The International Monetary Fund’s latest Global Financial Stability Report indicates that financial systems have already felt a dramatic impact during the COVID-19 crisis. In the United States, one of the hardest-hit countries with over two million COVID-19 cases, the effect of the pandemic on businesses has caused it to register close to 40 million job…
FirstRand Namibia through its HOPE Fund has donated 15 fever screening thermal cameras worth N.dollars 1.4 million to the Ministry of Health and Social Services in an effort to strengthen the Government’s efforts to detect early COVID-19 infections. FirstRand Chief Executive Officer Sarel van Zyl in a media statement on Monday said the cameras will…
Dinapama Manufacturing and Supplies has donated more than 4 000 masks to eight schools in the Khomas Rural Constituency in order to help curb the spread of COVID-19. The masks worth N.dollars 235 000 were donated to the Aris Grundschule, Baumgartsbrunn, Bloukrans, Dordabis, Groot Aub, Kwakwas and Nicolas Witbooi Memorial primary schools as well as…
Five-hundred households at Kalkfeld in the Otjozondjupa Region are expected to receive tippy taps for the washing of community members’ hands to help reduce their chances of contracting COVID-19. Project facilitator, Ebben Kharuxab in an interview with Nampa on Wednesday said the setting up of tippy taps started on Monday and a total of 59…
Kalahari Holdings has donated 650 desks and 650 chairs to the Tobias Hainyeko Project School at Katima Mulilo. Speaking during the handover on Monday, Kalahari Holdings Director Ephraim Nekongo said they hope the donation will boost the morale of teachers and learners at the school, where learners had to bring their own chairs from home.…
Some households of marginalised communities in the Kunene Region on Tuesday received a donation of food items valued at N.dollars 117 000 from the Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored). Cenored Executive Manager for Engineering Services, Silvester Wayiti handed over the consignment to Kunene Region Governor, Marius Sheya at Outjo on Tuesday afternoon. Wayiti in…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has donated supplies to the Ministry of Health and Social Services to support Namibia in its efforts to fight COVID-19. A statement issued on Monday said the supplies include four Infrared thermo-guns, a 55-inch television screen, 18 400 single-use hand gloves, 10 litres of surface disinfectant, 20 litres of…
The 2020 edition of the Eenhana Trade and Business Exposition (Expo) has been called off due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the town’s mayor, Amos Nangolo, has confirmed. During the presentation of the town’s N.dollars 92.1 million budget for the 2020/21 financial year recently, Nangolo explained that the cancellation was in response to the Coronavirus…