The Ovambanderu Traditional Authority engaged President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on pertinent issues concerning the Ovambanderu people.

This includes the resettlement programme, basic services and the well-being and development of the Ovambandru community.

Members of Venezuela's National Assembly representing Chavismo and a sector of the Venezuelan opposition on Thursday set up a dialogue table backed by the United States in a new attempt to set a political transition on track in the country and agreed to keep talks going through August 12.

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema says he is happy with the competition of about 14 candidates in the presidential race, describing it as healthy for democratic dispensation.

Hichilema disclosed that he is not threatened by competition because that is how it should be.

In line with the regional initiative aimed at curbing the proliferation of illegal weapons in the SADC region, Botswana has destroyed 299 firearms.

The firearms were either confiscated from criminals engaging in cross-border robberies or voluntarily surrendered to the Botswana Police Service.

Twenty mothers at Keetmanshoop Hospital's maternity ward received baby essentials as part of the World Breastfeeding Week commemoration.

The newly elected mayor, Emrico Blaauw, along with senior medical staff, handed over the donations on Thursday.