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By Eoin McSweeney, CNN Updated 1:35 PM ET, Mon October 19, 2020 Protesters hold placards during the second day of the #ShutItDown Protests, in Windhoeks Central Business District, on October 9, 2020. (CNN)Protesters in Namibia campaigning against sexual and gender-based violence are calling for a state of emergency to be declared across the country, while pledging to renew their Shut It All Down campaign of disruption if authorities do not act. The protests, planned online in response to news...

Thursday, 31. December 2020 - 14:46 Photo credits:  NAMPA The Ministry of Works and Transports Meteorological Department has warned that the country is expected to receive heavy rainstorms between Thursday and Saturday. In a media statement on Wednesday, Chief Meteorological Technician, Odillo Kgobetsi, noted that widespread heavy rainstorms of more than 50 millimetres are expected over the northern, central and eastern regions of the country, where flash floods will most likely result over th...

Tropical storm heading straight for Namibia   A DEEP low-pressure system currently situated over Namibia combined with tropical storm Chalane bearing down on the country from the east will see heavy downpours occurring over large parts of the country over the next few days.   The tropical storm has already made landfall in Mozambique on Monday and in Zimbabwe, flood warnings have been issued.   Moist air over central Africa is being drawn down over Namibia by the deep low-pressure system tha...

Region lost a treasure   COMMANDER, fast-thinker, observer, a strategical and visionary leader were the words used to describe the late Inspector of Education of the Oshakati circuit in Oshana region Nikodemus Amupolo better known as “Niko”, who passed on Thursday at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital.   Mourners from all four corners of the country gathered at Iipumbu and Onawa Secondary Schools hall to pay their last respect to a fallen hero of education.   Oshana Education Director, H...

High demand for tests cause testing backlog   THE number of COVID-19 patients that have been admitted to the intensive care units of various hospitals in Namibia has increased significantly.   Of the 202 patients currently receiving treatment for the illness caused by SARS-CoV2, 34 are currently receiving critical care in hospitals in the Khomas and Erongo regions.   The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula also announced that 330 new cases and one COVID-19 fatality w...

Record increase in new COVID cases   NEW COVID-19 cases in Namibia reached a new record high number after 585 people had positive test results from a specimen batch of only 2 676.   At 22%, the positivity ratio observed from specimens analysed by the various laboratories is the cause for extreme concern for health authorities in Namibia.   The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, while announcing the shocking COVID-19 statistics again beseeched everyone to observe an...

Views: Visits 12 Leaking drains, broken toilets and green, smelly sewage water. These are the conditions officials at the Omahenene border post live in. The officials work for the ministries of agriculture, finance, health, police and immigration while some work for Amta and the Namibia Agronomic Board. They all live in the Omahenene border post accommodation the government built, and they were accommodated there in 2013. However, the officials told The Namibian this week that they hav...

New COVID cases keep on spiking   ALTHOUGH a total of 187 new COVID-19 cases may sound as if numbers are declining, the fact that it came from a test batch of 928 samples means that the infection rate stands at 20 percent.   On Monday 190 new cases were registered but that number represented an infection rate of less than 10 percent of the sample batch that was tested by the various laboratories.   The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula over the past two days also r...

Sports The clock is ticking for the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) to reconsider the application by the Namibia Premier League (NPL) for registration as a national sports body in terms of the Namibia Sports Act 2003 (Act No. 12 of 2003) (“the Act”). Following days of uncertainty on whether or not the envisioned Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) will kick off next month, the secretary general of the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Franco Cosmos, yesterday came out to reaffirm th...

Michelline Nawatises Roza Johannes was born and raised at Ondangwa in the Oshana Region. She grew up in a loving home with her parents and siblings. Years later her parents sent her to boarding school. “I passed grade 12 with flying colours. I was then, accepted at the University of Namibia ,which was the greatest accomplishment in my life,” she says. Johannes holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with industrial psychology and sociology as majors. A year ago, she was excited when the opportunit...