The World Bank projects Namibia’s extreme poverty rate to rise by nearly 2.7 percentage points in 2020, as the
Covid-19 pandemic threatens to widen existing large income gaps and increase the already extremely high inequality.
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2020-11-242024-05-07Lifestyle
unWrap – Members refuse to endorse NAA plan
The Namibian Arts Association (NAA) AGM which was held on 11 November did not bear the fruits that some of the members expected.
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2020-11-242024-05-07Lifestyle
unWrap – Covid-19 relief fund selection causes concern
The sixth and final cycle of the National Arts Council of Namibia (NACN) relief fund, which amounted to N$974,999.80 came with some artists not receiving any grants.
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2020-11-242024-05-07Opinions
Opinion – Epoch of the President’s guardianship of the Namibian house
A sitting president is judged against his predecessor.
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2020-11-242024-05-07Opinions
Opinion – A duty to celebrate our victories as a nation
After decades of fighting for the liberation of the oppressed and humiliated black majority of our country, 19 June 1989 marked the return of the senior leadership of the liberation movement, Swapo.
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2020-11-242024-05-07National
Pensioner (70) takes own life
RUNDU – A 70-year-old pensioner committed suicide by hanging herself with a wire at Satotwa on the western
outskirts of Rundu.
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2020-11-242024-05-07National
Mine supports efforts to fight Covid-19
KEETMANSHOOP – //Kharas governor Aletha Frederick says port health services play an important role in the prevention
and control of the international spread of diseases and create a safe environment at ports of entry.
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2020-11-242024-05-07National
SADC MPs seek deeper understanding of corruption
Members of parliament on the Standing Committee on Democratisation, Governance and Human Rights of the SADC Parliamentary Forum are boosting their understanding of corruption as they seek to eradicate the scourge.
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2020-11-242024-05-07National
Male circumcision vital to HIV prevention strategy
RUNDU – Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula says voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is an integral part
of Namibia’s HIV prevention strategy and has thus called upon men to get a “smart cut” in order to reduce the risk of contracting HIV.
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2020-11-242024-05-07National
Remain with Swapo, Mbumba urges
AROAB – Vice President Nangolo Mbumba said Namibia can only be governed by leaders who work in solidarity like those of the Swapo party.