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Keetmanshoop Agricultural and Industrial Trade Expo vice president Karl Heinz Burger said the aim of hosting the expo was not to make a profit.

In spite of dividing public opinion like any other political entity, the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement celebrated nine years of existence this month.

The Otjomitanda peer group donated stationery and hostel utensils to Good Hope Primary School in the Omaheke region’s Okovimburu village recently as part of their corporate social responsibility. 

President Hage Geingob has urged traditional leaders to intensify their role as community leaders against unfair inheritance practices as well as gender-based violence (GBV) in the country.

Official opposition leader McHenry Venaani has written to Icelandic’s prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir to rescind that country’s decision to grant a subsidy of around N$13 million to Samherji, a company linked to the Fishrot looting scandal. 

A 13-year-old girl from Omuthiya in the Oshikoto region is at an advanced stage of pregnancy after a 21-year-old man allegedly raped her.

Khomas regional health authorities have recorded a significant increase in diabetes figures - from 6 403 in 2022 to 10 802 for the 2023 period at public hospitals around the region.

The Daures community, particularly small-scale miners in the area, expressed frustration at being regarded or referred to as illegal miners.

The state has opened a case against six police officers attached to the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court for allegedly ‘forgetting’ an inmate in the court’s holding cells for more than 24 hours.

Electricity Control Board (ECB) CEO Robert Kahimise yesterday advised customers to investigate more affordable and alternative energy sources to help ease the burden on national electricity usage.