Protesters marched to Agostinho Neto Square on Saturday to demand justice for the killing of five men who died at the hands of police officers in Okahandja in April last year.

The protest was spearheaded by activist and Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) member Michael Amushelelo.

The plan for this march was to bring across a message of grief and unhappiness.

Gathered were the youth, family, and friends of Erikki 'Akawa' Martin, Abed Andreas, Marius Ipinge, Malaika Kotokeni, and Flavianus Endjala.

A 23-year-old Gobabis resident, Denzil Davids, appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate's Court, charged with the murder of Yolande McCallum, the mother of a man with whom he previously fought.

Davids was denied bail, and his case was postponed to February 12, 2024.

It is alleged that Davids followed McCallum's son to her house following a fight between them earlier on Saturday evening in the Epako residential area.

He reportedly found his rival standing with his mother next to a parked car and allegedly rammed his vehicle into them.

Popular Democratic Movement MP Nico Smit has requested an investigation and a full audit into the expenditure of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture for the 2022/2023 Financial Year.

Smit who made the request in the National Assembly, says an investigation into the ministry's expenditure of N$14 billion allocated for the 2022/2023 financial year, with specific reference to infrastructure and textbook expenditure, is needed.

Teachers at Eldorado Secondary School in Windhoek refused to teach lessons yesterday after a fellow teacher was stabbed in the chest by a father of a learner.

The teacher was stabbed with a screwdriver after he slapped a learner who in turn called his father to deal with the elder man.

When the nbc News crew arrived at the school, teachers were in a meeting with the education inspector.

Learners, who refused to speak on camera told nbc News that they only attended the first lesson of the day.

The Police at Katima Mulilo are investigating a case of murder and defeating the course of justice after the body of an unknown man was exhumed at Chefuzwe in the Liselo area.

It is believed that the deceased was assaulted and killed before he was buried in a shallow grave.

The police at Katima Mulilo received a tip-off from members of the public and acted immediately.

A 34-year-old man from Chefuzwe was arrested.

The National Council has called for an urgent investigation into the poor performance of the country's education system.

The House of Review therefore mandated the Standing Committee on Education, Science, ICT, and Youth Development to commence with the investigation and report back at the latest by September.

Namibia's final academic year has left a bitter pill to swallow for many stakeholders, including the lawmakers who now call for an investigation into the matter.

President Hage Geingob says the government is investigating the misuse of the Public Service Medical Aid Scheme, PSEMAS by members and in some cases, their dependents.

Dr. Geingob said this during a courtesy visit by a team of medical professionals under the UK-based Adam Global Healthcare program, at State House on Monday.

President Geingob told the delegation that the country’s medical coverage is quite good, however, abuse has been taking place costing the government millions of dollars.

A 45-year-old Jose Paulus Maseka died at the Katima Mulilo State Hospital after he was stabbed in the arm with a broken bottle at a local bar.

It is reported that the suspect and the deceased were drinking at a local Bar at Katima Mulilo when an argument broke out between the deceased and his girlfriend.

The suspect who is known to the police allegedly advised the deceased not to argue with his girlfriend.

An argument later erupted between the two, which led to the suspect stabbing the deceased.

Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) president Mike Kavekotora on Wednesday submitted a motion to the National Assembly (NA) calling for in-depth investigations of government projects that involved suspicious tender dealings.

Kavekotora said all government projects where initial tender prices are suspected to have been inflated, should be properly analysed and criminal charges laid against the culprits where possible.

He said poverty, cost of living and unemployment have reached unacceptable levels, partly due to projects for which the prices were inflated.