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Minerals constitute the source of materials from which our machines are built, and mineral fuels supply the energy that powers the machines. 

There is no broad definition of the concept ‘profession’ that has been offered or universally accepted by scholars. 

Poet Publius Ovidius Naso, better known as Ovid (43 BC and 17 AD), once wrote “fertilior seges est alenis semper in agris”, which translates: ‘the harvest is always more fruitful in another man’s fields.’ 

In commemoration of World Health Day yesterday, President Hage Geingob paid glowing tribute to the country’s frontline workers, particularly healthcare workers and men and women in uniform, who have made tremendous sacrifices in ensuring they save citizens’ lives. 

To increase advocacy and public education, the ministries of health, education and information, in collaboration with other development partners, this week officially launched the learners’ Covid-19 vaccination campaign at the Keetmanshoop Secondary School. 

The late Benedickus Johannes Nkundu, who died at the age of 80 on 19 March 2022 at Mururani, was laid to rest yesterday at Siya village in Kavango West’s Kapako constituency. Nkundu was accorded the honour of an official funeral by President Hage Geingob.

The infamous findings contained in an audit report performed by accounting firm PwC Namibia over an alleged unaccounted for N$24 million have caused a rift among councillors at the Walvis Bay municipality. 

The Namibian Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) yesterday urged the working public to remain calm ahead of the final standards and regulations on the Preservation of Retirement Benefits to be made under the Financial Institutions and Markets Act, 2021 (FIMA). 

Police in Kavango West have arrested a 19-year-old male for being in possession of 115 parcels of cannabis, collectively weighing about 68kg and valued at N$682 850.