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MARIENTAL - The outgoing headgirl of Mariental High School Donna Gamatham has launched a reusable sanitary towels project to sensitise both men and women on the effects of the menstrual cycle on the girl child.

WINDHOEK – The Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID), in partnership with the US Embassy in Namibia, conducted a Civil Society Support Program (CSSP) for local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the end of September to the start of November at the House of Democracy. 

WINDHOEK – A 50-year-old man previously convicted of murder and rape and who confessed to abducting, kidnapping and raping a five-year-old girl in his latest case will make his second appearance in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. 

WINDHOEK - Ominista Yoohi nOonzo Dhomomeya Bernhard Esau opamwe nominista Yuuyuuki Sacky Shanghala oya li yi ikutha miilonga ohela konima sho omadhina gawo ga li taga finyaafinywa moshikungu shokupewa oombumbo dha adha poomiliona N$150. Oominista ndhika mbali odha li dhi ithanwa mbala kEgumbo Lyepangelo kuPresidente Hage Geingob sha landula oolopota dhiikundaneki. Shi ikwatelela komupopiliko gwombelwewa yaPresidente Alfredo Hengari, omupevipresidnte Nangolo Mbumba naye wo omo a li moshigongi shika.

WINDHOEK - The final instalment of the Bank Windhoek Long Course Gala for the year will take place this coming weekend at the Western Suburbs Municipal Pool in Windhoek. The event will see contestants from Aqua Swimming Club, Dolphins Swimming Club, Marlins and Phoenix, compete in 850 events.

WINDHOEK - State Advocate Solomon Kanyemba yesterday asked Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute to sentence Wilhelm (Wimpie) Derick Februarie, 40, the man convicted of the murder of a 56-year-old woman in Windhoek West, to life imprisonment.

OMUNTELE - The resumption of the Omuntele water project, which was stalled for years, has brought relief to hundreds of farmers and households. The community has been battling severe shortage of water due to the prevailing drought.

WINDHOEK - Visiting Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ekaterina Zaharieva says her country is eager to offer scholarships to young Namibians in priority areas.

Fisheries minister Bernhard Esau and his justice counterpart Sacky Shanghala resigned yesterday after being linked to a massive corruption scandal involving an alleged kickback scheme of at least N$150 million.

Namibians living abroad voted at high commissions, embassies and consulates around the world as part of the special voting exercise ahead of the general election on 27 November.