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The Okahao Magistrate’s Court on Friday denied bail to 20-year-old Amoni Iindongo for allegedly scalding an eight-year-old boy with boiling water after he caught the child stealing food from his house.

No exemption or approval was granted by the line ministry for local authorities and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to acquire external debt-collection services. 

Founding President Sam Nujoma, who celebrated his 95th birthday yesterday, has been hailed as an inspirational and credible luminary, a father figure, and an unparalleled titan within the political sphere who is loved and revered.

Another aircraft incident, this time involving a gyrocopter, occurred at the Eros airport in Windhoek on Thursday. 

The Angolan children roaming the streets across the country will be rounded up and taken to a safe place before the end of June, minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Albert Kawana has said.

Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa says the ruling party wants to reclaim the two-thirds majority in the National Assembly that it lost during the 2019 general elections.

A technicality resulted in an urgent application filed by the Workers’ Revolutionary Party against four of its members to be dismissed and removed from the court roll on Friday morning.

The ‘Poor People’s Organisation’ held a peaceful protest in Opuwo last week, challenging President Nangolo Mbumba to enhance citizens’ confidence in the government and provide once-off assistance of N$5 000 to each unemployed person.

Erongo, Kavango East and Omaheke regions have been recognised for greatly contributing towards the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B, the health ministry announced last week.

The central area of Namibia is facing a scarcity of water supply due to recurrent droughts and unpredictable rainfall, exacerbated by climate change.