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Swapo Party veteran Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana expressed regret over an unresolved rift with her mentor, the late president Hage Geingob. Their once-strong bond fractured during the heated competition for the party’s top seat in 2017.

Windhoek High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo on Friday granted Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters’ activist Michael Amushelelo further time to engage Legal Aid and for further negotiations.

Africure Pharmaceuticals Namibia, a local company that supplied antiretroviral medication to the health ministry had its tender challenge against the Central Procurement Board of Namibia and the ministry struck from the Windhoek High Court’s roll yesterday for lack of urgency.

A 24-year-old woman, Choma Albertina Ndumba was on Thursday attacked and killed by a crocodile at Mabushe village.

Close to eight schools in the Ohangwena region have overcrowded classrooms with 50 learners per class, while some are being taught in shacks. Some 330 pre-primary and grade one learners are still at home due to the insufficient number of teachers in the Ohangwena region.

The Angolan police have warned their Namibian counterparts that the poaching of protected wildlife could increase, caused by crop losses in the Zambezi region due to a lack of rainfall for nearly a month. 

The Namibian national cricket team, the Richelieu Eagles, beat Nepal by 20 runs in the first T20 International (T20I) match of the seven-game series yesterday, with No. 5 batsman Nicol Loftie-Eton setting a new world record for the fastest 100 runs in a T20I game from 33 balls.

The Editor-in-Chief of The Namibian newspaper, Tangeni Amupadhi, says sports can be used as a vehicle to raise awareness about cancer.