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Namibia’s minister of international relations this week led a business delegation to Angola in an effort to accelerate and strengthen commercial ties after mutual borders swung open last week.

Oshakati Town Council has started with the implementation of stormwater drainage system around the local authority, which is prone to seasonal floods. 

Former labour deputy minister Alphaus Vehonga Muheua, who passed on yesterday, has been hailed as a committed, humble and principled trade unionist of note who had the best interest of workers at heart. He was 65.

High Court Judge Claudia Claasen yesterday ordered that a Windhoek resident accused of raping his biological daughter several times and forcing her to abort the foetus after impregnating her, has a case to answer. 

The Namibian government is monitoring and following developments closely regarding rising tension between Ukraine and Russia. 

An Egyptian national who made Namibia his home is set to appeal a High Court ruling that declared the marriage between his father and a Chinese national, which was conducted in Katima Mulilo, as being in community of property. 

The Institute for Public Policy Research is taking the fight against corruption to another level.

Kavango East governor Bonifatius Wakudumo has urged Angolans and Namibians to respect Covid-19 regulations and laws applicable in both countries when travelling between the two now that the borders are open after a two-year closure.

About 180 fishermen who were previously employed by the Samherji-owned Saga Seafood, which operated from Walvis Bay, say they are facing hardships after the company closed down in 2020. 

Following months of uncertainty and hardship endured by farmers, the government’s decision to lift restrictions has been welcomed following successful control and containment of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, which was detected in the Zambezi region in May 2021.