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RUNDU – Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism Bernadette Jagger says the northeastern region of Kavango East is one region in which one can easily note the importance of biodiversity and the benefits it gives to its residents.

Oshikoto Chief Regional Officer (CRO) Frans Enkali tells Paulina Moses, of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, about how the region is tackling development and the challenges that inevitably accompany it.

WINDHOEK – The Eenhana Town Council has dismissed as malicious a report in a daily newspaper that one of its officials is being investigated for a loss of N$8 million.

OSHAKATI - Paulus Nghipulenga, who stands accused of killing his girlfriend who was a student at the Unam Hifikepunye Campus, pleaded guilty when he appeared in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

RUNDU - Executive Director in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp says N$3.6 million will be spent on a dignity project whereby not only girls will benefit from sanitary pads but boys will also get to buy soap and other sanitary products to improve their hygiene.

OSHAKATI – University students in the north have threatened to mobilise other voters not to cast their votes in the upcoming polls after 12 000 students were not given NSFAF funding.

WINDHOEK - Ndonga Linena Constituency Councillor Petrus Kavhura says he is much disturbed and disappointed by the decision of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) to close down the Ndiyona satellite offices that serve three constituencies, namely Ndiyona, Ndonga-Linena and Mashare. 

WINDHOEK – The Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi has sent his condolence message to his Namibian counterpart, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on the death of the former vice-president Dr Nickey Iyambo who died on May 19 following an illness.

Recurrent droughts have severely affected both the inhabitants and livestock in Opuwo and the situation is so grim the Opuwo Rural Constituency Councillor, Kazeongere Tjeundo, is appealing for the immediate release of the constituency’s share of drought relief.

The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Anna Shiweda, has advised community leaders in Ohangwena to avoid the “silo mentality” and instead adopt holistic, inclusive, regional development strategies.