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Education is the central foundation of the nation and in Namibia, the education ministry gets the most significant share of the budget. 

In the face of mounting pressure and speculation to endorse current Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as his preferred candidate, party leader President Hage Geingob has refused to budge. 

Erongo chief regional officer Habate Doeses has resigned and requested for early retirement, citing an unbearable environment at the council. 

Former Ovaherero Genocide Foundation president Utjiua Muinjangue has labelled the German government 'a joke' after the European nation reportedly rejected to renegotiate the N$18 billion offer it has promised to aid projects in Namibia over 30 years to atone for its role in genocide and property seizures during 1904-1908. 

The police are in the process of formulating charges and possibly charge directors of a Namibian-registered fishing company after two of its vessels were impounded and a 60-member crew rescued last Monday. 

For Swapo to survive and win back the popular vote, service delivery should be the foundation of all its strategies going forward, re-elected Swapo Party Youth League secretary Ephraim Nekongo has said.

The !Oë ≠Gân traditional community does not want its chief Immanuel /Gaseb to be supported or elected as chairperson of the Council of Traditional Leaders. 

President Hage Geingob will this week undertake a working visit to Gaborone to attend the inaugural session of the Namibia-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC).

American murder accused Marcus Thomas is suing prison authorities, a former safety and security minister and five correctional officers for damages in relation to an alleged assault perpetrated on him. 

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economics and Public Administration visited the stalling N$190 million Peugeot assembly plant in Walvis Bay on Friday.