National

It is with great sadness that after more than 30 years of being an independent country, we still experience crises such as the situation the Rundu Town Council finds itself in.

Street vendors are quite an important part of urban economies around the world, offering simple access to different kinds of goods and services in public spaces. 

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said maternal and perinatal death rates remain a major challenge, hence the need to invest in skilled care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period.

Police in the Oshana region are investigating a case of rape after it emerged a guardian subjected his 20-year-old orphaned niece to five years of sexual abuse. 

Various farmers’ associations have welcomed the appointment of capital markets expert Raphael Karuaihe as the new CEO of the Agricultural Bank of Namibia.

The Namibia Statistics Agency, as a means of keeping residents’ personal, census-related information confidential, has sworn in 13 field staff, deployed in the //Kharas region last Friday in Keetmanshoop.

Governors from the country’s 14 regions held their first-ever retreat last week in Rosh Pinah to take stock and share realities, experiences and constraints to investigate and share best practices for service delivery. 

A grade 9 learner from Omaheke region over a week ago gave birth in a basin inside the dormitory room. 

The abortion debate has once again been thrust front and centre, as various groups that are lobbying for and against the practice have presented their arguments to a parliamentary committee.

The Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) has cancelled the N$3.5 billion tender to supply food to public schools in the country.