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WINDHOEK – Ominista yi na sha nomayambulepo goondoolopa niitopolwa yokuushayi Peya Mushelenga okwa li a lombwele Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo ta ti ye ke vule oveta oonkondo nota ka vulu ashike okulonga meni lyoongamba dhoveta, oshoka okwa gana okugamena ekotampango noompango dhoshilongo.

WINDHOEK – Government yesterday responded to the nation’s outcry over a call for a once-off voluntary payment from the country’s workforce by emphasizing that no one will be victimised if they elected not to contribute.  

WINDHOEK – Namibia’s Minister of Sports, Youth and National Service Erastus Uutoni says the high unemployment rate amongst the youth across the South African Development Community (Sadc) region remains a very explosive situation and a cause for concern. 

SWAKOPMUND – Rio Tinto will accelerate the closure of its Rössing Uranium mine to June 2020 if the N$1.5 billion sale of the mine to China National Uranium Corporation (CNUC) is not approved by the Namibia Competition Commission (NaCC).  
The mine has about 1000 employees and a lifespan stretching to 2025. 

MARIENTAL - The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on Namibian citizens to show solidarity with one another during the current crippling drought that the country is facing.

WINDHOEK - Mexican billionaire investor Alberto Baillères, worth N$122 billion ($8.3 billion) according to Forbes, is finalising a sale agreement with the owners of Erindi private game reserve.

WINDHOEK - The fate of the minister of education Katrina Hanse-Himarwa now hangs in the balance as the court braces itself to either convict or let her go free after her trial was concluded yesterday in Windhoek High Court. 

WINDHOEK - City Police Chief Abraham Kanime said the upliftment to his suspension has been long overdue and at the same time costly.  Kanime’s sentiments come after City of Windhoek council voted on Tuesday evening to lift his suspension.

WINDHOEK - Windhoek City Councillor Fransina Ndateelela Kahungu donated N$1 000 towards the purchase of a wheelchair for an 11-year-old boy who suffers from hydrocephalus. 

WINDHOEK – The Windhoek High Court yesterday convicted a man who assaulted his pregnant girlfriend to death five years ago in Outjo while heavily intoxicated.