With the severe drought experienced throughout the country, farmers are losing livestock in droves. Farmers around the Khorixas area were able to get fodder from the Regional Council which they say has been of great help.

A 20-year-old woman died on Friday after she was struck by lightning while walking in a mahangu field at Omaandi village in the Omusati Region.

Beneficiaries of the food bank initiative in Khorixas say the food parcels they have received are of great help in feeding their families, who struggle to afford a decent meal.

The Namibian Police in the //Kharas Region and the Keetmanshoop Municipal Traffic Department are appealing to road users to abide by all road signs and regulations during this festive season. Authorities warn that violating traffic rules could be costly.

The Pastor’s Forum has condemned acts of corruption, which they say has left many Namibians disadvantaged.

An Otjiwarongo businessman, Joel Paulus, has built a pedestrian bridge over a riverbed after a woman lost her life trying to cross it two weeks ago.

The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Peya Mushelenga says efforts to construct low maintenance housing and infrastructure, in general, have been receiving great attention over the last few years. At the top of this list is Green Valley Farm 37, situated outside Walvis Bay, where Mushelenga officiated over the groundbreaking on Thursday.

An employee of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), Milton Louw, who is charged with the alleged theft of five laptops from his employer, has on Friday made his first appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court.

Civil society group Gender Links is calling for a review of apartheid laws which prohibit sexual reproductive health rights, such as abortion in Namibia. One such law is the Abortion and Sterilisation Act of South Africa from 1975, which Namibia inherited after Independence in 1990.

The Sinzogoro Senior Primary School about 30 kilometres west of Rundu in the Kavango West Region was gutted by a fire this morning. A five classroom block was completely destroyed.