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OMUTHIYA – Oshikoto Swapo coordinator Armas Amukwiyu maintains the purported suspension of Oniipa mayor David Kambonde by a local district structure of the ruling party is null and void. 

ONGWEDIVA - The junior council at Ongwediva on Friday donated sanitary pads, masks and sanitiser valued at over N$21 000 to five schools in the north.

KEETMANSHOOP - Berseba councillor Jeremias Goeieman has set his sights on addressing socio-economic challenges prevailing in his constituency through the implementation of a systematic plan.

The impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on the local tourism industry has left a number of artisans in Swakopmund destitute.

ETUNDA – Vast tracts of land zoned for agricultural use by small-scale farmers at the Etunda irrigation scheme in the Omusati region remain underutilised as producers struggle to make ends meet. 

OSHIFO – A 23-year-old man who matriculated from the Rukonga Vision School at Divundu in the Kavango East has appealed for financial support to realise his dream of acquiring a qualification after failing at two attempts to further his studies. 

A Windhoek resident who is accused of 23 offences, including the rape and mutilation of a 10-year-old girl in 2018, pleaded not guilty to all charges yesterday in the High Court before Judge Dinnah Usiku. 

A man who was arrested at the weekend for allegedly hacking his 11-year-old stepdaughter and her mother several times with a panga, has also been charged with rape, the police confirmed yesterday. 

A resident of Gobabis yesterday admitted that he caused the death of his 10-month-old baby boy but denied that he intended to kill the infant.

An eight-year-old girl from Tobias Hainyeko constituency in the Khomas region could not secure placement in any school because she has no birth certificate.