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Klopp baffled by meltdown

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Jurgen Klopp admitted he was baffled by Liverpool's surprise defeat at Burnley in which they enjoyed over 80% of possession, but still lost 2-0 to the newly-promoted club.
Reds boss Klopp confessed he thought his team had actually seen more like 90% of the ball at Turf Moor on Saturday, but they failed to create a single noteworthy chance as first-half goals from Sam Vokes and Andre Gray earned Sean Dyche's team their first points of the season.
"How can I be happy with this?" Klopp said.
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Stunning win for women's hockey team

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Namibia's women's hockey team were overjoyed after recording a stunning win over South Africa in the second match of their five-test series against the neighbouring country.
The team scored a 2-1 win in Durban on Friday night to level the series at 1-1 as South Africa had won the opening tie 2-0.
On Saturday, the two teams played two matches with South Africa again winning the first tie of the day 2-0 while Namibia managed to keep a clean sheet in a 0-0 tie.
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Kalkrand rebels against village council

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Tempers flared and back-and-forth accusations were hurled after a demonstration at Kalkrand in the Hardap Region last Thursday over alleged mismanagement, corruption and fraud at the village council.
The demonstration to petition government bodies and politicians over alleged poor service from the village council was led by James Hansen, who is known for his crusades on foot carrying a wooden cross from Kalkrand to Windhoek.
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Money worries cloud football future

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The future of at least 350 Namibian football players is hanging in the balance after the Namibia Premier League (NPL) failed to garner enough funds that would have activated a sponsorship for their activities this season.
With MTC as the NPL’s sponsor for the past 14 seasons, the league had laid out a budget of N$24 million per year as part of their negotiations for a new three-year contract with the telecommunications company.
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Kobi extradited

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American-Israeli businessman Kobi Alexander, who fled the United States after being charged with masterminding a multimillion-dollar stock option fraud, is expected to face justice after a decade in Namibia.
Alexander has finally agreed to return to the United States to face fraud charges and is expected to leave Namibia today and enter a guilty plea in New York on Wednesday.
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PG to decide on Mouton

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Morne Mouton (20) who stands accused of the murder of three police officers, made his fourth appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The case was postponed to 24 November this year for the prosecutor-general to decide on the case.
Mouton faces a charge of culpable homicide as well as one of drunk driving.
A Windhoek City Police officer identified as Constable Manfred Gaoseb was among the three people who died. The two others were identified as Joshua Ngenokesho and Werner Simon.
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Teachers to vote on strike

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Teachers countrywide will vote whether to go on strike when schools reopen at the end of this month.
This follows the issuing of a certificate of unresolved dispute after salary increase talks between the Namibian National Teachers Union (Nantu) and the government reached deadlock.
The union rejected the government’s proposed five percent increase while the government would not give in to the union’s eight percent demand.
Yesterday, conciliator Maiba Sinvula issued a certificate of unresolved dispute.
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CORRECTION

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With regard to Namibian Sun’s headline in yesterday’s newspaper, ‘Swakop butcher wins parole bid’ an error was made in the report as Thomas Florin’s murder sentence falls under the Prisons Act of 2012 which indicates that irrespective of what a trial judge may order at sentencing, a prisoner serving a life term will only be eligible for parole after 25 years. Two appellants failed in the bid, Florin and Stefanus Skyer. The 2012 Act came into force on 1 January 2014 which no doubt led to Florin’s November 2013 urgent application to the High Court seeking release on parole. Read more about CORRECTION

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Murder-accused cop seeks bail

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A former police constable at Gobabis, who is accused of stabbing to death his two sons, Tertius Swartz, 7, and Gregory Swartz, 4, is expected to formally apply for bail on 9 September in the Windhoek High Court.
Albertus Ganeb, 31, has been in custody for roughly two and a half years since his arrest on 25 April 2014.
He is facing two murder charges read in conjunction with the provisions of Combating of Domestic Violence Act.
Ganeb also faces a charge of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm for the assault of Romilly Swartz during 2013 and 2014.
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Surgical breakthrough

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Namibia made medical history yesterday when world-renowned Spanish surgeon Dr Diego Gonzalez Rivas performed a new type of lung surgery in the revamped Windhoek Central Hospital theatre.
The technique, known as uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, had so far only been used in South Africa, making Namibia the second African country to employ this method.
Rivas made his breakthrough in 2010 with this technique, which not only cuts down on operating time but also significantly reduces the patient’s recovery period.
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Governor fights for Opuwo CEO

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Kunene Governor Angelika Muharukua has reportedly tried to lobby councillors at Opuwo to renew the contract of the town council’s chief executive officer, Alfons Tjitombo.
The CEO has come under fire from a pressure group at the town, which accused him of holding back the development of the town for the past decade.
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NEEEF slaughters milk cow, says CCN

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The Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) says the New Equitable Economic Empowerment Framework (NEEEF) could undermine the roots of the Namibian economy.
The umbrella body called on President Hage Geingob to instead consider other avenues to bridge the inequality gap and not disturb the progress, peace and stability that have so far been maintained.
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Hail the North!

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The Namibia Town of the Year team travelled to the North for activations and their first stop was Omuthiya. They were met by an excited crowd that almost unanimously voted for their town. The team at the Shell service station at Omuthiya was the last to vote in the town. The NTY activations group made their way to Onyaanya after that.
Look out for the team from Namibia Media Holdings over the next ten days and remember to vote for your town. You stand a chance to win N$1 000.
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PS tackles illegal fishing

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A senior fisheries official met with a group of Kavango East lodge owners last week to discuss the critical state of fish stocks in the Okavango River owing in large part to a lack of law enforcement despite escalating overfishing and illegal fishing practices.
The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Moses Maurihungirire, described the meeting as “very healthy”, adding that a number of priority areas were identified that would receive immediate attention.
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Hanse-Himarwa hits back at Boois

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The minister of education, arts and culture has rubbished claims by Kalkrand village council CEO Seth Boois that she had instigated a residents’ demonstration last week because of her public fall-out with his wife, Yvonne Boois.
Boois asserted that Hanse-Himarwa is the sister of James Hansen, the organiser of the demonstration and known for his regular crusades to Windhoek to register complaints about poor service from the village council.
“Those are allegations of a mad and obsessed man,” snapped Hanse-Himarwa back.
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Tura boy turns heads

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Since meeting the first family this week, a group of Katutura children, who are all friends and live in the same neighborhood, have crept into the hearts of Namibians after it became known that they do selfless work cleaning up areas in their neighbourhood during their free time.
The Poverty Eradication Warriors founder, 12-year-old Armando Pieters, became an overnight sensation after telling President Hage Geingob that he is the country’s future president. Namibian Sun visited his home on Independence Avenue in Katutura yesterday.
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