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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.

OSHIVELO – A total of 1 645 people has so far been medically screened at the Oshivelo checkpoint since the beginning of Covid-19 national lockdown on Saturday, revealed the station commander Inspector Victor Mbonabi.

The University of Namibia (Unam) has announced that students will not sit for their baptismal, first semester examinations as earlier scheduled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

KATIMA MULILO - Vendors in the Zambezi region who incurred huge revenue losses due to the state of emergency will be allowed to resume operations.

OMUTHIYA – The new regional governor for Oshikoto, Penda Ya Ndakolo, says he does not harbour any hate or ill-feelings against his predecessor Henock Kankoshi, who could not make it to the handover of office keys as Ya Ndakolo assumed duty.

ONGWEDIVA - Two members of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) died in a tragic car accident on the road between Elim and Oshikuku

The siblings of a 47-year-old man who died on 8 April are locked in a clash with their sister-in-law over his preferred burial site. 

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The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) yesterday tore into opposition parties, labelling them ‘opportunists’ after the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) and Landless People’s Movement (LPM) laid charges against the ruling party for allegedly violating the state of emergency Covid-19 regulations.