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Electricity is a necessity and not a luxury anymore. It plays an important role in the development of every household, village and farm in Namibia, mines and energy minister Tom Alweendo said.

The community of Okatumba-West will soon have water again after their borehole was washed away by flash floods nearly 10 years ago. 

Devastating drought continues to plague communities and livestock in the Kunene region, governor Marius Sheya said.

The three men charged with the brutal murder of elderly farmers Gielam Botha (78) and his 80-year-old wife Susara Aletta (80) at their farm Lindeshof near Köes in the Keetmanshoop district, on Monday denied they were responsible for the murders.

Correctional officers who are being sued by a man convicted of murdering his girlfriend by stabbing and nearly decapitating her in Oshakati, have denied assaulting him. 

President Hage Geingob has hailed the late former Windhoek mayor, alderman Matheus Shikongo, describing him as a trailblazer and pioneer who lived a meaningful life and has left behind an admirable legacy. 

Ovaherero paramount chief, Vekuii Rukoro has used some blunt language in encouraging his community to take the Covid-19 pandemic seriously, warning that if not taken seriously, the pandemic could bring upon a second genocide upon the community.

Government, through the finance ministry, is once again auctioning off 87 500 metric tons of horse mackerel from its governmental objective quota, to the highest bidder.

The usually sleepy gated community of Elisenheim on the northern outskirts of Windhoek was greeted by a loud bang yesterday morning, when TransNamib fuel tanks derailed and exploded upon impact.

Government, through the ministry of labour, has registered 2 945 jobseekers during the fourth quarter, from January to March 2021, and only managed to place 234 jobseekers for employment in different establishments.