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It was a joyous event at the Onandjokwe state hospital as three Namibian doctors restored the sight of 350 citizens last week. 

In the quest to provide adequate health services to the people, the Onandjokwe state hospital is in the process of revamping and rehabilitating old structures.

The home affairs ministry will appeal a recent High Court ruling which declared the son of a same-sex couple born via surrogacy a Namibian citizen by descent in the Supreme Court. 

The national rail service operator TransNamib will commence with a rightsizing process through the voluntary retrenchment of about 340 of its employees.

The High Court bench of appeal is left to decide the fate of a man appealing his conviction and sentence of 27 years imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 23-year-old woman. 

The Ohangwena region, which has only vaccinated a little over 22 000 people against Covid-19, has set itself an ambitious target of vaccinating at least 164 102 inhabitants.

Police at the weekend launched a manhunt for trial-awaiting former magistrate Walter ‘Rooies’ Mostert who escaped from custody on Friday afternoon following a court appearance.

Ovambanderu representative Ueriurika Nguvauva last week said the delegation is fully convinced that the cartridge belt kept in a Braunschweig museum, Braunschweig, Germany was indeed that of the late Ovambanderu chief Kahimemua Hija-Kungairi Nguvauva.

Farmers in the Leonardville area of Omaheke region have vowed to put a stop to uranium exploration by Russian entity Headspring Investment. 

Family and friends of Walvis Bay businesswoman Engela Borruso Strydom, who was allegedly killed by her husband on Thursday evening after a night out, say they were shocked to learn the couple had marital problems.