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Acting Ovaherero paramount chief Vipuira Kapuuo has cautioned urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni against recognising chieftaincy claimant Mutjinde Katjiua, saying the matter is currently being dealt with by the courts. 

Two police officers, who were involved in a melee with Windhoek mayor Sade Gawanas on Monday afternoon, have laid two charges of crimen injuria and racial discrimination against the politician. 

The Kavango West has roped in developmental partners as it seeks to support small-scale horticulture producers in the region to improve their production through training and finding a market.

The Kunene region appears to be the new political battleground and key target for the country’s two biggest political parties – Swapo and the Popular Democratic Movement. 

An elderly Ohangwena pensioner is fighting tooth and nail to win back her 24-year-old grandson who was put up for closed adoption by the authorities. 

A lawyer representing a Cuban doctor accused of raping his colleague at the doctors’ quarters in Windhoek says the Combatting of Rape Act is too vague, wide and confusing.

President Hage Geingob yesterday extended condolences to the family and the entire Nama community following the passing of chief Simon Petrus Kooper of the Kai-// Khaun tribe at Hoachanas.

Popular Democratic Movement leader and Pan-African Parliament (PAP) member McHenry Venaani this week revealed the southern region caucus has seconded chiefs’ council president Fortune Charumbira for the legislative body’s top job. 

Mervin Nguyapeua, a man convicted of 32 rape counts involving 10 minor boys and serving 68 years imprisonment, is in need of a lawyer for his appeal bid. 

Police in Ohangwena have urged inhabitants to be more cautious, following an increased number of housebreaking cases in the region.