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The Outapi Community Empowerment Centre continues to empower and create income-generating opportunities for the community, particularly women.

The scene of the crime officer who collected exhibits and took photographs at the scene, where two senior managers of the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) in Arandis were shot in cold blood, testified about his involvement in the matter yesterday.

The defamation case in which labour minister Utoni Nujoma is suing a local newspaper for N$150 000 has been referred for mediation. 

A local insurer is seeking to expand its insurance coverage to the agricultural sector, aimed at compensating farmers affected by natural disasters such as drought. 

A vicious battle among Evangelical Lutheran Church of Namibia (ELCIN) clergy has ensued, triggered by a sermon that questioned the sustainability of the church and those leading it.

The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) has defended its decision to name a member who was not initially part of the City of Windhoek’s 15-member candidate list submitted to the Electoral Commission of Namibia ahead of last year’s local authority election. 

About 1 566 children were sexually violated while 883 were physically abused between 2019 and 2021.

Sports minister Agnes Tjongarero opened the 2021 Namibia Annual Sports Expo (NASE) on Monday with a call to professionalise sport in Namibia to allow athletes to make a living through sport.

With the African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region 5 Games barely two months away, local organising committee (LOC) chairperson Freddy Mwiya says preparations for the youth competition are at an advanced stage.

Project Hope Namibia recently donated sports equipment to eight schools that have a Change Boys to Into Men (CBIM) programne in the Oshikoto region.