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The education director in Oshana region, Hileni Amukana, has encouraged stakeholders in education to be actively involved in their children’s schoolwork in order to keep improving results in the region.

A 53-year-old man convicted of 32 rape counts involving 10 minor boys, was sentenced to an effective 68 years imprisonment by acting Windhoek High Court Judge Alfred Siboleka yesterday. 

President Hage Geingob has implored Namibian men to stop abusing women and girls.

Justice minister Yvonne Dausab says the nation is at a point of desperation as it tries to find ways to respond to the carnage of sexual violence. 

The High Court yesterday dismissed a contempt of court application by the office of the ombudsman against the gender equality ministry’s failure to provide a detailed action plan to establish child-friendly jails as ordered by the court. 

Gender equality minister Doreen Sioka has expressed sadness at the deaths of two children because of malnutrition in Gobabis recently, and condemned those who abuse government-sponsored social grants. 

The National Unity Democratic Organisation has thrown its weight behind government’s green hydrogen project and called for its fast implementation, believing it would help turn around the domestic economy.

One of Namibia’s foremost boxing stars Jeremiah ‘Lowkey’ Nakathila yesterday drew profound inspiration from the old-age adage that lightning never strikes the same place twice, saying he will make history with his upcoming mega fight against Mexico’s Miguel ‘El Alacran’ Berchelt.

Namibia’s U/20 rugby side was yesterday named as one of eight participants set for this year’s Rugby Africa U/20 Barthes Cup, which will take place in Kenya from 9 to 17 April at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi. 

Letshego Holdings Namibia has declared a dividend of 29.52 cents per ordinary share, which is payable by 3 June 2022, for the period ended 31 December 2021. This was confirmed last week in the bank’s financial results for the year under review.