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SWAKOPMUND – Double murder accused Ernst Lichtenstrasser has pleaded not guilty on all charges when he appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

ONDANGWA – The US embassy yesterday extended its food assistance programme to six more regions that will see over 46 000 drought-stricken Namibians benefiting in the coming months. 

Suspended CEO of the embattled State-owned fishing company Fishcor Mike Nghipunya was arrested yesterday in connection with the unfolding Fishrot bribery scandal. Nghipunya was taken in after questioning by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). 

The Office of the Judiciary said it is alarmed by sustained attacks against judges following last year’s general election, which culminated in a landmark Supreme Court judgement that upheld the poll outcome.

The Katutura school, which produced the likes of Founding President Sam Nujoma and struggle veteran Mburumba Kerina, among others, is preparing to celebrate its 100-year milestone in 2023.

A supervisor at the Olof Palme community garden at Goreangab, Nestor Kalola, has called on the City of Windhoek to avail more land to the residents, saying it will help improve the living standard of inhabitants in the informal settlements.  

The Zambezi River continues to rise steadily - a situation the regional governor Lawrence Sampofu described as worrisome for those residents in the flood-prone areas of the Kabbe South constituency.

Close to 2 000 pupils fall pregnant in a year, deputy education minister Anna Nghipondoka revealed last week.

In response to widespread concerns by hordes of Namibian students studying in China who feel they have been abandoned by the government, international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said the World Health Organisation (WHO) has at this stage not recommended mass evacuations of foreign nationals from China. 

OSHAKATI - Police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga has teared into disrespectful youth who resort to social media to insult national leaders.