Author: Albertina Nakale (Albertina Nakale )

The government has spent nearly N$7 billion between 2018 and 2022 on 70 233 students who were provided with financial assistance by the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF). 

While recent flare-ups in violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo left hundreds dead and thousands displaced, the conflict continues to threaten the Southern African Development Community’s common aspirations for regional integration and economic development.

An unemployed mother living in Okahandja’s Five Rand informal settlement is seeking financial help for the surgery of her child who was born with a rare and severe condition, cystic hygroma. 

Newly re-elected Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has pledged to prioritise building unity within the ruling party in a widely shared message to delegates and the party’s faithful.

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The environment and tourism ministry says even though it continues to record successes in its fight against wildlife crime, poaching of highly valued species remains a concern.

Despite Okahandja municipality having publicly announced that it has employed a debt collector to enforce its credit policy, residents are up in arms, protesting the council never consulted them on the issue before enforcement. 

The ministry of health’s decision this week to recall all Covid-19 volunteers, whose contracts were terminated on 31 October 2022, was greeted with joy by volunteers although the ministry remains mum on the reasons for the U-turn.