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Opening the 20th Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair on Sunday, Vice President Nangolo Mbumba, on behalf of President Hage Geingob, urged the organisers of the trade fair to work closely with government ministries and all relevant stakeholders to promote the OATF and attract more international exhibitors, especially those from whom valuable knowledge is gained on enhancing economic performance.

The Nkurenkuru Primary Health Care clinic was last Wednesday officially inaugurated after opening its doors to the public in June as the community waited for nine years for it to open.

Three Namibian male suspects aged 26, 30 and 33 are due in court after they were arrested on Saturday night in Kavango West for illegal possession of a live pangolin and two elephant tusks.

Environment and tourism spokesperson Romeo Muyunda says illegal sand mining, which leads to land degradation that poses threat to humans and animals, remains a challenge in northern Namibia.

The Landless People’s Movement leader, Bernadus Swartbooi, has said his party will do whatever it takes to block the planned uranium mine in the Aminuis constituency in the Omaheke region.

The 10 finalists in the Nedbank Namibia Kapana Cook-Off will this year showcase their cooking skills before a large audience at the Ongwediva Trade Fair tomorrow.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), in collaboration with the Namibian government and under the leadership of the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation, is scheduled to host the UNESCO-Southern Africa sub-regional forum on artificial intelligence. 

In efforts to promote information-sharing between all key players in the housing industry, a construction and property exhibition has been organised to take place in Windhoek from 27 to 29 October 2022.

The Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) has finalised the deployment of five Investment and Export Promotion attachés (IEPA) to strategically-selected markets.