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Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni says Namibia’s rural economy plays a crucial role in the growth of the country’s overall economy.

More than 400 students from the River Higher Institute of Technology (RHIT) graduated from the institution’s first graduation ceremony in Windhoek on Friday.

Over 150 teachers from various schools in the Khomas region were recognised on Tuesday for their outstanding performance during the 2022 academic year.

Information ministry executive director Audrin Mathe says the ministry is working towards ensuring cyber resilient policies and security of online platforms.

A delegation from Botswana’s parliament which was on an official visit to Namibia last week, praised the country for having a sizeable number of women and young representatives in the National Assembly.

A man accused of defrauding a local businessman of N$2.5 million while pretending to be Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah had the personal details of the victim, which helped him in the scam.

Windhoek High Court Judges Christi Liebenberg and Herman January on Friday struck the bail appeal of former parliamentarian Steve Biko Booys from the court roll for lack of merit and late filing.

Walvis Bay municipal councillors were divided over a decision to sell residential erven in Kuisebmond to Tunacor [during a meeting in chambers on Wednesday].

Despite several reports across the country over the past two weeks of individuals refusing to be counted during the ongoing 2023 Population and Housing Census, the Zambezi region did not record any cases of people refusing to be counted.

Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on party leaders to be disciplined because the opposite will destroy the party.