Thirty-eight were arrested fined in the past two days for contravening regulation 11 of the state of emergency. Namibia is under a state of emergency in the wake of the COVID-19 that has since affected 11 people. Among those arrested were four bartenders. Twenty-one and two bartenders were arrested in the Zambezi Region, while in […]

President Hage Geingob on Sunday appealed for calm and called for solidarity to defeat collectively the scourge of COVID-19. Geingob announced the plan to lock down the two regions last week on Tuesday after the country had recorded seven cases of COVID-19. Namibia currently has 11 confirmed cases. Geingob, who visited some parts of Windhoek […]

Former health minister Benhard Haufiku to lead the COVID-19 team Namibia has closed borders with Angola, Botswana, South Africa and Zambia as the country’s coronavirus confirmed cases rises to seven. President Hage Geingob announced the border closures Tuesday at State House in Windhoek during a media briefing. Geingob also announced that Cabinet had decided to […]

Namibia has confirmed the 7th case of coronavirus. The health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula announced the confirmed case during a press briefing at State House where President Hage Geingob revealed that Cabinet had decided to lockdown Khomas and Erongo regions. The lockdown that takes effect from Friday this week is meant to curb the spread […]

NUDO leader Ester Muinjangue has made history by being appointed as the deputy health minister in the new cabinet despite having contested against President Hage Geingob. Muinjangue’s appointment comes a few days after Geingob told the media at State House that it does not make sense for him to appoint an opposition leader who stood […]

President Hage Geingob braved the coronavirus scare when he was inaugurated for his second five-year term at State House in Windhoek on Saturday. Traditionally, an inauguration is a big event held in an open stadium and take long hours as well draws huge crowds locally and international. With the presence of coronavirus and restrictions put […]

Namibia’s members of the 7th parliament were sworn in Friday in Windhoek ahead of president Hage Geingob’s inauguration on Saturday. The members from 11 parties also elected the National Assembly speaker and the deputy speaker. The 96 members were sworn in small groups of 10 to avoid close contact during this time of COVID-19. There […]

Namibia has put in place more measures to contain the spread of coronavirus after president Hage Geingob declared a state of emergency on Tuesday. Some of the measures are: a travel ban on people from Schengen States, China, Iran, Korea, UK, USA, Japan temporary travel ban on Namibians resident in other countries except for special […]

Deputy Prime Minister and the international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Tuesday said that Namibia’s ambassador to France Albertus Aochamub tested positive for the coronavirus. Nandi-Ndakitwah revealed this at State House in Windhoek when she gave an account of what the international relations ministry was doing regarding curbing the coronavirus. Although she did not give […]

Zimbabwe’s defence minister Oppah Muchinguri has called the coronavirus pandemic a “punishment” of the US and Europe for imposing sanctions against members of the ruling regime over human rights abuses. Muhcinguri led the Sadc observer mission that monitored Namibia’s 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections. “Coronavirus is the work of God punishing countries who imposed […]