A 26-year-old man accused of sexually violating his three-year-old niece over the weekend has been denied bail by the Tsumeb Magistrates' Court.

Seventy-one-year-old Olga Sauseb, a resident of Swartak in the Tsumkwe Constituency, is among the residents who have had to endure walking several kilometers to access water for daily use.

The National Assembly has passed the second reading of the Petroleum Amendment Bill.

The Minister of Industries, Mines, and Energy, Modestus Amutse, has expressed appreciation to MPs who supported the bill.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has arrived in Windhoek from Luanda, Angola where she co-chaired the inaugural session of Bi-National Commission of the two countries.

She was received at the airport by Vice-President Lucia Witbooi, Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare and senior government officials.

Namibia has marked the National Pharmacy Week with a call to recognise its role in ensuring acess to safe and effective medicine.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services launched the week at the Windhoek Central Hospital under the theme "Empowering the Pharmacy Workforce for the Future".