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About 300 plots will be dished out to landless residents of Grootfontein. 

OMUTHIYA – A number of motorists have taken issue with overgrown grass near busy national roads, which they say is causing problems and danger to drivers. 

Information minister Peya Mushelenga yesterday said the country was ready to host this year’s World Press Freedom Day amid the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Cabinet has formally taken a final decision to continue with plans to file for voluntary liquidation of Air Namibia, President Hage Geingob revealed yesterday. 

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday said the country anticipates spending about N$583 million on the Covid-19 vaccination rollout plan to enable to achieve 60% coverage of the population. 

Just a little over 25 days after visiting Namibia for a one-day working visit, Botswana president Mokgweetsi Masisi is once again expected to arrive in Windhoek this morning. 

Namibia will know next week whether the new variant of the novel coronavirus, which was confirmed in neighbouring South Africa, is responsible for the surge of local infections reported in December last year. 

Education minister Anna Nghipondoka has discouraged parents from visiting children in boarding schools to minimise the spread of Covid-19, saying the ministry cannot afford to close schools at the moment.

KEETMANSHOOP – Police in //Kharas region have opened a case of negligent and reckless driving against an unlicensed driver who reportedly caused an accident involving nearly 70 workers of the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) on Tuesday evening.

Justice minister Yvonne Dausab has expressed concern over the slow progress in global efforts to promote and protect human rights of persons with disabilities and that of persons with albinism.