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Following the expulsion of Hardap education director Gerhard Ndafenongo from the regional council’s office, the education ministry’s executive director Sanet Steenkamp has intervened and told him to maintain his position.

Several households in Windhoek’s informal settlements endured hardships because of persistent rainfall over the past few days, but the Khomas Regional Council is only prepared to assist 100 residents from five constituencies who suffered from flash floods.

The Omaheke Regional Council has been operating without a substantive chief regional officer for over two years following the suspension of Maria Vaendwanawa in December 2019.

The education ministry has assured parents that it will continue to pay for security services, but will reduce the number of guards per school.

The Oshana region has successfully placed all its learners, except for 131 Grade 1 learners who are expected to find classrooms today.

Namibia has a successful cervical cancer screening programme that is estimated to save over 500 lives each year. The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) recommends that all women infected with HIV should be screened at yearly intervals irrespective of age. 

The 8th FOCAC Ministerial Conference was successfully held in November 2021. Both China and Africa agreed that due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and changes in the global development pattern, the world has entered a new period of development and China-Africa cooperation has also entered a new stage. 

Despite NamWater releasing 400 cubic metres of water per second last weekend from the Naute Dam outside Keetmanshoop, catchment areas further down south has not been affected yet.

Three babies under the age of one year have succumbed to Covid-19. 

The Monte Christo road to Ongos Valley, which is being upgraded to a dual carriageway, has been considered one of the main contributors to the suffering of losses due to flash floods in the Moses //Garoeb constituency.