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President Hage Geingob has delegated Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba to represent him at the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, which starts this weekend in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

Windhoek Regional Court is set to resume the trial of two men who stand accused of killing an Acacia High School learner nearly six years ago. 

MASHARE – A local company Konigstein Capital which has a 25-year lease agreement to operate from the Mashare Irrigation Scheme in Kavango East, has set its sights on growing up to 150 hectares of blueberries for the international market. 

Rundu - Vantu vatunga moKavango zoutokero nezi zoupumezuva rwaguma unene rukukutu kuna kuvahundira asi vahepa kuruganesa siruwo esi mvhura zongwa zina kuroka momukunda.

The president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Gabriela Cuevas Barron is in Namibia for a four-day visit that is meant to strengthen relations with IPU member countries and discuss initiatives the world’s parliamentary body has undertaken in the region. 

KEETMANSHOOP – The residents of Lüderitz have vowed to tackle the issue of drug abuse at the coastal town. 

MARIENTAL – Over 100 residents from Mariental have been flocking to the Edel dates farm every day to harvest dates since the farm’s closure and the owners abandoned the project.

RUNDU - A five-year-old boy died in a freak accident on Monday afternoon at Ndama location in Rundu after he was hit by a concrete pillar while playing with other children. 

Three conservancies in the Kunene region have received solar-powered boreholes courtesy of the Environment Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) in collaboration with the environment ministry and Green Climate Fund.

GOBABIS – Gobabis informal settlement residents will start paying the municipality a monthly occupational fee of N$50, town CEO Ignatius Thidunyane announced this week.