Food bank here at last

June 20, 2016, 5:00 pm

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President Geingob yesterday announced that the food bank pilot project will be launched next Thursday.
Geingob, who met with a delegation of farmers’ unions, admitted that serious inequality still persists in Namibia.
He urged Namibians not to spend time discussing the causes of this inequality but to work together and address it instead.
Geingob also told the delegation that he wants to give a report after his five-year term to explain how the project has made a difference.
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June 21, 2016, 12:34 am

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Brave Warriors make two changes

June 21, 2016, 6:20 am

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Namibia’s Brave Warriors will face Mozambique this evening at the Sam Nujoma Stadium with coach Ricardo Mannetti having made two changes from the side that started against Botswana.
Defender Da Costa Angula is out injured while striker Benson Shilongo drops to the bench with his place taken up by Itamunua Keimuine.
Denzil Haoseb, who played as a midfielder against Botswana, is expected to fill the central defensive position vacated by Angula.
Tigers’ talisman Absalom Iimbondi also gets a place in the starting line-up.
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Terrorism is real, even for Namibia

July 14, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Safety and Security Minister Charles Namoloh has expressed concern about the alarming rate at which Africans are joining the notorious Islamic State movement (ISIS).
According to him, Namibians too are fighting for the terrorist group, which has become a major threat worldwide.
“More recently, terrorist activities have become more amorphous, less predictable, with fewer constraints on terrorist operations and targets,” the minister said.
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Health ministry helps cremate 76 bodies

July 14, 2016, 5:00 pm

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The health ministry yesterday extended a helping hand to the police by agreeing to cremate 76 of the unclaimed bodies that have been in the police morgue for many years.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services last week said it was not responsible for unclaimed bodies stacking up at the police morgue, thus the decision to assist was welcome news to the police.
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Eatery at centre of racism storm

July 14, 2016, 5:00 pm

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A group of Zimbabwean medical students are said to have suffered great embarrassment while in the country for a seminar organised by the University of Namibia after they were thrown out of a Klein Windhoek restaurant recently.
The incident, which has reportedly divided Unam’s School of Medicine, is currently the subject of an investigation by the university.
Namibian Sun has learned that the Unam School of Medicine has been desperately trying to keep the embarrassing incident under wraps, after students accused the organisers of the symposium of endorsing racism.
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Drought: the worst lies ahead

July 14, 2016, 5:00 pm

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With more than 40 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, SADC has launched an appeal for more than N$34 billion because of the severe El Niño-induced drought affecting the region.
There are currently 23 million people in need of emergency assistance and 10 countries in SADC have requested humanitarian assistance.
More than 643 000 drought-related livestock deaths have been reported in Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe alone due to lack of pasture, lack of water and disease outbreaks.
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Zim unrest can't be ignored

July 14, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Political commentators have warned that the unfolding crisis in Zimbabwe cannot be ignored.
In what has been described as arguably the biggest strike action since 2005, Zimbabwean activists organised a one-day stay-away last week which led to a complete shutdown of schools and businesses across the country.
The country is experiencing money problems with civil servants getting paid late, while soldiers and police officers experienced a two-week delay and food insecurity remains a big challenge.
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Schlettwein declares personal worth

July 14, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein yesterday became the first Cabinet Minister to publically declare his personal worth, amounting to approximately N$7.8 million.
Citizens expressed overwhelming support for the move, which saw Schlettwein appoint chartered accountant Arné Stier from Stier Vente Associates to verify his accumulated personal assets.
His declared assets include two properties, one in Swakopmund and another in Windhoek, with a combined value of just over N$4.5 million.
He also declared five vehicles – four Mercedes-Benzes and a 2006 Jeep Commander SUV.
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Pastors impregnate six girls

July 14, 2016, 5:00 pm

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At least five pastors, who conduct church services at night at a village in the Ohangwena Region, are to appear before a traditional court tomorrow for allegedly impregnating six local girls.
Sources reported that this happened during the night prayer sessions at the church.
Onandova district senior headman Sakaria Uaandja yesterday confirmed to Namibian Sun that a case had been registered with his office and that the five pastors, who reportedly conduct services at Onandova, would appear before him.
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July 15, 2016, 12:25 am

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July 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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The rape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl early on Friday morning in a riverbed at the Oponganda cemetery has cast the spotlight on the dangers girls face when walking to school through deserted areas.
City Police spokesperson Assistant Superintendent Cillie Auala confirmed the incident, explaining that the victim was on her way from Okahandja Park to Otjomuise Secondary School at 05:00 on Friday morning when she was attacked by an unknown man.
According to reports, a woman living nearby called police when the girl’s screams alerted her.
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Pastor pays for his sins

July 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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A self-proclaimed pastor who impregnated a schoolgirl at Okelemba in the Ohangwena Region was ordered to pay compensation of six cows or N$9 000 within 30 days, while the community voted that his church be dismantled within seven days.
The 24-year-old pastor Gideon Shinehungi, his brother Elia as well as another pastor, Lapindja Nghole, who now represents the Jesus Christ Ministry (JCM), appeared before the Onandova traditional court on Saturday.
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3 poachers arrested, 2 flee

July 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Three men are behind bars in Otavi following the discovery of a bag containing three rhino horns at a mobile roadblock set up by the police on Friday night.
Police are on the hunt for two other suspects who managed to flee into the bush following a brief high-speed car chase on Friday night. After the suspects were arrested, a search of the white Toyota double cab in which the five occupants were travelling uncovered a tent, blankets, containers of water, tinned food, seven bullets for a 303 hunting rifle and a loaded nine-millimetre pistol.
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Fleeing driver caught

July 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Erongo Police Commissioner Otillie Kashuupulwa confirmed that the police arrested a driver suspected of fleeing from the scene of a head-on collision, which occurred 10km outside Karibib en route to Usakos on Friday.
“We arrested a suspect and charged him with drinking and driving as well as leaving [an accident scene and] contravening the laws of the road.”
A witness informed the police that a reckless and speeding driver of a silver BMW with Windhoek registration plates caused the accident and failed to stop when it happened.
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Tourist jumps from mountain

July 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Confusion surrounds the suspected suicide of a 46-year-old German woman who is believed to have jumped off a mountain close to Windhoek.
The woman, who was an experienced mountain climber, arrived in Namibia last Thursday and rented an Avis vehicle. On Saturday afternoon at Harmony Mountain village 26km south of Windhoek, the woman is believed to have jumped from a rocky outcrop and died instantly. Her body was discovered by fellow climbers.
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Bring on the Harambee spirit in sports

July 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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The sense of no one should feel left out is just not connecting in sports and if we to sing in one tone with the president we have to step up our game.
The power of sports is so immense that even with a small investment and good organisation; it is able to attract a crowd.
Despite its qualities to pull a crowd, we seem not to be making use of those chances and have people united through sports.
Through sports, can we alleviate poverty that is the much talked about topic at the moment; through it can we reduce the unemployment rate.
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Into Touch

July 17, 2016, 5:00 pm

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July 18, 2016, 12:10 am

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July 18, 2016, 5:00 pm

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Tenants of H&A Court in Walvis Bay’s Narraville residential area say unoccupied rooms on the ground floor of the block of flats have become a squat for drug users.
A fire recently destroyed four flats at the building belonging to Pelican Housing Investments, a close corporation owned by lawyer Bradley Basson, who is also the president of the Namibian Rugby Union.
Nobody was injured in the fire. The Walvis Bay fire department said it was suspected that children playing with matches set a mattress alight and that caused the fire.
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