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An unemployed couple from Havana informal settlement in Windhoek says they are finding it hard to survive and provide for their six-week-old triplets. The triplets were delivered prematurely at Windhoek Central Hospital on 18 February. Ester Nghipewa (28) says it’s hard to breastfeed on an empty stomach. Because she is unable to produce milk for […]
National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) president Ester Muinjangue has endorsed her vice president, Peter Kazongomuinja, to stand as party president at the party’s upcoming congress. The event is scheduled for 12 to 13 July. This comes after Kazongomuinja told Desert Radio on Tuesday that Muinjangue will not stand for a second term as party president. […]
The Khomas region and China’s Jiangsu province’s foreign affairs office yesterday signed a work plan agreement focusing on six programmes for the next five years. The Chinese delegation, which includes the governor of the Jiangsu provincial government, Ma Xin, is in Namibia for the twinning partnership this week. Khomas regional governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua said the […]
The three dams that are major sources of water for Windhoek are now filled to only 18,7% of their combined storage capacity, the Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater) reported yesterday. NamWater reported in its weekly update on dam levels countrywide that the Swakoppoort, Von Bach and Omatako dams, from which water is supplied to Windhoek, Okahandja […]
The Namibian Police are working with officials in neighbouring countries and members of the public to apprehend the remaining suspects who escaped from the Katima Mulilo Police Station last week. They have called on the public to assist the police by providing information that may aid the investigation. On Sunday, the station commander chief inspector […]
Some casual workers employed by the Ministry of Health and Social Services in 2017, picketed at Katutura Hospital on Thursday, demanding permanent employment and handing over a petition to the ministry. Group spokesperson Isai Shapwa said they were all promised permanent jobs by the government, but that nothing has materialised to date. He said the […]
Faith Enkali (20), the Namibian student who went missing in the Western Cape in South Africa (SA) last Monday, has been found, said executive director of international relations and cooperation Penda Naanda on Tuesday morning. “Yes, indeed he has been found and the family has been informed,” Naanda said Enkali, who has only been in […]
The manifesto of former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto Wesizwe party is probably the most radical assemblage of promises of any party likely to win a significant share of the vote in the upcoming general election. It promises to literally remove the Constitution and to dramatically increase the role of the state in the economy. It […]
A group of eight people were charged and sentenced on Monday by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg after they defrauded the South African Revenue Service (Sars) a staggering R100 million. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said that between 2009 and 2015, the group operated a VAT syndicate which involved fraudulently claiming Value Added […]
Sabreen was dead before she could look into the baby’s eyes or hold her. The young mother had carried her child through seven-and-a-half months of pregnancy. They were days and nights of constant fear, but Sabreen hoped the family’s luck would hold until the war ended. That luck vanished in the roar and fire of […]