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The Ministry of Health and Social Services in Omaheke, through its Social Welfare Department, hosted the Suicide Prevention and Treatment Day in Gobabis on 16 September 2022.

Based on the 2021/2022 cancer screenings by the Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN), through the National Cancer Outreach Programme, it is evident from the results that cancer is increasing and there is a tremendous need for education and screening in the country.

It will all be a numbers game when a little under 800 delegates convene in Windhoek to elect a new Swapo leadership towards the end of November this year. 

The living conditions of learners at Oshamukweni Combined School in the Ohangwena region shocked many when pictures of students living and cooking in deplorable conditions circulated on social media last year. 

Disgruntled Swapo vice-presidential-hopeful Jerry Ekandjo yesterday agreed his matter of exclusion from challenging for the party’s vice presidency at the upcoming elective congress to be handled by the party’s central committee.

A 35-year-old man said he assisted his wife to deliver their baby at home, minutes after the nurses at the Omuthiya district hospital sent his heavily pregnant wife back home. 

Swapo vice president incumbent Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has said the ruling party is at a crossroads and needs to return to its core ideologies while continuing to embrace transformation and change.

Students enrolled at the Community Skills Development Foundation (COSDEF) in Tsumeb have given the institution an ultimatum to refund them for 2021 and 2022 academic years within three days.

Crack cocaine, currently circulating in Swakopmund, is causing havoc among drug users, as a fourth person died after smoking it in the last three weeks.