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ONGWEDIVA – Two Omusati councillors are fighting tooth and nail to be considered as candidates by the ruling party in the upcoming regional council elections slated for 27 November.

Windhoek mayor Fransina Kahungu says she will launch an investigation after a water tank used by the Goreangab informal settlement was stolen last week Monday. 

WALVIS BAY – The military field hospital that was deployed to Walvis Bay a couple of months ago will be redeployed to Windhoek to assist with the isolation of Covid-19 patients. 

American Marcus Thomas, who is accused of the assassin-like murder of Andre Heckmair in Windhoek in 2011, is now using the Covid-19 pandemic to cause further delays in the trial he is facing with fellow American Kevin Townsend.

Home affairs minister Frans Kapofi yesterday said the final draft of the Promulgation of Genocide Remembrance Day is ready and will soon be submitted to Cabinet for a final decision. 

Aanona yaali oya si omeya, omanga okatitatu ka hupithwa mondama yonyata moka wali tau dhana. 

A lead investigator into the Fishrot bribery scandal claimed there was a lack of cooperation from a number of countries and jurisdictions, including Angola, whose authorities are refusing to assist their Namibian counterparts in ongoing investigations. 

The ruling Swapo has finally formalised the closing up of the independent candidacy loophole following a virtual extraordinary congress at the weekend.

Some student bodies have approached lawyers in an attempt to stop the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) from procuring laptops for students with their non-tuition fees. 

Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen has sentenced an Omaheke farmworker to an effective 32-year jail term for what she described a horrific murder.