Namibian speedster Christine Mboma ended 3rd in the 200m women's final in Birmingham last night. The race was graced by some of the fastest women in the world.

The matter in which cannabis activist and president of the organisation Ganja Users of Namibia (Gun) and the Rastafari United Front (RUF), Brian Jaftha, is challenging Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa has been postponed to 15 October.

The Swapo Vice President has urged party members in Swakopmund to come out in their numbers and vote for the party's candidate and so regain the constituency in next week's by-elections.

Every less privileged girl child in Namibia, from the school ground to the street needs a consistent supply of a dignity pack. Girls will soon benefit from the goodwill of the Restore her Dignity initiative, which now caters for school-going girls in need of sanitary pads.

Residents of Mangeti Village in the Kavango West Region are experiencing a water shortage. The community says they sometimes go without water, for weeks. Water is supplied by the Namibia Industrial Development Agency.