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A report into government’s spending during the Covid-19 pandemic has lifted a veil on potential maleficence in the State’s procurement of goods and services.

Teaching and learning at the flood affected Onghala and Shingunguma combined schools in Ohangwena region abruptly ceased after senior education officials visited these schools. 

Engela District Hospital, one of the biggest hospitals in the north, is facing an array of challenges that hamper proper and adequate services to the communities it serves.

Following the death of the one˗year old boy, allegedly at the hands of his mother at farm Buckholzburn in the Bethanie area, another four˗month old girl was discovered in a shallow grave at farm Swartberg in the Karasburg district earlier this week.

While health executive director Ben Nangombe dismissed claims that emergency workers have decided to not work beyond normal working hours due to nonpayment of their overtime claims, reports from the ground, however, paint a different picture.

The country’s medical aid industry reported a net deficit for the third quarter of 2022, yet remained well capitalised as it held a high percentage of free assets as at 30 September 2022. Additionally, the industry’s reserves level exceeded the minimum prudential reserves level requirement of 25% and is thus deemed to be financially sound.

The Income Tax Amendment Act, 2022, came into force on 01 January with an objective, amongst others, to ensure that any income derived from the exploitation of Namibia’s natural resources is taxed.

Education is a systematic process that seeks to produce well-balanced individuals with the requisite knowledge, skills, values, aptitudes and attitudes to become functional and productive citizens for national development.