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Pan African Women’s Organisations (PAWO)’s new president Eunice Iipinge says the 10th congress has decided Namibia will no longer host its regional office. The office will instead move to Angola and the headquarters will remain in South Africa.

EDUNDJA – Ombelewa yoshikandjohoololo Oshikango oya yelulwa komeva. Ombelewa ei oya tungwa komesho y onopa, na shiyenga shaNangobe eshi ya ninga omafiku taya teyaulule pedu nena osha yandja omhito opo omheva aka konge ouxupilo pombelewa.

WALVIS BAY – Victoria Shikongo (29) oo vati a dipaa okaana kaye, noku ka kutula omunino, okwa holoka onghela momhangulilo yaMangestalata moWalvis Bay.

ONGWEDIVA – Flood-hit areas in northern Namibia are bracing for further downpours, while a hydrologist has advised people to prepare for the worst as water levels continue to rise. 

City of Windhoek Mayor Fransina Kahungu yesterday confirmed that the city council had agreed to extend the employment contract of the City Police chief Abraham Kanime, a decision she said was taken at an extraordinary council meeting last Thursday.

While some countries in sub-Saharan Africa are finally taking steps to repatriate citizens from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday said Namibia would not evacuate its nationals. 

RUNDU – The Rundu Intermediate Hospital is making arrangements to conduct a pauper burial this month to get rid of some of the corpses that have not been identified and remained uncollected and unburied in the hospital mortuary for over five years.

OMUTHIYA – The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Habitat has lauded the Oshikoto regional council for having utilised the drought relief funds of N$15.5 million in a desired manner. 

WALVIS BAY – Victoria Shikongo (29), who allegedly slit her baby’s throat, was denied bail on Tuesday morning when she made her routine first appearance in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court.

WALVIS BAY – The Welwitschia Private Hospital has expanded its healthcare provision by adding a state-of-the-art intensive care unit (ICU).