President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South African men to take a more active role in confronting gender-based violence, as the country grapples with a spate of killings, with 12 women slain in just two months.

A dispute over a hostel padlock at Ndoro Memorial Combined School in Kongola Constituency escalated when police officers allegedly assaulted learners at the school.

The incident occurred on Saturday night after a hostel supervisor reportedly discovered a piece of metal inserted into a padlock.

The Erongo Region requires more than N$230 million to address critical school infrastructure. 

This includes the construction of new schools and classrooms, rehabilitation and modernisation of existing facilities.

Opposition party members who contributed to the Petroleum Amendment Bill in the National Assembly argued that despite the Bill being presented as modernising petroleum governance, its substantive aim is to restructure and concentrate decision-making powers around the President and presidential appointees, weakening

The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) will keep applications for its Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Sciences programme closed for the 2027 academic year as it addresses practical training capacity constraints affecting students from the 2025 intake.