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A group of University of Namibia distance students have registered a long list of gripes and claim the institution’s administration fails them, which negatively affects their academic progression. 

The dilapidated pipelines installed over 40 years ago are said to be hampering the efforts to restore the water supply in the Zambezi region. The situation has plagued the region for nearly two weeks now, as pipes continue to break, and communities are left without potable water. 

The Namibian Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) wants an ombudsperson for investor grievance resolution. However, President Hage Geingob has warned the board not to create extra red tape.

State advocate Palmer Khumalo implored Windhoek High Court judge Claudia Claasen to refuse an application for discharge in the case of Russian national Alexander Krylof (58) and his Namibian counterpart Anna Katrina Engelbrecht (29)

President Hage Geingob has said peace and security remain the hallmark of any country, developing or developed. “It is the bedrock on which all our collective efforts towards industrialisation and regional integration can find its true expression,”

Social media was abuzz with favourite KK moments in and out of public life. A family member has confirmed that the outspoken former Cabinet minister and businessman battled Covid-19 for weeks.

Many pensioners whose monthly government pension grant is often the only income in their households, are struggling to feed themselves and their families. To ease their burden, Dordabis pensioners have resorted to taking food on credit, plunging them into a deeper debt hole.

President Hage Geingob yesterday said his administration looks forward to working with newly elected Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema. Hichilema soundly defeated incumbent Edgar Lungu by almost a million votes after polling over 2.8 million votes against Lungu’s 1.8 million. 

Lofty dreams have been sold but three years down the line, none of the fantastical plans to establish the much-vaunted multibillion-dollar Tsumeb smart city project has seen even the remotest possibility of kicking off. 

Cyclist Tristan de Lange, Paralympian Johannes Nambala and Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Christine Mboma are the biggest recipients from the sports ministry’s Sport Reward Policy (SRP), which recognises and rewards local athletes for scooping accolades continentally and internationally.