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Farmers in northern Namibia can breathe a sigh of relief following the government’s decision to compel its entities to buy meat products from suppliers north of the red line, creating a new market.

Minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni has rejected the sale of a prime piece of land in Oshakati that was initially awarded to a company belonging to northern-based business tycoon Erastus ‘Chicco’ Shapumba.  

There seems to be little return on the billions government pumps into the defence ministry, if a statement delivered by its minister Frans Kapofi yesterday is anything to go by.

A Windhoek resident, accused of viciously attacking and killing his wife with a hammer, was convicted of murder with direct intent and defeating the course of justice on Tuesday.

Three police officers allegedly involved in the murder of a former police officer that took place last week at Ehafo lyaKandenge village in the Oshana region, have been arrested.

The Ndonga Linena irrigation project, which last year blamed government for four unproductive years, planted 88 hectares of maize on the commercial fields and 90 hectares on the small-scale farmers’ side. 

The National Democratic Party has issued a stern warning to Namibian and African leaders who are “stealing and misusing natural resources to enrich themselves”, leaving Africans in poverty.

A Walvis Bay fisherman, who is accused of stabbing to death his housemate and injuring a second woman, made his first appearance on Tuesday afternoon in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court.