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The construction of the N$8.2 million reservoir at Ompumbu is progressing well and is expected to be completed in May, Oshakati Town Council spokesperson Katarina Kamari confirmed.

The recent Opuwo Rural and Katima Mulilo Urban constituency by-elections cost the Electoral Commission of Namibia a whopping N$2.5 million. 

Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi has implored the church to continue to involve itself in social and developmental issues affecting the country.

Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi yesterday tabled a N$61.5 billion budget for the 2022/23 financial year that indicated a total revenue projection of N$59.7 billion, some 11.7% higher than estimated revenue for the current financial year. 

Opposition politicians and political analysts yesterday criticised finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi’s budget speech, claiming the budget is not pro-youth and that young people were invoked by Shiimi as rhetorical agents to expedite appeals in the political theatre.

Unions representing civil servants have informed their members that salary negotiations with government, which commenced in February 2021, have reached a deadlock. The matter has now been referred for conciliation to the Office of the Labour Commissioner.

Tunacor Group subsidiary company Namsov showed the fishing industry that value could be added to wet landed horse mackerel.

The University of Namibia has softened its stance on admission requirements to provisionally accept the new Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate grade 11 students, following in the footsteps of the Namibia University of Science and Technology and the International University of Management.

Namibian students studying in Ukraine have expressed dismay and are calling on the government to evacuate them or communicate with Poland to allow them to seek refuge there. Ukraine hosts about 100 Namibians, including 92 students spread out across the country. 

The damage that occurred on the NamWater pipeline between Windhoek and Okahandja last week, affecting the water flow to certain areas in Windhoek, has finally been fixed.