SWAPO URGES ||KHARAS COUNCILLORS TO PRIORITISE SERVICE DELIVERY

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Swapo Party Secretary General Sophia Shaningwa has called on party regional and local authority councillors in the ||Kharas Region to embrace service delivery with urgency. 

She made the call when she officiated at a workshop attended by the party's political office bearers outside Keetmanshoop. 

CLOETE BROTHERS DENIED BAIL

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Brothers George Cloete and Bino Cloete, who are facing charges for violating the Prevention of Organised Crime Act and for illicit trafficking under the Diamond Act, have been denied bail by the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court. They have been in police custody since May of last year.

ISAACKS DENIES LPM MISCONDUCT CLAIMS

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Suspended Landless People's Movement (LPM) member Joseph Isaacks has denied any misconduct leading to his suspension from the party, pending investigation.

The party suspended Isaacks last week over statements in a local daily newspaper that allegedly tarnished its image.

NAMWATER INSTALLS PREPAID METERS IN KEETMANSHOOP

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NamWater has begun installing pre-paid water meters in Keetmanshoop to curb escalating debt and improve water management. Spokesperson Lot Ndamanomhata confirmed the system will come into effect once installations are complete.

NFPDN SUSPENDS CHAIRPERSON OVER ALLEGED FUND MISUSE

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The National Executive Committee of the Namibia Federation of People with Disabilities in Namibia (NFPDN) has suspended its Chairperson, Matheus Hashongo, over alleged misappropriation of funds. 

The federation's National Executive Committee, in a statement, said Hashongo was suspended on 18th March. 

KEETMANSHOOP YOUTH EQUIPPED WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY SKILLS

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The ||Kharas Governor's Office Youth Desk, in partnership with Old Mutual, hosted a financial literacy skills workshop to equip Keetmanshoop youth with money-management skills. 

The training focused on savings, investments, money management, avoiding debt and financial discipline. 

ELCRN DONATES 65 HECTARES OF LAND TO MARIENTAL MUNICIPALITY

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'Land is life and a fundamental right to humanity.' 

The Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN), Abraham ||Keibeb, made the remarks during a land donation ceremony at Mariental. 

MALTAHOHE VC WORKERS PROTEST OVER SALARY DELAYS

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Disgruntled workers of Maltahohe Village Council are up in arms over late salary payments for the past eight months. 

The workers maintained late payments that subjected them and their families to economic hardship. 

19-YEAR-OLD AUS RESIDENT BATTLES LEUKAEMIA

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Resilience, hope and prayers have become the pillars of survival for 19-year-old Aus Settlement resident Christine Muyumbela as she battles leukaemia cancer. 

Muyumbela chronicles a tale of how her world changed last May when she was diagnosed with a terminal illness during her Grade 12 school year.