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Over 10 000 passengers are expected to disembark at the coast as Namport and the tourism industry gear up for the passenger liner season. 

The Tsumeb Magistrate’s Court yesterday denied bail to a 40-year-old man arrested on Saturday for allegedly digging up the grave of a two-year-old and violating the corpse.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is committed to supporting Namibia in its efforts to improve water security.

The man, dubbed the ‘Swakopmund Butcher’ is continuing with his quest to be released on parole after spending the last 23 years in jail.

The farmers in all eight constituencies of the Zambezi region will soon receive tractors from the agriculture ministry to cater to their ploughing needs.

A soaring public debt bill, underperforming State-owned entities and a need to urgently diversify the domestic economy were some of the main concerns that emerged at yesterday’s tabling of the mid-year budget review. 

Three judges of the Windhoek High Court yesterday reserved their judgment on a constitutional challenge of the validity of the common law crimes of sodomy and unnatural offences, and all statutory enactments that refer to or incorporate such crimes.

While maintaining a hardline on parastatals relying on government handouts, finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi allocated an additional N$250 million to the struggling meat corporation, Meatco.

The massive Ongos Valley housing development on the northern outskirts of Windhoek has reaffirmed its intention to generate some of its own electricity using renewable solar energy.

Namibia’s two top racehorses clinched victory in the main races of the Alex Angermund commemoration competition held in Rehoboth on Saturday in collaboration with Standard Bank Namibia.