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Health ministry warns FMD is different from hand, foot and mouth disease
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has warned the public against confusing foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) which affects animals, with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) which commonly affects children. The warning follows the detection of HFMD in 19 pupils at J&W Mouton Primary School on farm Karanas near Rehoboth in the Hardap region this […]
NamPower apologises after midnight blackout hits central, coast
NamPower has apologised to customers after a midnight power blackout plunged parts of central, coastal and southern Namibia into darkness on Thursday. The outage, which struck at 01h31, was caused by a fault on the 400kV system at Kokerboom substation in the ||Kharas region, the power utility said in a statement issued on Thursday. Power […]
Will Amutse pay for cement merger error? – IPC’s Hengombe
Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) parliamentarian Ferdinand Hengombe is demanding to know whether industries, mines and energy minister Modestus Amutse will be held liable for costs arising from his decision to overturn the Namibian Competition Commission’s rejection of the proposed Cheetah Cement and Ohorongo Cement merger. Hengombe raised the matter through questions tabled in the […]
Speaker rejects call to apologise to Amupanda, Haikola-Sakaria
An attempt to secure an apology to Affirmative Repositioning leader Job Amupanda and National Assembly member Ester Haikola-Sakaria, who were removed from the chamber last week during a protest, has been rejected by speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila. Swanu of Namibia president Evilastus Kaaronda on Tuesday said an apology and retraction by the minister of information and […]
Expert Andrew Brown warns parents about online dangers facing children
Cybersecurity expert Andrew Brown has warned parents that children may be interacting with strangers online without their knowledge. Brown was speaking at the Cybersafety for All seminar in Windhoek on Wednesday, saying platforms such as Roblox can provide children with social interaction, but parents may not know who their children are communicating with or what […]