WALVIS BAY – Three Oceans Seafood Distributors Namibia donated horse mackerel worth N$900 000 to the disaster risk management committee of Walvis Bay to assist vulnerable members of society in the Erongo region during the current Covid-19 lockdown. The fish was handed over by Denise Visser, managing partner of the company, to Walvis Bay urban constituency councillor Knowledge Iipinge for further distribution.
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2020-04-032024-05-07National
Executive directors redeployed
Secretary to Cabinet George Simataa on Wednesday announced the redeployment of executive directors, following the recent announcement of the new government structure.
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2020-04-032024-05-07National
Toaster-sized ventilator from India helps hospitals in virus fight
NEW DELHI – Originally created by a robot scientist and a neurosurgeon to help India’s poor, a toaster-sized ventilator is offering hope in the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic and demand is booming.
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2020-04-032024-05-07National
US puts federal prisons on lockdown over virus fears
WASHINGTON – The US confined all its federal inmates, nearly 170,000 people, to their cells and wards Wednesday for at least two weeks to prevent an outbreak of new coronavirus, an especially dire concern in the country with the world’s largest prison population. At least two inmates have died of the Covid-19 illness so far in one Louisiana penitentiary -- the first on Saturday, and a second on Wednesday, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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2020-04-032024-05-07National
As world battles virus, governments under fire
PARIS – As the world battles the coronavirus pandemic, the main question for most is simply: “When will it end?” But other, troubling questions are starting to be asked of governments.
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2020-04-032024-05-07National
Municipality refutes allegations from residents
KEETMANSHOOP – Keetmanshoop mayor Gaudentia Kröhne said residents should be informed that there are three concerned groups active in Keetmanshoop.
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2020-04-032024-05-07Focus
Remove all factors promoting inequity in vocational education
Policymakers acknowledge that TVET is crucial to Namibia’s socio-economic development. But, three indefensible inequities continue to exist in the TVET sector.
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2020-04-032024-05-07Focus
Dingake’s book demystifies the work of judges
Like many people, I have been holed up in my residence in keeping with a recently-imposed lockdown as the world responds to Covid-19.
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2020-04-032024-05-07Focus
At US food banks, a cupboard increasingly bare
WASHINGTON – Volunteers are staying home and donations have dried up. The coronavirus pandemic is pressuring US food banks, just as the number of people in need increases.
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2020-04-032024-05-07Letters
Africans should collaborate on Covid-19
The reason Coronavirus was declared a global pandemic is this crisis, the worst catastrophe post-World War II, is spreading at unprecedented levels, overwhelming health sectors in America and Europe, where health facilities are adequately funded and are world-class with modern equipment.