Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is the new Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.

 Ayorkor Botchwey has been serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana since January 2017. 

Since the full implementation of integrity committees within the public service four years ago, the Public Services Management Division in the Office of the Prime Minister has managed to train about 400 integrity committee members across all government agencies, ministries, and regional councils. 

Palms for Life Foundation handed over a new fully furnished Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD) valued at N$5.2 million to Farm Six Settlement in the Oshikoto Region. 

A heavy truck carrying an oxygen plant has arrived in Katima Mulilo after ten days on the road from Walvis Bay.

The oxygen plant stands 50 meters long, 5,4 meters wide, and weighs 171 tonnes.

Botswana's Minister of Transport, Eric Muthibi Molale, has called for speedy completion of the Trans-Kalahari railway line and the Trans-Kalahari road project.

He made this remark during a visit to the Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa in Windhoek.