The National Council (NC) has approved the budget allocation of N$750 million to sports, youth and national service.

Members, however, expressed dissatisfaction with the reduction in the budget considering the need for youth empowerment.

The Secretary General of the Swapo Party, Sophia Shaningwa, yesterday paid tribute to veteran politician and liberation stalwart Erkki Nghimtina, describing him as a dedicated servant of both the liberation struggle and the Namibian nation.

The Minister of Health and Social Services, Esperance Luvindao, has stated that Namibia's public health workers are the second-highest paid in the SADC region.

The Namibian Police, together with other mourners, joined the family of the late Police Chief Inspector Riche Karel ||Naobeb in Otjiwarongo to lay him to rest.

||Naobeb, who was the Head of NamPol's VVIP Presidential Escort Division, died last week while on an official mission in Rundu, aged 49.