A four-year-old boy, Joseph Ndumetu, died after a Cape cobra bit him on his left ear while sleeping at his parents' house at Otumwe, in the Uis area, yesterday.
 

Namibia has secured its first commercial off-take agreement between HyIron and Benteler, a renowned German auto parts manufacturer, where Namibia will supply up to 200,000 tonnes of direct reduced iron, or DRI.
 

The Minister in the Presidency, Christine ||Hoëbes, says Namibia is emerging as a prominent producer of green iron, poised to produce over 2 million tonnes of direct reduced iron (DRI) by 2030.

||Hoëbes said this during the HyIron Oshivela Project Site Visit and Project Milestones Announcement.

Miss Namibia 2024, Prisca Anyolo, has returned home from Mexico City, where she took part in the Miss Universe 2024 competition.

The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare's Conditional Basic Income Grant registration, which began last Monday, is progressing smoothly.

The registration is currently underway in the ||Kharas Region, covering Karasburg and Oranjemund.

The Khorixas Constituency office has trained 37 residents in backyard gardens to address food insecurity.

The residents also received start-up seeds and fruit trees. 

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Namibian Standards Institution (NSI), launched and marked the beginning of an important project aimed at enhancing Namibia’s food safety standards for fishery and canned meat products. 
 

Some residents of Aminuis have expressed dissatisfaction with the distribution of drought relief aid, which they believe does not adequately address the needs of people in the area.

The Dâure Daman community has expressed dissatisfaction with the government, citing unresolved internal issues and alleged neglect. Community representatives claim that their concerns, raised through letters, petitions, and protests since 2023, have not been adequately addressed.

The Christian Welfare Organisation hosted a pre-Christmas lunch for the elderly at Rehoboth.

Over a hundred elderly people, as well as members of the Christian Welfare Organisation and the Prime Minister, attended the event that takes place on an annual basis.