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Weekend Crime Briefs
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Weekend Crime Briefs

A series of crimes and tragic incidents were recorded in various parts of the country this past weekend, with rape cases, drugs, robbery, fraud, housebreaking, fire incidents, theft and rogue driving topping the police weekend crime report. Rape cases In Gochas, police arrested a 20-year-old man following an alleged rape incident involving a 33-year-old woman....

NSFAF launches online application …urges stern compliance to subsidy
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NSFAF launches online application …urges stern compliance to subsidy

Rudolf Gaiseb The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) vows to ensure stringent compliance with the eligibility criteria of the new funding model. The institution states it will guarantee the subsidy reaches its intended beneficiaries. In 2025, prior to the subsidy, NSFAF awarded 30 138 deserving Namibian students with financial assistance amounting to N$3.1 billion...

Oshipaxu sha didilikwa mOshikoto
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Oshipaxu sha didilikwa mOshikoto

Auleria Wakudumo  Ouministeli wounamapya nounaimuna, eeshi, omeva nomatalululo omadu owa holola kutya owa didilika oshipaxu moshikandjohoololo shaNehale Lya Mpingana moshitukulwa shaShikoto.  Omupopiliko mouministeli Simon Nghipandulwa okwa ti ouministeli owa ninga omakonakono oo a koleka kutya oshikandjohoololo osha ponokelwa koshipaxu. Nghipandulwa okwa holola kutya oshipaxu eshi osha didilikwa unene tashi li omwiidi nosha nambela unene komiti. ...

Pronego Green Farm ta palula aveshe
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Pronego Green Farm ta palula aveshe

Auleria Wakudumo  Oshikunino shedina Pronego Green Farm momukunda Ekamba B moshitukulwa shaShikoto otashi palula onooli aishe.  Mwene woshikunino, Penda II Nantinda okwa holola kutya oshikunino ohashi landifa oikunomwa keefitola dakula ngaashi Model oyo ya li nale hai ifanwa oPick ‘n Pay osho yoRani Group modoolopa yaNdangwa. Oshikunino Pronego Green Farm otashi tu vahapu omukumo kutya...

Medicine council warns against zinc picolinate
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Medicine council warns against zinc picolinate

Adolf Kaure The Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council (NMRC) has advised consumers to consult healthcare professionals when using zinc picolinate and selenium-containing supplements, particularly for children under the age of 18 years. The products are sold, among others, as immune boosters for children.   In a recently released press statement, the Registrar of Medicines, Fransina Nambahu,...

MTC, MVA Fund donate classrooms to Okahao school
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MTC, MVA Fund donate classrooms to Okahao school

OKAHAO – Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) and the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVA Fund) on Friday donated eight classrooms to Shaanika Nashilongo Secondary School in the Okahao constituency of the Omusati region. The infrastructure, donated through the MTC Rural Schools Project, is valued at over N$2 million. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, MTC’s Chief Brand,...

US military working with Nigeria
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US military working with Nigeria

ABUJA – The US military is increasing materiel deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria, Africom’s deputy commander told AFP, as part of a broader American push to work with African militaries to go after Islamic State-linked militants. The Pentagon has also kept open lines of communication with militaries in the junta-led Sahel countries of Burkina...

Obama, Clinton say ICE killings should be wake up call
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Obama, Clinton say ICE killings should be wake up call

MINNEAPOLIS – Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton issued pointed calls on Sunday for America to stand up and defend their values after the second killing of a citizen in Minneapolis by immigration agents that Donald Trump blamed on Democratic “chaos.” The Trump administration has faced intensifying pressure over its mass immigration crackdown, particularly...

Normal lessons resume at Otjivero school …after wasp invasion defeated
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Normal lessons resume at Otjivero school …after wasp invasion defeated

Zebaldt Ngaruka OMITARA – Otjivero Combined School (CS) resumed normal teaching yesterday following the successful removal of wasps at the school in the Omitara settlement of Omaheke region. Wasps are winged insects, closely related to bees and ants. The school was severely affected by a wasp infestation on the eve of the school reopening last week,...

Israel agrees to reopen Rafah only for Gaza pedestrians
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Israel agrees to reopen Rafah only for Gaza pedestrians

JERUSALEM – Israel said yesterday it would only allow pedestrians to travel through the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt as part of its “limited reopening” once it has recovered the remains of the last hostage in the Palestinian territory. Reopening Rafah, a vital entry point for aid into Gaza, forms part of a truce...