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Several judges have criticised the work of magistrates in review judgments in recent months. 

A 19-year-old teenager, who was arrested in April for being in possession of 115 parcels of cannabis with a value of nearly N$700 000, was granted bail of N$5 000. 

Chinese construction company, China Railway Seventh Group, has dragged three insurance companies, for refusing to pay out N$10 million in damages, to court.

Farm Uitkoms has undeniably proven that marginalised communities can become self-sustainable in terms of access to potable water for agricultural purposes.

A Swakopmund woman can finally breathe a sigh of relief as the town council resolved to have the particulars of her bigamist husband removed as co-owner of her Build Together house in Mondesa.

Residents of Ombili were left in shock yesterday after NamPower employee Abner Shiimi shot himself in front of his neighbours after he was allegedly charged and fined N$1 000 for causing damage to a company vehicle when he bumped a taxi. 

The suit filed by expelled Independent Patriots for Change party member and former chairperson of the Erongo Regional Council, Ciske Smith-Howard, is ongoing in the High Court.

The government has collected N$77 million between 2019 and 2021 from renting out buildings, a recent audit report reveals. Through the department of works, under the auspices of the works and transport ministry, which is the custodian of government properties, the State also generated over N$100 000 from leasing parking spaces to various institutions across the country.

The chairperson of the City of Windhoek’s management committee, Ndeshihafela Larandja, has maintained the resolution to annul the recruitment process for the CEO position stands as the process was replete with irregularities.

ReconAfrica’s controversial oil exploration activities in the Kavango regions have been officially endorsed by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, which is chaired by former Cabinet minister Tjekero Tweya.