Pacquiao’s journey to final payday
Twenty-one years after clambering through the ropes for his first professional fight, Manny Pacquiao will make the long walk to the ring for what could well be the final time on Saturday in Las Vegas....
View ArticleRosh Pinah application to restrain striking workers fails
An urgent application brought by the management of Rosh Pinah zinc mine for an interim order to restrain more than 200 workers from interfering with operations, intimidating non-striking employees and...
View ArticleWoman accused of murder appears in court
Susana Nelumbu, 46, who is accused of having fatally stabbed another woman on Tuesday, appeared in the magistrate’s court at Oshakati yesterday on a murder charge. According to Omusati police...
View ArticleWelwitschias ready for Currie Cup acid test
Namibia’s return to South Africa’s Currie Cup competition will not be easy as they are set to take on the Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein tomorrow. The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias make a return...
View ArticleKameeta tired of slow progress
Poverty Eradication Minister Zephania Kameeta has called for an urgent investigation into the lax behaviour of some government officials who are ignoring President Hage Geingob’s call to prioritise...
View ArticleThe young can see and cogitate
Ageists often dismiss young people as inexperienced and historically unconscious. This ageist narrative effectively treats the young as if they are non-existent in mainstream public discourse. Ageists...
View ArticleOne’s search for dignified meaning
In the book ‘Dead Aid’ Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo tells a painful story of an African teenager stating the following: “to the excellencies and officials of Europe, we suffer enormously in...
View ArticleEscape route 83: Lessons for Namibia
On 31 March 2016, the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered a 105-paragraphed judgment finding and pronouncing that President Jacob Zuma failed to uphold, protect and respect the constitution....
View ArticleSenseless murder in shebeen
A 25-year-old woman was shot dead in Osho Bar in Windhoek’s Okuryangava area on Friday. According to the police, Julien Kauika threw a bottle at a security guard, who retaliated by shooting her. At...
View ArticleNAU resists NEEEF
The Namibia Agricultural Union is preparing its comments on the disputed National Equitable Economic Empowerment Framework (NEEEF) for submission to the Office of the Prime Minister. According to the...
View ArticlePublic relations body elects new leaders
Namibia’s public relations practitioners are braced to see their profession elevated to recognised levels of competence and expertise, and develop a new generation of leaders within the communications...
View ArticleNew business plan for Zambezi Waterfront Tourism Park
Following the commissioning of a forensic audit into the affairs of the Zambezi Waterfront Tourism Park, Cabinet has directed tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta to submit a new business model and road...
View ArticleLast chance for duo
Having each seen their Champions League qualification hopes fade at the weekend, West Ham United and Manchester United approach tonight’s FA Cup quarter-final replay with special motivation to...
View ArticleUSave opens in Havana:
The Shoprite Group last week celebrated the opening of its latest USave branch in Windhoek’s Havana area. In launching the new branch on Thursday, the South African-based food retailer said it was...
View ArticleSchool sport receives financial boost
The Namibia School Sports Union (NSSU) has received a donation of close to N$400 000 from the Coca-Cola Namibia Bottling Company. The N$377 000 sponsorship will cover three sport disciplines at school...
View ArticleOngwediva people want speed bumps
Residents of Ongwediva in the Oshana Region are pleading for the construction of speed bumps on a section of the main road that passes through the area, following the death of an eight-year-old boy on...
View ArticleMostert denied bail
Bail has been denied to a farmer from the Otjozondjupa Region who was arrested after a cache of weapons, ammunition and military uniforms was discovered on his farm. Johannes Mostert, 53, owner of the...
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