December 14, 2015, 4:50 pm
Ondangwa-based King Kauluma (KK) Palace became the first team to clinch the inaugural Tafel Lager Nation Cup on Sunday at Oshakati’s Independence Stadium.
The triumph came after the team defeated their rivals in the North-West First Division (NWFD) league, Oshikuku Young Stars, by a 2-0 score line.
Issac Mabanda scored the first goal from the spot in 56 minutes before Andreas Indongo netted the second goal with five minutes left before the referee had to blow the final whistle.
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December 14, 2015, 11:06 pm
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December 15, 2015, 4:00 pm
Beleaguered executive director of the Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM), Joseph Diescho, says despite his public dismissal last week, he is still running the institution and will show up for work until procedurally dismissed.
Diescho was speaking yesterday shortly after police officers prevented him from entering Nipam at the instruction of its board chairperson and Cabinet Secretary George Simataa.
Read more about I still work for Nipam - Diescho
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December 15, 2015, 4:00 pm
After the government announced free secondary education starting next year, Namibian Sun has been inundated with calls from parents who said schools are refusing to refund fees paid in advance.
In some instances parents were informed that the fees they had paid would serve as a “compulsory-voluntary fee” to be paid by all parents.
That is not the case, however. The education ministry this week stated that all parents who had paid the abolished school development fund fees for 2016 must be refunded.
Read more about 2016 school fees to be refunded
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December 15, 2015, 4:00 pm
Keeping accused persons in custody while the State gets its house in order would be a gross infringement on the accused’s right to liberty.
This was said by Windhoek Magistrate Ilge Rheent yesterday when she objected to the State’s request for a postponement of a bail application by 19 suspects arrested in connection with tax fraud involving N$114 million.
A formal bail application is expected to be heard in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court today.
Rheent emphasised that the court needs to protect the constitutional rights of each accused person.
Read more about N$114 million fraud accused apply for bail
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December 15, 2015, 4:00 pm
Newly elected Walvis Bay mayor Immanuel Wilfred officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony of a joint housing development by Proprietor Investment, Conselect Engineering and Remax in Kuisebmond yesterday.
The effort will see the servicing of land on erven 4611 to 4629 in Hanna Mupatami Road by ShiSla Civils and Construction, and the subsequent construction of 19 two- and three-bedroom houses at a starting cost of N$478 000, inclusive of plot and plan prices.
Read more about Mid-level houses for Walvis Bay
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December 15, 2015, 4:57 pm
The Namibia Golf Federation (NGF) will aim to draw more players to the game next year and revive the hype in junior golf.
NGF president Andre Burger said Namibian golf clubs had seen a decline in popularity and participation in recent years.
Responding to questions sent to him by Namibian Sun recently, Burger said the federation wanted to reactivate the junior golf development programme.
“We want to draw back more players to the game and to reactivate the junior golf development programme which has been a bit dormant over the last two years,” he said.
Read more about NGF eye junior golf growth
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December 15, 2015, 4:58 pm
The Namibian Table Tennis Association (NTTA) successfully hosted the AUSC Region 5 championships in Swakopmund from December 9-12.
The prestigious event, sponsored by Bank Windhoek and Swakopmund Indoor Sports Centre, had seven teams and 60 players from Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Malawi, South Africa and Zambia competing in seven categories.
The competition took place at the Swakopmund Indoor Sport Centre (SISC), better known as ‘The Dome’.
Read more about Namibia hosts Region 5 table-tennis champs
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December 15, 2015, 4:59 pm
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December 15, 2015, 10:57 pm
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December 16, 2015, 4:00 pm
Former education ministry permanent secretary Vitalis Ankama says the Ehafo Trust property in Windhoek was never handed over to the government, but no one had the right to sell it.
Ankama initiated the government’s acquisition of the Ehafo centre in 2007 as part of an agreement that the government would pay off Ehafo’s debts and pay the salaries of its workers.
According to him the transfer of the property never happened because the government did not take the matter seriously enough.
Read more about Ehafo never belonged to govt - Ankama
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December 16, 2015, 4:00 pm
Ministry of Fisheries Inspectors issued a stern warning to three young men (a minor aged 16 and twins aged 18) after they were caught with a total of 683 white mussels in their possession in the vicinity of Langstrand on Tuesday.
Elvis Lubbe had 175, his twin brother Allan 210 and the minor had harvested 273 white mussels. A person is allowed to harvest only 25 mussels. According to the three they dug up the mussels to use as bait.
Read more about White mussel plunder not allowed
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December 16, 2015, 4:00 pm
The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has withheld the examination results of 82 Grade 10 learners, who are suspected of cheating, pending an investigation.
Speaking to Namibian Sun yesterday, Cavin Nyambe, the director of national examinations and assessment said he couldn’t reveal the school where the suspected cheating took place, as the matter was being investigated.
“We do not want to victimise learners, regions or schools or affect the investigations. As such, we can’t at this stage reveal which school or region is suspected,” he said.
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December 16, 2015, 4:00 pm
It will be a bleak festive season for the families of more than 17 000 learners who failed to garner the 23 points needed to advance to Grade 11.
Namibia’s Junior Secondary Certificate results have remained consistently poor in recent years, with thousands of full-time students either ending up on the streets, or enrolling with the Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol), while a handful are allowed to repeat full-time at Namibian schools.
About 2 500 of the more than 17 000 students who failed this year will be allowed to repeat Grade 10 at schools next year.
Read more about More than 17 000 full-time learners fail Grade 10
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December 16, 2015, 4:56 pm
Namibia’s participation at this year’s Rugby World Cup will undoubtedly go down as one of the highlights of the year.
Although the Welwitschias did not win any of their four games at the global event, the team gained the respect of the rest of rugby world with their performance.
Gutsy, determined and fearless are some of the words that come to mind when describing Namibia’s performance.
These were the team’s general traits, but one man constantly embodied all of those characteristics.
Read more about 'Smash' enjoys his Japan adventure
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December 16, 2015, 4:57 pm
Namibian players who are playing in South Africa’s National First Division (NFD) league have helped their teams make progress in the Nedbank Cup on Tuesday night.
Former Brave Warriors striker Rudolf Bester, who now plays for Moroka Swallows, scored a goal to make sure that his team beat FC Cape Town 4-0.
Petrus Shitembi assisted two goals for AmaZulu as they went on to beat Thanda Royal Zulu 4-1 on the same night.
Peter Shalulile’s club Highlands Park has qualified for the last 32 rounds of the Nedbank Cup after beating Milano United 4-3.
Read more about Bester, Shitembi help teams progress in Nedbank Cup
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December 16, 2015, 4:58 pm
The latest edition of the Okau Kamasheshe Annual Football Tournament (OKAFT) is set to kick off next week with the excitement due to start on Tuesday, December 22 to Thursday, December 24.
Last year was the 17th time the OKAFT was held with Okamwandi United crowned champions.
Club Choice from Uukwangula were the runners-up while United FC took third place ahead of Okau FC, who ended fourth. The overall prize money was then N$8500.
This year’s prize money has grown to N$10 000 thanks to more sponsors coming on board.
Read more about Excitement planned for Okau tourney
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December 16, 2015, 10:52 pm
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December 17, 2015, 4:00 pm
Namibia’s first education minister, Nahas Angula, says the message that the examination results are giving is that time on task has a direct relationship to education outcomes.
Angula spoke to Namibian Sun on the overall better performance of rural-based schools compared to urban schools.
Read more about It’s about social stability
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December 17, 2015, 4:00 pm
Northern schools have yet again managed to outperform schools south of the red line by clinging onto all top ten positions on the list of best-performing schools in the full-time Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC) examinations.
On top of that, the four ‘O-regions’ - Oshikoto, Oshana, Omusati and Ohangwena – are the four top-performing regions in the national JSC examinations.
This proven track record yet again drives home the message that lack of facilities and resources is not necessarily an obstacle to achieving academic success.
Read more about O-regions reign supreme again
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