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ONGWEDIVA – Some schools in the northern parts of the country have been temporarily closed due to heavy floods following torrential rains.

The Outapi Town Council has started disconnecting the water supply of all the residents and businesses that owe the town authority a collective debt of N$28 million.

President Hage Geingob maintains an open-door policy with all traditional authorities and accords high priority to the issues they table to the Presidency, spokesperson Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari said yesterday.

The dismissed CEO of the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NASFAF), Hilya Nghiwete, has filed an urgent application with the Windhoek High Court to interdict the Fund’s board from implementing its decision to fire her pending the finalisation of a labour complaint she lodged with the Labour Commissioner and ordering that the status quo remains in respect of her employment contract prior to the decision to fire her.

Namibia and Botswana last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will enable Impalila Island and Kasika residents in the Zambezi region to use border passes to enter Botswana.

WALVIS BAY – The Namibian Seamen and Allied Workers Union (Nasawu) that is an affiliate member of the Trade Union Congress of Namibia (Tucna) is training close to 30 shop stewards in the sector.

ONAMBANGO– Presidente Hage Geimgob okwa li a talele po uuwa waNdonga nokutalela po omukwaniilwa Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo mOnambango moshitopolwa shaShana mOlyomakaya.

ONGWEDIVA-Esther Haimbodi (12) okwa thigi po osikola opo a sile oshimpwiyu aamwayina  yatano, mboka ya thigwa po kuyina muDesemba omumvogali.

ONAMBANGO – The leader of the Ondonga Traditional Authority Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo has urged Namibians to give their full support to allow President Hage Geingob to serve his two full terms as head of state. 

OMADHIYA – A 12-year-old girl has abandoned school in order to take care of her younger siblings. 
Esther Haimbodi from Omadhiya village in Oshikoto region decided not to go back to her paternal grandmother’s house where she was living, after she discovered that her mother had abandoned her six siblings between the ages of two and 16.