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An expert who has worked on social protection programmes in over 40 countries says Namibia can afford the basic income grant.

Works minister John Mutorwa is fighting to ensure that construction work at the Satotwa Primary School is not hindered by the lack of an access road to the site. 

The City of Windhoek has urged residents to use water sparingly as the capital’s reservoirs may reach critically low levels following damage to a NamWater pipeline a fortnight ago. 

A mother suing health authorities for allegedly causing the death of her three-month-old infant after a vaccine shot in 2015, will only hear judgement in the matter in July this year. 

President Hage Geingob, in his New Year’s message, declared 2022 as Namibia’s ‘Year of Reimaging’, encouraging the nation to form “a new and different mental picture” by thinking differently and “moving forward with renewed enthusiasm and vision”.

Namibia is experiencing a rapid urbanisation rate, with a large influx of migrants flocking to urban areas for better living conditions and opportunities. 

The latest shipment of clinical consumables and medical equipment donated by the Welsh government to Namibia arrived in the country recently. 

The establishment of the Namibia University of Science and Technology satellite campus in the Ohangwena region remains uncertain, despite the institution already registering a high number of students for this academic year.

Namibia’s Ombudsman, Basilius Dyakugha has taken a dig at Cabinet ministers who use their positions and sensitive information to enrich themselves and their cronies.

The suffering and eventual death of a 13-year-old girl from the Ohangwena region came to the attention of the gender equality minister who expressed anger at the ordeal and the handling of the case.