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“Must I now go to school stinking?” This is a question Eldorado High School grade 8 learner Tangeni Ndondi continuously asks her unemployed mother, who, at the same time, is struggling to support herself and family.

The Khomas Regional Council last week held a progress review and planning workshop where councillors and technocrats heading various departments looked at the progress made and impact of development initiatives that were planned and implemented during the last five years. 

Meatco has assured Namibian beef importers there was no need to panic over the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak that has been reported in the northern parts of the country.

RUNDU – The works ministry and a  contractor, who was initially offered  a contract to construct the fisheries  ministry regional headquarters at  Rundu about nine years ago, have seemingly smoked the peace pipe. 

Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi has welcomed a decision by the European Union to delist Namibia as one of the countries regarded as tax havens due to lax practices and regulations on tax governance. 

KEETMANSHOOP – The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) emerged as the biggest winner in Friday’s poll rerun after securing the majority seats on the Stampriet and Koës local authorities, while the party also snatched the Mariental Rural constituency away from Swapo. 

The Windhoek High Court on Friday placed embattled national airline, Air Namibia, under provisional liquidation. 

The hopes of former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau and his son-in-law Tamson Hatuikulipi to be released on bail were squashed on Friday when High Court judges of appeal dismissed their application. 

The Grootfontein municipality last week allocated 715 plots to ultra-low and low-income earners. 

Public enterprises minister Leon Jooste says his ministry is at an advanced stage of developing an integrated electronic performance monitoring and evaluation system to track and evaluate the work of state-owned enterprises.