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ONDANGWA - In the quest to address skills shortages in the country, the electricity utility Nored yesterday awarded bursaries to three first-year students.

OMUTHIYA – The Omuthiya Town Council says it will rectify a tariff hike slip-up in which an adjustment of nearly 80% was imposed on residents. 

The defence team of a young man who stands accused of the death of two civilians and Windhoek City Police officer in a horrific car accident in 2015 wants him acquitted, claiming that there was fraud committed to secure a conviction. 

The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar) programme in Namibia has rigorous controls in place to ensure its money is properly spent.  

Former Cabinet minister Charles Namoloh has claimed in court papers that his wife of 25 years has deserted him and refused him conjugal rights.

WALVIS BAY – Local authorities and regional councils will no longer have to wait for years to have new townships approved
as government has replaced the Namibia Planning Advisory Board (Nampab) and the Township Board with the Urban and Regional Planning Act.

WALVIS BAY - Fisheries minister Albert Kawana has lashed out at some fishing industry players, saying they were raking in millions and leading luxury lifestyles at the expense of employees who are still languishing in abject poverty.

ONAYENA – The Nehale Senior Secondary School that has become a hotspot for Covid-19 in Oshikoto region, has not been disinfected since the outbreak of the virus

Agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein, who visited some of the pest-ridden areas by the African Migratory Red Locust in the Zambezi region, says the infestation is paltry.