Namibia

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. He said local oxygen supply is threatened after the past week's turmoil, as supply chains…

The first vaccination drive through station at the Windhoek Showgrounds will start operations on Tuesday, 20 July. This initiative which is powered by Gondwana Collection Namibia, the Gondwana Care Trust, FNB Namibia, Vaccines for Hope and supported by several private companies, will allow people to get vaccinated in the safety…

IN a quest to secure a market for the northern livestock farmers, the national meat company, Meatco, is exploring new markets in Ghana and the DRC. It is doing so through a subsidiary, Meatco's Meatco Northern Communal Area (Pty) Ltd which is headed by Kingsley Kwenani. Kwenani was appointed last…

AT the time the United States and European countries had banned or limited the export of vaccines against the coronavirus to first deal with the pandemic at home, Russia was willing to share its Sputnik V with countries in need. However, the distribution often goes through middlemen who appear to…

Acting director general of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Paulus Noa, whose employment contract will come to an end this month, yesterday said it is premature to say whether or not he would accept a new five-year contract if offered one. Lawmakers will today meet for an extraordinary parliament session, called…

CATHERINE 'Cathy' Namundjebo says she tries to suppress her emotions when making coffins. She is acutely aware of the fact that her hard work will be used to bury a loved one in - especially since the country's Covid-19 deaths continue to spiral. Yet she cannot imagine doing anything else.…

The Board of Directors of the Electricity Control Board (ECB) and ECB Management on Monday announved the sad and untimely death of Mrs. Foibe Louise Namene, the Chief Executive Officer of the ECB. She passed away in a Windhoek hospital on 01 August, the ECB said in a statement. Namene…

Indian sprinter Dutee Chand continued her disappointing run at the Olympics as she failed to qualify for the women's 200m semifinals after finishing last in her heat here on Monday. Dutee registered a season's best timing of 23.85 seconds to finish seventh and last in Heat 4 which was topped…

TOKYO (AP) — The complex testosterone regulations in track and field have become an issue again at the Olympics after Namibian teenager Christine Mboma won a silver medal in the 200 meters after being banned from some other events because of her natural hormone levels. Mboma was one of two…

The year 2021 has not brought any respite to Namibia from the tragedy and hardship that befell the nation through the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, things have gotten worse and everyone is just battling to stay alive and trying to manage with the assets, resources and infrastructure that is available.…