Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

Former National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) CEO Mike Nghipunya’s constitutionality challenge against parts of the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA), will be heard by a full bench of the High Court.

A Swakopmund resident lost his life on Wednesday evening after he was stabbed to death while watching a fight between two men. The bizarre incident occurred in the DRC informal settlement.

Gender equality minister Doreen Sioka has expressed concern over the spate of early child marriages and teenage pregnancies in the country. The two Kavango regions reported seven cases of early child marriages between May and October this year, while 29 cases of teenage pregnancies were recorded in hospitals.

A 16-year-old girl was reportedly raped by a relative early this week at a village in the Okalongo constituency of the Omusati region.

KATIMA MULILO – Mothers who receive their maintenance money at the Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court have expressed frustration over the payment process. Some mothers, who spoke to New Era but didn’t want to be named for fear of victimisation, stated that the delay is having a negative impact on their children.

An Okahandja resident who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for murdering his love rival is appealing his conviction and sentence in the High Court.

In efforts to tackle structural inequality within the Namibian economy, Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani said there is a need to establish a basic income grant (BIG) for unemployed Namibians between the ages of 18 to 59 in order to suppress poverty levels.

Namibian School Feeding Programme tenders were renewed seven times consecutively without the awarding authority assessing the performance of the service providers, auditor general Junias Kandjeke has found.

Namibia’s commissioner of refugees Likius Valombola was reckless about the consequences when he fired two shots in the direction of persons on a street and killed former student leader Helao Ndjaba in May 2018.

Swapo backbencher Elifas Dingara has thrown his weight behind the establishment of a parliamentary budget committee, urging fellow MPs to agree to the “draft terms of reference” and the establishment of the committee.