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WALVIS BAY – The regional council and local authority elections yesterday drew massive turnout in key battlegrounds such as Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and some parts of southern Namibia.

A number of political leaders yesterday expressed satisfaction with the electoral process. 

There was huge enthusiasm among voters yesterday, with mostly young people thronging polling stations to exercise their civic duty and be part of the electoral process.

Some elderly voters from Katutura yesterday claimed polling officials denied them preferential treatment to cast their votes in the regional council and local authority elections. 

Former National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) CEO Mike Nghipunya is scheduled to go on trial next year for a 2017 car accident in which a man lost his life.

Gender minister Doreen Sioka said women who withdrew gender violence-related cases should be jailed, adding they were a shame to the country at large.

The closure of Witvlei Abattoir in 2015 left many workers in a state of despair and with serious concerns on how to pay their bills and put food on the table. 

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has expressed concern about the growing disregard for the Covid-19 regulations and protocols.

RUNDU – Kavango East farmers who recently raised concerns over the scheduled detailed oil and gas exploration in the region have given the project the greenlight, following a meeting with representatives of the Canadian firm Reconnaissance Energy Africa and mines and energy minister Tom Alweendo.

A man who allegedly looted a jewellery shop in Windhoek at the weekend was arrested at his village in the Oshikoto region yesterday.