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KATIMA MULILO – Bolyaminzi kwa munzi wa Sabelo mwasilalanda sa Sibbinda, banyazize muyemeli wa bona kuli una ni sialuluti hakutaha kwa kuaba liliba mwasilalo sa bona. Muyemeli wa silalanda sa Sibbinda Ignatius Chunga, unyazizwe kaku kungulela sicaba kwatuko hakutaha kwa kuaba lico zalinanga mwasikiliti.

KATIMA MULILO – Mubusisi wa sikiliti sa Zambezi Lawrence Sampofu ubilaezwa kibayahi banaha Zambia babanze basilela mwanaha Namibia isi kamulao, kutobata lico ni libyana zeñwi nihakuna ni musha wakukwala naha kaufela, mwakubata kulwanisa kakokwani kabutuku bwa Korona kasilimo sa 2019 (Covid-19). Buñata bwa bayahi ba Sesheke ni Mwandi bataha kwa Katima Mulilo kuto leka lico ni lika zeñwi zabutokwa, kakuli hakuna lintolo sakata mwalibaka zepeli.

Villagers at Sabelo in the Sibbinda constituency have accused their councillor of nepotism when it comes to the allocation of boreholes in their area. Sibbinda constituency councillor Ignatius Chunga has come under fire for allegedly repeatedly snubbing the community when it comes to the region’s drought relief programme. 

NKURENKURU – The Nkurenkuru Town Council wants government to step up with a plan to rescue local authorities with some form of subsidy on operational costs, as councils face a drastic reduction in revenue collection due to the Covid-19 outbreak. 

The European Union has pledged a grant of N$172 million to the Namibian government to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The grant is part of additional budget support without conditions linked to disbursement. 

RUNDU – Farmers in Kavango East have welcomed the new regional governor Bonifatius Wakudumo with a list of demands after he started work last week when he was appointed by the Head of State to replace Samuel Mbambo, who has been at the help of the region since 2013.

Leading hotelier, State-owned enterprise Windhoek Country Club and Casino, has cut salaries of many workers, including its executives and senior managers by 50% as Covid-19 takes a toll on the hospitality industry.

Several prominent community members in Zambezi region at Kayuwo in Kongola constituency have expressed concern over illegal land deals reportedly involving some indunas selling communal land to “investors” and “foreigners” apparently for a song.

The Covid-19 pandemic is a world-shattering event whose ranging consequences we can only begin to imagine today. 

Why raise that question? This was prompted by New Era’s weekly insert called: ‘Star of the Week’. In the Friday 13 March edition, the star of that week was the High-Level Panel on the Economy (HLPE) for recommending the allocation of free land to all those in informal settlements in urban areas.