-The Ministry of Health and Social Services confirmed that the parcels prepared by relatives and friends of Namibian students currently studying in Cuba will leave from Namibia to Havana, through Johannesburg on 18 September.
-The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) staged a silent protest against three ministries, for allegedly neglecting medical students in Cuba.
-The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation (MIRCO) says the bags of some students in Cuba, could not be accommodated on the South African Charter flight.
-Cuban nationals in Namibia and their sympathisers held a peaceful march in Windhoek, in appreciation of the international community's support against economic sanctions still imposed on Havana, by the United States.
-Namibians took to the streets on Wednesday to protest over sanctions imposed on Cuba by the US Government, in an efforts to topple the government of socialist ally Venezuela.
Cubans in Namibia have spoken out against economic sanctions imposed on their country by the US.
Namibia and Cuba are urged to use longstanding historic ties to pursue economic emancipation.
A Cuban expert in agriculture and land-use says it is important for land reform in Namibia to be meaningfully tranformed in the interest of agricultural development.
-Namibia's Vice President, Nangolo Mbumba, joined Cuban First Vice President, Salvador Valdes Mesa, in paying tribute to those who died in the Cassinga massacre 40 years ago.
-Former Namibian students to Cuba donated N$41 000 towards the Etunda Farm Project.