January 14, 2016, 4:00 pm
Oh how the art of writing has changed. Gone are the days when people used to write love letters to each other to express their emotions for each other. Ja, a man would pen the most amazing words to declare his true feelings to his significant other.
This true act of chivalry has since died and replaced with a lame method referred to as texting. The problem with texting does not lie in the method itself, but rather in what has now become a new version of English. Read more about The might of the pen
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January 14, 2016, 4:00 pm
A strong contingent of uniformed and plainclothes police officers descended on a luxurious house in the Oshakati West yesterday morning, sealed off part of the street and immediately started emptying the house of its contents.
Police officers at the scene and the regional police commander, Commissioner Rauha Amwele, were tight-lipped about the operation.
The operation started early in the morning but by noon police officers were still carrying furniture from the house.
No one was allowed near the house. Passers-by were either re-routed or simply turned back.
Read more about Luxury house raided by cops
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January 14, 2016, 4:00 pm
Sierra Leone Foreign Affairs Minister Samura Kamara has urged his counterparts at the C-10 summit to focus on making history by coming up with concrete recommendations on Africa’s common position regarding the United Nations (UN) Security Council.
The C-10 is a committee of ten heads of state of the African Union (AU) on UN Security Council Reform.
It is an initiative of the AU adopted to accelerate the UN reform, particularly in the Security Council.
The summit is currently under way in Windhoek.
Read more about No more lip service
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January 14, 2016, 4:00 pm
The Deputy Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Lucia Witbooi has expressed shock at the recent murders of two women whose bodies were found dumped and burnt at a municipal dumpsite in Windhoek.
The bodies of Clemencia de Wee, 23, and Joanny Naruses, 29, were found by a security guard on duty bound with tyres. It appears the two women were shot before they were set alight.
The man accused of the murder of de Wee and Naruses, Lukas Nicodemus, appeared in court this week charged with the double murder of the two women, and obstructing the course of justice.
Read more about ‘Killing is not the answer’
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January 14, 2016, 4:00 pm
The employee of First Response Security, who appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court this week on a charge of racial discrimination and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, says he will not be laying any charges of his own against the man he is accused of attacking.
Burger was arrested on Monday in connection with an alleged racially motivated attack on a senior manager at Husab Mine, Jordan Dengeinge, 34, over the weekend.
Read more about Burger out on bail
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January 14, 2016, 10:30 pm
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January 17, 2016, 4:00 pm
The Kavango East Region has reached the top spot in the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) Ordinary Level examinations, ending the three-year dominance of the Erongo Region.
Kavango East moved up three places to the top of the rankings – a position it had never held, even before the Kavango Region was split into East and West.
Read more about Power plant negotiations steam ahead
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January 17, 2016, 4:00 pm
The Kavango East Region has reached the top spot in the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) Ordinary Level examinations, ending the three-year dominance of the Erongo Region.
Kavango East moved up three places to the top of the rankings – a position it had never held, even before the Kavango Region was split into East and West.
Read more about Kavango East makes history
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January 17, 2016, 4:00 pm
Following a violent stand-off between Brakwater residents and jobless people born in exile, known as ‘struggle kids’, Swapo appears to have distanced itself from its problem children, saying: “The issue of the struggle kids is being dealt with at government level.”
Although the details of Thursday’s drama at Brakwater remain sketchy, it is believed that the violence was triggered when a resident bumped one of the ‘kids’ with his car. Three ‘struggle kids’ had apparently trespassed on his smallholding in order to get firewood.
Read more about Struggle kids: Swapo refuses responsibility
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January 17, 2016, 4:00 pm
Namibia’s new, state-of-the-art parliament building will be in the shape of the national plant, the Welwitschia mirabilis.
The National Assembly and National Council will form the plant’s iconic leaves, joined together by a central ‘trunk’ that will be used for joint events.
This was revealed by National Assembly Speaker Peter Katjavivi in an interview with Namibian Sun on the construction of the N$700 million building which is set to start this year.
Read more about Welwitschia-inspired parliament mooted
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January 17, 2016, 4:00 pm
Danger lurks along the recently upgraded Oshigambo-Eenhana road and the police have ordered contractors to stop work until a demining team completes its work.
The order followed after a powerful Russian-made anti-tank mine was discovered on the edge of the road last week.
The old gravel road between Oshigambo and Eenhana was recently tarred and contractors were still busy with finishing touches when the landmine was discovered by a police demining team searching for landmines and unexploded bombs 20 metres on either side of the road.
Read more about Police detonate landmine at Oshigambo
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January 17, 2016, 4:00 pm
The third summit of the African Union (AU) Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government (C-10) will now focus on garnering support from all African countries and interest groups on reforms of United Nation (UN) systems, especially its Security Council.
African leaders have not been happy with the manner in which the continent is represented on the UN Security Council.
Read more about C-10 mounts pressure on UN reforms
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January 17, 2016, 4:00 pm
Namibia is a country where we celebrate our heroes, honour their memories in our national anthem, celebrate them every opportunity we get and remind the world that their blood waters our freedom. Yet their offspring, we banish to the outskirts of our cosmopolitan, modern capital city where they wouldn’t be an eyesore. But the truth is, no matter how hard the powers that be attempt to ignore it, the children of the liberation struggle are here, and cannot be wished away. The children of the liberation struggle and the Brakwater incident dominated conversations over the weekend. Read more about 'Kids' can't be wished away
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January 17, 2016, 10:46 pm
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January 18, 2016, 4:00 pm
Uranium miner Paladin Energy yesterday reported a 75% quarter-on-quarter increase in revenue and higher December quarter production from the Namibian-based Langer Heinrich mine.
The Langer Heinrich mine delivered a 16% quarter-on-quarter increase in production to 1.25 million pounds of uranium oxide (U3O8), while drummed material increased by 5% on the previous quarter to 1.26 million pounds of U3O8.
The increase in production was owing to a 7% increase in throughput and a 6% increase in overall recovery.
Read more about Langer Heinrich ups production and revenue for Paladin
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January 18, 2016, 4:00 pm
After a wait of six years, Namibians will finally know what their lawmakers own when the assets register for parliamentarians will be made public
Slated for May/June, the register will indicate what assets members of parliament own and what businesses they are involved in. The move has been hailed as excellent for transparency which of late has been seen as lacking. It is the National Assembly that did not produce an assets register during the previous parliament while the National Council is said to have produced an annual register.
Read more about MPs to declare assets by June
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January 18, 2016, 4:00 pm
Elderly and middle-aged members of the Namibia War Veterans Trust (Namvet) are gathering at the Red Flag Commando Hall in Katutura to “camp out indefinitely” to put pressure on the government to grant them veteran status and the benefits that go with that.
While hundreds are still on their way to Windhoek from various regions, 405 had already registered at the hall by yesterday.
Read more about SWATF/Koevoet on indefinite sit-in
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January 18, 2016, 4:00 pm
Dundee Precious Metals (DPM) says the international environment watchdog CEE Bankwatch is making false and misleading claims about exposure to arsenic as alleged by the town’s people.
DPM argues that Bankwatch’s claims are not supported by the regular health surveys conducted in Tsumeb under the supervision of the Namibian government and independent medical specialists.
Bankwatch said in a statement issued on December 22, 2015 that information available to it “shows that arsenic levels have been way above safe limits defined by health institutions.”
Read more about Dundee denies chemical poison claims
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January 18, 2016, 4:00 pm
A lack of commitment to local languages has contributed to the dismal performance of learners in African languages in Namibia because not enough emphasis is placed on the importance of learning and studying African languages.
This is according to University of Namibia (Unam) Oshiwambo lecturer Dr Petrus Angula Mbenzi.
Read more about African languages neglected
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January 18, 2016, 4:00 pm
The police are requesting the public to assist in tracing the whereabouts of Liezle Dreyer, 35, who disappeared from her family home in Windhoek on December 20, 2015.
She was last seen on Christmas Day at Mariental in the Hardap Region. She said she was going to Keetmanshoop for a job interview.
Read more about Missing person
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