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The minister of Urban and Rural Development has authorised the N$93 million budget of the Oshikoto Regional Council for the 2022/2023 financial year.

The harvesting and sale of Devil’s Claw from the Nyae Nyae and N#a Jaqna conservancies significantly contributed to the income of women in  2021, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Despite numerous attempts by the ruling party to shoot down reports of disunity within its ranks, the Swapo Party Youth League’s re-elected secretary Ephraim Nekongo has admitted the party continues to experience disunity among its “comrades”.

Notwithstanding external pressure to cancel its telecommunications licence with the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran), the Windhoek municipality has refused to budge and will continue with its 5G aspirations.  

Many of the 140 women who on Friday received their houses through the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia jokingly said they have “made it in life”.  The handover happened in Okakarara at a ceremony filled with many smiles, tears and gratitude.

Fisheries observers have accused their agency of violating their employment conditions as they failed to implement a salary structure for the past 20 years.  

Executive director in the information ministry Audrin Mathe has clashed with Hardap Regional Council (HRC) chairperson Gerson Dausab after he questioned the council’s decision to restrain public servants from serving on committees tasked with coordinating Heroes' Day commemoration set for the region on Friday.

Health and Social Services’ minister Kalumbi Shangula commissioned a 4.2 tonnes medical oxygen tank at the Gobabis State Hospital last week.

Since the early hours of Saturday, all roads in Windhoek seemed to lead to the Pioneer’s Park cemetery.

Deputy prosecutor general Antonia Verhoef last week asked Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg to move a former senior police officer attached to the Women and Child Protection Unit in Keetmanshoop from Seeis police station to the section for trial awaiting inmates at the Windhoek Correctional Facility.