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RUNDU - Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Stanley Simataa commended  Rundu-based radio station Rapids FM for ‘a smart partnership’ with GOtv.

RUNDU - Kavango East Regional Governor, Dr Samuel Mbambo has appealed to Kavango residents and to the entire Namibian nation to open its doors and provide accurate information to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) field staff to enable them to produce reliable data for development.

KHORIXAS  – Khorixas will soon start to register destitute households that will start receiving food parcels from the government-funded Food Bank Committee under the Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP) once the street committee members complete a weeklong training that started on Monday at the town.

OMUTHIYA -The root cause of the squabbles within the Swapo party, according to Dr Ben Mulongeni is because of lust for money and greediness among some ruling party members. 

ONGWEDIVA - Police in Ohangwena Region have identified the four victims who perished in an accident after two vehicles collided at Eembidi village on Monday.

KEETMANSHOOP - //Kharas Regional Director of Education, /Awebahe //Hoeseb has expressed concerns over the disappointingly low numbers of men registered for the Adult Literacy Programmes, saying more needs to be done to change this pattern.

WALVIS BAY - The Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust (NFCPT) will host its annual fish consumption 
day in Opuwo in Kunene in October to encourage more people to eat fish.

WINDHOEK - Gerald Henly Matlata, 34, the man who had the southern town of Mariental in a grip of fear for three years was yesterday sentenced to life in prison on convictions of murder, rape, robbery, housebreaking with intent to rob and robbery, theft and housebreaking with intent to rape and rape.

WINDHOEK - A 29-year-old man died after he was allegedly struck by a bullet while holding his one-month-old baby in their shack in Okahandja Park informal settlement on Monday evening.

WINDHOEK - Namibian students pursuing medical related courses at Cavendish University in Zambia will commence classes, following approval by the Health Professions Council of Zambia for the university to offer the Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery programme.