Diatta, said.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:31:07 GMTCovid-19 Claims Owners of Windhoek Fast-Food Restaurant
[Namibian] A Windhoek-based couple who owned food franchise Captain DoRegos has died of Covid-19, leaving behind their six-year-old daughter.
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 18:45:02 GMTGenerating Generation Equality and the Africa We Want for Namibia
[UNFPA] Windhoek -- "Gender equity has to be promoted beyond the public sector to cover all segments of society, beyond representation in leadership positions, to permeate all aspects of human endeavour, if we are to realize its benefits," said Namib...
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:36:05 GMT//Kharas Council Still in Court Limbo
[New Era] Keetmanshoop -- While government weighs up the next legal step in the protracted //Kharas Regional Council saga, the governing party in the region says the line minister should stay out of the affairs of the council.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:36:00 GMTThis Is My Last Olympics - Johannes
[New Era] After competing in Beijing in 2008, London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016, veteran long-distance runner Helalia Johannes says the 2020 Olympic Games will be her last Olympics' participation.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:15:52 GMTZambezi Reports Lowest Covid-19 Cases to Date
[Namibian] ZAMBEZI region, which shares borders with three other countries and has a number of ports of entry, has recorded a very low number of Covid-19 cases to date.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:15:52 GMTStruggle Kids Dry 'Pap' in the Sun While Waiting for Work
[Namibian] THE 35 'struggle kids' currently camping out at the offices of the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service at Oshakati say they are starving.