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Information minister Peya Mushelenga has tabled the much-anticipated Access to Information Bill, which is envisaged to give citizens greater access to information.

WALVIS BAY - Poverty and inequality persist and the goal of securing a better life for all people, including the majority of young people in Walvis Bay, remains elusive.

The battle to recover over N$23 million paid to organisers of the Kora All-Africa Music Awards by the Namibian Tourism Board (NTB) will be heard in September in the Windhoek High Court. 

National Council member Damian Nakambare has urged the industrialisation ministry to put measures in place to ensure some basic dairy products are produced locally. 

The majority of local car dealerships have bemoaned lacklustre sales, with many saying the industry was already suffering before the Covid-19 lockdown in March due to the ongoing recession.

Police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga yesterday confirmed that a man who tested positive for Covid-19 sneaked into the country illegally from South Africa with the help of a police officer and another man employed by a Lüderitz-based company.

Land reform minister Calle Schlettwein said government has only been able to acquire 3.3 million hectares of land for resettlement purposes against a target of five million hectares, which was supposed to be achieved by March this year. 

The State is convinced that it has a strong case that will ultimately result in the conviction of Fishcor’s suspended CEO Mike Nghipunya.

A farmworker from the Maltahöhe district pleaded not guilty in the Windhoek High Court to a charge of murder over the death of the mother of his four children.

A resident of Westerkim Location in Karasburg had the necessary intent to kill his girlfriend when he repeatedly beat her, threw her on the ground and strangled her, a Windhoek High Court judge found when she convicted him of murder.