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The Namibian legal system dictates that where there is an issue of injustice, the law must be in consultation for the injustice to be redressed. 

This Sunday Namibians will celebrate 31 years of freedom and democracy.

On the eve of Namibia’s 31st independence anniversary, New Era’s Kuzeeko Tjitemisa caught up with information minister Peya Mushelenga to reflect on some achievements and challenges facing government after 31 years of freedom and democracy.

Panic was the order of the day at Rundu-based Dr Romanus Kampungu Secondary School when the school recorded 72 positive cases of Covid-19. 

The police in Kunene region have warned the public against entering farms and harvesting mopane worms without owners’ consent.

Kunene regional governor Marius Sheya has appealed that a state of drought emergency be declared in the region to properly respond to the severe drought that harshly continues to affect communities and their animals.

The government of Japan through its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) has constructed two new permanent classroom blocks for David Shingo and Egambo combined schools in the Ohangwena region, worth about N$1.9
million. 

The labour commissioner is set to commence with much-awaited public hearings next week Tuesday in the Khomas region.

The trial of a former Windhoek-based prosecutor accused of colluding with an accused to illegally scrap criminal charges from the court’s system was postponed to September.

An Angolan man was arrested after a martial arts game at a traditional wedding went terribly wrong, resulting in the death of one of the participants at Ongolonongeyama village in the Ruacana constituency.