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WINDHOEK - A group of former gang members who terrorised communities from south to central Namibia whom they subjected to their evil deeds, have undergone a tremendous social transformation and they now expend their energy training other youths in the art of dancing.

WINDHOEK - No decision has yet been taken to move back 327 pupils and fifteen teachers to Anker settlement where Edward //Garoeb Primary School is located. 

ONGWEDIVA – The Oniipa Town Council political office-bearers retained their positions when Mannetijes Kambonde and Lovisa Ndeapo Iikali were re-elected to serve as mayor and deputy mayor respectively at a swearing-in ceremony held at the town on Tuesday.

ONGWEDIVA - The Ongwediva Junior Secondary School whose construction faced several hitches since 2014 will finally be completed and is set to open its doors in 2019.

WINDHOEK - The Chinese Ambassador Scholarship was recently extended to Dr Lemmer High School and Mariental Secondary School in Hardap Region, bringing the number of beneficiary schools to 28.

KUNENE - In light of an increase in incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) at the workplace the Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare yesterday launched the 16 days of activism against the anti-social vice at the north-western town of Opuwo in the Kunene Region.

WINDHOEK - The Katutura Magistrate’s Court yesterday postponed to January next year the case of a man who stands accused of killing his brother over N$20.

WINDHOEK - Higher Education Minister Dr Itah Kandjii-Murangi says Namibia needs graduates that drive knowledge and innovation and in so doing enhance its global competitiveness as a nation.

WINDHOEK – After the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) was rebranded in November 2017 from its former name of DTA that linked it to the former colonial administration, the party announced all its members should discard their old DTA cards and register and receive the rebranded PDM membership cards.

WINDHOEK – The National Council public hearing committee on public accounts has given the City of Windhoek 14 days to respond to some serious key findings pertaining to its finances by the Auditor General Junias Kandjeke in the report for the municipality for the financial year ended June 30, 2016.