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A New Era article titled ‘Snakes torment northern teachers’ published on 26 September 2022 reported about snakes terrorising teachers at Elondo-West Combined School in the Omusati region.

A senior police officer, who heads the finance directorate of the Namibian Police, Waldheim Nghikongwa, made his first court appearance in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of culpable homicide, driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless or negligent driving.

Ovambanderu Traditional Authority will this weekend convene at Omaueuozonjanda in the Epukiro constituency to instal chief designate Eben Tjozohongo Nguvauva II as paramount chief of that community. 

Rehoboth residents are frustrated because of the precarious water situation in the town and a lack of communication between the community and Rehoboth Town Council (RTC).

Former Cabinet minister David Namwandi, who lost his son on Monday night, has eulogised him as a humble and kind-hearted person.

The information ministry has refused to reinstate and pay one of its information officers N$1 million in back pay after the labour commissioner concluded that his dismissal was unfair.

The judgment to determine the ownership of a piece of land on which Puma Energy Namibia and the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) have been operating for years, has been postponed to next week.

The international relations ministry has dismissed social media reports, accusing minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of allegedly awarding a scholarship to the daughter of her campaign manager.

Although the Bank of Namibia’s quarterly bulletin hints at a recovery in the tourism sector due to increased tourist arrivals, the Namibia Tourism Board identified a serious need for more air capacity to increase arrivals as well as a shortage of rental cars.

The Windhoek municipal council’s failure to appoint a CEO for almost 24 months has destabilised the city’s administrative machinery while robbing residents of the quality services they yearn for.