The Oshana Regional Council on Friday rolled-out a programme to support goat farmers.

The Director of Planning in the Oshana Regional Council Teopolina Mbangula says the initiative is aimed at empowering local farmers and enhancing food security, while growing the local economy.

President Nangolo Mbumba and Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah were among those who laid wreaths at the mausoleum of the late President Dr. Hage Geingob.

The Fishrot corruption trial, set to commence today before High Court Judge Moses Chinhengo, has been postponed to Thursday, 6 February, due to the judge's unavailability.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services has announced the temporary closure of the Mondesa Clinic in Swakopmund following a fire incident that broke out in the early hours of Monday.

The Prosecutor General's office is yet to decide on whether the state will prosecute two police officers who are accused of killing 30-year-old Keetmanshoop resident Elleste Plaatjie.