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SWAKOPMUND – Hangana Seafood has ruled out any reasonable prospect to find the missing captain Carlo Gordon alive or recover his body from the wreck at sea. Gordon went missing on 18 February, a day after he led his 26 crew members to the fishing grounds on the hake-catching vessel.

ARANDIS – Arandis councillor Benitha Imbamba has admonished employers in her constituency for what she alleges is exploitative conduct toward their employees.

ONGWEDIVA – The Okalongo settlement in Omusati region is one of the flood-hit areas in northern Namibia, forcing the authorities to relocate residents to higher ground. 

KEETMANSHOOP – Members of the Nossobville Housing and Multipurpose Development Club in Gobabis are legally challenging the Gobabis municipality’s intentions to remove them from a piece of land they currently occupy. 

OMUTHIYA – A former Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) member, Sibuku Malumbano, who resigned from the party mid last month, has set his mind to be a social activist.

Omuthiya – Komitiye zoparliament kazipandwire kweyi vagendesi vaOshikoto, vakansela varuganesa momuwa yimaliwa vatumbwidira korukukutu yokusika ko nomiliyuna N$15.5 melikwamo lyewa. 

Onambango –Mpitisili gorudi rovaNdonga Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo kahundilire vaNamibia navenye asi vahepa kugava ruha rwawo varuganene kumwe naPresidente Geingob dogoro akamane sikando sendi sokukara asi Presidente gosirongo nomukurona gepangero.

OMUTHIYA – The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry has provided the Omuntele constituency with a portable water facility.

OMUTHIYA – Construction of a hall at Omuthiyagwiipundi Secondary School has stalled due to financial constraints. The school is now appealing to Good Samaritans to help complete the project. The school hall is being constructed with donations from the public and fundraising. 

KEETMANSHOOP - Sebeteus !Guiteb, the Landless People’s Movement candidate for the upcoming by-election in Otjiwarongo, says the political party has been observing for too long how nepotism and political patronage have led to many Namibians being sidelined and excluded.