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Deputy youth minister Emma Kantema-Gaomas has urged the Oshana region to increase its vaccination uptake, and to move up from its current 10th place on the national vaccination ranking.

Education remains the world’s best bet for a fairer and better world, and Namibia therefore fully supports the Paris Declaration’s call to invest in education for the future of humanity and the planet. 

Oshikoto education director Aletta Eises has implored learners to refrain from indulging in sexual activities as well as wasting time on social media but rather focus on studying, as exams are fast approaching.

The State yesterday closed its case in the trial of Grant Noble and Dinath Azhar, who are facing criminal charges in relation to a cocaine bust worth N$206 million.

Dignity and a sound learning environment have been restored at the King Kauluma Combined School in Oshikoto as a new block of classrooms have been inaugurated.

Shuudifonya, who was under cross-examination by deputy prosecutor general Cliff Lutibezi, said the money was currently invested in two projects, including a diamond mine in Angola and a liquid petroleum gas project in Brakwater on the outskirts of Windhoek. 

Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) general secretary Petrus Nevonga yesterday took a sharp dig at finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi, accusing him of providing misleading information to civil servants.

Some local players in the horse mackerel industry are strongly objecting the sale of fish to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying it will adversely impact access to their DRC market. 

Water demand in the northern regions of the country has exceeded supply, Namwater said this week. The debilitating water crisis has largely been felt in the Oshana, Ohangwena, Omusati and Oshikoto regions, leading to numerous interruptions.

Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani yesterday said South Africa’s last apartheid president FW de Klerk died with the secret of who assassinated Ovaherero chief Clemens Kapuuo.