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A rural teacher from the Zambezi region has bagged at least N$160 000 (US$10 000) in prize money after winning the African Union Continental Teacher’s prize for 2020.

The University of Namibia has been named as the top-ranking institution of higher learning in the country and part of the top 100 universities in Africa. 

Villagers living between Ongwediva and Ondangwa have appealed to water utility NamWater to repair their dilapidated water pipeline. The community claims that weekly pipe bursts leave them without water for prolonged periods.

The Ohangwena region this week launched the indoor residual spraying for preventing malaria.

A 38-year-old man tragically died Tuesday morning after he was shot allegedly by an environment ministry official who was attempting to put down a buffalo calf along the Kavango River. 

Rapid land delivery, proper governance, an effective debt collection plan as well as containing the skyrocketing wage bill were some of the strategies highlighted by City of Windhoek CEO candidates during their public presentations yesterday. 

High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg concluded yesterday the State has managed to prove former Cabinet ministers and businessmen in the fisheries bribery case, all acted with the same purpose for the benefit of their “criminal enterprise”. 

President Hage Geingob yesterday said investors in the United States of America showed great interest in investing in Namibia, specifically in the country’s green hydrogen project.

Retailer Choppies has, with immediate effect, severed ties with the Employment Placement Service of Namibia, owned by politician Gottlieb Ndjendjela.

The US government, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, has earmarked US$90.4 million (over N$1.3 billion) for 2022 towards Namibia’s fight against HIV.