Mweshipandeka learners display flu-like symptoms

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Health authorities are investigating the cause of flu-like symptoms among learners at Mweshipandeka Secondary School in the Oshana Region.

Johanna Haimene, the Health Director in the region, told Nampa on Sunday that all the affected learners had infections of the upper respiratory tract.

Oshana records 260 cases of GBV since January 2023

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The Oshana Region has since January this year recorded 260 cases of Gender-Based Violence.

Chief Inspector Kaarina Shiimi says 61 rapes were reported in the region, of which 25 victims are children.

25-year-old male arrested for allegedly importing contraband into Namibia

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The police in Oshana Region have arrested a 25-year-old male suspect for allegedly importing contraband into Namibia.

The police, who were conducting a patrol on Tuesday on the Ondangwa-Oshikango road, spotted a white bakkie, which appeared suspicious due to its heavy loading.

Dr Hamata conferred state funeral

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President Hage Geingob has conferred a state funeral on the former Health Director of the Oshana Region, Naftali Hamata. 

The Secretary to the Cabinet, Dr. George Simataa, confirmed this to nbc News.

Dr. Hamata died last week, aged 78.

Government brings services closer to Okaku residents 

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The government has made considerable work in bringing services closer to the inhabitants of the Okaku Constituency in the Oshana Region.

Eighty-five percent of the residents in the constituency have access to clean drinking water.