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The protest of young people under the banner #ShutItAllDown against sexual and gender-based violence has yielded some results as government looks into filling nearly 160 vacancies within the police’s gender-based violence protection unit as a matter of urgency. 

A local construction company has threatened to sue the Roads Authority (RA) if it does not immediately address issues it has with the manner in which the entity is making payments directly into the account of its Chinese joint venture partner for a road construction contract. 

OMUTHIYA – Businessman Gottlieb Ndjendjela convincingly defeated rival Katrina Kakwambi in a rerun on Monday to emerge as candidate of the ruling party for Tsumeb constituency ahead of the November elections.

ONYUULAYE – Oshikoto governor Penda Ya Ndakolo has applauded contractors for their swift response to the construction of hostel and ablution facilities at Onyuulaye and Okakondo combined schools in Oshikoto region. 

Two Namibians and a Zambian national were arrested on Thursday last week after they allegedly stole 49 cattle at Mutwalwiza in the Zambezi region. 

WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay municipality has ditched its plan to construct houses with alternative building material for the July fire victims now housed at Otweya. 

WALVIS BAY – Police have managed to get a partial fingerprint from the remains suspected to be that of Shannon Wasserfall which will now be used to identify her.

Protesters against sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) under the banner of #ShutItAllDown now plan to sue the police, alleging they were unlawfully arrested and detained on Saturday.

President Hage Geingob has labelled the ongoing protests by young people against sexual gender-based violence as a “great sign of hope” and faith in the current administration. 

A teacher in the Ohangwena region claimed she was “disgracefully and inhumanely” treated by armed police officers, who came to evict her “unprocedurally” from her duty station at Omundudu Combined School.