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OMUTHIYA - The Omuthiya Town Council has unveiled its plans to upgrade its roads to bitumen standard in an effort to add value to, beautify and market the town. 

OTJIWARONGO - Over one hundred long-serving members of the police in Otjozondjupa received medals for long service. These officers have served in the force for periods ranging between ten and twenty years. At the ceremony the promotions of 42 policewomen and 78 policemen were also announced.

OSHAKATI – Businessman Sindano Hango, whose rape case dragged on for about three years, on Wednesday walked away a free man after he was acquitted in the Oshakati Regional Court.

OSHAKATI - The Oshakati Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday sent to jail for 12 years a 38-year-old Angolan convicted of dealing in cannabis, illegal entry into Namibia and money laundering.

WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare recently received a food donation consisting of 13 585 boxes of processed offal worth over a N$1 million from African Deli (Pty) Ltd.

WINDHOEK - A group of about 200 foreign-trained medical and dental students will today petition the Office of the Prime Minister to air their grievances on the Health Professions Councils of Namibia (HPCNA)’s evaluation of foreign-trained medical and dental graduates. 

WINDHOEK - The executive director in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ben Nangombe, yesterday confirmed that expatriate nurses from different countries whose contracts were not renewed are leaving the country.

WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob yesterday expressed hope that parliament would this year not face the challenge of lack of quorum, as he reiterated his call for politicians to account to the electorate.

WINDHOEK - The University of Namibia (Unam) has revealed it has dismissed eight of its employees since last year, resulting from various cases of theft under false pretence, fraud, corruption, maladministration, absenteeism, misrepresentation or breach of trust.

RUNDU – The ruling party Swapo yesterday swiftly swung the axe on three of its local authority councillors at Rundu who defied directives from its secretary general Sophia Shaningwa who, together with the politburo of its central committee, had given a directive for the status quo to remain.