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A programme to improve tenure security and the registration of communal land rights, developing an integrated regional land use plan and infrastructure investment in small-scale communal farming was launched in Kunene.

The initiator of a soup kitchen in Dordabis, which feeds over 90 people, including orphans and vulnerable children, is pleading with good Samaritans to assist with a temporary structure as the facility is operating from under a tree. 

Percy Charlies, a community activist based in Keetmanshoop, said residents in the town have registered their unhappiness after NamWater suspended water supply to their areas for two consecutive days last week without properly informing them.

The police in Katima Mulilo are investigating a case of child neglect after a two-week-old baby girl was discovered dumped Friday morning at around 11h00 at the Chefuzwe/New Cowboy turn-off in Katima Mulilo.

Five families are in mourning after their relatives died instantly after being struck by lightning over the weekend while another person is in critical condition in hospital. 

As plans by the government draw closer to dissolve the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund, top executives are tendering their resignations - citing uncertainty. 

“The slowest cow will eventually reach the kraal, so we will get there with vaccinating the larger population.” 

The Zambezi region as well as five districts in Otjozondjupa, Omaheke and Omusati will not be allowed to attend the elective congress of the Swapo Party Women’s Council later this month.

The half-naked body of an unknown woman was discovered on Sunday around 18h00 in the bushes in Omushii village, in the Omusati region.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has the potential to transform Namibia’s economy, increase its productivity and enhance its global trade.