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SWAKOPMUND - President Geingob says Namibia needs to plan ahead for urbanisation over the coming decades.

OMUNTELE -The councillor of Omuntele constituency Sackeus Nangula has called for the speedy implementation of the constituency finance act, which would allow each constituency to draft its own budget expenditure.

WINDHOEK - The bail hearing of Erastus Heita, a Windhoek resident accused of gunning down the mother of his children and girlfriend in Otjomuise last year has been postponed.

WINDHOEK - Namibia is among SADC countries that have actively implemented the Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHRs), HIV/AIDS and Governance project.

WINDHOEK – The Katutura Magistrate’s Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of man accused of the intentional killing of Tjaimi Ehrenfryd Ehrenst in 2016.

WINDHOEK - The Windhoek High Court has indemnified a garage accused of failing to carry out the instructions of a client and in addition granted it an amount of N$30,000 for partial repairs undertaken on a vehicle of an Angolan after the latter cancelled the work contract.

WINDHOEK – Efforts are underway to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN) in Namibia and a pilot project by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism on the new global concept started in March this year.

WINDHOEK - Local communities and indigenous people in Africa will converge in South Africa next month to exchange ideas as to how best they can fairly and equitably benefit from their genetic resources and related traditional knowledge.

SWAKOPMUND - Ex-convict Fanie Nanub is seeking justice for spending almost a decade more than his initial sentence in prison.

WINDHOEK - Despite the fact that recent floods in the Zambezi have been a blessing in disguise for local communities, they have caused destruction to some road infrastructure.