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Kabbe South constituency councillor John Likando says due to the heavy floods in the area, many residents have been cut off and are unable to reach town for basic essential services and goods due to the rising Zambezi River, which currently stands over seven metres.

KEETMANSHOOP – Law enforcement officers should make firm, human and impartial decisions when enforcing adherence to Covid-19 regulations, whilst members of the public should also refrain from provoking them unnecessarily, police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga has said. 

WALVIS BAY – Informal traders at Walvis Bay are unhappy due to the fact that not all of them are allowed to trade at the local open market. 
The Walvis Bay municipality last week opened the revamped Ekutu market after government allowed the informal sector to trade under strict conditions. 

Garu-a dītsâdi ǂhanub Covid-19 ǂkhâ!nâdi ase ra dīdi !aromas ge Mariǁhōn Ministerisa ǂoago wekheb Mantaxs ai N$400 miljunsa ge mā, ǁnāpas Social Security Commisionsa (SSC) N$253 miljunsa ge mā hîa.

Ministeris ǂGamǂgamsenǀhurun tsî !Hū!nāsi !Oabadi dis ge ǀgūǁae ǂkhamkhoena nî ǁkhāǁkhākhâi hîa omsa xu oms ǁga !gû tsi Covid-19 ǁōs ǂnamipe nau !hūǁîna nî ǂansa nî māna. Nē hirihiri!nâs hîa haka tsēde nî !khōǂgās, ǂgaiǂams ‘ǂKhamkhoen Namibiab din ge Covid-19 ǁgoaǂuidi ai ra oe-am’ ti hâs !nakas ge ǂhanusise ǂoago wekheb Mantaxs ai Namibiab dana!ās, ǀAeǁgams!nâ ge ǂan!gâhe.

Government has devised a four-stage response plan aimed at easing the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown that has been in place since 18 April. 

Two huts were reduced to ashes at Hakko cattle post where cattle herders were in pursuit of a Black mamba that they tried to kill as they saw it as a danger to their lives.

GOBABIS – As the nation tries to navigate through the global pandemic good Samaritans have been coming forward to help those worst affected by the coronavirus.

Our Star of the Week is the Ministry of Finance and the Social Security Commission (SSC) that each availed N$400 million and N$253 million respectively to the National Employment and Salary Scheme as part of Covid-19 relief measures that will go towards saving thousands of jobs.

OHAIYANDA - I have never heard of e-learning and what it entails, these were the words of a grade 6 learner at Mungandjera Combined School who New Era came across playing outside a house and driving a wire toy car at Ohaiyanda village in Oshikoto.