More than 183 000 senior citizens receive a monthly social grant, which costs the State some N$3.9 billion annually and constitutes coverage of 96% of those qualified to benefit.
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2020-10-122024-05-06Business
Travel restrictions hamper southern Africa’s economic recovery
The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) has warned that if the latest leisure travel restrictions are maintained, southern Africa’s aviation industry and the region’s entire economy will face a much slower and arduous recovery.
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2020-10-122024-05-07National
Potable water no longer a dream for Tondoro residents
NKURENKURU – Villages in the Kavango West’s Tondoro constituency last week received a donation of 40 bundles of water pipes from the Tulikwateseni Community Trust, which will be installed to supply them with potable water.
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2020-10-122024-05-07National
SADC parliament on the horizon
The transformation of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) into SADC Regional Parliament is now a question of when and not if it happens, as calls for the realisation of the long-cherished dream are becoming more strident.
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2020-10-122024-06-18Crime and Courts
PG to decide fate of confessed rapist
The fate of a Windhoek resident who confessed under oath of abducting and sexually violating a minor last year is now in the hands of the prosecutor general.
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2020-10-122024-06-18Crime and Courts
Investigations into spate of murders
ONGWEDIVA – The past weekend was once again marred by a spate of killings, especially in northern Namibia where a number of them were reported and currently the subject of investigation by the authorities.
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2020-10-122024-06-18Crime and Courts
Accused goat thief gets bail
ONGWEDIVA – A 29-year-old man was granted bail of N$800 in the Outapi Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for allegedly stealing a goat at Etayi in the Omusati region recently.
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2020-10-122024-06-18Crime and Courts
Soldier’s murder case deferred
The case of a Namibian Defence Force (NDF) soldier, who is facing criminal charges for allegedly shooting and killing a Zimbabwean national last year, is scheduled to continue next year.
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2020-10-122024-05-07National
PDM promises 300 000 new homes
The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) pledged on Saturday to prioritise urban housing that would see up to 300 000 new homes countrywide through the party’s ‘One Namibia, One Plot’ Policy.
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2020-10-122024-05-07National
Grants for visually impaired ‘abused’
Besides the discrimination and stigmatisation visually impaired people often face in society, many also experience abuse of their monthly social grants at the hands of their families.