Ambassador in hot water

March 16, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Namibia’s ambassador to Germany, Andreas Guibeb, has come under fire for reportedly trying to influence the German Bundestag not to debate the genocide committed a century ago against Namibian communities by the erstwhile Imperial Germany.
The German parliament is scheduled to debate a motion, tabled by that country’s leftists, which seeks to force the German authorities to formally apologise to the Namibian people for the 1904 genocide, and to allow its members to start a dialogue with Namibians.
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March 16, 2016, 11:42 pm

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March 17, 2016, 3:52 am

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A tale of struggle and starvation

March 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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A social worker has revealed horror stories of child-headed households and severe poverty among some of the Namibian refugees who have returned from the Dukwe refugee camp in Botswana.
“Many of these people were just dumped at the border with no documents and no plan to integrate them; they are starving,” said social worker Wendy Wilson, based in a remote area in the Zambezi Region.
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Fugitive rapist still at large

March 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Convicted rapist Charles Namiseb, who escaped from police custody last month, is still at large.
Namiseb was due to appear in the High Court on Wednesday for sentencing.
His co-accused, Edwin Tourob, did appear before Judge Alfred Siboleka, with the prosecution producing exhibits confirming his previous conviction.
Siboleka postponed the matter to March 30.
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Prisons bleed water

March 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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It was claimed this week that urgent measures to stem water wastage at one of Windhoek’s biggest water consumers, Prisons and Correctional Services, led to a “political battle” last year.
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Okahandja water supply throttled

March 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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NamWater has reduced Okahandja’s water supply by 20% because of the town’s failure to comply with a demand to cut back its consumption by that percentage.
For the foreseeable future Okahandja residents will be restricted to 185 cubic metres of water per hour since their supply was “throttled” at the beginning of March.
This week some Okahandja residents reported water issues and said availability was scarce, but by yesterday no official notice to inform residents of the situation had gone out.
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Zupta factor dominates SA parly

March 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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The Gupta family has not appointed any minister to the Cabinet, President Jacob Zuma told Parliament on Thursday.
“I appoint ministers here,” a confident Zuma said in the National Assembly, in response to a question from DA leader Mmusi Maimane on who was involved in the decision to remove Nhlanhla Nene from the finance ministry.
Zuma said opposition party leaders should ask the Gupta family, as he had no involvement in them issuing job offers.
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Hage's first year dissected

March 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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While receiving positive reviews, President Hage Geingob has also been critisised for certain decisions that he took during his first year as head of state.
Among his achievements was introducing performance agreements for ministers and preventing an uprising over land, while commentators said a lack of specific interventions was one of his downfalls.
Geingob took over the presidency from former President Hifikepunye Pohamba at a time analysts describe as critical, “because the people are demanding economic prosperity”.
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Medical aid funds lose price-fixing case

March 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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The Namibian Association of Medical Aid Funds (Namaf) is not exempted from the jurisdiction of the Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC), the High Court has ruled.
The Competition Commission as a statutory body has the power to administer and enforce the Competition Act and its powers include investigating anti-competition conduct outlawed by the Act.
The issuing and publication of benchmark tariffs in respect of medical services are not exempted from the application and force of the Competition Act.
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March 17, 2016, 11:45 pm

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Rain damages Oshakati’s patched streets

March 23, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Potholed streets in Oshakati that were patched up last month have again developed large potholes following recent rains.
The potholes, particularly in Kwame Nkrumah Street, have turned driving into a nightmare and forced drivers to drive on the verge. Road users, especially taxi drivers, blame the municipality for neglecting the streets. The latest repairs did not last three months, they say.
One resident, Joseph Kanime, said the poor condition of the streets results in high vehicle maintenance costs.
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NamWater owed more than N$500 million

March 23, 2016, 5:00 pm

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NamWater is owed a staggering N$543 million by municipalities, villages, settlements, businesses and individual consumers.
The water debt has ballooned by nearly N$100 million in the last few months.
In October, the debt owed to NamWater stood at N$444 million.
NamWater’s infrastructure development depends on revenue earned from bills paid by consumers.
Non-payment by consumers has crippled the national water utility’s plans to expand and improve the water-supply network.
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45 crashes on Independence weekend

March 23, 2016, 5:00 pm

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While the country was celebrating its 26th independence anniversary last weekend, six people died in car crashes and 68 were injured.
On the same weekend last year, 43 accidents were reported and 61 people were injured.
The National Road Safety Council’s Ambrosius Tierspoor said as part of the Independence and Easter road-safety campaign, the police, traffic police, transport inspectors and local authorities are working together to screen drivers and vehicles.
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Johannes gets a shot at Rio Paralympics

March 23, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Namibian T46 sprinter Albertina Johannes has potentially qualified for the 2016 Paralympic Games in September.
She won gold in the 1000-metres sprint on Tuesday at the South Africa Sport Association for the Physically Disabled and Visually Impaired (SASAPD) national championships.
Johannes qualified for the Rio Games on the B standard qualification with a time of 14.25 seconds.
The B standard is 14.60 seconds and the A standard is 13.60 seconds.
She also won gold in the 200m on Monday.
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Warriors geared to gun down Burundi

March 23, 2016, 5:00 pm

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National football team coach Ricardo Mannetti is confident of a good result when his team takes on Burundi in a 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier match in Bujumbura on Saturday.
Speaking in an interview with Namibian Sun, the coach said that high-intensity training and the application of the players gave him confidence that the Brave Warriors could beat Burundi.
“In no way do I want to sound arrogant and disrespectful towards the opponents but the way we have prepared, I’m very confident,” he said.
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Indongo gets world rating boost

March 23, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Julius ‘Blue Machine’ Indongo got a confidence boost with the release of the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) rankings for March.
He has moved from sixth spot to fifth in the super lightweight WBO world ranking.
Being in the top five means Indongo is within touching distance of becoming a mandatory challenger for the WBO world title.
Indongo is due to fight Tanzania’s Allan Kamote in the main bout at the MTC Nestor Sunshine Boxing Academy’s event at the Windhoek Country Club on Saturday.
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August 26 to build food banks

March 23, 2016, 5:00 pm

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This week Namibian Sun has learned that a contract for the construction of the long-awaited food banks has been awarded, with tender exemption, to the Namibian Defence Force company August 26.
Although Brigadier-General James Auala, at the helm of August 26, said he was unaware of any such project, several well-placed sources confirmed the report.
The Deputy Minister of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Reverend Aino Kapewangolo, who responsible for the food banks, said she could not comment on the issue.
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March 24, 2016, 12:05 am

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Rio beckons for women's team

April 7, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Namibia’s women’s national beach volleyball team will fly to Abuja, Nigeria, on Sunday to try to realise their dream of qualifying for the Rio Olympics.
The team, consisting of Kim Seebach, Julia Laggner, Rosi Hennes and Stephanie Palmhert, will be accompanied by national beach volleyball coach James Verrinder.
The qualification process started back in November 2014 when both the men’s and women’s teams took part in the sub-zonal phase at DTS Beach Arena in Windhoek.
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