Nine-year-old Cheryl Avihe Ujaha, who was brutally murdered more than a week ago, was buried at Windhoek’s Pioneers Park Cemetery on Saturday.

Twenty students from the International College Lingua will depart for Ghana on Monday as part of an exchange programme with its counterpart in that country.

Founding President and Patron of the Keetmanshoop Mayor’s Trust Sam Nujoma commended the business community for raising close to N$400 000 towards the trust.

McHenry Venaani, the leader of the main opposition Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) is calling for the reintroduction of religious and moral education in the school curriculum. Venaani believes this will make a dent in the increasing crime and other related social ills in Namibia.

The group Namibian Men for Gender Justice is calling on more men to participate in interventions aimed at curbing gender-based violence and other social evils facing the country.

First Lady Monica Geingos took her campaign Be Free Movement to Otjiwarongo where she interacted with young people. Launched in 2016, the campaign initiates conversations about sex, alcohol and drug abuse as well as other issues affecting young people.

President Hage Geingob arrived back home on Friday after visiting Indonesia and China. Various senior government officials including NDF members welcomed the President at the Hosea Kutako International Airport.

Women continue to be a rising force in business and this could advance gender equality in the business world.

The police have urged the public to stop circulating false information about children being targeted by kidnappers on social media platforms. The Inspector General of Namibian Police, Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga made the call.

Lack of trained unionists is being blamed for a number of ‘unfair’ dismissals of employees at some companies in Walvis Bay. As such, the Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAU) has revived training, suspended five years ago, to improve the situation.