The Swapo Party MP Lucia Witbooi has withdrawn from the race for the Party's Deputy-Secretary General position.
Witbooi however remains a candidate for the Swapo Party Central Committee.
Swapo Party President Hage Geingob says much to the disappointment of some critics, the party's internal campaigns have been peaceful and unique.
Dr Geingob said this when he opened the Swapo Party Central Committee meeting in Windhoek, ahead of the party's elective congress starting on Friday.
The current road charges are not sufficient to provide optimum funding of what the Roads Fund Administration requires on an annual basis.
Its Chief Executive Officer, Ali Ipinge says the current contribution of N$1,7 billion per annum is not sufficient to maintain the national road network.
About 60 Namibian employees at a Chinese-owned company, JTD Mining Group, near Arandis, will no longer share one toilet while on duty.
To get rid of overcrowding, the employer has further decided to build more sleeping rooms for the workers, following the Erongo Governors' intervention in the matter.
A Zambian and Zimbabwean national appeared before the Katima Mulilo Magistrate's Court on charges of illegal harvesting of timber in Namibia.
They are 60-year-old Domingo Armando, a Zambian national and 50-year-old Thomas Mupfugami, a Zimbabwean national.
