[Daily Maverick] The African country proved a thing or two with its impressively strong T20 World Cup campaign.

[Namibian] The Namibian's radio channel, Desert Radio, has fully launched its live broadcast, reaching out to more Namibians in need of information.

[WHO-AFRO] Covid-19 calls for resilient school environment that ensures continuity in education and services beyond academic delivery. Available data suggests that COVID-19 have limited direct burden on children's health, accounting for about 8.5% of...

[WHO-AFRO] The African Ministers of Health adopted the Regional Strategy for Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response (IDSR 2020-2030) during the 69th Regional Committee for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, which mandated all Member States includin...

[WHO-AFRO] Wearing a surgical mask securely fitted over his nose and mouth, Frans Nambinga, a nurse at Namibia's Windhoek Central Hospital, carefully marked down tips on triage and signs a patient may require intubation, as he was taking notes during...

[WHO-AFRO] As signatory to the International Health Regulations (IHR), Namibia is required to strengthen its core capacities for health security. Following the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) in 2016, the country invested resources to attend to the r...

[WHO-AFRO] Approximately 1,629,289 (64%) Namibians are at risk of contracting malaria. Malaria transmission is unstable, seasonal, characterized by outbreaks and concentrated in 7 endemic northern regions. The malaria transmission season typically be...

[WHO-AFRO] Violence against women and girls is a violation of their human rights and is largely hidden, stigmatized, and unrecognized by health and other service providers. Despite the robust policy and legal framework in Namibia, women and girls are...

[WHO-AFRO] Namibia was certified polio free since October 2008 and had continued routine and national immunization campaigns to maintain its polio free status. However, the country remains at high risk for vaccine derived polio viruses due to low det...

[WHO-AFRO] WHO with support from the Government of Japan donated 16 Portable Ultrasound Machines worth N$ 801,843.00 to the Ministry of Health and Social Services 25 October 2021.

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[New Era] The Namibia Agricultural Labour Forum (NALF) has confirmed the successful completion of negotiations for an adjustment of the minimum wage for the agricultural sector. According to the new agreement, officially signed on 09 November 2021, t...

[Namibian] The minister of fisheries and marine resources, Derek Klazen, on Thursday told fishing industry representatives he will not entertain talk about the Fishrot scandal.

[New Era] United People's Movement (UPM) parliamentarian Jan van Wyk is demanding that government include the Baster community in ongoing genocide reparation negotiations with the German government, saying they also suffered at the hands of the Europ...

[Namibian] Rail parastatal TransNamib has set the wheels of retrenchment in motion with an internal memo sent to their employees, notifying them of the process.

[New Era] Fishrot accused Otneel Shuudifonya said he loaned co-accused James Hatuikulipi N$2 million in different instalments to help stage the 2017 Swapo congress.

[New Era] The agriculture ministry is currently trying to secure 1 200 hectares needed for Neckartal Dam's phase two that involves agricultural production.

[Namibian] Fishrot-accused Otneel Shuudifonya was unmoved when he was told by investigators last year he had to pay back N$10,3 million which has allegedly been stolen from the national fishing company Fishcor.

[Namibian] The executive director in the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism says the ministry regards environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) as tools to support environmental protection and biodiversit...

[Namibian] The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says it is "unacceptable" that the game in Namibia has again come to a standstill due to administrative unrest.

[New Era] Walvis Bay -- Walvis Bay municipality employees have vowed to fight tooth and nail a proposal by a local authority councillor seeking the council's blessings to implement a 20% salary cut across the board. The wage cut also affects councill...

[MBC] Economists across the country are expected to dissect and find practical solutions to the country's economic challenges as the 2021 Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) Conference commences this morning at Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi.

[New Era] Yesterday's 62-36 defeat at the hands of a rampant Ugandan side further ruined the campaign of Namibia's Desert Jewels in the ongoing African Netball Championship, as it marked their second defeat in two days.

[VOA] Gaborone -- Thousands of people in Botswana whose ancestors came from Namibia are demanding reparations for genocide they say was committed by German forces more than a century ago. Namibia is negotiating with the German government, but the des...

[Namibian] IT'S that time of the year again when Namibians travel to different parts of the country to enjoy the festive season with their loved ones.

[Namibian] ERONGO governor Neville Andre on Tuesday said it was worrying that only 19% of the intended 121 000 people in the region targeted for vaccinations have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 so far.

[New Era] Otjinene -- Meatco Foundation in collaboration with UNIL (Norwegian Group) and Global Protein Solutions (GPS) last weekend handed over a completed water borehole valued at N$450 000 to the Goreses community.

[New Era] Overflowing sewage has been a headache at the Ngweze Primary School for many years, with learners and staff fearing the stagnant sewage water will compromise their health.

[Namibia Economist] Following an agreement signed this week, the current minimum wage of 2017 is to be increased by 18% as of 1 January 2022, bringing the value of the minimum basic wage of farmworkers to N$ 1 653.00 per month.

[Namibian] WHILE many may have been looking forward to hearing evidence from former justice minister Sacky Shanghala and his business partner James Hatuikulipi, it was already reported by The Namibian at the start of the proceedings last week that th...