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Capricorn Group hosted a thought-provoking public information session on Friday, 12 August 2022, under their Inspire banner.

Domestic consumers can expect further hikes in prices, which is expected to make life more financially unbearable. This is after the annual inflation rate for July 2022 increased by 6.8%, compared to 4% recorded in July 2021, making it the highest recorded inflation rate since July 2017.

Cabinet has approved the extension of the temporary reduction of fuel levies, with the exception of the Fuel Tax, until such a time that fuel prices start to significantly fall back to affordable levels. 

Rising global prices of vehicle components and energy production, coupled with a weak Rand exchange rate, are likely to result in continued price increases for vehicles in Namibia. 

If one dissects the prevailing ominous silence with regards to the replacement of our late chief Joël Stephanus, I put the blame squarely in front of the doorstep of surviving traditional councillors under the leadership of chief councillor Martin Biwa.

Political parties should by now be digesting and reflecting on the outcome of the regional council by-election results of the Swakopmund constituency. There are various reasons why some political parties performed dismally while others performed better.

Struggle kids who are camping at the Rundu Swapo office say government should give them jobs like other children of the liberation struggle in other regions.

The police recovered about N$105 000 in cash and US$1 200 (worth over N$19 000), allegedly stolen at gunpoint from a Chinese national last week in Windhoek.

The much-talked-about seventh Swapo Party Youth League congress to decide the youth wing’s leadership fate for the next five years kicks off tomorrow in Ongwediva.

The status of the investigation into two former top officials and the acting CEO of the Ruacana town council implicated in the mismanagement of funds and forging of invoices worth millions, is uncertain.