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The changing times

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Namibian Sun has rolled out a new look and feel after months of behind-the-scenes deliberations and consultations with our extremely talented graphic designers, which included looking at different newspaper looks.
We have decided to launch the new-look Namibian Sun just a few days before your favourite newspaper turns 8.
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DTA women host annual conference

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The DTA Women’s League held their annual elective conference at the weekend under the theme ‘Empowering to Lead’.
Held at the Parliament building in Windhoek, the 2015 DTA Women’s League (DTAWL) congress started on Saturday morning with the party enthusiastically embracing its status as official opposition for the next five years.
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No charges after Omuthiya explosions

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Abraham Kanduwa, 21, who last week allegedly exploded bombs at two different villages near Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region, is a free man.
According police spokesman Chief Inspector Stephan Nuuyi, Kanduwa was not charged and was allowed to return to his home village in the Oshigambo constituency.
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Windhoek has 2 300 hectares available: AR

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The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement says City of Windhoek has 2 300 hectares available for development and the AR will take land-clearing programmes to affluent areas where land is available.
The group said they have not achieved anything yet, and the clearing of land around Namibia is just the start of a long journey. AR leaders Job Amupanda, George Kambala and Dimbulukweni Nauyoma made the announcement at a media briefing in Windhoek yesterday.
Nauyoma said land-clearing projects had successfully taken off in Oshakati and Windhoek.
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Paper trail critical

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The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has called upon the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the regional and local authority elections only if there is a verifiable paper audit trail.
RDP Secretary for Information and Publicity Nghiningilwandubo Kashume said if that is not possible the election body must go back to a manual voting system.
“The insistence of using EVMs without a verifiable paper audit trail is a total disregard of the voters’ appeal,” said Kashume.
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FlyAfrica changes plans

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FlyAfrica has confirmed that it will soon be flying from Windhoek to Johannesburg again, and also to Cape Town, following the High Court interdict prohibiting it from flying from OR Tambo International Airport to Windhoek.
According to Clifford Strydom, Chief Executive Officer of Nomad Aviation and Namibian partner for FlyAfrica, it intends to launch flights to Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg by the end of this week or early next week.
“We are busy making the arrangements,” said Strydom.
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Treason judgment starts

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Judgment in the landmark case where 65 suspects are appearing on charges of high treason, sedition and public violence started in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.
Judge Elton Hoff began reading his judgement at 10:00 and only dealt with five witness testimonies by the end of the day’s session. During the trial 379 State witnesses testified.
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St George’s beefs up security after shooting threat

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Extra security had to be arranged at the St George’s School in Windhoek this week after a suspended learner allegedly made threats on social media to shoot at least six of his teachers.
The Grade 11 student, Marvin Shikuambi, was suspended last week Thursday and on Sunday posted violent threats on his Facebook page to shoot his teachers.
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Platinum upgrade plans seen as monetary alchemy

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South Africa's mining industry, unions and the government want to boost platinum's sagging fortunes by promoting it as a central bank reserve asset, but upgrading the metal to gold's coveted financial status will be an uphill struggle.
Obstacles to this attempt at monetary alchemy are many: the small size of the platinum market, gold's long history as a store of value, and the inherent aversion to risk shared by most central bankers.
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Dairy market deeper under pressure

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Namibia Dairies’ concern over the local market remains following the most recent industry figures from South Africa and the globe.
The local dairy producer last month warned that cheap milk imports, which have flooded the local market since the start of this year, were threatening its own survival, as well as that of some 14 local dairy farmers on whom it relies for raw materials.
Key market figures from South Africa show that global milk production was up 10.6% over the first seven months of 2015, compared to the same period last year.
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Treason trial: State fails to prove several charges

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Judge Elton Hoff, in the evaluation of evidence against some of the 65 accused in the high treason trial, yesterday came to the conclusion that State failed to prove some of the charges.
By closing yesterday, the court had dealt with evidence against more than ten of the accused.
Judge Hoff did not formally pronounce himself on the guilt or innocence of the accused on the 278 charges, but he concluded that in the case of Norman Christopher John Justus, Muketwa Eustace Sizuka, Gibson Luka Luka and Robert Lifasi Chilezo, the State had failed to prove the charges.
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Salini hiring ‘suspicious’

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The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration has cited irregularities and inconsistencies in the recruitment of certain foreign skilled personnel by Salini SpA, the company awarded the Neckartal Dam project near Keetmanshoop in the //Karas Region.
A report on Salini’s foreign employees dated June 9, 2015, compiled by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration following complaints from the workers, reads: “It can be gathered that the selection and recruitment process of the group is suspicious.”
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Avid suspects to testify in May

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Seven people arrested in 2008 in connection with the N$30 million Avid Investment and Social Security Commission (SSC) scandal will give evidence in their own defence in May next year.
The accused are scheduled to start testifying in their own defence on May 9 and the hearing of their testimonies will run until May 20.
This was announced when the suspects made another appearance before High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg yesterday.
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Venaani queries VP, A-Team salaries

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DTA president McHenry Venaani has questioned the salaries of President Hage Geingob’s A-team of advisors as well as that of Vice-President Nickey Iyambo.
He said it is in the interest of accountability and transparency that the salary structure used for the team of presidential advisors be revealed.
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Native Storage allays nuclear fears

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Shapua Kalomo from EcoLab, the environmental consultancy conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment for a planned hazardous material storage facility near Walvis Bay, says no nuclear waste will be stored there.
Kalomo was speaking at a public meeting about the project in Walvis Bay on Monday.
Community members are concerned that once the facility is in operation, it could open the door to expansion programmes.
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Assets to be hidden a while longer

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The declaration of assets by civil servants will remain on hold until the framework that will guide the process is harmonised with the Public Service Act of 1995.
Minister of Information and Communication Technology Tjekero Tweya yesterday said the current form is flawed and must be reviewed and scrutinised by the Ministry of Justice before it can be gazetted.
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‘About us, without us’

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The Nama Genocide Technical Committee and the Ovaherero and Ovambanderu Genocide Foundation (OGF) say negotiations about them cannot be done without them.
A statement issued by the OGF yesterday said although talks are going on between the Namibian and German governments about the issues of genocide and reparations, it shouldn’t be done without the involvement of the descendants of the victims of the 1904-1908 war.
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