More than ten shebeens have been shut down at Gam after failing to meet liquor licensing requirements.

Local business owners said the requirements, while lawful, do not reflect the realities on the ground in Gam Settlement, where inadequate basic infrastructure remains a daily challenge.

President Duma Boko has described Botswana's founding president, Sir Seretse Khama, as a staunch but not assertive pan-Africanist who fought tirelessly for economic and political emancipation of SADC.

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic has over the weekend briefed the SADC Secretariat on the latest developments regarding the Sahrawi people's quest to self-determination and independence.

Isuswa Junior Primary School in the Katima Mulilo rural constituency is one of the many under-developed schools in the Zambezi Region.

For over 39 years, the school functioned with limited basic resources.

The leader of the ||Haboben clan, Dawid Gertze, has urged youth to speak out against internal strife over succession battles among the Nama traditional leaders.

Gertze, who is also the governor of ||Kharas, noted such conflicts deprive communities of development.