Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has applauded prominent businessman and farmer Leake Hangala for setting up a multi-million dollar milling plant at Ombanje Farm in Otavi.

Namibia needs to embrace a knowledge-based economy to accelerate development and ensure that economic opportunities are not concentrated only in major cities and towns. 

Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba unveiled a statue in honour of the late liberation struggle stalwart, Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, at Ondangwa in the Oshana Region.

Mbumba described the late Ya Toivo as a great freedom fighter, statesman, and a true, patriotic Namibian.