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Kapere to get official funeral
09 Dec

Kapere to get official funeral

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Staff Writer President Hage Geingob has conferred an Official Funeral on the late Mandela Kapere, Chief Public Relations Officer in the Office of the President, Dennis Shikwambi, confirmed to Windhoek Observer. Kapere, a former Executive Chairperson National Youth Council, served as SWAPO Member of Parliament and Chairperson of Human Resources committee. “Our nation and the Swapo Party lost a talented and dynamic Parliamentarian who played a vital role in shaping the trajectory of youth leadership and the development of young people,” President Geingob said. Kapere died yesterday 7 December, aged 38 of COVID-19.
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COVID vaccine to cost Namibia N$200 million …only 20% of population to access drug
09 Dec

COVID vaccine to cost Namibia N$200 million …only 20% of population to access drug

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Andrew Kathindi It has emerged that Namibia must spend around N$200 million on the COVID-19 vaccine that will only be made available to 20 percent of the population. This comes as Ministry of Health and Social Services Executive Director Ben Nangombe revealed that the government, last week, already processed payment for the initial 15 percent of the fee, which came up to N$29 million following Treasury approval. Nangombe told Windhoek Observer that he is unsure when the vaccine is likely to reach Namibia but that it was unlikely to be this year. Given that the vaccine has only been rolled…
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DRC backs SADC Parliament bid
08 Dec

DRC backs SADC Parliament bid

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Moses Magadza The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Professor Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba , has pronounced his country’s support to efforts to transform the SADC Parliamentary Forum into a SADC Regional Parliament as his country assumed the presidency of the SADC PF. Ilunkamba spoke about the need for a SADC Parliament when he officially opened the 48th Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum on Friday. The DRC virtually hosted the Plenary which brought together over 120 members of Parliament and other delegates from 14 of the SADC PF Member States over two days. He recalled that…
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SADC MPs want end to armed insurgency in Mozambique
08 Dec

SADC MPs want end to armed insurgency in Mozambique

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Moses Magadza Windhoek – The 48th Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum has unanimously adopted a strongly-worded motion calling for urgent regional action to stop armed insurgents that are destabilising northern Mozambique. The Plenary is the highest decision-making body of the SADC PF which brings together 15 national parliaments of the SADC Region. It met virtually on Friday and Saturday with 14 of the Member Parliaments represented. The Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Advocate Jacob Francis Mudenda moved a motion exhorting the Plenary to condemn “the terrorist attacks in the Republic of Mozambique which are threatening the…
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Tjombonde appointed NIP CEO
08 Dec

Tjombonde appointed NIP CEO

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Staff Writer The board of Namibia Institute of Pathology Limited (NIP) has announced the appointment of Kapenaurue Tjombonde as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer for a five yearfive-year term, effective from 1 February 2021. Dr. David Uirab was currently acting in the position after having been seconded by the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) to act in the position since September 2019. The appointment of Tjombonde comes as the company has been without a substantive CEO since the suspension and exit of its former CEO, Augustinus Katiti, in September 2018. Tjombonde is currently the Executive: Business Registration…
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Founding President hospitalized with COVID-19
08 Dec

Founding President hospitalized with COVID-19

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Staff Writer President Hage Geingob has announced that founding President Sam Nujoma has been hospitalized with COVID-19. “I hereby wish to inform the Namibian people that HE Dr Sam Shafishuna Nujoma, the Founding President of the Republic of Namibia was admitted to hospital on 6 December 2020, after testing positive for COVID-19,” said Geingob. “The Founding President is receiving treatment in hospital, is in a stable condition and is showing encouraging signs of improvement.” This comes as Nujoma's sister Sofia Asino died of COVID-19 in Windhoek in August this year. Asino was cremated shortly after her death. Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba…
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PDM backtracks on Swapo coalition stance
08 Dec

PDM backtracks on Swapo coalition stance

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Andrew Kathindi In a major clamp down, Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has said that it is willing to form a coalition with Swapo in local and regional bodies if there is no other option, a shift from a directive the official opposition party had made earlier this month. This comes as PDM councilor in the Berseba Village Council, Valentia Motinga disobeyed her party’s directives and formed a coalition with Swapo. This resulted in her being declared chairperson of the village council, supported by the Swapo candidates. This occurred, allegedly, amid reports that an agreement had earlier been struck with Landless…
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Education and child marriage in focus …as MPs meet to discuss impact of COVID-19
05 Dec

Education and child marriage in focus …as MPs meet to discuss impact of COVID-19

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Moses Magadza WINDHOEK - Data generated by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) shows that there has been a marked decrease in the prevalence of child marriage in East and Southern Africa, but a spike of such cases in West and Central Africa, according to an official. Ms Yvette Kathurima Muhia, the Head of Engagement at Girls Not Brides – an organisation that brings together more than 1000 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) striving to end child marriage globally – recently told SADC PF Members of Parliament that progress against the phenomenon had not been uniform across all regions. The lawmakers…
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Khomas region tops COVID-19 cases …as the country records 122 new cases
04 Dec

Khomas region tops COVID-19 cases …as the country records 122 new cases

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Helena Johannes On Thursday Namibia recorded 122 positive cases of COVID-19, the highest number recorded in recent months, with Khomas region leading with 66 of the total cases. The development comes after the country held its Regional and Local Authorities elections and the region having previously topped as the epicenter of the pandemic prior. Health minister, Kalumbi Shangula said the confirmed cases represent a nine percent positivity ratio, which is three times the ratio reported the previous day. “The increasing number of new Covid-19 cases in the Khomas district is concerning and calls for extra precaution especially during this time…
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Pendukeni warns Swapo
04 Dec

Pendukeni warns Swapo

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Andrew Kathindi Former Swapo Secretary General and cabinet minister, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has warned that if the ruling party fails to introspect and iron out internal differences, the party could be in for a rude awakening in the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections. This comes as the ruling party lost numerous local authorities and constituencies in the recently held elections, including key economic towns such as Windhoek, Keetmanshoop, Swakopmund and Walvis Bay. “If this leadership is not carrying out an agenda to destroy Swapo, and what happened was just a mistake, then they will call for indaba, because Swapo has…
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