SHINYUNGWE - The Linus Shashipapo Youth Centre in Ndiyona constituency of the Kavango East is still without water.
Shiimi frees up N$840 million… current budget remains unchanged at N$72.8bn
Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi yesterday tabled the mid-term budget for the 2020/21 financial year, consisting of N$841.6 million, with no new allocations being made but rather reallocation to priority areas.
Over 600 battle skin disease in Kavango
RUNDU – In the past nine months, about 634 cases of scabies have been recorded among the San community in the two Kavango regions, with the highest numbers reported in the Ndama informal settlement in Rundu.
Distraught mom cries over missing daughter
WALVIS BAY – A desperate mother whose daughter has been missing for three years has accused the police at Rehoboth of not doing enough to locate her only daughter.
93 independent candidates contest polls
A record number of 93 independent candidates will participate in the upcoming regional council elections, a significant jump from five who contested the 2015 vote.
Uncontested constituencies reduced to 4 from 26
The growth and acceptance of opposition politics may be the main factor that more constituencies are to be contested in the upcoming regional council and local authority elections scheduled for 25 November 2020.
Nudo sends Kandorozu packing
The National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) yesterday announced it has severed ties with long-serving Okakarara constituency councillor Vetaruhe Kandorozu whom the party accused him of de-campaigning ahead of next month’s regional council and local authority elections.
Man admits murdering lover of 17 years
A Rehoboth man admitted yesterday in the Windhoek High Court that he murdered his girlfriend of 17 years and mother of his two children by hitting her with the sharp end of a spade several times on her head.
Soldier’s murder case moved to next year
The Katutura Magistrate’s Court has postponed to next year the case of an officer of the Namibian Defence Force who was arrested for shooting and charged for the murder of a civilian during a joint law enforcement operation.
Otjinene man hacked to death
A 25-year-old man was hacked to death in the district of Otjinene on Saturday following a fight that started at a local bar.