Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

Republican Party parliamentarian Herlinde Tjiveze has proposed life sentences for rape offenders guilty of sexual assaults on young girls. 

The Namibian government said it was working hard to procure and secure additional Covid-19 vaccines as the country now aims to inoculate up to 80% of the population to reach coronavirus herd immunity. 

Fishing industry players say new entrants to the market must invest and create more jobs in the sector. 

The Roads Authority (RA) has vowed to repair all potholes on the Rundu-Divundu road along the Trans-Caprivi Highway in Kavango East region, when the weather permits.

A State-funded lawyer has withdrawn his services in a case in which he was representing former Windhoek-based magistrate Hileni Kavara. 

The Northern Regional Electricity Distributor is currently withholding the pension pay-outs of four former employees accused of fraud of over N$5 million.

Incoming Namibian police Deputy Inspector General for operations Joseph Shikongo has pledged to focus on joint operations, including patrols and investigations with neighbouring countries to curb cross-border crimes. 

National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) parliamentarian Utjiua Muinjangue has expressed concern over the country’s ballooning debt, saying borrowed funds are for consumption and debt servicing – and not for productive means.   

Social welfare minister Doreen Sioka says the double payment of social grants during November last year was to ensure that beneficiaries are not disadvantaged by the general slowing down of activities during the festive season.

The Ohangwena teacher, Fransina Mwetufa, who this week made headlines for allegedly attempting to murder her colleague, was yesterday denied bail in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court on a different matter.