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Several murder trials could not proceed yesterday after a case of possible Covid-19 infestation was suspected at the section for trial-awaiting inmates at the Windhoek Correctional Facility.

KEETMANSHOOP – Close to 300 eligible voters were still queuing at various registration points in the //Kharas region after the supplementary registration of voters ended at 19h00 on Tuesday evening. 

ONGWEDIVA – A family was left destitute after three huts and part of their mahangu grains were gutted by fire on Tuesday afternoon at Okatope outside Ongwediva.

The Basic Income Grant Coalition of Namibia has again called on government to start pushing for the urgent implementation of the universal basic income grant (BIG) through which a proposed cash payment of N$500 will be paid to people aged 19 to 59 every month. 

Three men from Usakos in the Erongo region survived a vicious attack by a leopard on Monday and are currently being treated at a local hospital after sustaining injuries during the terrifying encounter. 

Otjombinde constituency councillor Katjanaa Kaurivi, who made history in 2015 when he defeated a fellow Swapo member, albeit as an independent candidate, has announced his intention to contest the upcoming regional council election.

The Fishrot corruption scandal which led to the arrest of senior Swapo figures should not be used as a gauge to sway votes away from the ruling party.

A 79-year-old man from Gobabis pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder in the Windhoek High Court for allegedly killing his live-in girlfriend with a knobkierie and panga at their residence. 

Windhoek High Court acting Judge Eileen Rakow last week convicted coastal estate agent Erwin Sprangers on five counts of theft by conversion and one count of money laundering but acquitted him on a count of fraud over N$6.7 million he stole from Democratic Republic of Congo army general Francois Olenga. 

A N$15 million face brick wall, which is currently being constructed over a six-kilometre stretch on the Windhoek-Okahandja dual carriageway, has created employment to 400 people from Okahandja.