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The veld fire that started on Tuesday in the Windhoek Rural constituency and damaged grazing and infrastructure on 30 farms is still raging, and was heading to the Dordabis settlement yesterday. 

Namibia needs to inoculate at least 10 000 people per day to reach the target of vaccinating approximately 60% of its population by December 2021, but falls far short of this number at the moment.

The health ministry last week instructed local environmental health practitioners to remove various KOO canned products, Hugo’s Baked Beans and Helderberg Peas, produced between 1 May 2019 and 5 May 2021, from Namibian shelves.

Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba has donated four classrooms and a storeroom, worth N$900 000, to the Okanghudi Combined School at his home village in the Ohangwena region on Friday. 

The Independent Patriots for Change have condemned the shooting and killing of a young man by the Namibian Police at Onamhinda village near Oshikango last week.

The Walvis Bay community lost local authority councillor Alfredo Bikeur on Saturday evening. He was 39 years old.

When Namibia’s two last competitors at this year’s Olympic Games, Helalia Johannes and Tomas Rainhold, take to the road in the women’s and men’s marathon races this weekend, they will not only be competing against the best runners in the world, but will also be running against the elements in Japan.

The Namibia Premier League (NPL), soon to be officially certified by the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) as the sole entity to promote, administer, control, govern and regulate all forms of professional football in the country, yesterday provided a detailed action plan on how it intends to transform the ailing fortunes of local football. 

Going by the nickname of “Ballack” after the great former Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Peter Ballack, the Luderitzbucht-born stubborn boy of South African migrants, famously known as ‘Ballack’ amongst his peers, was a marvel to watch between the sticks.

Namibia’s marathon swimmer Phillip Seidler on Wednesday night finished 16th in his Olympic debut out of a lineup of 26 swimmers in the men’s 10km Open Water race in Tokyo.