The Secretary to the National Council, Tousy Namiseb, stated that Namibia is focusing on enhancing its legislative and oversight functions to improve service delivery.

Heavy rains over the weekend have damaged Simwege Primary School in Katjinakatji Village, Kavango West. The makeshift school in Mankumpi Constituency serves 58 grade one and two learners. Classrooms and learning materials were destroyed, and the village lost electricity.

Sam Shololo (45), one of the accused in the NAMDIA diamond heist, has been discharged from a state hospital in Windhoek, police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi has confirmed.

The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) is calling for urgent improvements in the country’s education system.

The Meatco Board has defied a Cabinet directive that was issued in July last year by terminating the contract of its CEO, Mwilima Mushokabanji, and appointing an acting CEO, Patrick Liebenberg.

Joseph Kauandenge, the Secretary General of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO), has criticized the unwillingness of some Namibian politicians to relinquish their positions and give others a chance to serve.

The decade-old vacancy of the CEO position at the Kalkrand Village Council has hindered development, causing delays in governance and infrastructure projects. 

DNA tests have confirmed that the remains found in Lake Guinas last week are those of O'Linn Nauyoma, a learner who disappeared in the lake during a school excursion.

His father, Cornelius Nauyoma, says they can now bury their son's remains.

The silencing of guns, the development of transport infrastructure, and harnessing the potential of the youth dividend—these top Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's list of priorities, should he be elected as the Chairperson of the AU Commission.

President Nangolo Mbumba has hailed the decision by the US government to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, as a step in the right direction.

In a statement, Dr. Mbumba says the de-listing is equally a step towards the normalisation of relations between Cuba and the US.