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The Bank of Namibia’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday kept the repo rate unchanged at 3.75%.

Auditor General (AG) Junias Kandjeke has questioned a defence ministry expense of over N$3.8 million incurred for salaries paid on behalf of August 26 Holdings during the financial year ended 31 March 2020. 

Medicine overdose is widely understood in the context of taking higher than the medically recommended dose of medicine to harm oneself or “get high”.  

Life stressors, grief and loss, depression and anxiety, marriage, divorce and career guidance are some personal issues that tend to overwhelm people’s thoughts to a point where therapy is needed and the environment for it is vital.

We have learnt to know that Zambezi region has 90 000 land disputes for now. Everywhere, people are complaining about disputes in the region. This is a big problem in an independent country like Namibia.

At independence, Namibia has initiated a plethora of projects and initiatives, aimed at fashioning, shaping and transforming the state public management machinery she has inherited. 

Over 80 people from the marginalised community in the Zambezi, and Kavango East and West regions have been awarded technical and vocational education and training (TVET) scholarships at COSDEC by Palms for Life Fund Namibia.   

Staff of the Opuwo District Hospital recently undertook an educative Covid-19 vaccination roadshow to Okanguati and nearby localities in the Epupa Constituency to sensitise and promote vaccinations through education.

Inmates are perpetrating scams by posting adverts of vehicles, houses, livestock, farms, television sets and furniture for sale on social media, using mobile phones to con victims into depositing huge amounts of money.

The country’s correctional facilities are close to full capacity, with inmates occupying 81% of available places, while the infrastructure is falling apart.