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WINDHOEK – The ruling Swapo Party yesterday blamed its electoral defeats in Keetmanshoop and Walvis Bay on the low turnout of voters in Wednesday’s by-elections.

WINDHOEK - Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday announced that the medical doctor, who allegedly decapitated a baby during birth at the Windhoek Central Hospital last year, has been reinstated.

RUNDU – The Rundu intermediate hospital, which caters for referrals from the Kavango East, Kavango West and the Zambezi regions, has a critical shortage of doctors.

OSHAKATI - Nonande kehe omuvali pethimbo ndika lyetameko lyosikola ota tondokele koositola oku ka landa iilongithomwa yaanona yawo, aavali otaya nyenyeta kutya okufuta osikola hwepo.

RUNDU - Parents and teachers have appealed to the authorities to provide additional classrooms as an interim relief measure to the overcrowding at Ndama Combined School at Rundu. 

WINDHOEK – Independent presidential candidate Dr Panduleni Itula and four others will have to provide strong evidence of electoral manipulation in their bid to have the results of the November 2019 presidential election overturned, say commentators.

WINDHOEK - A low voter turnout marred the Khomasdal constituency by-election in Windhoek yesterday. However, officials were not surprised by the low turnout. 

WINDHOEK - Since the start of the 2019/2020 marketing season in May last year, imports for cereal grains were received to cover the domestic shortfall. 

OMUTHIYA - The Oshikoto regional council says it plans to cease distribution of fodder beyond the current available batch following a lack of interest from local farmers. 

WINDHOEK - The country’s official opposition, the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), has joined the chorus of some Namibians in rejecting the mooted plans to introduce KiSwahili as an optional language in local schools by next year.