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A young woman from Walvis Bay ended her life by drowning at Independence beach early yesterday morning.

The Tsumeb community is still advised to use boiled water after the town’s water supply was recently deemed unfit for human consumption, based on a microbiological quality assessment. 

Teachers at Mburu-uru Primary School in the Katji-na-katji circuit of the Kavango West region demonstrated that they are substitute parents to their learners, as out of the spirit of Ubuntu, they are accommodating learners in their sleeping rooms due to a lack of accommodation facilities.

The Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology employees said the institution needs to address its wage bill by getting rid of unnecessary positions.

The Namibian College of Open Learning is prepared to register about 24 000 learners for the 2023 academic year at an average of two subjects per learner. 

The Golden Oldies Football Club, a team of over 60-year-old football players, is in need of funding to travel to South Africa and compete in a friendly match against South African football legends. 

Despite the World Bank forecast for the global economy to grow by 1.7% in 2023 and 2.7% in 2024, chief economists at the World Economic Forum (WEF) still expect the majority of global businesses and households to grapple with persistent headwinds throughout 2023.

The Zambezi regional police launched an operation on Tuesday in Katima Mulilo with the aim of enhancing crime combating strategies.