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The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and the Oranjemund Town Council recently handed over a garden to the community of the Swartkops informal settlement in Oranjemund.

The police are investigating more than 12 cases of murder, attempted murder and suicide –all occurring around the past weekend.  At Khorixas, a man was seriously injured and admitted to the hospital after being stabbed with a knife in the stomach. The incident occurred on Saturday around 20h50 at the Donkerhoek location. 

The government is seeking a new partner who will be able to provide active employment to the 612 Okapare fishermen. This follows after the fisheries ministry opted not to renew the current employment contract with the Cavema joint venture that was paying the fishermen an allowance of N$4 000 for the past two years.

An unemployed mother living in Okahandja’s Five Rand informal settlement is seeking financial help for the surgery of her child who was born with a rare and severe condition, cystic hygroma. 

A resident of Oshilulu village, who was accused of killing his ex-girlfriend’s mother five years ago, has been found not guilty at the end of his trial in the Oshakati High Court.

Police chief Joseph Shikongo has revealed a staggering number of criminal cases reported last year, while issuing a stern warning to officers who are smuggling illegal items, including drugs, into police holding cells.

The case of a 26-year-old mother of three, who allegedly had her womb removed without her consent in Windhoek Central hospital in 2017, is yet to be determined.

Newly re-elected Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has pledged to prioritise building unity within the ruling party in a widely shared message to delegates and the party’s faithful.

An elementary schoolboy mistake has seemingly thrown the outcome of the Swapo Party central committee elections into disarray after it emerged that a totally wrong list of successful candidates was read out during the closing ceremony of the seventh elective congress on Monday night. 

Swapo president Hage Geingob believes only a mature political party in which the rank and file are united in conscience, spirit and action can lead Namibia.