Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

A group of final-year law students from the University of Namibia conducted a community impact project, focussing on sexual consent, at Martin Ndumba Secondary School in Divundu, Kavango East, last week. 

The High Court is currently considering the appeal of a man convicted for two murders, of which he is currently serving 40-year imprisonment. 

Police in Omusati have urged inhabitants to be more cautious following an increased number of housebreaking cases in the region.

Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani has called upon his party leaders to come up with policies that can cure corruption, patronage and clientelism.

Defence lawyer Sisa Namandje has attacked the procedures used to appoint or “designate” Jesaja Shangula as the acting controller of customs and excise at the Walvis Bay Port. 

A National Housing Enterprise northern civil engineer has filed a N$100 000 defamation lawsuit against a member of the public, who allegedly posted on various WhatsApp groups that he was wanted for scamming. 

A 23-year-old man from Ekuku in the Oshana region has been slapped with an effective 29-year imprisonment, following convictions of murder and attempted murder. 

A medical professional with an interest in obstetrics and gynaecology has revealed 7 000 unsafe abortions were recorded in one year, saying it is now a severe public health problem, as unskilled people without the knowledge of human anatomy conduct these procedures.

Attorney General Festus Mbandeka is challenging the legality of a subpoena to hand over communication between him and Cabinet in relation to the declaration of the State of Emergency in response to Covid-19 last year. 

Ovambanderu senior traditional councillor Ripuree Tjozongoro will on Sunday lead a 10-person delegation to Braunschweig, Germany, to identify a belt worn by the late chief Kahimemua Hija-Kungairi Nguvauva.