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A lack of financial policies has left the Namibia Football Association (NFA) with no alternative but to await its members’ decision on alleged financial mismanagement by its Khomas Football Region (KFR) executive committee.

The health ministry has announced that more than one million ordinary health passports were at the general stores in Windhoek by the end of July, and that health facilities should submit their orders.

The Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia (NamBTS) will on Saturday host an event in Windhoek that brings together automotive and bike enthusiasts alongside community-minded individuals in a collective mission to save lives through blood donation.

Oshikoto regional governor Penda ya Ndakolo has urged the youth to show up in big numbers for the commemoration of Heroes’ Day.

Johannes Kalumbu (57), a craftsman from Onhokolo village in the Omusati region, is seeking assistance from the government and the business community to invest in his dream.

Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani has hailed former Opuwo town councillor, the late Katahunda Matundu, as a hero to whom the PDM owes its existence.

Opuwo service station workers are up in arms over their working conditions, which they described as unbearable and “slave-like”.

A 23-year-old man who was convicted last week of killing his aunt by whipping her with a homemade donkey leash and kicking her in Kavango West, was on Tuesday sentenced to 18 years imprisonment.

A 40-year-old man who went on a shooting rampage at the Omutundungu village in June 2014 which saw the loss of one life and several injuries, was sentenced to an effective 25
years imprisonment last week.