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Namibia’s expenditure on Covid-19 related expenses could be corruption-proof as the Anti-Corruption Commission is yet to receive any complaints involving the procurement or handling of funds concerning the pandemic.

Fears of another physical confrontation mount as two factions within the Ovaherero traditional authority plan to host different events for the commemoration of Red Flag Day scheduled for this weekend at Okahandja.

Career spy Tylvas Shilongo’s stint as the Anti-Corruption Commission’s executive director got a boost this month after his contract – which lapses in August – was extended by 24 months.  

Windhoek High Court Judges Dinnah Usiku and Herman January dismissed an appeal by one of the men accused of killing Walvis Bay cop, Asser Dominicus.

Two Windhoek residents, who were arrested in connection to the lifeless body of a 22-year-old that was discovered in freezer at Herero Mall in Katutura, have denied any wrongdoing. 

Khomas governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua officially handed over a new N$280 000 two-bedroom house to the family who lost all their properties after a fire destroyed their corrugated iron shack eight years ago.

The two men who were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and extorting a female victim at NaTIS in Windhoek were remanded in custody yesterday.

The police are yet to conclude investigations into the case of a woman, who was raped, murdered and her body dumped at a church last year.

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has said pregnancy and childbirth-related complications are the number one killers of girls, aged 15 to 19, in developing countries.

Defence lawyers Boris Isaacks and Milton Engelbrecht yesterday had a field day in shredding the evidence of the police officer, who apprehended former magistrate Jaco Kennedy and his cousin Ray Cloete on charges of rape.