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03 Aug

National Assembly maintains right procedures were followed

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyElectoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), National Assembly (NA)

Andrew Kathindi The National Assembly (NA) is maintaining the right procedures were followed when the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) Chairperson and Commissioners were appointed last week. Opposition members of the NA have said they will take the matter to the courts after finding the entire procedure illegal. “What I can tell you at this point is that they have said it, that they will go to court, so we are just waiting for the papers to be served,” Secretary to the NA, Lydia Kandetu, told Windhoek Observer. Quizzed on whether the right procedures were followed, Kandetu says, “I believe…

03 Aug

1000 succumb to Covid in one month …as Namibia surpasses the 3000 mark in deaths

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyCovid-19, Gobabis, Oshakati, Rundu, Swakopmund, Windhoek

Tujoromajo Kasuto Namibia’s Covid-19 death toll has reached an alarming 3000 and continues to grow at a gradual pace, with the country recording over 1500 deaths in July only. Since the outbreak of the virus up to June 30, Namibia had recorded a total of 1521 deaths. The country has now exceeded the 3000 COVID-19 death mark, based on the latest figures from the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), with a total of 3064 recorded deaths. With 1543 of them only in July. On 14 July the highest number of deaths of 150 were recorded in one day…

02 Aug

Redline case starts end of August

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyJob Shipululo Amupanda, Windhoek High Court, Windhoek’s Mayor

Tujoromajo Kasuto Windhoek’s Mayor, Job Shipululo Amupanda, says the Redline case is expected to start end of August in the Windhoek High Court. With the case Amupanda is challenging the continued existence of the Redline, also referred to as the Veterinary Cordon Fence (VCF), for more than 100 years. “The court case in which the Land Minister Calle Schlectwein and the government are fighting and defending to keep the colonial instrument, the 1896 Redline that discriminated more than 60 percent of the Namibian [population] for more than 1245 years, will officially start the case planning, before Justice Shafimana Ueitele on…

02 Aug

Government concerned about Northern vaccination reluctance

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyMinister of Health and Social Services Kalumbi Shangula

Andrew Kathindi Minister of health and Social Services Kalumbi Shangula, is raising concern over the low number of people being vaccinated in northern Namibia. The Government has relaxed some of the measures being used to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country. “Of the various vaccine sites that I visited, I found no, or only a few persons who have come for vaccination. While vaccination teams were deployed at the sites, members of the public have not showed up,” says Shangula. According to him he was informed by vaccination officials that the daily average of vaccines at their respective…

30 Jul

Health Ministry shrugs off reports against J&J vaccine

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyJohnson & Johnson, Kalumbi Shangula, Minister of Health and Social Services

Tujoromajo Kasuto Minister of Health and Social Services, Kalumbi Shangula, says Namibia will go ahead with the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine despite reports declaring the vaccine to be less effective against the Delta variant. “We don’t base judgment on a single source,” sates Shangula adding that the public will be notified when the ministry has received the dosses and how much the government has forked out to acquire the dosses. The Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), Ben Nangombe, also shruggs of reports that the Johnson & Johnson's Corona virus vaccine, which…

30 Jul

Opposition parties to challenge Noa re-appointment

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyAnti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Paulus Noa, Popular Democratic Movement (PDM)

Andrew Kathindi Opposition parties in the National Assembly will oppose a decision by this chambers to re-appoint Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director General, Paulus Noa, and his second in charge, Deputy Director General, Erna van der Merwe, Windhoek Observer can reveal. This was confirmed by Popular Democratic Movement Leader, McHenry Venaani, following a special session of the National Assembly today which approved President Hage Geingob’s nominations of Noa and van der Merwe. “All the opposition [parties] together have just taken a decision that we are approaching the court on an urgent basis to nullify that decision,” Venaani tells Windhoek Observer. Noa…

29 Jul

ACC’s boss, Parliament debate on hold . . . following chaos in August House

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyAnti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Covid-19, Parliament, Paulus Noa

Andrew Kathindi The debate on the re-appointment of Director–General of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Paulus Noa, is indefinitely on hold after Parliament descended into chaos. Swapo’s Party’s Chief Whip, Hambyuka, Hamunyela, proposed an “end” to the debate after nearly two hours into the debate. “I move in terms of rule 106 A of the standing rules and order that the question be now put to the speaker to close the debate.” The motion, which the Speaker tried to correct as not a motion, was not received well by the members of the Nati0nal Assembly with Speaker of Peter Katjavivi, stating…

28 Jul

Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb and Ohorongo Cement collaborating to fight COVID-19

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyDundee Precious Metals Tsumeb, Hans Wilhelm Schütte, Ohorongo Cement, Zebra Kasete

Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb and Ohorongo Cement through the Ohorongo Otavi Community Trust partnered to donate 10 hospital beds and installation of oxygen supply points valued at N$300 000.00 to the Tsumeb District Private Hospital on Thursday, 22nd July 2021. The hospital experienced a shortage of beds and oxygen supply points, which prompted the collaborated assistance from Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb and Ohorongo Cement. The Tsumeb District Private Hospital have their own oxygen generating plant, the support provided will also relieve the pressure on the Tsumeb State Hospital as the private hospital will now assist more patients with a stable…

28 Jul

Northern Namibia may become epicentre

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyBen Nangombe, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS)

Tujoromajo Kasuto Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), Executive Director, Ben Nangombe, is urging people in the north to comply with Covid-19 regulations or otherwise the northern part of the county might become the new epicentre. Nangombe however states that, “It is too early to say” to decide if as yet the north is the new Covid-19 epicentre in the country. He says people are urged to comply with the measures that are already in place, like the restriction of movement between the zones, to observe social distance, to sanitize, avoid unnecessary gatherings and so forth, as these measures…

28 Jul

PDM to oppose Noa’s re-appointment

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyAnti-Corruption Commission (ACC), McHenry Venaani, Paulus Noa, Popular Democratic Movement (PDM)

Andrew Kathindi The Leader of the official opposition, Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), McHenry Venaani says his party will reject the nomination of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director General, Paulus Noa, when the matter is brought for debate tomorrow, 28 July. Prime Minister, Saara Kugongelwa, on Tuesday afternoon confirmed to the National Assembly, which met for a special session after it has been on an indefinite break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that Noa and his second in charge, Erna van der Merwe, have been nominated by President Hage Geingob. “We are going to vehemently argue against the reappointment of Noa. He…