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Following the death of the one˗year old boy, allegedly at the hands of his mother at farm Buckholzburn in the Bethanie area, another four˗month old girl was discovered in a shallow grave at farm Swartberg in the Karasburg district earlier this week.

While health executive director Ben Nangombe dismissed claims that emergency workers have decided to not work beyond normal working hours due to nonpayment of their overtime claims, reports from the ground, however, paint a different picture.

The country’s medical aid industry reported a net deficit for the third quarter of 2022, yet remained well capitalised as it held a high percentage of free assets as at 30 September 2022. Additionally, the industry’s reserves level exceeded the minimum prudential reserves level requirement of 25% and is thus deemed to be financially sound.

The Income Tax Amendment Act, 2022, came into force on 01 January with an objective, amongst others, to ensure that any income derived from the exploitation of Namibia’s natural resources is taxed.

Education is a systematic process that seeks to produce well-balanced individuals with the requisite knowledge, skills, values, aptitudes and attitudes to become functional and productive citizens for national development.

Namibia is well known as a stable, democratic country, committed to stimulating economic growth and employment through foreign investment. However, there is a lack of trust in the police because of the unprofessional conduct, rudeness and violence of many officers. 

The World Food Programme (WFP), Lithon project consultants, Hardap prison officials and inmates gathered on Thursday morning outside the Hardap correctional facility to watch the first vegetable seeds being planted to launch the cropping season.

With countrywide outcries regarding the poor performance by learners, this year’s annual back to school service hosted by the ELCRN Ephesians Parish in Gobabis attracted a large number of people seeking audience with God.