Year: 2021

Bureaucrats at the ministry of education continue to assure the nation that for the first time, grade 12 exam results will be better, compared to pre-Covid-19 academic years.

Children of the marginalised Otjekua village in Omusati have dreams of becoming professionals and escape their community’s cycle of poverty but an array of challenges hamstring their development.

The Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency (AMTA) at the weekend donated 5 000 heads of cabbage and 32 tonnes of maize meal to the Angolan migrants at Etunda.

High Court Judge Thomas Masuku has condoned the late filing of 57 people who claim to have invested their money with self-proclaimed foreign exchange trader Michael Amushelelo.

Auditor general Junias Kandjeke expressed dismay at 26 local authorities and 10 regional councils who are in breach of the law by not submitting up-to-date financial statements. 

Armed robbers targeting cash-in-transit vehicles are causing havoc at the coast, with another robbery reported early Saturday at Walvis Bay. 

The High Court has ordered the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) to reinstate two of its Mariental local authority councillors, which the party recalled in February this year. 

Auditor general Junias Kandjeke has poked holes in the country’s justice system, saying it has failed to hold criminals accountable for crimes committed due to the failure of finalising cases, which consequently results in them being withdrawn.

The ministry of agriculture has identified a new foot-and-mouth disease variant in the Zambezi region.

Employees of the national rail service operator TransNamib last week embarked on a peaceful nationwide demonstration to show their frustration with contentious labour matters.