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Writing legibly has never been one of my strongest points. I have often wondered whether exasperated examiners passed me at school and university on the assumption that one so lacking in handwriting skills must obviously have used his time to soak up the more important facts of the subject matter being examined.

THE government has gone into overdrive in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus since two Romanian tourists tested positive for the virus after landing in the country on Wednesday, the 11 March 2020. The worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus, which has since been declared a pandemic by the World
Health Organisation (WHO), is a cause for concern for all humanity.

KARASBURG – The //Kharas regional education directorate is counting losses after the boys’ hostel at Ernst Jager Combined School was destroyed by fire last week.

WALVIS BAY – The Welwitschia Private Hospital has donated 10 hospital beds with mattresses,
five over-bed tables and four trolleys to the Walvis Bay state hospital to assist with the fight against coronavirus pandemic.

SWAPO parliamentarian Peter Katjavivi was on Friday re-elected to a new five-year term as speaker of the
seventh National Assembly after obtaining 64 votes against United Democratic Front of Namibia’s Dudu Murorua, who obtained 31 votes.

Government has started rolling out increased measures to contain the growing coronavirus outbreak by quarantining 35 Namibian citizens who were trapped in Europe. The 35 arrived in the country on Saturday morning and were immediately whisked away to the Greiters conference centre on the outskirts of Windhoek for a mandatory quarantine of 14 days.

A spelling mistake on a suspicious proof of payment document recently led to the arrest of a 55-year-old man who wanted to swindle eight tyres from a local dealership.

Corporate Namibia have raised an amount of N$863 479 towards the devastating drought crisis to assist the affected communal conservancies and rural farmers in the Kunene region.

OMUTHIYA - Oshikoto health director Dr Joshua Nghipangelwa said a man and woman tested negative for coronavirus following suspected cases in the region.

WINDHOEK – Chinese President Xi Jinping, on Namibia celebrating its 30 years of independence and statehood, has reaffirmed his country’s excellent diplomatic relations, tracing back to when
Namibia was still ruled by the apartheid South African minority regime.