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Swapo at a crossroads… marks 64th anniversary with eye on elections

2024-04-23Correspondent

The Swapo Party is at a crossroads, with its leader Vice President Netumbo Nandi...

Residents, councillors gang up against RedForce

2024-04-23Eveline de Klerk

Pressure is increasingly mounting on the Walvis Bay municipality to sever ties w...

Parliamentarians tear into low mining royalties

2024-04-23Maihapa Ndjavera

Members of parliament have taken issue with a paltry 5% royalty rate that Namibi...

Autopsy high on Tucna congress agenda

2024-04-23Correspondent

The Trade Union Congress of Namibia (Tucna) will interrogate the government’s ac...

School gets partial win in de-registration fight

2024-04-23Maria Sheya

The Windhoek High Court has ordered the education ministry to hand over its full...

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Sports

Allegiance with Cadilu Fishing to advance football

A delegation from Namibia led by sports minister Agnes Tjongarero is presently in Madrid, Spain, touring the Real Madrid Foundation’s Football School as part of the agreement signed with Cadilu Fishing on behalf of the Real Madrid Foundation.

Gold, four bronze medals for boxers

Namibian amateur boxers clinched gold and four bronze medals at the just-ended inaugural Mandela African Boxing Cup, which took place at the International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa.

Gymnasts eager to qualify for Olympics…as team gets send off

The Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) held a send-off ceremony yesterday for three groups of gymnasts who will be competing in various events abroad.

KFA upset Windhoek Gymnasium … as Baller Boys hammer DAMA SA 4-1

Hotto Foundation donates equipment worth N$30 000

Miller, Baber victorious in Nedbank Namibia cross country series…with juniors emulating their success

Business

Hong Kong begins disposable plastics ban

Hong Kong yesterday started phasing in a ban on disposable plastic products across restaurants and businesses, setting a six-month deadline for the city to eliminate plastic cutlery and other materials before risking fines.

Capricorn Corner receives advanced green building certification

The Capricorn Corner building, Capricorn Group’s state-of-the-art office facilities in Klein Windhoek, recently earned EDGE Advanced green building certification, which is recognised by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group.

Galp estimates 10 billion barrels at Mopane …as tests reached maximum limits of about 14 000 barrels per day

The Portuguese company, Galp Energia, which recently discovered more oil in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia, estimates their hydrocarbon resource could hold 10 billion barrels or more of good quality oil

Markets bounce as Middle East fears ease

Oil surge, equities sink amidst escalation fears

Norway’s wealth fund posts US$107b

Courts & Crime

School gets partial win in de-registration fight

The Windhoek High Court has ordered the education ministry to hand over its full investigation report into the alleged malpractice to a northern school as it fights to keep its doors open.

Mother arrested for allegedly raping son

A 37-year-old woman was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping her nine-year-old son at Ongenga village in the Okaku constituency of the Oshana region.

‘I am guilty’ killer cop admits

Former senior police officer attached to the Women and Child Protection Unit in Keetmanshoop, Morgan Brian Plaatjie, informed Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku that he intends to plead guilty to the charges he faces.

Treason judgement deferred

Shoprite fined for defying court order

DNA delays PG in engineer’s murder trial

Entertainment

‘A Story of Bones’ comes home

After being shown round the world since its premiere in New York City in 2022, the documentary ‘A Story of Bones’ will now be screened in the hometown of the lead protagonist, Namibian-born Annina van Neel.

/Ae//Gams Festival is edifying

“WE are the amalgamation of colour, tribe and texture. A creed perched from the same blood that speaks. In our streets, life can be slippery, but there is a unity we must meet if we are to succeed.”

Industry Loop - Events in Mbumba’s land

FOR years, I’ve written about events in Namibia. For years, I made it a point to contextualise what the perfect event should look like.

Tribute to the King of Rumba: Papa Wemba

Igniting hearts, souls with The Yeshua Experience

ZYX unveils delightful new soundtrack

National

Allegiance with Cadilu Fishing to advance football

Gold, four bronze medals for boxers

Namibian amateur boxers clinched gold and four bronze medals at the just-ended inaugural Mandela African Boxing Cup, which took place at the International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa.

Gymnasts eager to qualify for Olympics…as team gets send off

The Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) held a send-off ceremony yesterday for three groups of gymnasts who will be competing in various events abroad.

KFA upset Windhoek Gymnasium … as Baller Boys hammer DAMA SA 4-1

Hotto Foundation donates equipment worth N$30 000

Miller, Baber victorious in Nedbank Namibia cross country series…with juniors emulating their success

Youth

Project Never Walk Alone donates shoes to Monica Geingos’ learners

Non-profit organisation Project Never Walk Alone donated school shoes to learners of Monica Geingos Junior Secondary School in Otjiwarongo on Friday.

Okahandja spelling challenge on the cards

The inaugural Okahandja Circuit Spelling Bee Competition (English) for secondary schools will take place on 25 April at the town.

Nanso embraces Western culture … but moans that young people have lost cultural, traditional norms

Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso)’s spokesperson Dorthea Nangolo upholds the idea that Western culture, which America promotes, has done well in dispensing some harmful cultural practices in Namibia.

POEM - Gone

Researcher nominated for SDG Action Awards

Opinion - Namibia’s peaceful political transition: The world can learn from us

In Pictures

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Photography

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