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KATIMA MULILO – Some learners at the Caprivi Senior Secondary School in the Zambezi region were sent home yesterday because of “inappropriate” hairstyles.

The official opposition, the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), yesterday asked the ruling party to come clean on serious allegations suggesting it benefitted from the widely publicised Fishrot scandal. 

WALVIS BAY – NamWater has warned of possible damage to its infrastructure that could affect water supply at Walvis Bay as a result of the flowing Kuiseb River. 

The bodies of a 32-year-old woman and her seven-month-old baby girl were discovered by a cattle herder some three kilometres from Otjiwarongo along the B1 road towards Okahandja on Tuesday morning.

A 15-year-old teenager from Rehoboth who admitted that he murdered an elderly woman in 2018 will hear his fate on 18 February when Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku delivers her ruling in the matter. 

A 25-year-old Windhoek resident who was last week convicted of culpable homicide following a July 2015 crash that claimed the lives of three people, including a police officer, has been released on bail by the regional court where his case was transferred to for sentencing. 

The Southern Africa Development Cooperation (SADC) has been hailed for a sound record on some important milestones in different areas of regional cooperation and integration, especially when it comes to peace and security, infrastructure development, as well as trade and investment.

NKURENKURU – Nkurenkuru councillor Fillipus Tenga says teamwork and collective decision-making are essential components of development. 

The Lüderitz community will stage a march tomorrow in honour of the missing three-year-old Spencer Mandela Nakale. 

Ohangwena police chief, Commissioner Elizabeth Mukete-Sibolile has refuted claims inmates at the Oshikango police station are only receiving one meal per day.