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The government has decided to increase the benefit amount for the disability grant for children under the age of 18 from N$250 to N$1 300 effective from 2023/2024 to strengthen support for children with disabilities.

On yet another joyous occasion, parents, learners, educators and the public could hardly conceal their excitement as ululations were heard at the Kavango West Directorate of Education, Arts and Culture’s annual prize-giving ceremony at Christian Haihambo Combined School in Kapako Constituency last Friday. 

Although Icelandic fishing company, Samherji has caused enormous damage to Namibian communities, the county has no willingness nor capacity to hold it accountable for the role it played in the Fishrot scandal.

The urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni said the provision of housing should not only be seen as making available shelter to households but for households to function and essential for human development.

The Khomas region on Saturday dominated proceedings at the Athletics Namibia (AN) National Senior Championship held at the Independence Stadium in the capital, which saw the region’s athletes emerging head and shoulders above the rest.

The University of Namibia (Unam) rugby club kicked off their title defence with a hard-fought 37-25 win over Western Suburbs during their premier league clash at the Unam stadium on Saturday.

Artist Petrus Shiimi was not satisfied with a two-dimensional representation of an idea or object, so he decided on sculpting, which has since become his way of interacting with the world.

Since the beginning of last week, social media, Twitter especially, has been flaming red with fire emojis as fans celebrate, enjoy and hype Hyphy’s newly-dropped EP, titled ‘Pen to Paper’. 

A prominent judge has welcomed calls for independent parliamentary oversight committees as a SADC Model Law on Public Financial Management (PFM) takes shape, but advocated for a clear separation of powers to avoid legislative overreach and chaos.

The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) will temporarily suspend the awarding of new telecommunications and broadcasting service licences from 1 October 2022 until 30 September 2023.