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The Namibian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) on Friday received N$100 000 and a brand new Apple computer from the Momentum Metropolitan Empowerment Trust.

The chairperson of the Namibian Association of Local Authority Officers (NALAO) and the chief executive of the Otjiwarongo municipality Moses Matyayi says the divestment of the electricity sector from local authorities has made the latter suffer.

The urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni encouraged local authority councillors to concentrate more on land delivery instead of fighting each other, as it hinders the progress of housing delivery.

Mines and Energy minister Tom Alweendo has called on members of the public who have knowledge of cases where his ministry’s officials own licences through proxies to report such cases to his office or to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for investigation.

The State on Friday argued that the High Court misdirected itself when it acquitted psychiatrist Pieter van der Westhuizen (64), accused of raping one of his patients at his consulting rooms at Swakopmund.

Senior Anti-Corruption Commission investigator Andreas Kanyangela testified on Friday that Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo is not a viable candidate for bail.

MTC raised a massive N$2.541 billion through the largest initial public offering (IPO) the country has ever seen, but fell short of the N$3.1 billion they had hoped to raise. 

President Hage Geingob has called on Namibians to be inclusive and not neglect the boy-child. “As we build the future of the Namibian child, we should be inclusive and not neglect the boy-child, who risks being left behind,” he said.

There is material uncertainty in the ability of the City of Windhoek to pay its creditors in the foreseeable future, auditor general Junias Kandjeke warned last week.

Josef Kefas Sheehama (44) has called a rickety shack made from scraps of tin sheets and planks in Rehoboth’s Block E location his home for many years.