Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

The Easter weekend ended in sorrow, mostly for the families of 14 people who lost their lives due to suicide and motor vehicle accidents, the weekend crime reports show.

In a bid to alleviate the growing unemployment rate in the region, the Omaheke Regional Council has put plans in motion to host its first-ever employment creation conference, which will primarily discuss and dissect all things related to creating new job opportunities. 

Namibia and Botswana are under renewed pressure to race against time in launching a comprehensive bid book for their planned joint bid for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).

In an event reaffirming their strong seven-year partnership, the Pupkewitz Foundation, Ohorongo Cement and FNB Namibia, through the FirstRand Foundation Trust, collectively handed over N$2 million to the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) recently for the construction of 12 houses in Rupara, 22 in Divundu and 11 in Gobabis. 

To further support domestic economic recovery underway, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) has decided to continue with some of the relief measures. 

Landless People’s Movement parliamentarian Henny Seibeb is pushing for government to impose a moratorium on lithium mining to determine the value of the rare earth metal.

A pregnant woman bravely saved her 4-year-old son from the jaws of a crocodile in the Kavango River at the Divava Village in the Mukwe constituency on Wednesday.

The Namibian police in the Erongo region are requesting assistance from the public in solving the death of a 24-year-old man, who was treated for a head injury on 31 March in the Swakopmund State Hospital but died four days later in Windhoek.

Rössing Uranium yesterday announced a sponsorship of over N$100 000 toward the Erongo region’s football and netball teams’ participation in the upcoming Newspaper Cup, slated for Otjiwarongo this Easter holidays.