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The Namibian Public Workers’ Union (Napwu) has asked the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) for the exact date when it will operationalise the employment of all contract employees into permanent positions as agreed upon between the two parties.

The Ovambanderu community has lost an important pillar of strength and voice of wisdom, President Hage Geingob said yesterday, while reacting to the passing of the traditional authority’s chief Kilus Munyuku III Nguvauva. 

Former Namibian Defence Force chief John Sinvula Mutwa was yesterday laid to rest at Mahundu village in the Katima Mulilo Rural constituency. 

The Tsumeb municipality is reeling, following the death of the town’s management committee chairperson, Ingenecia David, who died on Wednesday, following a short illness related to Covid-19.

Education minister Anna Nghipondoka has described the Advance Subsidiary level (AS) 2021 teachers, learners and school principals as trailblazers. 

Although housing provision remains a challenge, rural sanitation, road and electricity infrastructure are some of the “achievements” Khomas governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua listed in the past financial year during her state of the region address on Wednesday.

Henk Botha, one of Namibia’s veteran athletics coaches and mentor to two of the country’s foremost sprinting aces Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma, says the overall performance of the two runners can only get better and bigger ahead of this month’s Olympic Games in Japan.

In spite of missing out on an opportunity to win the WBO inter-continental featherweight title against Ukraine’s Oleg Malinovskyi during their mega showdown early last month, Namibia’s featherweight boxer Nathanael ‘Natty’ Kakololo remains focused on the future.

The Communist Party of China is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding this year. The CPC has come a long way to establish itself as the leading force advancing the cause of national rejuvenation.

A Windhoek High Court judge yesterday dealt a significant blow to Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP) when he issued an order declaring that the outfit is not in possession of a valid environmental clearance certificate and is therefore not entitled to undertake mining activities.