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A United Nations Conference that could result in progress towards a treaty to protect the world’s ocean is starting in Portugal this week. Oceans cover more than 70% of our planet.

Reverend Jan Scholtz last week facilitated a leadership skills development training workshop for 12 learners’ representative council members from the Angra Pequena Senior Secondary School in Lüderitz.

Two Namibian men, who were found in possession of 20.930kg of cannabis worth over N$1 million in the town’s Tseiblaagte residential area, were denied bail on Monday in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court. 

Backyard squatters of Walvis Bay want the new cemetery in Narraville to be moved to Farm 37 to free up much-needed land and address the housing crisis the town is experiencing.

The Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol) has on Monday officially opened the academic year at their head office in Windhoek. The institution said it will work to improve academic performance.

//Kharas regional education director /Awebahe //Hoeseb said through reading constantly, learners can improve their English language proficiency and as a result achieve better examination results.

While its leader McHenry Venaani continues singing from the transparency and accountability hymn book, some senior figures in Namibia’s second largest political party lament being in the dark about its finances.

A group of Namibians who were convinced to pay N$65 000 each for a failed trip to the UK said they only trusted Vezemba Rodman Katjaimo with their money because he is an elected councillor.

A four-pillar proposal to address the Windhoek management committee leadership impasse crumbled like a sand-made castle on Tuesday, after the councillors failed to reach consensus.

Flood victims, who relocated to the emergency reception centre at Ehenye in Oshakati, have expressed willingness to move back to their homes since the flood has subsided but they fear their houses would flood again due to the unpredictable weather.