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The Speaker of the Parliament of South Africa, Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula, has called for immediate action to end the devastating conflict in Gaza.

The 54th Plenary Assembly Session of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) recently adopted a motion on cooperation between SADC and BRICS, a group of major emerging economies including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. 

The 32-year-old Jaezuruka Beverly Kamongua never imagined being a single mother, let alone raising a newborn baby behind the four corners of the Windhoek Correctional Facility. She is currently one of many female offenders serving time and raising their babies within correctional facilities.

Farmers in Okomungondo and surrounding villages in the Omaheke region have suffered significant losses, with more than 100 cattle succumbing to the severe drought between September and December.

The executive director in the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology Audrin Mathe has announced that there will be no extension for SIM card registration, and non-registered cards will be blocked for three months.

The Otjiwarongo local authority council on Thursday cancelled the interviewing process aimed at recruiting its substantive chief executive officer (CEO).

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security is set to construct a new regional office for civic affairs in the Zambezi region. 

Deputy youth minister Emma Kantema-Gaomas said the time is now to tap into the strength and dynamism of the youth, revolutionise agri-food systems, bolster food security and catalyse sustainable development.

A government health facility in the Osire Refugees Camp in the Otjozondjupa region only has five nurses, two health assistants, one tuberculosis promoter, and a pharmacist for about 7 000 residents. 

With just less than two weeks to go before unregistered SIM cards are blocked, some community members in Kabbe South, particularly in the areas of Nankuntwe, Muzii and Ikaba, have not registered their SIM cards due to the long travelling distances.