The Ministry of Health and Social Services has launched an internal investigation into alleged fraudulent activities within the country’s pharmaceutical supply chain, implicating some of its own staff members. This was announced in a media release issued on Friday by…

Elective surgeries at Rundu Intermediate Hospital have been suspended, making it the second state hospital in two days to halt non-urgent procedures over shortages of critical anaesthetic drugs. A leaked internal letter dated 14 April shows that the hospital has…

A Leaked internal letter from Onandjokwe Intermediate Hospital shows that the hospital suspended all elective surgical procedures from yesterday after running out of critical anaesthetic agents required for general anaesthesia. The document, dated 13 April, was signed by specialist anaesthetist…

An Okahandja mother says she has spent the past 10 years caring for her son, who developed tuberculosis (TB) meningitis as a baby and still struggles to eat, speak and breathe properly. Benovia Kock (39) says her son, Daniel Ndakolote…

An Okahandja woman is appealing for help to bury her partner after efforts to trace his identity and relatives hit a dead end. Else Kharuxas (44) says her partner, who she knew as Jackie Mulalo, died in a hospital on…

Reforms to the Public Service Employees Medical Aid Scheme are requiring civil servants to reapply for benefits amid union warnings that increased contributions would severely impact their finances. The Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations has given civil servants until…

Community conservancy ranger Ndjitjiuee Karizemi has been recognised as Namibia’s top-performing woman lion ranger after completing 705 patrols covering 8 135km – even while on maternity leave. Community Conservation Fund of Namibia spokesperson Bernard Chunga says Karizemi has held the…

The Asoli Progressive Party has expressed disappointment that the late James Uerikua was never appointed as a Cabinet minister. The party says he deserved greater recognition while he was still alive. In a tribute statement issued on Sunday, party leader…

A Nine-Year-Old girl was allegedly raped by three suspects at Eenhana on Friday afternoon. This was announced by national police spokesperson deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi in the weekend crime report released yesterday. “It is alleged that the suspects found the…

A man is on the run after abandoning a vehicle loaded with cannabis worth about N$5 million at the Noordoewer border post on Friday. National police spokesperson deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi confirmed this in a police report released on Sunday.…

Health minister Esperance Luvindao has declared a polio outbreak after the same poliovirus type 2 first detected at Rundu late last year was also found in sewage samples from Windhoek and Gobabis. Speaking at a media briefing in Windhoek on…

The Editors’ Forum of Namibia says 2026 will be the final year non-member journalists can enter its annual awards, aiming to strengthen industry accountability and ethics. Forum chairperson Toivo Ndjebela says the decision is aimed at ensuring that all future…