24 September - 1 pm news

Foot-and-mouth disease dominates the week, with meat prices rising, beef exports in doubt and, separately, a hand, foot and mouth outbreak at a Karasburg school. A BIG break with an arrest in the Okahandja child murders, Namdeb’s call for state help, a Nobel Peace Prize for South Africa’s Navi Pillay,…

130 MSC Cruises jobs are still open to Namibians, Agra Auctions hosts a live webinar on the FMD outbreak, and the UN warns of global food waste as 645 million people go hungry. Also, a Tanzanian court strikes out a $195 million claim against Patrice Motsepe, and FIFA’s Gianni Infantino…

Judgment is due in a multi-million-dollar negligence case against the Health Ministry over Windhoek Central Hospital, and the IPPR questions whether new leadership can sharpen the Anti-Corruption Commission. Also, Kenya confirms a second Ebola case, Ramaphosa reinstates police chief Fannie Masemola, and Nicolás Maduro and his wife plead not guilty…

# Okahandja Families Reject Suspect’s Apology as DNA Links Him to Double Murders... # Electricity Forum Targets Innovation, Investment and Stronger Industry Cooperation.... # Experts Urge Caution as Cloud Seeding Is Considered to Tackle Drought ..... # South Africa’s Transport Ministry Moves to Restore Rail Network and Attract Private Investment…

# Families Reject Suspect’s Apology in Okahandja Murders.... # Experts Urge Research Before Cloud Seeding.... # Electricity Stakeholders Push Digital Innovation and Investment ..... # South Africa Electoral Commission to Reprint Ballots for 181 ANC Candidates ......PLUS # United States Wholesale Prices Post Biggest Monthly Rise Since 202