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Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni says leaders in their different capacities at all levels and spheres of government should continue devising strategies aimed at promoting food security and nutrition in the country.

A Hai//’om San teacher, who has a desire to see more San people educated, has been voluntarily transporting children to school to prevent them from dropping out and ensure they reach tertiary education.

Swakopmund mayor Louisa Kativa is expected to resign as a local authority councillor this week, following her by-election victory at the weekend. 

What was meant to be a weekend to catch up with friends ended in tragedy when a shack fire claimed the life of a mother and her two-year-old son at the Twaloloka informal settlement in Walvis Bay. 

Swapo political heavyweights Armas Amukwiyu, Eliot Mbako and Ottillie Shinduvi are among those who retained their party regional coordinator positions during regional conferences, held over the weekend.  

Bargaining union Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union (Natau) says the results of a TransNamib workers’ nationwide strike vote will be released today. 

The Windhoek municipal management committee (MC), which faces a no confidence vote, was given a five-day lifeline to present counter-arguments. 

The health ministry says it will follow normal procedures in investigating the deaths of two babies, who lost their lives after being immunised at a State clinic in Ongwediva four weeks ago.

A mother, who sued the state for negligently causing the death of her three-month-old daughter after a vaccine shot in 2015, lost the suit on Friday in the High Court.

Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo on Friday indicated he will petition Chief Justice Peter Shivute after Windhoek High Court acting Judge Kobus Miller refused to grant him leave to appeal his decision to not recuse himself from the trial.