Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

As many as 527 learners and 165 teachers have tested positive for Covid-19 countrywide and are currently in isolation, education ministry executive director Sanet Steenkamp confirmed yesterday.

Two alleged drug dealers, who were arrested in June 2018 after a container they had imported was found loaded with 412 kilogrammes of cocaine worth an estimated N$206 million, yesterday pleaded not guilty to all charges against them in the Windhoek High Court. “Innocent my Lord.” 

Defence minister Frans Kapofi yesterday warned members of the force are not exempted from Covid-19 curfew orders and should carry the consequences if they defy public health regulations. 

The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) fears the country could be classified as a high-risk destination due to rising Covid-19 cases and a slow vaccination campaign due to vaccine apathy. 

The Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), under the ministry of agriculture, has warned farmers and the general public about the confirmed foot-and-mouth disease outbreak at Kasenu village in the Kasika area of Zambezi region.

Four men, including a police officer and a soldier, are due to appear in the Ohangwena Magistrate’s Court this morning after they were arrested for being in possession of eight rhino horns. 

Two young men accused of murdering a police officer on Saturday morning made their first court appearance yesterday afternoon in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court. 

A warning statement of one of the men accused of the brutal murder of an elderly Swakopmund couple in 2017 was admitted into evidence yesterday morning by Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg.

Government has refuted claims by naysayers that it is desperate to get its hands on genocide reparation money to finance its developmental agenda.

The home affairs ministry has urged the public to delay application for national documents – due to rising Covid-19 cases – that are not urgent.