Nine new traditional authorities have applied for government recognition.
This is contained in the report of the Council of Traditional Leaders handed to President Hage Geingob by the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, at State House.
MPs in the National Assembly have expressed deep concern over the deteriorating state of the Walvis Bay Police Station building and that of the officers' living quarters.
The Walvis Bay Police Station, constructed in 1971, serves as the location for the Erongo Police Regional Headquarters.
A 44-year-old resident of Oipapakane Village, Elizabeth Joseph, is seeking urgent medical assistance following a snake bite that resulted in the loss of two of her limbs—an arm and a leg.
A veteran of the liberation struggle, Paulus Dumeni, was buried at the Eenhana Omafo cemetery in Ohangwena Region.
He was conferred an official funeral by President Geingob, who described him as a compassionate person and a useful man of purpose.
A destitute single mother of five from Sauyemwa informal settlement at Rundu, Siyapa Mayanga, received her second corrugated iron house.
Mayanga shared that the father of her children suffers from mental health issues, and she supports her children by doing laundry and cleaning people's yards.
