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The Omaheke Regional Council (ORC) will hold an engagement meeting with various education stakeholders today at Ben van der Walt Primary School in Gobabis. 

EDUCATION minister Anna Nghipondoka on Tuesday called back all learners who were allegedly sent back home from the Nehale Secondary School in the Oshikoto region, for failing to pay hostel fees.

A late but clinical header drilled home by Namibia’s lethal striker Deon Hotto secured the Brave Warriors’ first-ever victory at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament on Tuesday.

China’s economy last year grew at one of its slowest rates in more than three decades, official figures showed yesterday, as it was battered by a crippling property crisis, sluggish consumption and global turmoil.

2024 is not just another election year; it is democracy’s biggest year ever as at least 64 countries will head to the polls, representing about 50% of the world population.

Defence lawyer Sisa Namandje says the State does not have a case against his clients – a captain, chief engineer and crew member of the Angolan-flagged MFV Lucimar vessel – who were arrested for alleged illegal fishing in Namibia on 18 December last year.

A makeshift school started in the Tumweneni informal settlement at Rundu in 2019 with 230 learners being taught under trees and in tents, on Monday welcomed back learners to a modern structure boasting 12 classrooms.

The European Central Bank (ECB) could start cutting interest rates this summer, president Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday, while stressing that any such move would depend on the latest economic data. 

TRUSTCO Group Holdings Limited this week reported it is concluding pivotal transactions with key shareholders that underscore confidence in Namibia’s positive economic prospects and Trustco’s capabilities to channel investment into high-growth areas.