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WINDHOEK - The International Extremity Project medical team consisting of amongst others doctors and a nurse last week completed its mission to Namibia where they operated on 37 Namibian patients.

The National Library of Namibia sees a double launch of two books by Namibian authors, Goodwill Domingues and Renatus Imalwa, this Friday in Windhoek.

WINDHOEK – Time is fast running out for art lovers who haven’t had the chance to see Jeanette Unite‘s works at the National Art Gallery of Namibia (NAGN). The exhibition closes on September 6, barely less than two weeks from today.

WINDHOEK – Namibian jazz lovers are in for a nostalgic musical treat when local jazz sensation and saxophonist, Suzy Eises, pays homage to late South African jazz legend and human rights activist Hugh Masekela, at the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) this Saturday.

WINDHOEK - Windhoek Magistrate’s Court released one of four people who stand accused of the murder of Alex Maluli Mushe early last year.

ONGWEDIVA - The much-anticipated dyke at Oshakati has been put on hold since 2016 after the construction of its first phase which comprised three bridges around the town.

KATIMA MULILO - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has ordered the Katima Mulilo Town Council (KMTC) to close its waste disposal site with immediate effect after the town council failed to enforce a mandatory compliance order dating back to August 2016.

WINDHOEK - Okakarara Constituency Councilor Vetaruhe Kandorozu has dismissed suggestions by some quarters that recent clashes between residents and police were tribally motivated.

WINDHOEK - Children born during the liberation struggle visited the president of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) McHenry Venaani seeking his involvement in their quest to get jobs, a plight shared by many other youths.

JOHANNESBURG - South African Kumi Naidoo, a prominent anti-apartheid activist who as a teen organised peaceful civil disobedience against racist authorities in that country, has been appointed secretary-general of the world’s largest human rights group Amnesty International.