Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa says the Gobabis Municipality is lacking integrity, attributed to tensions and infighting among the councillors.

Sankwasa made the remarks during a meeting with the councillors inside the municipality's council chambers in Gobabis.

Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Sanet Steenkamp has expressed concern over the Oshana Region's poor performance at the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Advance Subsidiary, NSSCAS level.

The region was ranked 14th.

Traditional authorities in the Zambezi Region have welcomed the hosting of Miss Namibia and Miss Teen Namibia next year.

Masubia Traditional Authority, Ngambela Raphael Mbala, encouraged the community to capitalise on the event.

The Office of the Governor of Oshikoto has donated a 10,000-litre water tank to a family at Ashipepe in the Eengodi Constituency.

The University of Namibia has conferred qualifications on 984 students during its Spring Graduation Ceremony in Windhoek on Thursday.

Among the graduates were five members of the San Community who received a Diploma in Junior Primary Education INSET under UNAM's In-Service Teacher Training Programme.