The Kavango East region has marked major successes in reducing maternal death cases from 13 in 2019 to three in 2023, as well as implementing immunisation programmes in children, reaching 100% coverage in 2022. This was said by chief health programme officer Peter Haita when he presented an overview of the region’s health profile, on...
The deployment of the Namibian Navy on the Zambezi, Chobe, and Kavango rivers has reduced security challenges such as illegal border crossings, unregulated fishing, poaching, and drug smuggling, among others. This was said by the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, during the renaming of Naval Base Impalila to Naval Base Lieutenant General...
The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation has managed to reduce the pay-as-you-earn debt it owed the taxman to N$178 million, down from N$250 million. The N$250 million was part of the broadcaster’s historical debt, accumulated since 1996. Director-General Stanley Similo revealed this during the ‘Editor-in-Chief Reviews 2023’ interview, where he laid bare the finances of the nbc and...
The ||Kharas Region has recorded a 37% decrease in crime since the start of the festive season. Police Regional Commander, Commissioner Marius Katamila, attributed the crime reduction to police visibility, quick response time, and public collaboration. Three hundred and 78 crimes were reported this year, compared to six hundred during the same period last year....
President Hage Geingob has reduced his international trips from 74 days last year to 41 days this year – reducing his potential subsistence and travel (S&Ts) allowance to around N$715 000. The president’s biggest S&T source is N$210 200 from his 11-day stay in New York and 14-day stay in Dubai, which qualified him for...
President Hage Geingob has reduced his international trips from 74 days last year to 41 days this year – reducing his potential subsistence and travel (S&Ts) allowance to around N$715 000. The president’s biggest S&T source is N$210 200 from his 11-day stay in New York and 14-day stay in Dubai, which qualified him for...
