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First Division calls for sponsors
Southern Stream First Division Football (SSFD) League Administrator Mervin Geiriseb has called on the corporate world in Namibia to start investing in football at lower divisions. The First Division is...
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Google said last week that a VMWare founder was taking charge of its cloud computing business as it looks to close ground on rivals such as Amazon and Microsoft. Diane Greene, who was already on the...
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Urbanisation driving retail growth
Urbanisation is the top trend driving retail in South Africa at the moment, according to Gavin Tagg, managing director of Retail Network Services. As more and more people come to live in the country’s...
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Rooibos price rises as drought persists
It is not only food prices that are set to soar as a result of the crippling drought – the price of Rooibos is set to skyrocket by up to 90%. Ernest du Toit, spokesman for the SA Rooibos Council, says...
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Vulnerable to sex abuse
A shocking 270 000 Namibian children are living in poverty, with 140 000 of them experiencing these circumstances severely on a daily basis, leaving them open to sexual exploitation and being put to...
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Garage robbery suspect appears
A suspect in an armed robbery at the Pioniers Park Total Service Station, during which N$170 000 was stolen, has made a brief appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. Leonard Niilenge, who handed...
View ArticleInability to broadcast international matches costs NFA
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) has lost N$400 000 of the money that was due to the association from the poll of broadcasting, during the Brave Warriors match against Guinea, which was staged at...
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Dundee brushes off poisoning claims
The Tsumeb-based mining company responded yesterday to questions sent by Namibian Sun on Monday, following an article that was published by international non-government (NGO) group BankWatch which...
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Top welterweight clash
A chance to get a higher rating in several international boxing federations will be at stake when Bethuel ‘Tyson’ Uushona takes on Sacky ‘Izinyoka’ Shikukutu at Ramatex on December 5. The pair will be...
View ArticleTjihuiko, six others join Swapo
It was an all-comrade atmosphere at the Swapo Party headquarters yesterday after they welcomed seven National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) defectors, led by former Member of Parliament Arnold...
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Namibian peacekeeper dies in Liberia
A Namibian police officer Cathleen Mbako-Angula, who was a mother of three, passed away on Monday while on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Liberia. This was confirmed by Police...
View ArticleHH, Gurirab not joining Hage’s A-Team
State House has refuted claims that former Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) leader Hidipo Hamutenya and former Speaker of the National Assembly Theo-Ben Gurirab will be appointed as presidential...
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More gravy on the way
President Hage Geingob is to decide whether to approve a 6% salary increment for public office-bearers, following a recommendation by the Public Office-Bearers Remuneration and Benefits Commission...
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Polls open amid apathy fears
Over 400 000 registered voters are expected to cast their ballots between 07:00 and 21:00 in today’s regional and local authority elections, but voter apathy fears remain, sparking the Electoral...
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Savage and brutal sex attacks
Rehoboth resident Franklin Savage has been found guilty of two counts of rape, one attempted rape and attempted murder, following two brutal attacks. Savage was, however, acquitted on a count of...
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Business urged to fund N$600m poverty war chest
The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) Walvis Bay chapter has called on able businesses to contribute between N$250 000 to N$1 million each towards raising the N$600 million required to...
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Enabling the disabled
BRINGING BLISS: The Onyose Trust held its year-end function yesterday. Deputy Minister: Marginalised Communities, Alexia Manombe-Ncube, graced the event and shared some golden moments and a lunch with...
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Public holiday enquiry leads to assault charge
The Okahandja police were yesterday dragged into a labour dispute, after Shoprite branch manager Christa Isaacs allegedly assaulted a 46-year-old Money Market clerk for enquiring about today’s public...
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Woman ‘duped’ into prison cellphone smuggling
A 27-year-old mother of three has been arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle six cellphones into the Windhoek Central Prison, but she claims she was duped into the crime after she met an inmate on...
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