Klopp baffled by meltdown
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...
View ArticleStunning win for women's hockey team
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...
View ArticleKalkrand rebels against village council
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....
View ArticleMoney worries cloud football future
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...
View ArticleKobi extradited
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...
View ArticlePG to decide on Mouton
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...
View ArticleTeachers to vote on strike
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...
View ArticleCORRECTION
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...
View ArticleMurder-accused cop seeks bail
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...
View ArticleSurgical breakthrough
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,...
View ArticleGovernor fights for Opuwo CEO
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...
View ArticleNEEEF slaughters milk cow, says CCN
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...
View ArticleHail the North!
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...
View ArticlePS tackles illegal fishing
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...
View ArticleHanse-Himarwa hits back at Boois
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...
View ArticleTura boy turns heads
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...
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