KEETMANSHOOP – As part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the Covid-19 response taskforce in Lüderitz recently set up a roadblock outside the harbour town.
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2020-04-072024-05-07National
Councillor warned against meddling in drought relief programme
OMUTHIYA – Tsumeb constituency councillor Lebbius Tobias’ alleged interference in the drought relief food distribution programme has drawn the ire of Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila.
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2020-04-072024-05-07National
Police, NDF enforce virus adherence in Kavango West
NKURENKURU – People who visit Kavango West region may think there is total adherence to the state of emergency laws arising from the global coronavirus pandemic, as many alcohol outlets are closed and there is limited movement of people.
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2020-04-072024-05-07National
Namibia to receive Covid-19 testing gear from UN nuclear agency
VIENNA – The UN atomic agency is sending an initial batch of equipment to about 40 countries, including Namibia, with which they will be able to perform a standard test for the coronavirus involving a technique derived from nuclear science, it said last week.
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2020-04-072024-04-30Front Page News
Burst water pipe nearly drowns sleeping toddler
WALVIS BAY – A three-year old boy almost drowned last night, while about a 100 people were rendered homeless when a burst water pipe flooded at least 30 shacks at the Namport suburb in Kuisebmond.
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2020-04-072024-04-30Front Page News
Indecision on school re-opening modalities
Though the education ministry insisted schools re-open on 20 April, they could not give the nation assurance on how teaching and learning will take place without a classroom.
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2020-04-072024-05-07National
Reports linking first family to Covid-19 fund dismissed
State House has dismissed rumours circulating on social media linking President Hage Geingob and his wife Monica Geingos to the distribution of the emergency package announced by government last week to support households that have lost incomes as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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2020-04-072024-04-30Front Page News
Omusati man rapes, impregnates niece
A 38-year-old man was arrested over the weekend at Olukulo village in Tsandi for the alleged rape that led to him impregnating a 14-year-old niece.
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2020-04-072024-04-30Front Page News
Geingob seeks divine intervention against Covid-19
President Hage Geingob has called on Namibians to observe tomorrow as a national day of prayer against the threat of Covid-19, which has so far claimed the lives of 70 000 people around the world.
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2020-04-072024-04-30Front Page News
Stadium shelters the homeless
About 246 people without shelter from Khomas region were temporarily relocated to makeshift accommodation at Katutura Youth Complex and Khomasdal Soccer Stadium during the duration of the entire lockdown affecting Khomas and the Erongo regions.