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Namibia Records Over 4,000 Defamation Cases in 3 Years
Villager
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August 18, 2025
By: Annakleta Haikera Namibia has recorded more than 4,835 cases of defamation of character in the past three years, Inspector General of the Namibian Police Force Joseph Shikongo revealed this week. Speaking at the launch of the Ethical Use of...
Ethical use of social media campaign launched in Windhoek
The Namibian
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August 18, 2025
Emma Theofelus, minister of information and communication technology, Windhoek, 13 August 2025 It is with great pride and a deep sense of responsibility that I stand before you today on this auspicious occasion of the launch of the ‘Ethical Use of...
Resetting Employer-Employee Relations in Namibia’s Retail, Wholesale Sector
The Namibian
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August 18, 2025
The retail and wholesale industry in Namibia is one of the country’s largest employers, but are we okay with brewing tensions between management and staff? From shop floor attendants and shelf packers to warehouse operators and cashiers, thousands...
Health Minister discovers service gaps at Keetmanshoop and Mariental hospitals
Informante
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August 17, 2025
Date: August 17, 2025 Staff Reporter STAFF shortages, long lines, and gaps in equipment and medicine were discovered by Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, at the Keetmanshoop and Mariental district hospitals during...
In Namibia, India shows a new way to engage Africa
The Hindu
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August 17, 2025
In his address to Namibia’s National Assembly in July this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi quoted a Namibian poet, invoked the symbolism of the Welwitschia mirabilis plant (the national plant) and the Springbok, and sprinkled his remarks with...
Pensioner reported missing after leaving home to seek medical attention
The Namibian
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August 17, 2025
The police in Windhoek are appealing to the public to assist in locating a 65-year-old woman, Mary Tuyeni Hangula, who has been missing since Friday. Hangula left her home at Groot Aub to seek medical attention in Windhoek on Friday, and is...
Namibia turns tideon cholera, malaria
The Namibian
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August 17, 2025
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has declared an end to the recent cholera outbreak in the Opuwo district of the Kunene region, and the malaria outbreak that affected the northern and other parts of the country. This was announced on...
With a healthy Zlatan Ibrahimovic, PSG ‘of course have belief’ against Chelsea
The National News
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Eleven months on from their last visit to Chelsea's Stamford Bridge, Paris Saint-Germain return on Wednesday looking for confirmation of their place among the Champions League elite. In last season’s quarter-finals, PSG came to London with a 3-1...
Feature: Namibian students gain firsthand experience with traditional Chinese medicine
Xinhua News Agency
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WINDHOEK, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- What began as curiosity -- and a touch of culture shock -- ended with newfound confidence in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for a group of students at the University of Namibia (UNAM), who recently received a...
Namibia pledges billions to expand water and sanitation access
South Africa Today
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August 16, 2025
The Republic of Namibia has pledged to scale up investment in water and sanitation infrastructure through domestic financing, concessional loans, grants and private partnerships in a bid to ensure universal access to safe water and adequate...
Luvindao bypasses middlemen to buy medicine directly amid health tender corruption concerns
The Namibian
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August 17, 2025
The minister of health and social services, Esperance Luvindao, has started to directly engage with international medical suppliers and manufacturers to buy medicine – bypassing Namibian middlemen suppliers. However, health tender players are...
Yes, cruises can be good for you — take these 10 wellness sailings
The Times
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Wellness is catching up with excess nowadays on cruise ships, although there’s still plenty of the latter if you want it. But if fitness, yoga, meditation and healthy eating is more your thing than calorific cocktails and bottomless buffets,...
Namibia declares end of malaria and cholera outbreaks
The Namibian
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August 15, 2025
MINISTER of health and social services Esperance Luvindao on Wednesday announced the end of the malaria and cholera outbreaks in Namibia. Luvindao during a media briefing in Windhoek confirmed that no new cholera or malaria cases have been...
How Namibia Can Grow from 3 to 10 million People
The Namibian
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August 16, 2025
Namibia is one of Africa’s largest countries – twice the size of Kenya – but has just 3.02 million people. That’s a little more than half the population of Nairobi’s metro area of around 5.5 million. In today’s global economy, numbers matter....
A Democratic Economy in Windhoek?
The Namibian
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August 16, 2025
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah recently announced the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP-6) towards Vision 2030. However, developing Namibia into a prosperous and industrialised country by 2030 is not even a speck on the horizon given the...
Namibian fans predict EPL winner …as 2025/26 season kicks off tonight
New Era
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Defending champions Liverpool will get the 2025/2026 English Premier League campaign underway tonight when they face Bournemouth at Anfield. Namibian fans are eagerly waiting to get their bids in, something which has become a ritual for many,...
Namibia Calls for Water Investment Gap to Close
Villager
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August 15, 2025
By: Patemoshela Lukolo Namibia has reaffirmed its commitment to water security and urged African leaders and partners to close the continent’s US$30 billion annual water investment gap. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah made the call during the...
Namibia pushes Africa to make healthcare a right
Windhoek Observer
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Hertta-Maria Amutenja African parliaments were urged to act as catalysts for change in advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) during a panel discussion at the 54th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Annual Regional Conference in The...
Miss Teen Namibia 2025 prizes total N$1.1 million
Namibian Sun
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August 16, 2025
The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), in partnership with the Miss Namibia Organisation and powered by Debmarine Namibia, unveiled a lavish N$1.1 million total in prizes for all the winners of this year’s Miss Teen Namibia 2025. Organisers...
Hostel rape scandal rocks Windhoek primary school
The Namibian
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August 15, 2025
Three boys from a primary school in Windhoek have been suspended for allegedly raping a Grade 1 pupil at the school’s hostel. The pupils have been staying at the hostel since the start of the academic year. The school’s principal yesterday...