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A non-profit organisation, the Namibia Marriage Council (NMC), has indicated its intention to discuss possible amendments to the marriage law through a married couples’ conference to be held in Rundu this month. 

The Namibia Bus and Taxi Association yesterday announced that due to the escalation of basic commodities’ prices, including fuel, bus and taxi fares across the country will increase by 15% on 1 November 2021. 

Five men who were arrested on Monday for being in possession of cannabis worth N$5.7 million have been remanded in police custody.

International relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah believes none of the parties can claim victory from the recently concluded genocide negotiations as no government or impacted communities succeeded in getting exactly what they set out to gain.

The utter despair that envelops a group of undocumented Ovazemba from Angola has caused these women to question whether they are indeed human. 

The Independent Patriots for Change has refuted reports it has suspended its Swakopmund constituency councillor and chairperson of the Erongo Regional Council, Ciske Howard-Smith. 

President Hage Geingob has dismissed claims by Joseph Diescho that he owns a villa in Portugal.

Most civil servants who have been working at the Inland Revenue department in the finance ministry that morphed into the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) have managed to retain job security and benefits since being co-opted by the agency as of 7 April 2021. 

Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg yesterday postponed the now combined Fishrot case to January next year to afford the accused the opportunity to reply to the State’s pre-trial memorandum.

Namibia’s Eagles cricket team yesterday recorded its first victory at the ongoing T20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi after edging Netherlands, winning by six wickets, with six balls remaining.