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The Namibian people have taken into account the factors that affect them from all four corners of the country, the unfair labour practices, and to a lesser extend acceptable labour practices.

With the land and housing-related matters three-day workshop underway in the capital, City of Windhoek Swapo councillors promised to drive the discussion on reasons some critical council policies and resolutions on land and housing-related matters are not implemented. 

Trevor Brockerhoff, who represented four of the accused in the just-ended tax fraud trial, lodged an application for leave to appeal their convictions and sentence yesterday. Windhoek High Court acting judge Kobus Miller concluded the trial on Friday, and sentenced all the convicted persons to jail terms ranging from five to 18 years.

A charcoal farmer in the vicinity of Grootfontein, Simon ‘Small Boss’ Tuhafeni, was rearrested on fresh charges for keeping foreign nationals in the country illegally. He appeared in the Grootfontein Magistrate’s Court on Monday, where he was granted bail of N$3 000 and his case remanded to 4 November for further investigations. 

Former CEO of the Fisheries Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor), Mike Nghipunya (37) wants the Windhoek High Court to remove the words “It is the interest of the public or the administration of justice” from the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA).

The Namibian Police reported more than 10 deaths over the weekend, mostly resulting from reckless and negligent driving and stabbings. According to the weekend crime report, an 81-year-old woman died after allegedly being assaulted by her daughter-in-law at Rehoboth on Friday.

Namibian health authorities yesterday reported zero Covid-19 deaths for the first time in over four months. The number of people admitted to hospital because of the virus or related issues has also gone down. In addition, the number of people catching the virus has declined, which marks a significant milestone for the country.

The Walvis Bay conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers into the housing irregularities at the municipality is implicating more employees. This was revealed yesterday to New Era by one of the local councillors, who spoke on condition of anonymity. According to the councillor, the findings of the report is damming in terms of administrative issues and payments done without proper procedures. 

What was supposed to be a girls trip and a happy reunion has shattered a Swakopmund family that lost two sisters with a promising future as well as a granddaughter on Friday in a horrific car accident. Stacey Tsuses, who recently turned 21, was invited by her father to Otjiwarongo to make up for the fact that she could not have a 21st birthday celebration. 

While more than 90% of Namibian media practitioners have encouraged the public to get vaccinated against Covid-19, only 40% of them have been inoculated against the deadliest pandemic the world has seen in a century.