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Auditor General Junias Kandjeke has once again poured scorn on the books of the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund for the financial year ended March 2020, but the fund has refuted some of the concerns.

President Hage Geingob yesterday told world leaders, including US president Joe Biden, that they should work together to end vaccination apartheid.

Independent Patriots for Change member and teacher Abed ‘Bishop’ Hishoono says he regrets publishing a video containing falsehoods against First Lady Monica Geingos and her involvement in a local airline. 

Fisheries minister Derek Klazen has told new fishing right holders to familiarise themselves with the operations of the fishing industry to avoid being taken for a ride by established players.

Two men, accused of stealing 453 pieces of unpolished diamonds from a vessel owned and operated by Debmarine Namibia, pleaded not guilty to all charges yesterday before Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg. 

The Walvis Bay municipal council will require at least N$250 million to develop Farm 37, an area identified four years ago to ease the housing challenges experience at the harbour town.

Residents of Rundu have been forced to fetch water from the Kavango River since Monday, as the town has run out of money to buy prepaid water from Namwater. 

In its latest global rankings, World Athletics has ranked Namibia’s Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Christine Mboma as the number one athlete in the 200m event, finishing well ahead of Olympics double champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica. 

Local boxing prospect Flame ‘Special One’ Nangolo will next month seek to maintain his perfect winning streak when he takes on Gustaf Petrus in the main fight of the AC Boxing Promotions bonanza set for the Nampower Convention Centre in the capital. 

Residents of the Ohangwena region came out in large numbers yesterday to welcome home local up-andcoming sprinter Epifania Johannes with her two silver medals won at the International Schools Sport Federation U15 Sports Games that took place in Serbia recently.