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THE water crisis in the northern region of Namibia appears to be over.

05 August 2021 | Accidents NEW BEGINNING: DRC fire victims show off their identity documents alongside home affairs minister Albert Kawana, Erongo regional governor Neville Andre and Swakopmund mayor, Louisa Kativa. Photo: Contributed Adolf Kaure SWAKOPMUND Home affairs minister Albert Kawana recently handed over 33 identity documents (IDs) and birth certificates to the victims of a recent fire in the DRC informal settlement in Swakopmund. A fire gutted a number of shacks on 16 July and destroy...

28 July 2021 | Health SMALL WINDOW: The World Health Organisation said the second dose of AstraZeneca can be delayed by up to six weeks without any adverse health implications. PHOTO: Nampa-AFP JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEK Government has expressed serious concern with the perpetual delays of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine delivery, which has now put the vaccination process in jeopardy. Namibia has resumed its vaccination campaign with 250 000 doses of the Chinese-produced Sinopharm after an abrupt hal...

Staff Reporter A 49-year-old man died in an accident on the C-34 road yesterday. According to the Namibian police’s Erongo commander of community affairs, Inspector Ileni Shapumba, the accident took place on the outskirts of Henties Bay. A car collided with a truck that was attempting to make a U-turn, ending under its trailer. “It is alleged that a 23-year-old Zimbabwean national, the driver of a Freightliner truck with trailer, took a wrong route from Walvis Bay en-route to Zimbabwe.” W...

OSHAKATI The health ministry has ordered its staff members in the north to show up for work even if they are infected with Covid-19, as long as they are not severely ill. In a letter written at the beginning of this month titled ‘procedure to follow when staff is a Covid-19 suspect or positive’, Oshakati hospital acting medical superintendent Dr Asumani Kibandwa said while he is aware that Namibia is dealing with its most devastating and lethal wave of Covid-19, they have noted with concer...

21 July 2021, 21:50 UTC Millions of people in southern Angola are facing an existential threat as drought aggravated by climate change continues to ravage the region, Amnesty International said today. The organization highlighted how the creation of commercial cattle ranches on community land has driven  pastoralist communities from their land since the end of the civil war in 2002 - a shift which left huge sections of the population food insecure and paved the way for a humanitarian crisis as...

​​​Angola: Millions facing hunger, as thousands flee their homes as drought ravages the south of Angola Format Millions of people in southern Angola are facing an existential threat as drought aggravated by climate change continues to ravage the region, Amnesty International said today. The organization highlighted how the creation of commercial cattle ranches on community land has driven pastoralist communities from their land since the end of the civil war in 2002 - a shift which left ...

1 uur gelede | Gesondheid Maandag is volgens die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie (WHO) en die ministerie van gesondheid en maatskaplike se daaglikse situasieverslag oor die Covid-19-pandemie net 730 nuwe gevalle van Covid... 11 ure gelede | Gesondheid Tanja Bause – By die Gammams begraafplaas in Pionierspark word Covid-19-grafte nou gegrawe in die paadjie wat tussen die grafte en die grensdraad loop. Ook... 11 ure gelede | Afrika Ronelle Rademeyer – Vervoermaatskappye in Namibië het reeds in...

14 July 2021 | Gesondheid Tanja Bause – By die Gammams begraafplaas in Pionierspark word Covid-19-grafte nou gegrawe in die paadjie wat tussen die grafte en die grensdraad loop. Ook die blombedding in die middel van die begraafplaas word nou gebruik om mense wat in die coronaviruspandemie dood is, ter ruste te lê. Intussen het mnr. Harold Akwenye, n woordvoerder vir die munisipaliteit, bevestig die krematorium is opnuut buite werking. “n Waaier het op 4 Julie by die krematorium gebreek ...

14 July 2021 | Afrika Ronelle Rademeyer – Vervoermaatskappye in Namibië het reeds inkomsteverliese van miljoene Namibiese dollar gely as gevolg van die geweldpleging in KwaZulu-Natal en Gauteng omdat hulle nie verspreidingsentrums kan bereik om vrag te laai nie. “Verbruikers hier in Namibië gaan dit voel, want ons kan nie uitkom by die plekke waar ons moet vragte laai nie. Ons trek al by Dinsdag en ons lorries staan. Hoewel daar gelukkig nie van ons lorries aan die brand gesteek is nie, l...