The body of a 7-year-old girl was discovered in an abandoned house at the Old Dates Farm near Mariental on Monday evening.

Former First Lady of Namibia, Monica Geingos, delivered a call to action for advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for young people across East and Southern Africa during a regional dialogue held in Pretoria, South Africa.

Judge Moses Chinhengo has ordered that the criminal trial in the Fishrot matter continue.

The accused persons will continue to take pleas on the remaining charges from September 2 to 6 and 10 to 13.

Dr. Job Amupanda, activist in chief of the Affirmative Repositioning Movement, has criticised the current maternity leave policies in the country, describing them as a form of ‘punishment against women’ for giving birth. 

The High Court Judges Hosea Angula, Beatrix Jagger, and Thomas Masuku will deliver judgement on the matter in which the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) have taken the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to court after the ECN deregistered NEFF as a political party within seven working days.

The Coalition of Churches and Organisations (CCO) has called on the government to change its legal team and to appeal the recent ruling in which the Windhoek High Court decriminalised the colonial Sodomy law.

The former Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, died early this morning at the age of 57, after a battle with cancer.

Family and close friends gathered at the Hanse-Himarwa residence in the capital to grieve the death of the renowned politician.

Lawyer Mbanga Siyoumunji, who is representing the Fishrot accused, Nigel van Wyk, says his client has exhausted all avenues regarding the recusal of Judge Moses Chinhengo.

The newly elected leadership of the Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) wants free tertiary education in the next two years.

NANSO held its 18th National Student Congress over the weekend at Döbra, where it was founded.

First Lady Sustjie Mbumba has lamented that murders in Namibia have become somewhat fashionable and fun.

The First Lady was speaking at the Omkhai Namibia Trust, where senior citizens were treated to cosy blankets and grocery packs in Windhoek's Tobias Hainyeko residential area.