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Raphael Hamunyela, the commissioner general of the Namibian Correctional Service, recently announced that commissioners Johannes Konjore and Michael Mulisa would be taking on new roles.

Some areas in northern Namibia that were affected by the NamWater’s stuttering supply had started to receive water by the end of last week, much to the relief of farmers whose livestock gets water from household taps.

The agriculture ministry on Tuesday launched a livestock support programme for the northern communal areas (NCAs) in the Omusati region.

During the bi-weekly media briefing on the Covid-19 situation in the Erongo region on 09 November 2021, governor Neville Andre assured inhabitants that they are fully prepared for the much-talked-about Covid-19 fourth wave. 

Former Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) leaders have paid glowing tribute to their late secretary general and president Ignatius Shixwameni, calling on President Hage Geingob to confer a hero’s funeral on the late opposition leader.

Health minister Kalumbi Shangula has expressed serious concern over Namibia’s overall vaccination uptake, which he said has declined over the past few weeks, despite initiatives to increase it.

Independent Patriot for Change president Panduleni Itula says there is no doubt that Swakopmund constituency councillor Ciske Howard-Smith is not a resident in her elected constituency.

Namibia joined the rest of the world in celebrating Unesco’s 75th anniversary on Friday.

The police in Kavango East are investigating a case of rape, where a 17-year-old with a disability was allegedly raped by a 23-year-old man on Friday night at Shimpanda village just south of Rundu.

Fisheries minister Derek Klazen has warned new fishing rights holders to get their houses in order or face the risk of their quotas being withheld until they sort out their internal squabbles.