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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Namibia (ELCIN) will next week partially cease operations and instead host a prayer week against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. 

The Walvis Bay business community sprang into action this week to ease the pressure on the local state hospital’s mortuary that has been overwhelmed due to increasing Covid-19 deaths at the town. 

Twenty-one disgruntled youth volunteers at the Katutura Youth Complex (KYC), tasked with looking after the homeless people at the centre following the Covid-19 outbreak last year, are crying out for help.

A 22-year-old Angolan national was arrested at Ogongo for attempted murder and concealment of birth on Tuesday morning. 

Two judges of the Windhoek High Court have condemned a sentence that was handed to a man, convicted of contravening the Road Traffic and Transportation Act.

The All People’s Party (APP) secretary general Vinsent Kanyetu says despite being given a court order, they are still awaiting for a direction from the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to grant their party access to the alleged spoilt ballots they want to present to the High Court next week.

Hospitals in the Erongo, Oshikoto and //Kharas regions are suffering from an acute shortage of medical oxygen despite government and private sector orders to ensure an uninterrupted supply of life-saving oxygen. 

Constituency councillors in the Khomas region said although some community members were initially hesitant to take the Covid-19 vaccines, more people are now interested in getting the shot.

The CEO vacancy at the embattled National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) will be re-advertised, public enterprises ministry announced yesterday. 

The late former Swapo secretary general and ex-Cabinet minister Ngarikutuke Tjiriange has been eulogised by President Hage Geingob as a “thinker of note” among his Swapo comrades.