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RUNDU - Learners at Rundu Secondary School suffered  a highly traumatic experience after they stumbled upon a dead body hanging on the pavilion of their school’s netball court.

WINDHOEK- A 26-year-old man at Gochas in Hardap Region was arrested for the alleged rape of an 83-year-old grandmother over the weekend.  

MUYAKO – The renewable energy for climate change mitigation project, which was launched at Muyako in February last year, has had a positive impact on the residents of Muyako village.

KATIMA MULILO - The increase in suicide cases in Katima Mulilo has become a disturbing occurrence in the north-eastern town.

WINDHOEK - Basil  Read Mining employees at Rosh Pinah and Tsumeb have levelled allegations of unfair labour practices and the payment of wages based on race, against the  firm’s top management.

WINDHOEK -The cartoon of the naked Swapo Secretary General Sophia Shaningwa which was a hot topic for discussion has been received with mixed reactions, with some quarters describing it is as distasteful while some say it is part of democracy and freedom of speech. 

OPUWO - The Deputy Minister of Finance Natangue Ithete on Tuesday conducted a one-day information sharing session with members of different procurement committees and regional councillors, to clarify issues pertaining to the Procurement Act of 2015, in Opuwo in Kunene Region.

WINDHOEK – Stock theft and poaching are reaching crisis proportions in the Karibib and Otjimbingwe areas with questions increasing whether the police force – crippled by underfunding – is able to fight this prevalent crime in the country.

ONGWEDIVA - The investigation into the alleged sexual relationship between a grade 9 learner and a principal at Omhanda Combined School in Ohangwena is now complete.

ONGWEDIVA - Many northern farmers have not even ploughed their communal crop fields despite entering the third month of the rainy season characterized by insufficient rainfall.