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Confusion reigned on Tuesday at Keetmanshoop after some residents found themselves without water and electricity. 

The community of Oshiputu in the Anamulenge constituency laid their first brick on the construction of a clinic at their village.

Police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga said because of scarce resources, the safety and security ministry will prioritise a police station at Oniipa over Oshigambo.

The trial of two American citizens, accused of the assassin-like murder of Andre Heckmair in Windhoek in 2011, is in a trial within a trial to determine the admissibility of a search conducted at a guesthouse room they occupied.

Defence lawyer Sisa Namandje continues to question the defective search warrant in the drug trial of Walvis Bay men Grant Noble (36) and Dinath Azhar (62) before Windhoek High Court Judge Orben Sibeya. 

The finance ministry this week confirmed that as of 3 September 2021, more than 15 000 former civil servants can no longer benefit from the government medical aid. 

One of the victims of a former police reservist, who is facing serious charges involving minor and vulnerable children, said he warned the accused not to sexually violate his younger brother but he was too late to protect him. 

Trigon Mining Namibia, which was handed the licence to re-operationalise the Kombat mine, committed to employing about 300 people during phase one and has already refurbished the sewerage system as well as set up an agricultural project to boost food sustainability. 

​​​​​​​From trying to convert shipping containers into isolation units to expanding the Covid-19 testing capacity nationally, the government has been on a quest to strengthen capacity to accommodate current and prospective patients.

Child welfare minister Doreen Sioka has pleaded with the High Court not to impose sanctions against her for failing to present a detailed action plan to establish child-friendly jails as ordered by the court.