Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

Seven people have been reported dead after eating dinner at a homestead in Ndiyona constituency’s Kayova village, the food was consumed on Saturday and the first two deaths were recorded in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

In a heartfelt message on the occasion of International Peacekeeping Day, President Hage Geingob of Namibia paid tribute to United Nations Peacekeepers and acknowledged their instrumental role in the country’s transition to independence. 

Attorney general Festus Mbandeka said the government is conducting a legal assessment on the recent groundbreaking ruling of the Supreme Court to recognise same-sex marriages solemnised outside the country.

The Windhoek High Court yesterday postponed the ruling concerning the now-retired City Police chief Abraham Kanime’s re-appointment to his position in 2020.

A gazetted collective agreement between the Constriction Industries Federation (CIF) and the Metal and Allied Workers Union of Namibia (Manwu) makes it for contractors to register their most vulnerable workers with a pension fund and assist with contributions.

The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Secretariat, in collaboration with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will host an information sharing workshop on the AfCFTA and a regional dialogue on emerging market opportunities for the SACU region.

Answering a question from a fellow Bundestag parliamentarian of the Left Party, Sevim Dagdele, relating to negotiations between the German Federal government and its Namibian counterpart most recently, German Federal Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Dr Anna Lühman, had this to say.

The Oshana region has recorded 260 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) between January and May this year.