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The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) welcomed the world’s largest and most sustainable SSCV (semi-submersible crane vessel) in Namibian waters on Friday for a brief two-day layover as it makes its way to American waters.

The Namibia Statistics Agency’s board chairperson Salomo Hei said with 2024 being an election year, it is important to make sure that the Population and Housing Census (PHC) 2023 data is available to assist the process so that the end meets the means. 

The United Democratic Front (UDF) is gearing up for its long-awaited congress this Saturday. The venue is Otjiwarongo’s Paresis Hall, where over 500 party loyalists will converge to elect their leaders for the next five years.

The family of 17-year-old Shatiwa Nghifilenga, who tragically took his own life after allegedly failing his Grade 11 exams, revealed that he had high hopes of passing. 

Learners of the Okakarara Primary School in the Otjozondjupa region who returned to school yesterday to start the new academic year were sent home immediately to prevent them from getting injured by the wrecked materials following the strong wind that blew the roofs off some of their classrooms.

The education ministry is excited to welcome learners for the new academic year, executive director Sanet Steenkamp has said.

Zimbabwean national Rachel Kureva, who is accused of murdering her nine-year-old daughter in cahoots with fellow Zimbabweans Caroline and Edward Nkata, has fired her Legal Aid-instructed lawyer Janita von Wieligh.

BANK Windhoek is fully cooperating with police in the ongoing investigation into the alleged theft of N$200 million involving one of its employees at the Opuwo branch.

The DNA analysis from swabs of two women allegedly raped by Moses Aubrey Salele in June 2020 is not yet ready, Windhoek High Court Judge Philanda Christiaan was informed yesterday.

A 34-year-old woman was arrested last week in connection with the death of her newborn baby in the Omuthiya constituency of the Oshikoto region.