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Of the 125 domestic violence cases reported to the community policing division of the Khomas region between September and October, 80% involved children. 

Land reform minister Calle Schlettwein yesterday officiated at the opening of a one-day workshop for the Integrated Regional Land Use Plan for the Oshana region where he urged participants to be at the forefront of developmental initiatives. 

A succession battle is raging in the top ranks of the Swapo Party Women’s Council as delegates gear up to elect a new secretary at the wing’s elective congress next month.

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula says the country is well capacitated to test for potential coronavirus variants, including the new Omicron strain, adding authorities were closely monitoring the situation on the ground. 

Former minister of fisheries Bernhard Esau yesterday abandoned another bail appeal just minutes after it was supposed to start before High Court Judge Johanna Salionga. 

A former magistrate, who is now facing rape charges in a Windhoek court, has given notice he intends to challenge the constitutionality of a section in the Criminal Procedure Act that protects vulnerable witnesses.

President Hage Geingob says travel bans imposed by Western countries on Namibia and her neighbours have the potential to stall the much needed economic recovery as well as stoke tension between nations. 

Team Namibia will later today leave for Maseru, Lesotho, where the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Games are scheduled for 3 to 12 December.

A team of six karatekas and two delegates left Namibia yesterday to compete at the upcoming African Karate Championships set for 2 to 5 December in Cairo, Egypt. 

The Cricket World Cup League 2 series that was being played at Windhoek’s Wanderers Cricket Ground was abruptly called off on Friday after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) decided to close its borders to travellers from southern Africa.