Nampol Detective Warrant Officer arrested for corruption
The public of Walvis Bay reacts with shock and anger at the arrest of detective warrant officer Jafet Simon, deployed at the Walvis Bay Criminal Investigations Unit (TCIU), on a charge of corruption. Jafet and an accomplice, Farhan Khatri, attempted to bribe a senior state prosecutor in Swakopmund for a not-guilty verdict in a rape […]
Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association ready for elections
Walvis Bay has a resident’s association again. The Association is officially known as the Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association (JWBRA) and will participate in the local authority elections during November this year. The Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association is registered at the Electoral Commission of Namibia and is currently in the process to list candidates […]
Six weeks online course in Gigonomics
The Namibia Business School (NBS) of the University of Namibia introduced an online course in Gigonomics. Gigonomics is a relatively new term and describes a developing trend where careers are broken up into a series of short-term, independent contracts (“gigs”). The dynamics of employment is changing from permanent, long term work contracts and is in […]
Diesel price drops with 40c per liter – petrol remains unchanged
The price of diesel is decreasing by 40 center per liter on one minute past midnight tomorrow, 7 October. The petrol price remains unchanged. The Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy made this announcement on Wednesday and said there is a current under recovery of 62,6 center per liter on diesel. That means diesel’s pump […]
New trade union for Hangana Seafood
Hangana Seafood Processors recently signed a recognition and procedural agreement with the Namibia Fishing Industries & Fishermen Worker’s Union (NFI & FWU). Workers of the company after two decades bid the Namibia Food and Allied Workers farewell. NFI-FWU is now the recognised bargaining unit for all Hangana Seafood Processors workers, covering both land-based and seagoing […]
Public urged to start donating blood as matter of urgency
Due to state of emergency and measures announced by the President which are aimed at containing the spread of SARS-COV-2 (Corona virus), blood collections drives have been severely affected. The closing of schools, universities and other training institutions has forced NAMBTS to cancel blood drives and some companies which are still operating have not allowed […]
Former Walvis Bay resident killed in car crash on B1 highway
A former Walvis Bay resident was killed on impact in a road accident on the B1 highway between Windhoek and Okahandja on Sunday night. Cameron Britz (30) lost control of his Volkswagen Golf GTi on a stretch of the B1 where it crosses the Teufelsbach River, approximately 25km from Okahandja. The vehicle veered off the […]
Reappointment of Mr Rolf-Jürgen Hansen as CAN CEO
The current Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Association of Namibia (WO30), Mr Rolf-Jürgen Hansen was reappointed for another 5-year term as CEO. Mr Hansen has served as CEO of the association and director of the national cancer registry since May 2015. “I remain humbled for the trust bestowed in me to lead this great […]
World Health Organization Global virtual meeting
Not business as usual – not even for the WHO The World Health Organisation holds it 73rd World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday (18 May 2020). The main focus of this year’s Assembly will focus on the Covid-19 pandemic which affected in excess of 4, 3 million people globally and killed almost 300 […]
Namibia aims to eradicate Malaria in foreseeable future
Despite a surge in malaria cases in 2020, since the beginning of a good rainy season, Namibia remains committed to remain among the 21 nations that can eradicate this mosquito-borne disease foreseeable future. In fact, in 2016 the World Health Organisation (WHO) published an analysis and identified Namibia as one of these 21 countries that […]