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Siponga kasihorokere sivike sina puko, opo kavakere vantu tava gwana yimaliwa yawo youkurupe nourema mokutulisapo ntambo zoveta vanatulisapo asi pwahepa kulinapuka namukweni mupopere kambumburu koCovid-19 ano sinzi sovakurupe navaworuhepo pomundinda momukweyo kavakere vahana kuyukilira pevango lyomberewa zaMoses Garoeb zakansela zakara morukanda rwaHavana.

KATIMA MULILO – The Katima market which closed for business under the state of emergency has now opened for business for essential products.

The executive director of the Namibia Federation of the Visually Impaired (NFVI), Moses Nghipandulwa, says there is no awareness material or information in Braille for the visually impaired during the Covid-19 global pandemic that has already claimed over 200 000 lives globally.

DIVUNDU – The Divundu Village Council in Kavango East has set measures in place to curb the spread of Covid-19, local authority CEO Athanasius Maghumbo says. 

A gesture to bring health services closer to the residents of Amperbo in the Hardap region has been stalled due to technicalities. The building, which was supposed to serve as a clinic, was constructed four years ago but remains non-operational.

NKURENKURU - The San community near Nkurenkuru are still subjected to living in extreme poverty, as they still have no access to basic needs such as proper shelter, food and water.

Barely a week after human skeletal remains were found near farm De Rust about 65 kilometers from Uis in the Erongo region, yet another shocking disovery was made on Saturday after a goat herder stumbled on a set of human remains. 

Chancellor of the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Professor Peter Katjavivi is content with the tertiary institution’s relentless efforts to expand its academic research capacity. 

Two brothers employed at a farm in the Otjozondjupa region died after a car they had allegedly stolen to go purchase alcohol overturned on Friday night on the Hochfeld-Osire road. A passerby, who spotted a damaged vehicle along the gravel road 40km from Osire near Farm Nooitgedag, discovered the bodies of the two brothers around 20h00. 

Opposition leaders in the National Assembly are saying the ruling Swapo party should not be allowed to chair eight out of the nine parliamentary steering committees alone, if the Legislature is serious about its oversight function.