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Consumers, who are already struggling with massive increases in food prices and more expensive bank loans, will have to tighten their belts further, as government yesterday announced massive fuel price increases. 

The Oshakati town council will offer 100% interest relief to residents and businesses for interest accumulated on outstanding account payments.

Popular Democratic Movement says it never deliberately broke the law when it decided to amend its party list of officials who were sworn in the National Assembly in March 2020.

ONGWEDIVA - Namibia’s Ombudsman Basilius Dyakugha has expressed concern over overcrowded holding cells at Opuwo police station, describing the situation as an “indignity to human rights”.

Students Union of Namibia’s president Bernard Kavau questioned why institutions only solve or address issues when radical interventions are taken against their incompetence. He was mulling this at a planned demonstration of students who assembled at Zoo Park yesterday morning. 

Namibia Sports Commission chief administrator Simataa ‘Freddy’ Mwiya’s case will not jump the queue after he relinquished his right to have it heard on an urgent basis.

Two suspects are expected to appear in court today for defeating and obstructing the course of justice after they assisted a suspect to flee from an accident scene, where a couple died when a vehicle plunged into their shack while they were fast asleep.

Erongo region is among the six regions with the highest vehicle accidents in Namibia. 

Parliamentarian Elma Dienda says society has lost respect for local fishermen because they cannot provide for their families as husbands should, due to their retainer salaries.

An 18-year-old Windhoek resident who strangled his ex-girlfriend to death in her home last week was denied bail yesterday by Katutura Magistrate’s Court.