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Police baffled as man is shot dead and half-naked woman disappears
A man was found shot dead in his bakkie yesterday morning in the Kupferberg area, while the woman who was in his company has mysteriously disappeared, after leaving the scene with a passerby. Police...
View Article84 cops charged with crimes
Eighty-four police officers have been charged for criminal activities between 2012 and last year. This is according to Police Inspector-General, Sebastian Ndeitunga, who was speaking yesterday at the...
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Haufiku calls Armas tobacco project ‘chemical weapons’
Health and Social Services Minister, Bernard Haufiku, has condemned in the strongest terms the planned Chinese tobacco plantation in the Zambezi Region, describing it as a “chemical weapons” project....
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NCCI warns currency speculators
Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) Northern Branch Chairperson, Tomas Iindji, has warned against speculators attempting to manipulate the system by acting as foreign currency exchange...
View ArticleLeopard spotted near State House
A leopard that was reportedly seen near State House has apparently disappeared without a trace. The leopard was seen on Tuesday night near the official presidential resident, but authorities were...
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Raped by her daddy
A 14-year-old girl is now living in at a shelter surrounded by strangers, after her family shunned her for reporting her father for allegedly raping and threatening to kill her barely a month ago. The...
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Uncoverring puzzle pieces of Kupferberg murder mystery
The puzzle pieces of a baffling murder mystery that ended with the shooting of a Windhoek man in the Kupferberg area and a passerby rescuing a half-naked woman, who has since turned up after...
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Victim’s family heartbroken as alleged passion killer gets bail
The family and friends of the late Louise Roxey Alupe, 24, were left heartbroken after her alleged killer Jomo Petrus, 31, was granted N$4 000 bail by the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court this week. The...
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BIG Coalition challenges Kameeta to announce N$200 grant
The Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition has appealed to government to urgently introduce a N$200 monthly grant to wipe out poverty. Newly appointed coalition chairperson Wilfred Diergaardt said it will...
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Haufiku warns against HIV/Aids faith healers
Health and Social Services Minister, Bernard Haufiku, has warned the public against faith healers, who pretend to cure HIV/Aids through prayer, thereby undermining government efforts and putting the...
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State disputes that American murder accused is unfit for trial
The State is questioning the correctness of the psychiatric report that declared the American suspect in the murder of the 25-year-old André Heckmair in Windhoek on 7 January 2011 unfit to stand trial....
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Namibia, Germany sign N$607m loan deal
Namibia and Germany have signed an inter-governmental agreement to kick-start renewable energy projects worth more than €45 million (N$607 million). Finance Minister, Calle Schlettwein, and the Federal...
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Teachers battle without indigenous language textbooks
Teachers Union of Namibia (TUN) says schools using local languages as a medium of instruction do not have textbooks to date. The use of local languages as a medium of instruction for pre-primary to...
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Court battle looms in Nanso, NYC saga
The Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) says it is seeking legal opinion following its suspension from the National Youth Council (NYC) over the weekend. The decision to suspend the student...
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Thousands lay Shigwedha to rest during emotional funeral
The Onalulago Combined School teacher who was brutally killed and burnt beyond recognition - allegedly by her husband - was buried at Ontananga village this past Saturday, amid pleas that God will...
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Govt ‘strongly considering’ basic income grant
Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare Minister, Bishop Zephania Kameeta, has confirmed that government is “strongly considering” introducing a basic income grant (BIG) for poor Namibians, who do not...
View ArticleLooking back at Hage’s first 100 days in power
As President Hage Geingob marks 100 days in office today, he has been praised for a number of accomplishments, including delivering the country’s best ever State of the Nation Address, while others...
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Namibian cops avoid Botswana border battle
Cool heads by the Namibian police avoided what could have turned into a brutal border clash with the Botswana Defence Force, (BDF), following a brazen attack by the neighbouring country on a group of...
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Outrage after teen is savagely mauled to death by pit bulls
A 13-year old boy has been mauled to death by two vicious pit bulls in Otjomuise, sparking anger in the community. An eyewitness said Fred Savage was attacked while he walked past the house where the...
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More dark clouds gather over Armas’s tobacco project
The secretary-general of the Zambezi Region-based Mafwe Youth Forum, Sibuku Malumbano, says the group had never formally met to discuss support for a controversial N$1 billion Chinese tobacco project...
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