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The infamous findings contained in an audit report performed by accounting firm PwC Namibia over an alleged unaccounted for N$24 million have caused a rift among councillors at the Walvis Bay municipality. 

The Namibian Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) yesterday urged the working public to remain calm ahead of the final standards and regulations on the Preservation of Retirement Benefits to be made under the Financial Institutions and Markets Act, 2021 (FIMA). 

Police in Kavango West have arrested a 19-year-old male for being in possession of 115 parcels of cannabis, collectively weighing about 68kg and valued at N$682 850. 

Senior officials of the environment ministry came under fire yesterday when they appeared before a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Legal Affairs for allegedly having failed to properly consult over the Bwabwata National Park tourism development and benefits with the communities living in and surrounding the game reserve. 

Members of the San community say they are being exploited and forced to work on farms without receiving the monthly payment. 

A man who was first found to be unfit to stand trial due to a mental defect by a State psychiatrist, then declared fit by a private one, was convicted on some of the charges he faced yesterday. 

Kavango West governor Sirkka Ausiku says government-owned green schemes should team up with locals through potential joint ventures to ensure optimal output.

Forex traders Michael Amushelelo and Gregory Cloete have indicated to Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen that they would consider bringing a recusal application against her for perceived bias.

Two men who were arrested for having a hand in the death of a 22-year-old whose remains were found in a freezer at Herero Mall in Katutura Central, want to be released on bail.