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Empowering women and the girl-child holds many benefits for society because of its trickle-down effect on the other members of society.

The Affirmative Repositioning Movement’s chief activist, Job Amupanda, has urged members of parliament to do something useful for their people by passing a bill prohibiting foreign nationals from owning land in Namibia.

Former education ministers are on a warpath about the conundrum created by the new education curriculum, which has seen thousands of learners dumped on the streets, and their academic futures in disarray.

Hambukushu Traditional Authority leaders came out guns blazing this week by accusing the government of tampering with their livelihoods in the Bwabwata National Park as opposed to wildlife.

A 10-day-old baby girl who was allegedly killed by her mother two weeks ago has been laid to rest by her father’s family without the presence of her parents as they are both in custody.

Newly formed indigenous business organisations have voiced their plight, including calls for better treatment and recognition, especially by financial institutions. 

The country’s largest trade union federation, the National Union of Namibian Workers, has threatened a nationwide protest over what it termed as malpractices at TransNamib, the state-owned railway company.

About 600 fishermen, who were offered employment by Walvis Bay-based Cavema Fishing and its subsidiary companies say even though they are drawing a monthly salary, they are growing anxious by sitting at home doing nothing. 

Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says acts of corruption within the public sector are in some instances fuelled by players in the private sector who are willing to offer bribes to government officials.

Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) president Corrie Mensah, who along with fellow board members tendered their resignations yesterday, said their decision to step down was in the best interest of the local game, as any other move contrary to such a decision would have been catastrophic to the union.