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N​​​​​​​ew Era journalist Kuzeeko Tjitemisa (KT) this week sat with the new defence minister Frans Kapofi (FK) to talk about his new role, political journey, and his ambitions to the country’s biggest office. 

Beaven Walubita is a senior civil servant, charged with the planning and implementation of developmental programmes for the northeastern region of Zambezi.

Katima Mulilo Urban constituency councillor John Mukaya has died after he was involved in a road accident on Wednesday evening at around 19h15. This happened when his VW Polo collided head-on with an oncoming seven-seater Toyota Noa in the Mpyu area, along the Katima Mulilo-Ngoma road. 

The Namibia Association of Local Authorities Offices 19th annual conference and annual general meeting (AGM) underway in Katima Mulilo is prioritising advocacy to speed up the implementation of local government reform. 

Lebanese businessman Fadi Ayoub is back in court, this time to ask the High Court to restore his “peaceful and undisturbed possession” of an access road to his farm between Windhoek and Rehoboth. 

The directorate of health in Oshikoto is working on reviving a school programme to provide health services to pupils. This will assist to detect health issues affecting the learners at an early stage.

As Namibia’s sodomy law debate intensifies, various political parties and activists have expressed different opinions, with some calling on national leaders to calculate their remarks made publicly against sexual minorities. 

Newly appointed defence minister Frans Kapofi has dismissed talks that he is among those in the governing party considered as President Hage Geingob’s successor, saying he does not have any ambitions for Swapo’s top leadership position.

Siblings Azaan Madisia and Steven Junior Mulundu, accused of the brutal murder of Shannon Wasserfall last year, will return to court on Monday. 

Local leaders have been sending warm wishes to President Hage Geingob and First Lady Monica Geingos after they tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday evening. Presidency spokesperson Alfredo Hengari said the first couple are in good spirits and self-isolating at their residence.