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WINDHOEK – The Chinese owned Namax pharmaceuticals donated 8 000 Hepatitis E rapid diagnostic kits worth N$200 000 to the Ministry of Health and Social Services, to help combat Hepatitis E outbreaks.

KAMANJAB - Johannes Antsino, the Outjo Constituency Councillor says a sum of N$247 000 was availed for the community garden situated outside Outjo planned for next year. 

ONGWEDIVA - Farmers have expressed concern should there be no rain or insufficient rain over the next two weeks, the country could experience another debilitating drought.

WINDHOEK - Two best students who got the highest marks in all six Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) Grade 12 Higher Level examinations for full-time candidates, who sat in 2018, are from Windhoek Gymnasium. 

WINDHOEK - Out of 44 863 candidates who sat for Grade 10 full-time examination this year at 731 schools, 23 911 learners, representing 53.3 percent have qualified for admission to Grade 11 for 2019 compared to 22 363 (55.3 percent) in 2017.

WINDHOEK - Bank Windhoek has once again joined hands with the Windhoek Hochland Sport Athletics Club, to host the 26th edition of the annual Quinton-Steele Botes Athletics Coaching and Training Camp in Windhoek, next month.

WINDHOEK – MTC Namibia Premiership newcomers will today host fellow league rookies Young Brazilians at Nau-aib Stadium in Okahandja at 17h00, in what is widely anticipated to be a stirring clash between the two new league boys.

Windhoek – Eleven years into its existence, the revered Ramblers Football Academy has stepped up its game for the first time in the club’s history by promoting the majority of its homegrown footballers to their first team.

GENEVA – Developments within the drone or Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry, is moving at a rapid pace in multiple directions as service providers scramble to provide low altitude, high altitude, recreational and commercial drone services. And, according to the Head of Cargo Transformation at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Celine Hourcade, Africa continues to lead the way in using drones to deliver goods. 

WINDHOEK - Local businesswomen, Maria Lisa Immanuel, is expanding her locally manufactured range of cosmetic products called Onature Cosmetics.