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The office of the Omaheke governor has launched the Boost Our Health Sector initiative. 

A collective initiative aimed at helping reigning Miss Namibia Chelsi Shikongo realising her dream to attend the Miss Universe pageant in Israel managed to raise N$85 000 last weekend.

Over 2 000 students graduated through the first-ever Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) hybrid graduation ceremony in Windhoek last week.  

The top leadership of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) say they have not received any invitation from their members at the coast to address them regarding the ongoing dispute between the leadership and Ciske Howard-Smith, who was suspended by the party last week.

Over N$1 million has been pledged by corporate and philanthropic individuals in support of the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) Ohangwena campus. 

Sixty residents of the Samora Machel constituency flocked to the councillor’s office last weekend to receive food parcels donated by a group of Samaritans led by Elina Akwenye, affectionately known as mee Mweya.

United Nations resident coordinator in Namibia Sen Pang has said UN Day offers an opportunity to amplify the common agenda and reaffirm the purpose and principles of the UN Charter for the past 76 years. 

Canadian oil explorer ReconAfrica has already benefited financially through the Canadian Stock Exchange from the licence they obtained from the Namibian government for exploration in the two Kavango regions.

Government yesterday said a plan to force people to register their identity when buying cell phone SIM cards is, among others, aimed at finding criminals who utilise technology to conduct crime. 

The auditor general’s report for the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture indicates an under expenditure of more than N$21 million for the year ended 31 March 2020.