Vice President Lucia Witboo has paid tribute to liberation struggle icon Jonathan Goliath. 

Late Goliath died at the age of 83 after an illness a week ago in Keetmanshoop. 

Vice-President Lucia Witbooi has called on Namibians to emulate educational ideals of building a knowledge-based society envisioned by the late Deputy Prime Minister, Hendrik Witbooi, and fellow national leaders. 

She made the call during her visit to Johanna Jacobs Vocational Centre in Gibeon. 

Hardap Governor Riaan Mcnab has highlighted that childhood education is key in building a foundation for child development, lifelong learning, and national development.

Vice-President Lucia Witbooi has called on young people to be bold, consistent, and disciplined in their pursuit of knowledge and skills, describing education as the most effective weapon against poverty.

More than 130 supplementary voter registration points will be set up across the ||Kharas Region to give prospective voters a chance to register for the upcoming Regional Councils and Local Authorities elections, slated for November.

The bail application of Charmaine Cloete, one of the three accused facing two counts of contravention of the Prevention of Organised Crime and illicit trafficking of goods under the Diamond Act, has been postponed for continuation on 1 July.

Construction of bulk services in the Aus settlement has officially started, spurred by anticipated growth in Namibia’s green hydrogen and gas industries.

The Landless People's Movement (LPM) leader, Bernadus Swartbooi, has urged young people to become the drivers of change in society. 

Swartbooi made the call at the celebration of the party's youth command element at Youth Day at Keetmanshoop. 

Namibia is taking deliberate steps to reduce reliance on food imports by promoting local food production to enhance food security.

Emeritus Dean Stefanus Tiboth, a long-serving clergyman of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN), was laid to rest in his hometown of Berseba in the ||Kharas Region on Saturday.