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THE Ondangwa Town Council is confident its economy will get a handsome boost from the soon-to-be-completed road upgrade of the Oluno Extension 1 road to bitumen standard.

The waste management system in use in Namibia is not satisfactory as many settlements, villages, towns and municipalities do not have proper landfills and have resorted to using dumpsites for waste disposal.

The Kunene region has seen the worst dry spells in the past decade, resulting in more than 90% of livestock losses, farmers are now hit by livestock theft. 

An abundant number of people with hearing impairment feel neglected and left out due to their condition.

A police officer from Ndama police sub-station in Rundu has been arrested for shooting a civilian with his service pistol at a bar while he was off duty.

A man accused of bludgeoning his girlfriend and mother of his child to death with an axe handle allegedly told his employer that prison is also a home when she questioned him about the tragic incident.

While significant progress has been made in green hydrogen production in Namibia, including the US$10 billion Hyphen Hydrogen Energy’s agreement with the government, scholars and members of civil societies have voiced concerns over the “green hydrogen frenzy”.

The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture said it handpicked the August 26 construction company to build classrooms and ablution facilities at public schools across the country due to the urgency of providing adequate classrooms.

Popular Democratic Movement leader, McHenry Venaani expressed disappointment after his proposed private member’s bill on free sanitary pads was opposed in parliament. 

A storm is brewing in Karibib as the town’s chief executive officer Lesley Goraseb finds himself in hot water over the state of the council’s affairs that was unearthed in an internal audit.