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Western Suburbs Rugby Club narrowly beat crosstown rivals University of Namibia by a 33-34 scoreline in the 2023 Namibia Premier Division Rugby League at the Unam Rugby Stadium on Saturday to cement their top four finish.

Two Khomas regional councillors who represent a vast number of poor people who live on the outskirts of Windhoek, have expressed frustration over the increasing number of residents flocking to their offices in search of food, particularly women with small babies. 

As almost 80 drug-related arrests were made in the Otjozondjupa region from January to June 2023, police and local officials joined hands this past weekend to ‘clean up’ Otjiwarongo.

Major green energy company Fortescue Future Industries is proposing a joint venture with the Namibian government to produce electrolysers for green hydrogen.

A man who was sentenced to consecutive prison terms of 163 years in 2015 has succeeded in getting leave to appeal the sentences in the Supreme Court.

Chief Inspector Christina van Dunem DaFonsech said 27 people have committed suicide last year after they have been accused of witchcraft. 

United Democratic Front president and member of Parliament, Apius !Auchab, has called on the government to cease providing allowances to traditional authorities and leaders who do not fulfil their responsibilities to their communities. 

Former Kilus Eleven football players are calling on the government to consider renaming the Drimiopsis Primary school in the Omaheke region after the late Ovambanderu Traditional Authority chief, Kilus Nguvauva. 

Swakopmund residents demonstrated the true essence of ubuntu over the weekend as they stepped in to help a distressed family residing in a makeshift structure without a roof in the DRC informal settlement.

A Windhoek resident who inherited a home with a water debt of N$74 000 lost his bid to have the court force the City of Windhoek to write-off his debt and that of other residents.