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KEETMANSHOOP – Keetmanshoop mayor Gaudentia Kröhne said it is worrisome that some of today’s children fail to speak their mother tongues. 

NKURENKURU – Marginalised communities, particularly the residents of Nkurenkuru Extension 5, Siurungu and Mayara villages, received 33 housing units last Friday. 

OMUTHIYA - The Oshikoto Regional Council has undertaken an initiative in which it seeks to procure mahangu from local farmers, with a view to assist some residents who lost their produce in fire incidents.

KEETMANSHOOP - Pre-primary and grade 1-3 learners in the //Kharas region were excited after resuming face-to-face learning this week following a long break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

ONGWEDIVA – The police holding cells at Eenhana have been placed under quarantine after 19 inmates tested positive for the coronavirus, the regional commander, Commissioner Elizabeth Sibolile said yesterday.

OMUTHIYA - An unidentified half-naked man jaywalking on the road was on Monday evening run over by a vehicle in the Oshikoto region and died on the scene. 

KEETMANSHOOP – The //Kharas region’s political leadership has intervened in a labour standoff at the Naute Dam, which is run by the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida), following allegations that people from the south were being overlooked in the hiring of seasonal workers. 

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) yesterday endorsed deputy information minister Emma Theofelus, who will be joining other A-list celebrities for the MTC Knockout Project in aid of efforts to address homelessness in the country.

OMUTHIYA – The Grootfontein municipality has vowed to continue with the recruitment of about 32 workers despite a request by the local Swapo leadership to halt the process due to cost implications. 

ǂGuro Ministers Beros ge ai!â gere ǂoa wekheb !nâ ge ǂanǂan hâ i, ǁîs ge N$50.3 miljun marisa ǀkhaeb ase !khō!oasa Covid-19 ǁōsa !hūb !nâ ǁkhaes ase.