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Obedy Mabuta Nsundano is a public school teacher who said is not deterred by the negative perception of teaching and learning in under-resourced rural schools. 

When the respondent applied for the registration of the minor child’s citizenship by descent, the Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration required him to submit to a DNA paternity test to prove that it was the respondent and not his Mexican same-sex spouse who contributed the male gamete (reproductive cell).

Nonagenarian Kuku Rosalia Abraham, or ‘Gwakasindo’, as she is affectionately known, is a 91 year old vibrant and rather youthful-looking great grandmother, who hails from Iikoko village in the Omuntele constituency in Oshikoto region. 

Following sporadic rainfall in the Kunene region, the regional leadership wants immediate food consignment intervention from the government, as they fear for the lives and livelihoods of inhabitants.

The Namibia Revenue Agency has surpassed its revenue-collection target by about N$2 billion, a good month before the financial year comes to a close.

Conservative and religious organisations yesterday called on government not to allow same-sex marriage as it is “an abomination”, and also pontificated against abortion and surrogacy.   

The siblings of Frans Pombili Ndengu, one of the three victims who died in a tragic collision involving Namibian Police chief Joseph Shikongo in December, are completely despondent.

Public prosecutor Victoria Thompson yesterday opposed bail for Michael Amushelelo, Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and PDM member of parliament Inna Hengari.

The Kavango West governor, Sirkka Ausiku is fed-up with power cuts that have become infuriating to her and the rest of the region. She said these power interruptions are affecting business and service delivery to the inhabitants of the region.

Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg yesterday sentenced 32-year-old Inock Mazala Nalisa to an effective 33 years behind bars for the murder of his 30-year-old wife Petra Njakwabo Munikonzo.