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The unemployed single father of a 14-year-old girl who is battling cancer at Oshakati intermediate hospital has narrated how painful it is for him to properly care for her without adequate resources. 

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation and chairperson of the SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, has called on member states to fast-track the ratification of vital regional protocols. 

The criminal trial of British farmer and businessman Harvey Boulter was deferred yesterday until 16 November by Windhoek High Court judge Christi Liebenberg.

Residents of Maltahöhe have expressed serious concern about the level of alcohol and drug abuse among the village’s young population, habits that threaten their well-being. 

Namibia Revenue Agency commissioner Sam Shivute expressed his disappointment with how little the fishing sector is contributing to the country’s total revenue.

Walvis Bay Rural constituency councillor Florian Tegako Donatus has taken issue with government’s decision to handpick August 26 Construction as the preferred bidder to construct schools in Erongo. 

President Hage Geingob says marriage in Namibia is between a man and a woman.

Retired employees of the rail and road services operator, TransNamib, face a difficult choice to either pay their own medical contributions or cancel their membership of the fund, starting next year.

Almost 200 people demarcated plots for themselves at Uupindi in Oshakati since Tuesday. 

Social media networks like Facebook and Instagram were back online in Ethiopia yesterday after being blocked for five months, according to an internet advocacy organisation and an AFP journalist.