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The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform has managed to remove illegal fences covering a combined 72.3 kilometres in Kavango West and Ohangwena regions.

The University of Namibia students are displeased after 17 programmes, which were scheduled to be offered this academic year, have been cancelled as they have not been accredited. 

A last-minute attempt to resolve the leadership impasse at the Windhoek municipality ended in a cul-de-sac, after parties failed to reach a consensus on an array of issues.

The number of people implicated in the massive fraudulent tax refund scam has increased from 409, as reported in July 2022, to 921 while the amount involved has escalated from N$36 million to an astronomical N$136 million. 

Kavango West education director Pontianus Musore has said 2023 placements for all grades went well towards the end of last year; however, the region is in dire need of teachers. 

The National Youth Service security recruits have demanded that the service be liquidated and for government to take it over as they demonstrated over late pay and an array of grievances.

Admitted killer Ernst Josef Lichtenstrasser yesterday continued with his testimony, denying he was anywhere close to the scene or even in Arandis on the fateful day when two senior executives of the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology were gunned down in cold blood.

The heavy rains experienced over the last few weeks as well as flash floods presented an abundance of frogs, fish and the indigenous leafy vegetable, ombidi, in the northern regions.

A girl whose abuse by her guardian went viral and evoked anger from the public three weeks ago, finally started school at one of the best primary schools in Windhoek on Monday.

A pensioner was left homeless after her homestead was allegedly burned to ashes by a teacher, who is also her neighbour, at Oshatotwa village in Ohangwena region.