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Quite often, people who suffer from non-physically recognisable ailments become outcasts in their communities and are branded as cursed.

Two former executives of the Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) have questioned the manner in which the company handled a disciplinary process, which recommended their dismissal in October last year. 

A Gobabis man, who bashed his ten-month-old son to death, has been found guilty of murder with direct intent in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. 

The country has reported a significant decrease in Hepatitis E cases, with the latest statistics indicating only eight cases were reported between 28 December 2020 and 10 January this year, while only one case was reported in the last two weeks. 

Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila is not losing any sleep over next year’s Swapo elective congress. She says serving the Namibian people under her current portfolio is the only thing on her mind.

A resident of Windhoek’s Goreangab, who was accused of stabbing his former girlfriend seven times with a knife during 2016, was convicted of murder with direct intent yesterday by High Court Judge Naomi Shivute. 

Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) secretary Ephraim Nekongo has apportioned blame on the Cabinet Committee on Treasury (CCT) for the fall of the struggling national carrier Air Namibia. 

NKURENKURU – Given the rising Covid-19 cases in the two Kavango regions, education authorities have converted hostels and school halls into isolation facilities as more learners at boarding schools contract coronavirus. 

Since the start of the current marketing season in May 2020, more commercial imports were received – and by end of December 2020, Namibia has imported about 29 400 metric tons of cereal. 

Helao Nafidi mayor Darius Shaalukeni has called for public cooperation to overcome challenges facing the town as well as for council to effectively implement its action plan.