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Ending impunity for crimes against journalists should be prioritised, as it lies at the heart of ensuring the full exercise of the right to freedom of expression, facilitating open, free and dynamic exchanges of ideas and information for all people.

Young people in the Omaheke region have expressed concern that the lack of proper communication contributes to youth unemployment.

Christmas Shikongo is a 33-year-old father of three and a community mobilser working to reduce HIV-related deaths in Omuhongo village, northern Namibia. 

The University of Namibia’s management says the envisaged camera installation on some of its campuses is meant to enhance security at the university and not to spy on staff or students.

Many enumerators of the recently-completed population and housing census are still fighting for their unpaid salaries. 

Catholic priest Wilbard Haingura and co-accused Maria Lingue were last week found not guilty by the Rundu Magistrate’s Court for the possession of a stolen solar water pump for a borehole of the Nyangana Parish in Kavango East.

The governors of the Omusati and Oshana regions expressed dissatisfaction with some community members in Otamanzi diverting water from the canal.

Minister in the Presidency Christine //Hoebes on Saturday ruffled feathers when she announced that the crafting of the national anthem cannot solely be attributed to the late Axali Doëseb, as a committee was established to craft it.

The 19 000 metric tonnes (MT) of lithium ore lying in the port of Walvis Bay ready for export to China was not mined at Xinfeng’s Omaruru operations, but is from the open-pit mine in the Uis area, it has been revealed. 

Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP) last week met the Parliamentary Standing Committees on Natural Resources and that of Economics and Public Administration in efforts to strengthen their case for mining phosphate off the Namibian seabed.