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As Swapo turns 62 years today, secretary general Sophia Shaningwa has urged members to protect and treat the party as ‘an egg’ as it has become fragile and vulnerable due to divisions and infighting.

Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Albert Kawana on Wednesday said 348 Namibians married foreign nationals in the previous fiscal year.

Approval of the budgetary allocation of N$110 million to the National Assembly for the financial year 2022/23 has been deferred after the Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi, supported by members of parliament in the National Assembly, bemoaned the allocation they described as inadequate.

The Ongwediva Town Council has announced that the 2022 Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair is scheduled to take place from 26 August to 1 September.

Items that were seized without a search warrant from a guesthouse in Windhoek where two American nationals, accused of the assassin-like murder of Andre Heckmair were staying, could be used as evidence in their ongoing trial.

Around 203 schools with junior grades received wheat flour from the Oshikoto director of education, with the primary aim of feeding learners daily. The feeding programme benefits approximately 51 706 learners in the region.

Parliament came under fire over the Easter holiday for allegedly sweeping corruption under the carpet after staff stole N$1.2 million.

Speculation around the new container terminal was finally put to rest when the Namibia Ports Authority announced that they will be leasing it for the next 25 years.

Namibia has been ranked among the top five countries in Africa chosen as a location for blockbuster movies. 

Windhoek High Court acting Judge Petrus Unengu on Thursday sentenced fraud convict Immanuel David Freitas Dias to a N$200 000 fine or five years imprisonment, plus a further five years, suspended wholly for five years.