Farah defies fall
Britain's Mo Farah overcame the shock of a mid-race fall on Saturday to take a second straight Olympic 10 000m title and extend his remarkable record at global championships. The 33-year-old produced a...
View ArticleIannone wins Austrian MotoGP for Ducati
Andrea Iannone claimed his maiden MotoGP victory in the Austrian Grand Prix yesterday, giving Ducati their first win since 2010. Iannone started from pole at the Red Bull Ring circuit, and despite...
View ArticleMbidi calls on Tigers to compete in CAF champions league
The president of the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Frans Mbidi, has called on the 2015/16 Namibia Premier League (NPL) winners, Tigers Football Club, to participate in the next continental...
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View ArticleFish for health and wealth
Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Bernard Esau has welcomed on board seven new entrepreneurs who joined the corporate ‘Fish-4-Business’ challenge. The initiative was launched by Oceana Namibia,...
View ArticleLungu re-elected in close vote
Zambia’s president has been re-elected in a closely contested vote, the country’s electoral commission announced yesterday. The commission said President Edgar Lungu of the ruling Patriotic Front party...
View Article'AR tested our peace and stability'
President Hage Geingob has warned Namibians to guard and protect the peace and stability the country enjoys, because it can easily be ruined. Geingob made the candid remarks during a reception for...
View ArticleNamvet goes international
Despite attempts to derail the planned petitioning of Western embassies and institutions over alleged unfair treatment and discrimination at the hands of the Namibian government, the former...
View ArticleChinese businessmen square off over N$8 million
A Chinese businessman based at Walvis Bay was held at gunpoint on Friday and forced to sign a document acknowledging that he owes another Chinese businessman N$8 million. According to police reports, a...
View ArticleChild dies after falling into well
A six-year-old boy died at the weekend after falling seven metres down a well at Amarika in the Omusati Region. Community members are suspecting that the boy drowned while trying to collect water from...
View ArticleWorst drought in 80 years
Namibia has experienced one of its worst harvests in 80 years as the country is currently in the grip of one of the worst droughts in decades. On top of that, Namibia’s agricultural sector, which is...
View ArticleMurder accomplice cooperates
The grisly scene of the murder of an elderly resident of Cimbebasia in Windhoek was relived in the Windhoek High Court seven years after the incident. Commissioner Hermie van Zyl, who was in command at...
View ArticleDrunk mother allegedly suffocates baby in her sleep
A month-old baby girl suffocated to death in the Safari residential area of Rundu on Saturday. She was sleeping on the same bed as her mother. It is alleged that the mother was drunk and accidentally...
View ArticleRehoboth land case postponed
The Rehoboth land squabble was back in the High Court yesterday. Advocate Thabang Phatela, on behalf of the Rehoboth town council, the applicant in the matter, challenged the Baster traditional...
View ArticleTeachers threaten to strike
The Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) has given the government seven days to consult with Cabinet after teachers rejected a proposed 5% salary increase. Nantu secretary-general Basilius Haingura...
View ArticleChinese extortion case postponed
Two Chinese nationals appeared before Magistrate Eden Iyambo in connection with an attempted robbery and extortion which took place at approximately 11:00 on Sunday at the new industrial area in Walvis...
View ArticleMore winter on the way
The last few days may have felt like spring is in the air, but weather experts warn that it is not yet time to pack away the jerseys, as more cold weather is expected. Severe cold accompanied with rain...
View ArticleD&M Rail fights back
D&M Rail Construction has denied that the tender for the rehabilitation of the TransNamib railway between Kranzberg and Tsumeb is an open-ended arrangement and that it was awarded irregularly. The...
View ArticleOmusati top brass probed
Serious allegations of corruption have been levelled against the Omusati chief regional officer, Protasius Andowa, leading to his suspension on Friday following a lengthy meeting. Namibian Sun has...
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