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A 67-year-old woman, who has love for children, has donated 300 blankets to children in Okahandja Park to keep them warm during the extremely cold winter in
Windhoek.

The Bank of Namibia will investigate the business activities of a housing initiative of incarcerated activist Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and forex trader Michael Amushelelo that promises to deliver affordable housing to Windhoek’s residents.

Three struggling young women who hail from Eheke in the Oshana region and came to Windhoek to further their studies, suffered a triple blow when they lost both their breadwinner, home and all belongings in a shack fire. 

The odds were always stacked against Johanna Kamati, one of the few San people from Onamatadiva village in the Ohangwena region who made it through school without dropping out or at least reaching tertiary education level.

The Namibian government is concerned over the negligible level of trade and investment between Namibia and Angola.

Outgoing Kavango West police commander, Commissioner Josephat Abel yesterday handed over the reins to Julia Sakuwa-Neo.

The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, has called on members of conservancies to refrain from poaching and misuse of funds.

An incomplete record of the ongoing trial of a woman, accused of killing her six-month-old son by throwing him on the ground, thereby fracturing his skull, has caused a pause in the trial.

The next round of matches in the MTC Netball Premier League is scheduled to resume on 16 July, with the country’s topflight campaigners expected to bring nothing but thrilling action back to the courts. 

Namibia’s foremost young mixed martial arts fighter Veja Hinda on Saturday once again defied all odds to scoop a gold medal in the eight-man elimination round of the Gauteng Fighting Championships, which also saw him book a place in the semi-finals.