Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

A 22-year-old Angolan national was arrested at Ogongo for attempted murder and concealment of birth on Tuesday morning. 

Two judges of the Windhoek High Court have condemned a sentence that was handed to a man, convicted of contravening the Road Traffic and Transportation Act.

The All People’s Party (APP) secretary general Vinsent Kanyetu says despite being given a court order, they are still awaiting for a direction from the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to grant their party access to the alleged spoilt ballots they want to present to the High Court next week.

Hospitals in the Erongo, Oshikoto and //Kharas regions are suffering from an acute shortage of medical oxygen despite government and private sector orders to ensure an uninterrupted supply of life-saving oxygen. 

Constituency councillors in the Khomas region said although some community members were initially hesitant to take the Covid-19 vaccines, more people are now interested in getting the shot.

The CEO vacancy at the embattled National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) will be re-advertised, public enterprises ministry announced yesterday. 

The late former Swapo secretary general and ex-Cabinet minister Ngarikutuke Tjiriange has been eulogised by President Hage Geingob as a “thinker of note” among his Swapo comrades. 

The hearing in which government and President Hage Geingob are asking the High Court for leave to appeal the Supreme Court decision to dismiss the exception application in a case in which the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement is suing the authorities for failing to service and deliver 200 000 plots in urban areas countrywide, is set for August.

Learning and teaching continues to be interrupted by rising Covid-19 cases countrywide. The education ministry announced that pre-primary to grade 9 learners, currently on a winter holiday, will only resume face-to-face learning on 4 August 2021. These learners were initially given a winter holiday until 26 July 2021. 

The Bakgalagadi and the Vaalgras traditional authorities are mourning the passing of their traditional leaders, chief Hubert Ditshabue and chief Joël Stephanus due to Covid-19 complications.