China has committed to provide grant funding to Namibia to construct houses for Namibian police officers.

This follows the bilateral talks between President Nangolo Mbumba’s bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

The government plans to establish agro-processing centres all over Namibia, particularly in the rural areas.

President Nangolo Mbumba says the agro-processing centres would target youth, cooperatives, and farmers to add value to agricultural produce.

Recently, the City of Windhoek received calls from residents complaining about thick smoke eminating from the Kupferberg dumping site.

The smoke resulted from offloading of materials, which created a chemical reaction that caused the fire.

The Southern African Development Community's Ministers of Health (SADC) held a virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss the status of monkey pox in the region.

The meeting wanted to evaluate the epidemiological outlook of Mpox and assess its impact on public health across member states. 

The National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) Gobabis Municipality Councillor, Elvire Theron, has resigned with immediate effect.

This was confirmed by the town mayor, Melba Tjozongoro.

Tjozongoro says Theron sent a letter of resignation to the Chief Executive Officer.