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World Championship a stepping stone to glory
Retired Olympian Frank Fredericks says getting a medal at the athletics world championships is a stepping stone to winning an Olympic medal. Fredericks says Namibia should immediately start preparing...
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Chinese eye completion of mass housing
Ten of the 48 bidders for a contract to complete unfinished Mass Housing Project houses at Keetmanshoop’s Tseiblaagte and Krönlein neighbourhoods are Chinese. This, reported the Tender Bulletin of 5 –...
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Swapo women jostle for positions
The Swapo Party Women’s Council is scheduled to hold its elective congress at the end of this year, with prospective candidates already campaigning vigorously. The battle for the top post is expected...
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Media role in gender issues is vital
Although Namibia has made good progress in the area of gender equality, the country has been warned not to be complacent. The United Nations (UN) resident coordinator in Namibia, Kiki Gbeho made this...
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Hostel father expected to plead today
An Otjiwarongo hostel supervisor who is facing ten counts of rape involving ten boys in his care will plead today in the town’s magistrate’s court if his legal representation is sorted out. Mervin...
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Brakwater heist accused guilty
A former employee of the Fidelity Cash Management Services Group was found guilty as an accomplice to robbery with aggravating circumstances involving the theft of N$3.7 million. The heist of cash in...
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Struggle kids turn more violent
Another violent confrontation occurred between the so-called struggle kids and the Namibian Special Reserve Force outside the Swapo headquarters in Windhoek on Tuesday afternoon. If reports are...
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TUN slams government
The Teachers Union of Namibia (TUN) yesterday joined the Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) in reminding government that teachers will not accept the proposed 5% increment in salaries. Nantu has...
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Drowning believed to be suicide
The Oshana police on Wednesday afternoon retrieved the lifeless body of 42-year-old Gideon Nehale from the NamWater dam in Oshakati. He is believed to have committed suicide a week ago following a...
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The Oukwanyama Traditional Authority found itself in a complicated fracas with two women fighting over a cattle post. The cattle post forms part of the estate of a man who died about two years ago and...
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Under fire exile kids to apologise
The so-called struggle kids have resolved to tender an apology, at a yet to be called media briefing, for their recent unbecoming behaviour.Read more about Under fire exile kids to apologiseCategory:...
View ArticleEx-magistrate to stand on 15 charges
A former magistrate of Oshakati, Melanie Theron, who faced 18 charges of corruption and bribery, was discharged on three counts yesterday by Judge Nate Ndauendapo. He, however, ruled that she must be...
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Helao Nafidi saga drags on
Helao Nafidi councillor Ester Ndatala Nghidimbwa who was handpicked by Swapo and replaced Lucia Nghililewanga, who had been voted into office, has threatened to take legal action against the council if...
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Police get cold feet
The Okahao police, called to a drowning incident at the weekend, watched on haplessly as an Amarika man and two others removed the lifeless body of a 6-year-old boy, who died in a well while trying to...
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Pharma plant plans advanced
Everything is on track for the government’s new pharmaceutical plant except the funding that would realise this ambitious plan. Minister of Finance Calle Schlettwein last week confirmed government’s...
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WHS shine at Momentum rugby finals
Windhoek High School (WHS) made sure they rose to the occasion when it mattered most as they won the Super League Momentum Rugby Finals match on Saturday. Playing in front of a great crowd at the Hage...
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Another lover killed
An Otjiwarongo woman has been brutally killed at the weekend by her 40-year-old long-term boyfriend who hacked her head with a machete. According to police spokesperson Chief Inspector Kauna Shikwambi...
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No bail for suspected poachers
Seven alleged rhino poachers were refused bail last week in the Omararu Magistrate’s Court following protests and petitions by the community against their release. The case has been postponed until 29...
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