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KHORIXAS - About 50 unhappy youths and even some traditional leaders descended on Khorixas district hospital on Wednesday morning after locals were allegedly sidelined from the vacant post of a driver.

WINDHOEK - Namibians will join other nations to observe World Wetlands Day on Saturday, marking the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance in 1971 also called Ramsar Convention.

Our Star of the Week goes to the DRC and its neighbour Rwanda whose relations over the decades can be described as frosty at best and hostile in worst case scenarios.

WINDHOEK  - The Executive Director at the Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare Esther Lusepani said the importation of food by the ministry to be distributed by government to needy households is not by choice but by design.

WINDHOEK- The National Assembly Speaker Peter Katjavivi says Namibia already has existing pieces of legislation regulating funding for political parties. 

WINDHOEK - Three months after President Hage Geingob instructed the ministries of Land Reform and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry to restore Ongombo West to its productive glory, the farm remains unproductive.

WINDHOEK - Following media reports saying many learners lack hostel accommodation - a situation compelling learners to rent shacks near schools, government will intervene and address the shortage of hostels.

SWAKOPMUND - The Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) faces yet another financial crisis. NIMT cannot pay its more than 60-strong workforce their January salaries that were already due on January 25.  

WINDHOEK - The board of directors for New Era Publication Corporation (NEPC) yesterday announced Benjamin Jakobs as acting CEO for the company.

WINDHOEK - A bout of ill health affecting one of the lawyers in the murder-for-hire trial in the Windhoek High Court has effectively stalled the trial for several months as the lawyer is unable to attend court proceedings.