By Rachel Mohamed Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s first president, has passed away at the age of 95. Nujoma, a revered leader, became the country’s first president following its independence from South Africa in 1990. The Namibian presidency confirmed his death over the weekend, with President Nangolo Mbumba stating that Nujoma had been hospitalized for the past three weeks due to an illness from which he could not recover. Speaking on VOC’s […]
Namibia has declared an outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) after one person died of the disease in the capital Windhoek, the government said on Tuesday. The patient was suspected of having the virus when he was first treated at a clinic in the eastern city of Gobabis on May 16. He was later transferred to Windhoek Central Hospital, where he died on May 18, the Health Ministry said in […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
