The government has spent over N$12 million compensating for cases against the Ministry of Health and Social Services for medical legal claims arising from the work of health professionals across health facilities over the past five years. Responding to Nampa on Wednesday, the ministry’s spokesperson Walters Kamaya stated that the cases are mostly obstetric-related, which...
The Republican Party has promised that once elected into power, it would nationalise the mining and fishing industries as part of its effort to ensure a fair distribution of natural resources. The party, which is expected to participate in the general elections slated for 27 November this year, said it will ensure the fair distribution...
Auleria Wakudumo Ovanahambo ve dule po85 ova shaina ve li omhinge needalate da tavakana Okashana kUukongo waNehale mOndonga. Ovanahambo ova tula oukuni kumwe konima eshi oohandimwe va kala nokungungutula kombinga yonghalo oyo elelo laNdonga la tula oimuna yavo. Ovanahambo otava fininikwa vati va fiye po eehambo davo opo pa ye eedalate doohandimwe. Ovanahambo otava ti...
Jazema Hangero Dave Veziruapi Rukero omupiuke movyombazu u nongendo nomuihamwatima nomuano oviṋa tjiva vyombazu mbu vi ungurwa. Na raisa kutja tji vi ha petererwepo ombazu mai pandjara onḓengu.Omayamberero omeero wapamwe wotjiwaṋa okuyandja ondjozikiro komundu poo ovandu mba rara poruveze rorive ndo. Okuyambera okupaha otjiwa notjiyangapara nokuzemburuka ovakuru mena roviungura oviwa mbi va ungura. Omundu tja...
WELLINGTON – New Zealand police said yesterday they have recovered 29 methamphetamine tablets disguised as pineapple sweets that were mistakenly handed out to the public in charity packs. Police are racing to track down more of the brightly-wrapped drugs, which were anonymously donated to anti-poverty charity Auckland City Mission and unwittingly redistributed.In tests, one of...
KYIV – President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday Ukrainian troops had “advanced well” in Russia’s Kursk region, as Kyiv’s biggest cross-border attack stretched into a second week. The Ukrainian army entered the Kursk region on 6 August, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II....
UNITED NATIONS – Dai Bing, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, on Wednesday urged the international community to earnestly respect South Sudan’s sovereignty and ownership in its political transition, and refrain from interventionist pressurising or imposing external standards. South Sudan has been making great efforts to promote political transition and maintain national stability,...
DAKAR – Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Wednesday called for “appropriate recovery measures” for the national press, following sweeping strikes by the media industry over perceived economic pressures and threats to press freedom. Faye demanded a “renewed dialogue with the national press,” which “deserves the particular attention of the government and appropriate recovery measures”,...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Hot on the heels of his American trip, renowned musician Venaune Ben Kandukira, famously known as Big Ben, is set to perform in Gloucester, United Kingdom this weekend. Big Ben, who was initially booked to perform at a private wedding ceremony in Thames River on 3 August, got an unexpected invitation to also...
BEIJING – Chinese retail sales rebounded in July while industrial production growth slowed, official data showed yesterday, highlighting an uneven recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. More than a year and a half after the lifting of stringent Covid-19 measures, the much-anticipated post-pandemic recovery has been brief and less robust than expected, while a property...