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The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has made further progress in improving service delivery when it launched online applications for passports and short-term employment permits yesterday.

Outgoing TransNamib CEO Johny Smith has washed his hands off and absolved himself of any wrongdoing during his troubled tenure at an
entity now on the brink of collapse. 

The reappointment of auditor general Junias Kandjeke for another five-year term has provoked an instant assessment of his performance, his possible successor and the powers of his office from members of parliament (MPs).

An inmate at the Mariental Correctional Facility is claiming N$650 000 in damages from the Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security for an assault that left him unable to get an erection.

Namibians from all corners of the country will flock to Outapi in the Omusati region to celebrate one of the most important days on Namibia’s calendar, Independence Day on Tuesday, 21 March.

After months of flooding in the northern parts of the country, the waters have finally receded in many places. However, hundreds of families remain displaced and uncertain of their future.

A total of 101 persons have been arrested on drug-related matters between 1 and 28 February this year.

The community of Sibbinda is divided over the recent appointment of a cleaner at the constituency office, as the aggrieved parties feel the recruitment process was unfair.

A man who poured petrol on his girlfriend and 13-month-old baby girl and set them alight on 1 January 2020, was convicted of murder with direct intent and attempted murder on Monday by Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg.

Olympian Gaby Ahrens, who is one of Namibia’s most-decorated shooters, was at the weekend elected as the new chairperson of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Athletes’ Commission (AC) in Algiers, Algeria.