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The visa-on-arrival enabler was officially launched for the Katima Mulilo, Ngoma and Impalila Island border posts by home affairs and immigration minister Albert Kawana on Friday.

Eleven inmates were released from the Oluno Correctional Facility last week following the Community Advisory Council’s (CAC) decision to assist first-time offenders with sentences ranging from three to six months or alternatively fines not exceeding N$1 000 by paying the fines on their behalf.

China Henan International Company (Chico) on Thursday handed over the 80km stretch of the rehabilitated road between Gibeon and Tses on the B1 national road to the government three months ahead of its expected completion date.

Plans by Katutura residents to march up to Parliament and State House on Friday were curtailed when a representative from Parliament received their petition at Zoopark.

Despite discontent concerning the reported unfavourable work conditions faced by fixed-term solid waste workers in the Windhoek municipality, the City of Windhoek insists that it has addressed their demands. 

Over 100 elderly citizens and members of various traditional authorities were on Sunday treated to early Christmas feast by the children of the late Eliakim and Theresia Namundjebo.

An organisation called Fighting Against Drug Use in Villages, in collaboration with the Ohangwena Police, yesterday launched its first awareness campaign in Ongenga.

Ehango lyokuungaunga niiponga yomoondjila lyoMVA fund olya ti, aanambelewa yawo opamwe nopolisi yomopate, oya li taya gandja omalongo gomoondjila kaalongithi yoopate.

Namibia’s senior national women’s cricket team, the Richelieu Eagles, crashed out of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier in Entebbe, Uganda, after losing by 86 runs to Zimbabwe in the first semifinal on Saturday.

African Stars solidified their championship claim on Friday night by securing a crucial victory against Civics, strengthening their position at the top of the Debmarine Namibia Premier Football League (Npfl) standings as Khomas Nampol put an end to Ongos’ impressive run.