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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.

The bail application in which former justice minister Sacky Shanghala, former chair of Fishcor James Hatiuikulipi, former CEO of Fishcor Mike Nghipunya, Pius Mwatelulo, Otneel Shuudifonya and Phillipus Mwapopi are seeking to regain their liberty was postponed on Friday until January next year.
Windhoek High Court Judge Shafimana Uietele, who is presiding over the matter, remanded i

Erongo police have called on residents and visitors to exercise caution on the region’s roads after seven people died in two days in two separate accidents.

Former National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) CEO Mike Nghipunya was last week dealt a double blow by the courts when two cases he is involved in were postponed.

Yesterday’s 62-36 defeat at the hands of a rampant Ugandan side further ruined the campaign of Namibia’s Desert Jewels in the ongoing African Netball Championship, as it marked their second defeat in two days.