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The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform will secure sufficient budget allocation during the 2021/22 financial year for further construction work on its Ohangwena regional head office at Eenhana.

KATIMA MULILO – Katima Mulilo CEO Raphael Liswaniso says his remarks that bad roads around the town are a result of not having quality gravel near the town were taken out of context. 

ONIIPA – Oniipa Town Council officials have been cautioned against focusing on personalities when appraising employees instead on the actual work done. 

OPUWO – Communal farmers as far as Ondije, Otjinungua, Okatumba Kovipoza, Otjikongo and Otuherera have flocked to the outskirts of Opuwo town to graze their livestock because of the dry spell experienced in their areas. 

OMUTHIYA – Being isolated in hostel facilities for long periods has seemingly caused mental and anxiety issues for Oshikoto learners who have contracted Covid-19.

KATIMA MULILO – The jobs of about 400 workers went up in smoke after a huge fire razed the Katima Mulilo Shoprite shopping complex yesterday morning, destroying property worth millions. 

Namibia and Botswana yesterday reaffirmed their initial plans to jointly set up a multi-billion-dollar pipeline that would draw water from the Atlantic Ocean that will be shared as desalinated water by both countries. 

The City of Windhoek is getting tough on institutions and residents who collectively owe the municipality millions in water and electricity bills.

The ombudsman and the Khorixas Constituency Youth Forum want an interdict that would set aside and terminate a Cabinet decision that directed that certain jobs be reserved for children of the liberation struggle and for them to be employed without going through the recruitment process as required by law. 

Cabinet has clarified that the cost of liquidating the national airline, Air Namibia, will not be borne by government, but rather by the proceeds of the sale of assets of the company.