Namibia
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 08:33:16 GMTStrengthening Bilateral Ties Amid Pandemic
[New Era] President Hage Geingob said Namibia has made concerted efforts in ensuring that borders with Angola remain open to strengthen and promote business and economic relations amid the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 08:29:49 GMTDe Lange Replaces Craven in Olympic Team
[Namibian] TRISTAN de Lange has replaced road cyclist Dan Craven in the Namibian Olympic team after the latter tested positive for Covid-19 over the weekend.
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 08:29:16 GMTNational Cricket Coach De Bruyn Dismayed By Changes
[Namibian] NAMIBIA'S national cricket coach Pierre de Bruyn has reacted with shock and dismay at the new T20 World Cup groups which were announced on Friday.
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 08:27:58 GMTHockey Women Rewarded By MTC
[Namibian] TELECOMMUNICATIONS company MTC on Friday gave the national women's hockey team new iPhones as a token of appreciation following the team's qualification for next year's Indoor World Cup.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:52:22 GMTNamibia's Oxygen Supply Threatened By South Africa Unrest
[Namibian] President Hage Geingob yesterday during the country's 31st Covid-19 public briefing on national response measures at State House said the looting and unrest in neighbouring South Africa (SA) should be a wake-up call for Namibia.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:41:59 GMTHospitality Association Gets Its First Woman Chair in 34 Years
[Namibia Economist] Despite struggling through a severely stunted phase, the Namibian hospitality trade made history earlier this month when the General Manager of Swakopmund Hotel & Entertainment Centre, Janet Wilson-Moore was elected as the first w...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:53:30 GMTInjured Elephant Cow Put Down
[Namibian] An elephant cow with a broken leg was put down by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism near the settlement of Fransfontein on Tuesday.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:41:09 GMTCovid-19 Takes Two More Sporting Greats
[Namibian] Two more Namibian sporting greats, Dee Thakur and Adri Basson passed away this week due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:30:28 GMTMinister Blames Supermarkets for Over-Reliance On South Africa
[Namibian] Namibia largely depends on South Africa for most goods due to supermarkets stocking mostly South African goods.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:57:02 GMTCould Renewed Social Unrest Hinder Recovery?
[Namibian] Protests driven by the Covid-19 pandemic's economic fallout are on the rise, with potentially long-lasting economic consequences.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:34:35 GMTGeingob Lauds Assistance Provided By International Community
[Namibia Economist] The President, HE Dr Hage Geingob on Thursday announced that the current measures, based on key indicators will be maintained and the current Public Health Regulations will be extended, from midnight tonight, Thursday 15 July, for...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:42:24 GMTVisa Policy Assimilations for Boosting Investment
[New Era] Namibia is a member of the newly-established African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and one of the first countries to ratify and deposit the AfCFTA agreement. The AfCFTA has been operative as of 1 January 2021, and aims to create a s...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:41:47 GMTOkahandja Council Pays N$2m Debt With 54 Plots
[Namibian] THE Okahandja municipality last month approved an out-of-court agreement to compensate a former councillor-turned-property developer with 54 erven for a debt of about N$2 million.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:41:28 GMTGovt to Ramp Up Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution
[New Era] Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has assured Covid-19 vaccine doses will be distributed this weekend countrywide for the campaign to get back on track on Monday.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:39:59 GMTKunene to Intensify Covid-19 Vaccinations
[Namibian] OVER the next few weeks the Kunene region will be intensifying its vaccine roll-out to make sure as many people as possible are vaccinated against Covid-19.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:39:28 GMTI'm Not Wanted By the Corrupt and Greedy - Windhoek Mayor Amupanda
[New Era] New Era journalist Loide Jason recently engaged Windhoek mayor Job Amupanda on a number of issues, including an assessment on the performance of the governing coalition since taking over the city last year.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:37:54 GMTDisinformation Dogs 'Breakthrough' Cases and the Sinopharm Vaccine
[Namibian] Since early May the African island nation of Seychelles has featured in Covid-19 anti-vaccine propaganda as infections skyrocketed, while at the same time the country enjoyed the distinction of being the most vaccinated population in the w...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:36:45 GMTContractor Accused of Looting Stina Wu's Building Site
[Namibian] A 36-YEAR-OLD man made a first appearance in the Rundu Magistrate's Court yesterday on charges of theft of building materials worth N$1,4 million from a construction site of a mall at Divundu in Kavango East region.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:35:17 GMTSouth Africa Violence a Wake-Up Call for Namibia
[Namibian] PRESIDENT HAGE GEINGOB hit the nail on the head in stating that the underlying factors which led to violence and looting in South Africa are rife in Namibia too.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:16:52 GMTSardarov Accused of Evicting 30 From Dordabis Farm
[Namibian] RUSSIAN billionaire Rashid Sardarov is accused of evicting about 30 people from a farm near Dordabis, leaving several families out in the cold near a public road.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:12:17 GMTConspiracies Clot Omaheke's Vaccination Campaign
[Namibian] A WAVE of misinformation and disinformation on Covid-19 vaccines has disrupted the government's efforts to fully roll out vaccination campaigns in the Omaheke region.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:06:04 GMTBriton Bailed Out After Appeal Win
[Namibian] A BAIL deposit of N$500 000 paid at the Windhoek High Court yesterday secured freedom for British millionaire businessman Harvey Boulter - four and a half months after his arrest on a murder charge following a fatal shooting at his Outjo d...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:56:01 GMTHope for Namibia Despite Exit
[Namibian] MOZAMBIQUE will take on South Africa, while eSwatini will face Senegal in todays semifinals at the Cosafa Cup after a dramatic day of final group matches on Wednesday.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:46:12 GMTPolitical Unrest in South Africa Will Affect Us - Geingob
[Namibian] President Hage Geingob is worried that should the political unrest in South Africa continue unresolved, it would negatively affect Namibia's economic recovery plans.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:37:06 GMTUranium As a Crucial Driver of the Namibian Economy
[Namibia Economist] The current recovery in world uranium prices offers Namibia a good chance for success for the mining projects launched in the past decade. As the global energy transition has begun, uranium demand is expected to grow, therefore Na...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:28:39 GMTGovt Creates Additional 214 Mortuary Spaces As Covid-19 Deaths Surge
[Namibia Economist] The government has created an additional 214 mortuary space to accommodate an equal number of bodies as the country continues to record a spike in COVID-19 deaths, the Minister of Health and Social Services, Kalumbi Shangula said ...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:50:42 GMTRentals Nosedive With Bleak Outlook
[Namibian] It cost at least N$770 less to rent out a residential property at the end of March this year than it did in 2020, the FNB Namibia rental index report for the first quarter of 2021 shows.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:48:49 GMTNational Theatre Shares 'A Day in the Life'
[Namibian] The theatre is a place that thrives on gathering.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:47:49 GMTBurger a Runaway Virtual Winner
[Namibian] The Cymot Winter League virtual cycling series was finally concluded over the weekend with JP Burger a runaway winner in the Men's A category.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:47:10 GMTLGBTQ+ Organisation Shares With Community
[Namibian] RURAL Dialogue Namibia (RDN) recently reached out to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-diverse and queer (LGBTQ+) community and residents of Donkerhoek informal settlement at Khorixas.