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The annual inflation rate for the transport sector, which accounts for 14.3% of the consumer basket, continued increasing by 10.6% in July 2021, compared to -1.2% recorded in the corresponding period last year. 

The recent reports about old people suffering surrounded by many children and grandchildren who all depend on old age pension grants, left a sour taste. Many people continue to blame the past for their place in life, giving up responsibility and control.

Students who are loved at home come to school to learn, and students who aren’t, come to school to be loved”, this was said by Nicholas A. Ferroni.  I initially thought this was just an ordinary fictional phrase until when I witnessed it. 

About 15 people who were arrested in connection with illegal land grabbing in Windhoek’s Otjomuise and Mukwanangombe locations last Thursday, were granted bail in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

With the new strain of foot-and-mouth disease confirmed in the Zambezi region, local farmers fear that if the outbreak continues to worsen, they will be left without a market if Meatco ceases operations.

UNDU – The Rundu Intermediate Hospital says the Covid-19 situation is much better compared to recent months when the hospital was overwhelmed with admissions. They said admissions had exceeded the hospital’s capacity but in the past days, fewer admissions are being recorded. 

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.