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WALVIS BAY - An employee of Husab Mine collapsed and died shortly afterwards while on site on Friday evening. This was confirmed over the weekend by the chief operating officer of the mine Angula Kalili. 

OMUTHIYA – Residents of Omadhiya, on the outskirts of Omuthiya, have registered several complaints against the local authority over the pollution caused by burning waste at the local landfill. 

Despite ending the state of emergency, declared over the new novel coronavirus crisis, President Hage Geingob yesterday warned it was too early to claim the victory of a decline. 

OMUTHIYA – The ugly squabbles at the Grootfontein municipality has left residents without adequate service delivery. 

Following the expiry of the Covid-19 state of emergency, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula now has wide-ranging response powers to implement new directives as empowered by the Public Health Act and Public Environmental Health Act of 2015. 

Defence minister Peter Hafeni Vilho has accused leaders of the Landless People’s Movement of spying on the ministry’s affairs and passing on sensitive communications to foreign governments. 

Namibia Qualifications Authority CEO Frans Gertze, who was arrested last year for allegedly shooting his wife six times, walked out of the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court a free man yesterday after his case was withdrawn. 

Leader of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) McHenry Venaani has labelled Swapo parliamentarians “cowards” after the ruling party MPs shot down a motion he wanted to table in parliament on Wednesday to discuss the unfolding political situation in neighbouring Zimbabwe. 

The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) has clarified that the laptop initiative is not only for government-funded beneficiaries but for thousands of other students in the country who also stand to benefit. 

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