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After six months of profiting through dual transport benefits, Windhoek mayor Sade Gawanas, with the management committee’s blessing, will continue using City vehicles and receiving a car allowance.

Chief Justice Peter Shivute has granted the prosecutor general’s petition to appeal the ruling of Windhoek High Court Judge Herman Oosthuizen to release Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo on bail.

Suspended Grootfontein municipality CEO Kisco Sinvula has failed in his attempt to stop his disciplinary hearing from taking place.

The trial of double murder accused Ernst Lichtenstrasser was postponed yet again yesterday because of new evidence that came to light. His legal aid lawyer Albert Titus applied for a postponement to today to acquaint himself with the new evidence..

The number of cattle that reportedly died of lung disease in Ohangwena, Oshikoto, Omusati and Kavango West region has increased to 44.

Fisheries minister Derek Klazen was shocked when he found that his ministry’s staff at Rundu have been running the office without water and electricity when he visited the regional office this week.

- receives 120 corruption complaints
- declines 63 cases

Nigel van Wyk, a minnow in the Fishrot scandal, yesterday informed Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Kobus Miller, through his legal aid instructed lawyer Jermaine Muchali, that he intends to bring an application that a foreign judge should adjudicate the Fishrot trial.

One of Namibia’s top amateur boxers Jonas Junias Jonas will likely turn professional after this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

Namibia’s very own chess prodigy, International Master (IM) Dante Beukes did superbly in the recent South African Open elite championship section when he ended second, only losing out on first place on tie-breaks.