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Namibia’s penultimate National Development Plan before realising Vision 2030 goals and objectives will be extended for two years to enable completion. 

Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg yesterday reserved his judgment in the trial of Azaan Madisia and her brother and co-accused Steven Mulundu on 16 May at 10h00.

Convicted drug dealers, Grant Noble and Dinath Azhar, will only know in April if they were successful in their quest to sway the High Court into granting them leave to petition the Supreme Court over their sentence. 

The Electoral Commission of Namibia is in need of 1 500 vehicles to successfully conduct the 2024 general registration of voters as well as Presidential and National Assembly Elections, a situation that has left the commission with no option but to approach private vehicle owners to fill the existing gap.

Epukiro councillor Packy Pakarae has lamented the continuous influx of what he claims are illegal immigrants, saying they are now becoming kingpins in cattle theft schemes and contributing to the mushrooming of illegal townships. 

The Namibian police at Rundu are investigating a case of assault with the intention to do grievous bodily harm after a woman was assaulted at a shebeen in Kehemu location at Rundu on Friday.

The Zambezi regional disaster risk management has called on relevant sectors to provide urgent humanitarian aid in the form of tents, food items, mattresses, life jackets, boat engines and fuel, snake repellents, mobile clinics, mosquito nets, as well as disinfectants for toilets and pit latrines.

Head coach of the Namibia national senior football team Collin Benjamin said they will do everything in their power to qualify for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).

Mighty Gunners Netball Club started their defence of the MTC Netball Namibia Premier League (NNPL) title on a positive note with a resounding 68-20 victory over newly-promoted Fataou at the Paresis courts in Otjiwarongo on Saturday.