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Otjomuise- Osondaha indi ovana zongamburiro vo zo mbongo peke peke otjimarire totjikando otjitenga okuworongana motjivarero otjinene opp kozonbongo indo zondindi motjivarero atjihe tjinga nambano morukondwa orutjaine ovando mbu ma veworongana averi potjivarero o 2500 poo kehi ya nao. 

Okalkpana-Epukiro kamuna omekurisiro nge kayenda nandarire kutja oko  karira Okarukondua Komatoororero ku ko keni okuza no ku papuruka ko Tjinene nu ozombura azehe inda kena iyotjira otjinane ihi o Swapo.

President Hage Geingob has conferred the status of national hero upon struggle veteran and renowned educationalist Martin Shipanga who died early this week in Windhoek. 

While the country is in the throes of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, cases of malaria caused by mosquitos are on the increase in the two Kavango regions, where the disease claimed 14 lives since January until last week on Wednesday, confirmed the chief medical officer.

The police at Walvis Bay are investigating a Chinese couple on allegations they are selling Chinese medicine purportedly that prevents people from contracting Covid-19 at the coastal town.

The executive director in the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, has retired this week from her position and the public service.

The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) feels despite all good intentions and effort, the local tourism market will not be able to save the sector, which needs at least 40% occupancy to survive.

The environment ministry in collaboration with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) has translocated 30 giraffes to two communal conservancies and a national park last month.

Residents of Siraro village of Mpungu constituency in Kavango West have written a petition focusing on the transgressions of a man who has lived at that village for four years but had to be evicted for grabbing communal land on several occasions.

The Covid-19 isolation facility built at the Rundu Intermediate Hospital, at the cost of N$3 million, has been completed in response to the national battle against the pandemic in Kavango East region.