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ONGWEDIVA – People in large numbers countrywide queued outside ATMs and banks since early morning on Friday to withdraw their N$750 emergency income grant that is currently being rolled out to cushion the impact of the Covid-19 on the less privileged.

OMUTHIYA – Tsumeb mayor Mathew Hangula has come to the defence of the municipality’s decision to demolish informal traders’ structures within the town on Friday, saying this was dictated by the requirements on how vendors can operate under the national Covid-19 lockdown. 

President Hage Geingob at the weekend conveyed goodwill wishes to the people of Zimbabwe for reaching the 40-year milestone.

RUNDU – The Kavango East region’s Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has encouraged young people to adhere to measures put in place to contain the spread of Covid-19. 

GOBABIS – The newly appointed governor of Omaheke Pijoo Nganate has promised to follow into the footsteps of his predecessors and continue working hard for the betterment of the region’s inhabitants. 

WALVIS BAY – An employee of Grinrod Namibia Stevedoring tragically died in a freak accident on Friday morning at Namport while offloading vehicles from a vessel. 

The Ovambanderu Traditional Authority chief Kilus Munyuku III Nguvauva has lamented the absence of vernacular languages on cellular text messages for the application process of the N$750 emergency income grant (EIG) intended to mitigate the economic fallout from the coronavirus.

KEETMANSHOOP – Alcohol can be regarded as one of the main factors prompting people to commit crime, said police regional commander for //Kharas Commissioner David Indongo in response to an inquiry from New Era.

KEETMANSHOOP – Swapo Party regional coordinator Mattheus Mumbala says newly-appointed //Kharas regional governor Aletta Fredericks has been groomed through the party’s ranks and structures and is, thus, not somebody who was appointed from outside.

Otjomuise- Ehi arihe okuza kundinondi nambano ra patwa kapesere oku kara omundu ngu ma nyinga  nyinga  kutja okuza poye okuyenda poo murara nganda poo mo re sevate okuza ponganda ye poo yawo okuyenda ko nganda yarwe.