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The Omusati police are investigating a case of murder and suicide after a 34-year-old man took his own life after killing his girlfriend on Sunday at Uukuvu village in the Okahao constituency. 

President Hage Geingob has sympathised with president Xi Jinping of China and Algerian leader Abdelmadjid Tebboune following floods in Henan province due to heavy rains and wildfires ravaging mountain forests and villages east of Algeria’s capital, Algiers.

Oshikoto Swapo coordinator Armas Amukwiyu is now in China pursuing a course in political science, which he says will enhance his knowledge and capabilities.  

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.