Cuba – Windhoek Observer

02 Jul

Swapo won’t betray liberation friends: Geingob

ObserverNational NewsChina, Cuba, Swapo Party President Hage Geingob, Swapo won't betray liberation friends: Geingob, Tanzania and Russia

Obrein Simasiku Swapo Party President Hage Geingob has come out strongly against those expecting Namibia to turn its back against Russia in its fight against Ukraine. ‘’Namibia will not betray its' liberation friends, because it values the help extended to it during the struggle to liberate the country from the apartheid regime,’’ Geingob stated emphatically. "Today we have our liberation friends here, represented by ambassadors from China, Cuba, Tanzania and Russia. This shows these are the people who were there for us and where it all started in the liberation fight, leading to how we won our independence. Although Zambia…

03 Jul

Long live Republic of Cuba!

ObserverUncategorisedCuba, New Economic Order

Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro Global news has it that Cuba has developed her own Covid-19 vaccine with an efficacy of 92%. For any internationalist this is surely good news and one cannot but wish the Cuban people all the best in this great feat. Which, ultimately, knowing the international solidarity that Cuba has been renowned for years in not only believing and espousing it, but practically manifesting it, she is bound to benefit not only the Cuban people, but at one point or another she is bound to practically extend her achievements on the medicinal sphere, relating to the Pandemic on this…

15 Sep

Govt still to deliver Cuba student parcels …as students plead for President’s intervention

ObserverObserver MoneyCuba, Namibian Ambassador to Cuba, Samuel /Gôagoseb

Andrew Kathindi Namibian medical students in Cuba are pleading with President Hage Geingob to assist with the delivery of parcels organized by the relatives, amid claims some of the items are spoiling in the Health Ministry’s facility storage. This comes two months after a South African Airways plane which was scheduled to travel to Cuba on 3 July with the said parcels left with only Namibian Ambassador to Cuba, Samuel /Gôagoseb, without the packages. The students have now accused the Health Ministry of abandoning them and leaving their items to rot, after no progress has been made on delivering their…

16 Jun

NSFAF funded foreign study is unaffordable

ObserverNational NewsCuba, NSFAF, students

NSFAF can no longer support Namibians attending foreign universities. The little money that remains in state coffers, cannot be stretched that far. All students that have completed half of their requirements (for example) could be funded to finish. But, all others must return and the program shut down. NSFAF funds are loans. Those receiving them should be allowed to spend them on the education of their choosing. Unpredictable foreign exchange fluctuations; the high cost of sending money; and the lack of funds to assist students in emergency situations, makes the program untenable. There are good reasons to support foreign study…