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Adding colour and life to shacks
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Adding colour and life to shacks

Visual artist Ndako Nghipandulwa has embarked on a project to bring life to shacks in the informal settlements of the city and ensure that inhabitants, under the economic circumstances, still enjoy their shelter and continue calling it home.

Using art to change society
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Using art to change society

Headed by young Namibians, the #BreakFree movement started 16 days of activism last week Thursday, with their third annual Arts for Activism Show at the National Theatre of Namibia in Windhoek.

Isaak: Give people free land
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Isaak: Give people free land

Member of Parliament Paul Isaak has moved that local authorities devise mechanisms to give the urban poor and landless free land for housing, and perhaps only charge for land servicing.

Health ministry: Preterm births a concern
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Health ministry: Preterm births a concern

The health ministry said between January and September 2023, the Windhoek Central Hospital’s Neonatal Unit admitted 620 preterm newborns, and 76 premature newborns did not survive, with preterm birth being the primary cause, alongside other contributing factors.