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Africa has come a long way in shaking off the image of a continent that is consistently dependent on and trailing the rest of the world for investment, development, direction and validation.

Residents at Eenhana Town Council owe the council N$29 million in water, rates and taxes as well as properties, the mayor Omri-Onn Kavandje said whilst tabling the budget recently.

A boy, aged 14, died instantly on Tuesday when a sedan taxi he was travelling in collided head-on with a Toyota Hilux pickup, while 11 others survived with severe injuries.

Deputy education minister Faustina Caley has expressed her satisfaction with the completion of ablution facilities at schools in the Kavango East region.

As stories of the shenanigans of some lawyers all over the world continue to feature in the media with monotonous regularity and threaten to put their profession into disrepute, Lawyers, a book by a widely acclaimed legal expert, has come out to discuss ethical obligations of lawyers and say what ought to be the standard.

Police officers, accused of assaulting two trial-awaiting inmates in Tsumeb last week, have returned to work after paying N$2 000 bail each.

While Angolan migrants at Etunda in the Omusati region wait on their government to take a stance on what to do about their situation, their numbers continue to swell.

A strike at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) that started some four weeks ago ended yesterday following an agreement between the corporation and union leaders.

Hilia Kalume, the 38-year-old mother who gave birth to quintuplets on Tuesday last week, said she does not blame anyone for her youngest baby’s death. The baby girl died while in an incubator.

The Chief Public Education Corruption Prevention Officer of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Paulus Lyambezi, has reiterated the need to expedite the implementation of the Whistleblowers Protection Act in order to protect people that report and give evidence on cases of corruption.