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During my student days in New York, I worked with one of Namibia’s children of the storm. His name is Theo-Ben Gurirab (his soul rest in peace). Each time we first met for the day and I asked him, “What is new Comrade?”

WINDHOEK – Standard Bank Okakarara Branch Manager, Othilie Kariko helped to deliver the donations at Valentine’s Day celebration on 14 February 2019 at the Trade Show ground in Okakarara.

WINDHOEK - Believing that the Swapo Party has been using the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to ‘rig elections’, Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) yesterday vowed to leave no stone unturned in ensuring that EVMs are removed from the country’s electoral system. 

OSHAKATI – The trial of schoolteacher Immanuel Mutikisha who stands accused of extortion, fraud and money laundering will continue in the Oshakati Regional Court from May 27 - 29.

ONGWEDIVA - The body of the boy caught and devoured by a crocodile in Kunene Region was found and retrieved from the river by members of the public who were involved in the search for the victim’s remains.

GOBABIS - Broken windows, mountains of skeleton parts of chairs and desks, graffiti and damaged floors, torn mattresses are what catches the eye at several public schools in the Omaheke Region.

WINDHOEK - Two judges of the Windhoek High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal by a man convicted of robbery, based on the doctrine of common purpose, for letting two persons into the complainant’s home, who overpowered a domestic worker and stole large amounts of cash and jewellery. 

WINDHOEK - Two senior employees at the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Otjiwarongo who stand accused of having used their positions to defraud the ministry of an amount in excess of N$1,37 million, were granted bail last Friday. 

WINDHOEK- Since 2017 to date, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating 455 cases of suspected corruption and maladministration.

ONGWEDIVA -Governor of Ohangwena, Usko Nghaamwa continues to demonstrate his generosity to educate Namibian children when he came to the rescue of Ndilula Naikaku Primary School in Eenhana Circuit, where he renovated a block of three classrooms recently blown-off by a storm.