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Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta has hit out at Swapo members who allegedly use social media platforms to attack each other. 

Newly sworn-in Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarian Maximalliant Katjimune says solving youth unemployment will be one of his top priorities in the National Assembly.

Minister Anna Nghipondoka said education cannot afford to operate in isolation and the collaboration with relevant stakeholders is underway to revive the sector.

Former Gobabis mayor Liberius Kalili has denied claims by current mayor Elvire Theron that “corruption” in the eastern town of Gobabis has stalled the town’s 1995 twinning agreement with the Smallingerland municipality in the Dutch province of Friesland.

//Kharas governor Aletha Frederick said the region has the potential to address socio-economic challenges, such as youth unemployment and the prevalence of widespread poverty in the region.

The minister of urban and rural development, Erastus Uutoni, is in support of the idea to decentralise traditional courts in order to manage and reduce the overwhelming piles of cases at tribal headquarters.

The rape, assault, attempted rape and attempted murder trial of a Windhoek resident, who is accused of 23 offences, including the mutilation of a 10-year-old girl in 2018, was postponed yesterday as the prosecutor is “indisposed.” 

The empty houses constructed under the Massive Urban Land Servicing Project (MULSP) at Walvis Bay will finally get owners. This follows after the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development gave the Walvis Bay municipality the go-ahead to sell the houses.

The Brave Warriors began their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers with an uninspiring one-all draw against Burundi in the opening game of their Group C game at FNB Stadium on Saturday.