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Suspected drug dealing accused Grant Noble on Wednesday pleaded total ignorance of the drugs that were found in a container in which he imported copy paper from Brazil.

As part of conservation efforts, the environment and tourism ministry has allocated hunting quotas for animals adjacent to the Bwabwata National Park and for the Kyaramacan Association members living inside the park.

The man of the cloth reflected on Namibia’s 32 years of independence, mainly focusing on lack of access to land, oil discovery and the role of the church post-independence.

The health ministry has started an investigation on the exact cause of a fire that occurred at the Opuwo State hospital on Tuesday night. 

A Windhoek resident who confessed to abducting, kidnapping and raping a five-year-old girl is scheduled to receive trial dates next month.

 A Windhoek resident accused of viciously attacking and killing his wife with a hammer will be tried for the alleged crimes. 

Gobabis town councillor and deputy mayor Nonna Goreses has refused to vacate office, saying the Swapo party’s Gobabis district executive committee which recommended her suspension does not have powers to suspend or recall any member, or those deployed by the party.

The Keetmanshoop municipality has been operating in the absence of a fully constituted management committee since January this year.

An 82-year-old pensioner, who fathered 76 children and has 202 grandchildren, has begged the authorities to consider building a school at his village in Kavango East.