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Health authorities have acknowledged that the outbreak of the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic has ultimately proven to be a blessing in disguise for the country’s health sector, despite its horrific implications on the economy. 

Trevor Brockerhoff, the lawyer of Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo, yesterday gave notice to Windhoek High Court acting Judge Kobus Miller that he will apply for the judge’s recusal from the trial for perceived bias.

Aakalimo yomoshikandjohogolo shaKalongo moshitopolwa shaMusati ohaya lala taya teke omeya ngoka haga ndondo ashike ethimbo lyuusiku. Kansela gwoshikandjohogololo shaKalongo Laurentius Iipinge ngoka a koleke oluhepo lwomeya moshikandjohogololo she, ota ti aakalimo otaya mono iihuna.

Nonando uuministeli wuuhaku nonkalonawa wa kala nokukumagidha oshigwana kombinga yokutuntilwa okukelela nokushonopaleka ompito yokukwatwa komukithi goCovid-19, oshigwana osha gandja omakemo gasho.

Minista youhaku nonghalonawa Dr Kalumbi Shangula okwa ti omivalu dovanhu tava kwatwa kombuto yoCovid-19 owa shuna pedu konima yomafiku anhe a pita moshivike eshi.Shangula okwa ti ouministeli wouhaku owa didilika yoo vali  nomwaalu wovanhu tava fi kombuto yoCovid-19 wa shuna pedu oshivike eshi okufaafanifa noivike ya pita.

“Nonando owa tala ndje nda tsima, nda zala iikutu inaayi dhengwa oshikangule, nezimba itaali hokitha, ihandi lala nondjala,” Omulandithi gwiingumutulu ta ningi omashendjo ngaaka.

Agriculture remains the mainstay for many Namibians and the lack of access to quality seeds, equipment and transport have hugely impacted the livelihoods of those in the drought-stricken Kunene region.

Khomas governor Laura Mcleod-Katjirua has urged constituency councillors in the region to revive their respective disaster risk management committees without any delay. She said the region has recently appointed the regional disaster risk management committee to ensure emergency preparedness.

Some areas of the Zambezi region are no longer accessible by road because of the heavy rainfall in the catchment area.

Police still have to determine whether a Swakopmund couple found dead in their home in Vogelstrand indeed killed themselves. Evidence have been collected from the crime scene to assist the authorities in determining the exact cause of death of the elderly couple, identified by friends and relatives on social media as Dean Olley (73) and Luella Olley (63).