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The gender ministry hopes to raise N$1 million from the general public through its SMS competition to fund identified projects. The ministry’s spokesperson, Lukas Haufiku, said apart from existing ways,

A Nampost employee at Omuthiya has been placed on suspension following allegations of fraud. The employee is alleged to have withdrawn close to N$300 000 from customers’ accounts at the branch.

No research has been conducted on the status of pilchards since a moratorium was placed on harvesting the species in 2017. This was confirmed by fisheries minister Derek Klazen this week.

A 23-year-old man from Henties Bay, who was convicted on two counts of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, was sentenced to two years imprisonment by Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen yesterday.

The Omusati police last week reported four cases of rape, including of three minors, of whom the youngest is an eight-year-old boy who was allegedly sexually assaulted at Ruacana. 

About 300 landless residents marched from Otjomuise to the City of Windhoek headquarters yesterday, and gave the municipality two days to familiarise themselves with their situation and five days to find a solution to their problem. 

President Hage Geingob yesterday warned that Namibia cannot talk about development and peace if the biggest elephant in the room, that of apartheid, is not addressed. 

Namibia will today receive 50 000 Russian Sputnik V vaccine doses donated by the Serbian government to fight Covid-19. 

Uuministeli gwuuhaku nonkalo nawa owa lopota kutya iipotha yoCovid-19 oya shuna pevi moshilongo ashihe, ihe oyindji mbyoka iipe tayi monika po otayi zilile unene konooli.

Ovanhu veli 15 ava kwa li va kwatwa po molwa oku li kufila omadu moshilandopangelo ova mangululwa oku dja modolongo konima eshi va pewa opo va kale veli futilwa mo modolongo.