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WINDHOEK - Inmates who voted at the Windhoek correctional facility yesterday have called on the High Court to correct the unconstitutional long-term sentences imposed on inmates, taking into consideration the Supreme Court judgement earlier this year that ruled jail terms exceeding the expected lifespan of long-term prisoners are unconstitutional in Namibia.  

ARANDIS – Old voter cards, low youth turnout and elderly people dominated voting in the Erongo Region yesterday where thousands turned up to cast their vote in the much anticipated Presidential and National Assembly elections.

KHOANDAWES – Omahekeb ǀKharisi ǀAwemā!nans di sîsenǂuira mâisas Maria Vaendwanawas ge ge ǂanǂan, ǀawemā!nans ge N$8.5 miljunsa 128 !kharaga ǀhûhâsi projekdi !nâ a ǀgoraǂgāsa ǁîs di ǀhûhâsi

AE GAMS – Major-Xenerali, Namibiab ǀAwa!namn ǀHûs dib Oscar Embubulub, ge ǂhanusi ǀhui-ams !khūb!naes ǁaeb kaitsēdi dib di daob !norasasib ǂgaoǂgao!nâs ǁaxasib tawa ǀAeǁgams !nâ, ai!â gere ǂoa wekheb ai ge mî, ǁnā ǀgapi !gôab tsūke!gân dib hîa daogu ai ra hân ra !aromahesa daoba ra sîsenū khoen xa. Embubulub ge ge mî nē kurib !Khanna xu nēsis kōsen 2 643 tsūke!gân daogu ai ge hâna xoamâihe hâsa.

ONGWEDIVAS – Hepatitis di khoraǂuisens ge !kharu ge kurigu !nâ ǀgaisase ge ǂharo, ǂurusib mâisan ge 10 ǀHōǂgaeb nē kurib dis ai ǁîn di xoamâisa !gôaba 1 635 ai mâse a ǂan!gâse. Hepatitis Es khoraǂuisens ge 56 khoen ûiga ge ū tsîn ge 6 672 !nae!khaide ge !nurihe nē ǁōs ge Hôasoreb 2017 dis ai a ǂanhes khao!gâ.

KEETMANSHOOP - Members of the Horse Lovers Organization in Keetmanshoop could face prosecution for illegally keeping their horses at facilities owned by the municipality.

WINDHOEK - U.S. Ambassador Lisa Johnson and U.S. Embassy representatives will celebrate Namibia’s democratic traditions as accredited observers at the polls tomorrow.

Never since the watershed independence elections in 1989, won by Swapo conclusively, have Namibians face a similar serious tribal threat, as with the oncoming November 27 elections.  

KEETMANSHOOP – The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) held its final rally at Keetmanshoop on Sunday, with party leader Bernadus Swartbooi saying they were the only hope for Namibians.  

OMBUNDU – The Chinese embassy donated boxes of Panda packs containing school stationery to Ombundu Combined School, where it also awarded scholarships to pupils from Otjikoto and Joseph Simaneka Asino schools.