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Residents of Arandis demonstrated in front of the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court in protest against the granting of bail for the man accused of killing two senior staff at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT).

SADC is to report on progress made in terms of integration during the mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union (AU) and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The meeting is scheduled to take place in Niger next month. SADC’s Executive Secretary, Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax met the Regional Chair, President Hage Geingob.

A Namibia Defence Force (NDF) Member, who allegedly shot and killed a taxi driver in Windhoek’s Greenwell Matongo informal settlement, is expected to appear in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court Friday morning.

The Regional Councillor for Sesfontein Constituency, Julius Kaujova, has called for the enactment of the Constituency Development Fund Bill, to ensure development is taken to the communities at the grassroots level.

A bill to regulate electronic communication and transactions has been tabled in the National Assembly. The Electronic Transaction Bill, among others, seeks to recognise electronic transactions in the country.

Cabinet has approved plans by a Chinese company to grow tobacco and maize in the Zambezi Region. The leasehold of a piece of land measuring 10 000 hectares was approved pending finalisation from the Cabinet Committee on Trade and Development.

The main suspect in the double murder of NIMT’s top two officials, Ernst Lichtenstrasser, testified in court that the Erongo Police forced him to confess to the murders. Lichtenstrasser denied any involvement in the crime.

First Lady Monica Geingos says there should be an investigation into why certain ethnic groups make up a higher percentage of the prison population. She shared her observations during the inauguration of the Female Correctional Centre in Windhoek on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare rolled out its Food Bank programme in the Zambezi Region. More than 200 households at Katima Mulilo and 93 at the Bukalo settlement have been identified as beneficiaries.