A contractor has blocked a sewerage pond at Max Makushe Secondary School in the Kavango East Region due to what they regard as outstanding payments by the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture. The school has since suspended classes due to sewerage overflow. The school has been struggling to get a permanent solution for the...
Martin Endjala Paulus Mbangu, National Council and Member of Parliament says when he reflects on Namibia’s 34th Independence, there is a dark cloud still hanging over the country’s food security and that it is a problem that continues to persist. Mbangu said Independence Day is a time to celebrate the people, the culture and the...
Staff Reporter THE Municipal Council of Windhoek, along with other relevant stakeholders, has convened a consultative meeting to address the increasing number of homeless people and street children in the capital. The main aim of the meeting is to ensure that dignity is restored to these vulnerable groups of people. Queen Kamati, the Mayor of...
Die Unter- und Mangelernährung in Namibia nimmt zu; © borgogniels/iStock Die Unterernährung von Kindern in Namibia stellt aufgrund der Dürre ein immer ernsthafteres Problem dar. Dies mahnte Omaheke-Regionalgouverneur Pijoo Nganate laut dem Namibian an. So seien im vergangenen Jahr 45 Kinder allein in der östlichen Region an Mangelernährung gestorben. Insgesamt habe es 132 Fälle von...
Diabetes ist in Afrika und so auch in Namibia ein zunehmendes Problem; © Wavebreakmedia/iStock Etwa 90.000 Namibier leben mit Diabetes. Diese Zahl nannte Mary Nana Ama Branuto, amtierende Landesmanagerin der Weltgesundheitsorganisation WHO in Namibia. Die Krankheit sei ein zunehmendes Problem, vor allem auch in Afrika. Etwa 75 Prozent der Erkrankten leben in Entwicklungsländern, wo im...
Präsident Hage Geingob (Archivaufnahme); © Office of the Namibian President Staatspräsident Hage Geingob hat den immer weiter zunehmenden Drang lokaler Gruppen nach Anerkennung bemängelt. Dadurch würde der Staatsapparat unnötig beansprucht werden, so Geingob laut der New Era. Es könne und dürfe nicht sein, dass immer kleinere Untergruppen anerkannter traditioneller Verwaltungen ihre Selbständigkeit fordern. Dies würde...
Staff Reporter THE Ministry of Environment Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) has hit back at activists trying to smear the country’s reputation after a lion was put down in Palmfontein. The ministry clarified that the lion killed on 10th October 2023 in the Kunene region was declared a problem-causing animal and was put down for persistently...
The Health Professionals Council of South Africa is taking steps to address the growing problem of bogus doctors infiltrating the healthcare system. This comes after the Gauteng Department of Health took legal action against bogus TikTok doctor, Matthew Lani. It is alleged that Lani stole a second year medical intern’s identity. The council’s CEO, Magome...
Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate on Friday said the region is working hard to ensure that there are no more cases of malnutrition reported, with only one such case reported in August. Nganate made the remarks during a courtesy visit by the parliamentary standing committee on gender equality, social development and family affairs, led by its...