National

ONGWEDIVA – As Oshana Region prepares to elect section, branch and district office-bearers, the Swapo Party regional coordinator in Oshana, Samuel Nelongo, has urged party members to refrain from factions and divisiveness.

WINDHOEK - The founder of the International University of Management (IUM), Dr David Namwandi, says contrary to recent sentiments linking unemployment to wrong career choices he feels expanding Namibia’s job market could create more jobs that could absorb unemployed university graduates.

ONHUNO - Police in Ohangwena Region have arrested a 46-year-old businessman who was found with one of the biggest consignments of cannabis ever recovered in the country.

WINDHOEK - A Windhoek taxi driver who went outside during the wee hours of Tuesday to inspect strange noises from his car, was found dead in a riverbed in the vicinity of his house.

WINDHOEK - A four-year-old boy died while his older brother and mother are hospitalised after being struck by the same bullet fired by a police officer while sleeping in their shack during the early hours of yesterday morning.

WINDHOEK - Leader of the official opposition PDM, McHenry Venaani, has called for action against non-participation in parliamentary debate by some MPs, saying the house currently has parliamentarians who have virtually been warming up parliamentary benches over the past four years.

WINDHOEK - The National Assembly yesterday endorsed Gerson Tjihenuna and Evaristus Evaristus as two additional commissioners to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) as nominated by President Hage Geingob.

WINDHOEK –A group of about 50 foreign trained medical graduates yesterday marched to the Zoo Park where they handed a petition to a representative from the Office of the Prime Minister. 

WINDHOEK – Members of the newly-appointed Fifa Normalisation Committee yesterday had to rely on the assistance of the Namibian Police to remove out-of-contract secretary-general of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) Barry Rukoro from the premises of the association.

WINDHOEK - The 2019 Bank Windhoek Corporate Challenge Relay will take place on Saturday, at the Doc Jubber hockey fields in Windhoek.