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The Erongo region wants to increase its Covid-19 vaccination target from the current 400 people to at least 1 000 per day. 

Public transport operators will be expected to fork out N$4 000 for failure to provide alcohol-based sanitiser to their passengers and regularly disinfecting the vehicle. 

A Kunene farmer, who was left to count the cost after a pride of lions killed 76 of his small stock, comprising 66 goats and 10 sheep, will be compensated N$40 000 as per government policy. 

Hardap regional health director Yvonne Stephanus said the number and accessibility of vaccination points in the region may be one of the reasons contributing to many eligible persons not getting their Covid-19 jabs. 

A 33-year-old man was arrested for assaulting his stepfather to death with a stick at Ombondeyomutse-wondjamba village in the Ruacana constituency on Monday.

The Kalimbeza rice project, envisaged to become the major rice producer in the Zambezi region, contributing towards food security in Namibia, has yielded little to poor results. 

The trial of a Gobabis resident who is charged with murdering another woman in exactly the same manner as in a previous murder he was convicted and sentenced for is set to start on 4 August in the High Court.

The Omuthiya Town Council has approved a decision to increase water tariffs by N$2 for the 2021/2022 financial year to offset the likelihood of NamWater’s anticipated adjustment. 

A Karibib resident, accused of stabbing his former girlfriend to death with a spear, has been allocated a new legal aid lawyer after his previous attorney withdrew from the case due to conflicting instructions. 

Contrary to hyped media reports, organisers of the recent Wanda Stockholm Diamond League this week cleared the air around Beatrice Masilingi’s finishing spot in the 200m race, saying the Namibian sprinter remains a bronze medallist.