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RUNDU - Kavango East regional police commander, Commissioner Johanna Ngondo has expressed concern about high levels of crime committed by young people of school-going age.

RUNDU - President of the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) Simon Taapopi has discouraged learners from renting on their own because of the revised education curriculum, which has seen a number of pupils placed at schools without hostels. 

OMUTHIYA - About 300 learners at Oniipa Primary School will be taught in tents, as the school is without proper infrastructure to accommodate them.

TSINTSABIS - Environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta has urged the San community to capitalise on opportunities presented to them by government, such as free access to education. 

Otjomuise- Otjikumutundu tjo tji wana Omandaha tja wo ronganene motjivarero otjiyandja hange metuwo ro komando oitjavari yerapi rOtjiserandu okuyandja ondjozikiro ku Uruanaa¿i “Scara” Matundu. 

WINDHOEK - A former Global Fund employee accused of killing his supervisor and wounding an ex-colleague is still without legal representation after the lawyer instructed by Legal Aid Henry Shimutikweni refused the instruction.

WINDHOEK - The long-drawn-out court case between the Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) and government over remote teachers’ incentives will be heard in the Supreme Court on 2 April. 

WINDHOEK - The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) says a lack of forward planning and an inability to implement the new high school curriculum by the ministry of education are among the factors underlining the chaos that engulfed schools and learners at the start of the 2020 school year.

SWAKOPMUND - The low voter turnout that on Wednesday marred the Walvis Bay Urban by-election was attributed to fatigue, lack of voter education and timing of the voting day.

KEETMANSHOOP - The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) says voters have been yearning for social and political change.