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India’s navy said yesterday it had freed an Iranian fishing vessel that had been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia in the latest attack against shipping in the Indian Ocean.

Namibia’s top elite cyclists, Alex Miller, Drikus Coetzee, and Vera Looser, made headlines this weekend by winning in their respective race categories. 

Ongos Ladies FC head coach Shama Gure has said their Sunday win against Namib Daughters in the FNB Women Super League shows they are moving in the right direction.

The health director in the Otjozondjupa region, Gerbardo Timotheus, said 26 Otavi residents were discharged from hospital following treatment after eating poisoned zebra meat bought from the street.

Slapping the Oranjemund Town Council with an adverse audit opinion for a myriad of accounting shortcomings, Auditor General (AG) Junias Kandjeke also found some unrecorded assets belonging to the entity.

The appeal of two American citizens convicted and sentenced for the murder of Andrè Heckmair in January 2011, has hit a stumble.

Riddick Ricky Narib, who is accused of the murder of his stepson Wilfred Dantani Eiseb, is expected to seek bail this week in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court. 

Ernst Lichtenstrasser, the man who shot two people at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT)’s entrance in 2019 in cold blood, is ready to proceed with the last stretch of his trial.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is hosting an anti-corruption framework workshop this week in partnership with the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) instrument of the European Commission.

Health and social services minister Kalumbi Shangula said the Namibian government is committed to ensuring that all treatment success rates for leprosy remain high to prevent reinfection and community transmission.