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A reality that emerged is that debt has become a lifeline for many Namibians. A significant number of Namibians faced many financial adversities during the past two years due to the covid-19 pandemic. 

Following the local authority elections in November 2020, most local authorities were taken over by new political parties. 

The chief of the Mashi Traditional Authority, chief Joseph Tembwe Mayuni, has called on the government to swiftly address the challenge of overlapping boundaries among traditional authorities in the Zambezi region. 

Learners at a makeshift government school in Rundu’s Tumweneni informal settlement will soon get a permanent facility. 

The Namibia Correctional Service (NSC) continues to run successful production farms, while other government initiatives, such as green schemes, have failed to reach their full potential. 

Police have questioned several people, including a relative of six-year-old Adrian Myne Oswyn, whose body parts were found scattered in and around a sewage pond in Karibib.

Economic development cannot take place in a vacuum, and trade platforms should be utilised to foster a spirit of integration and cooperation. 

Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg yesterday convicted the two men on trial for the murders of elderly Swakopmund couple 81-year-old Siegfried and 79-year-old Sieglinde Strzelecki of murder with direct intent with regards to Sieglinde.

​​​​​​​Segregation of farmers in northern Namibia, through the veterinary cordon fence, compounded by poor marketing opportunities, grazing management, stock theft and lack of funding are but a few major challenges farmers in the Northern Communal Areas are grappling with. 

An adult Namibian man, Sipirangi Romanus Usuka, lost his life on Monday after a tree he was cutting fatally fell on him at Kahenge village in the Nkurenkuru district of Kavango West.