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KEETMANSHOOP – An acting manager at the Naute irrigation project outside Keetmanshoop said this year’s harvest will be affected in some way due to the desludging of the Naute Dam following heavy rains in recent weeks. 

The Zambezi Development Association (ZDA) says a joint media statement, issued by the governments of Namibia and Botswana over the killing of Namibians along the Chobe River, lack a roadmap to justice. 

WALVIS BAY – A homeless man was allegedly stabbed to death by a 20-year-old suspect on Sunday evening at Walvis Bay.

RUNDU – Maintaining social distance in Rundu schools will remain a challenge due to overcrowding, Kavango East education director Fanuel Kapapero has said. 

Deep-seated political divisions have, according to commentators, neutralised the once-powerful labour movement, saying it was now being used as a springboard for political office by local union leaders.  

The High Court has dismissed an urgent application, due to lack of urgency, by a local medical wholesaler. 

OSHAKATI – The Oshakati Town Council has embarked on the construction of an embankment to mitigate both flash and seasonal floods, which have been haunting the local authority over the years.

The Swapo Party Youth League yesterday denied claims that some of its leaders instigated a land grab in the Otjomuise area of Windhoek on Sunday. 

ONGWEDIVA – A 33-year-old man has been arrested by the police in Oshana after he allegedly slapped another man to death on Friday.

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday urged the public to be prepared to quarantine at some point, as the country has a high number of new Covid-19 infections being reported countrywide.