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A handful of people suspected to have worked together with a former Windhoek-based prosecutor in a witness fees scam that saw the Office of the Judiciary lose hundreds of thousands of dollars, are yet to be traced. 

The husband of the Lewcor group N$11 million fraud suspect was arrested by the Namibian police after he was linked to the alleged crime his wife was charged with last month.

The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) is convinced that the successful and effective roll-out of Covid-19 national and global vaccination plans may be a key element to ensure the normalisation of tourism flow across the world. 

Windhoek resident Jeremia van Wyk, who confessed to abducting and sexually violating a minor in 2019, told the Windhoek High Court that although he intends to plead guilty to charges of rape and abduction with an alternative count of kidnapping, was advised that the services of a legal practitioner will be to his benefit.

The Harambee Prosperity Plan II, which was launched by President Hage Geingob yesterday, covers 2021 to 2025 and builds on the solid foundation of the inaugural HPP 2016-2020.

President Hage Geingob’s administration has outlined an ambitious plan to lure investments worth N$27 billion, with the potential of creating 24 000 jobs in the coming four years. 

ETUNDA – Good Samaritan Peneyambako Joseph from Omusati region has taken it upon herself to feed some of the hundreds of Angolan nationals flocking to Namibia in search of food.

The ministry of agriculture says it is unable to secure an effective biological pesticide that is environmentally acceptable and approved for aerial application as a measure to control the locust outbreak in Kavango East.  

President Hage Geingob has paid glowing tribute to the late Tanzanian president John Magufuli, describing him as a true servant of the people. 

Veteran broadcaster and renowned historian Alexander Jarimbovandu Kaputu, who died last week at Otjinene in the Omaheke region, will be laid to rest next Saturday at a farm near Ovitoto, family spokesperson Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana said.