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The UNAIDS country director, Alti Zwandor, says men continue to be missing in large numbers from HIV prevention and treatment services. 

United People’s Movement candidate for the upcoming Swakopmund constituency by-election, Bernhard von Seydlitz urged Swakopmund residents to go out in numbers and vote if they want change in Swakopmund.

The governor of the Khomas region said the closing of hostels in the region has an impact on performance, absenteeism and the dropout rate of secondary learners due to hunger. 

Learners at Niilo Taapopi Secondary School in Okahao, Omusati region, were left stranded, and some were seen hopelessly roaming around town on Sunday evening after the school’s principal allegedly denied them access to the hostel for failing to pay the N$150 hostel fee.

At least N$148 million paid by the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund to local universities could not be verified, as there is no credible documentary evidence to support the payments.

Despite the installation of academic Mutjinde Katjiua as paramount chief of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) by his faction, acting PC of the authority Vipuira Kapuuo said the race for the legitimate OTA PC has commenced, and that the community’s supreme leader will be announced in three weeks.

The Landless People’s Movement says the fact that Windhoek mayor Sade Gawanas received a transport allowance while also using the municipality’s vehicles in violation of the city’s policies speaks to the incompetence of those leading the institution.

Namibian Police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga has lashed out at police officers involved in criminal activities, saying it is shameful and embarrassing to the force.  

The Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union has reacted to the court’s decision to halt its industrial action at TransNamib with a demand that heads must roll.

Unions representing workers in the fishing industry expressed disappointment in ministers who spoke against salary increments for workers.