A 13-year-old boy from Gobabis appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court charged with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old woman and her three-year-old daughter, a case that has shocked the community.

The accused faces two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) held a meeting with student representatives today to discuss the state of subsidised tertiary education and to come up with solutions and recommendations, and find clarity around the government's 'free education' plan.

A subsistence farmer in the Kavango West Region's Kaguni village, Domingo Ndara, has been left hopeless after locusts invaded his crop field.

Ndara planted mahangu, beans, maize, and groundnuts; however, from 21 December, he began to notice locusts in the crop field.

The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC) has committed N$10 million towards the revival of the Namibian Annual Music Awards (NAMAs).

The awards are scheduled to take place this year.

Public and private tertiary institutions have expressed readiness for the implementation of the government's subsidised tertiary education programme.