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The All People’s Party has accused the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) of defying a recent court order instructing them to make the ballots cast in the Kavango East region’s Ndonga Linena constituency elections available. 

Martha Iiyambo, a 50-year-old resident of Otjiwarongo suffers from Rheumatic Arthritis (RA), an autoimmune and inflammatory disease that severely limits her ability to lead a normal life.

The family of murder victim, Shannon Wasserfall, has started an online protest to oppose bail being granted to her two murder accused siblings Azaan Madisia and Junior Mulundu. 

The unfolding political unrest in neighbouring South Africa should serve as a wake-up call for Namibians to stop their economic reliance on that country and start producing basic essentials locally, President Hage Geingob said yesterday. 

Windhoek mayor Job Amupanda, who is governing the municipality through a coalition, has admitted “it is not easy to lead a coalition”. 

President Hage Geingob yesterday expressed shock over rising deaths due to Covid-19, saying even the government’s allocation for state funerals has been exhausted. 

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has assured Covid-19 vaccine doses will be distributed this weekend countrywide for the campaign to get back on track on Monday. 

Although Namibia and South Africa have signed over 90 bilateral agreements, South Africa’s international relations minister Naledi Pandor explained only a few of them are successfully implemented.

Following a week of unrest in neighbouring South Africa, where protestors and looters have caused numerous deaths and millions of dollars in property damage, Windhoek shopping centre owners say they engaged their security service providers but do not expect any looting here.

Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen has set aside the decision of the Outjo Magistrate’s Court, which had refused murder accused British multi-millionaire Harvey Boulter bail.