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The rain is finally here
Good rainfall in the past few days has brought relief and hope to drought-hit subsistence farmers in the North. Traditional authorities are urging their people to start ploughing their fields to make...
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Education ministry wants to get foundation right
The government will be furnished with the first comprehensive presentation on the state of teaching in the lower grades by the end of January. According to the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture...
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Water situation remains critical
The City of Windhoek says the light rains experienced over the past few days made no difference to the city’s water crisis and the water restrictions remain in place. City spokesperson Joshua Amukugo...
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Conmen walk away with N$350 000
A female resident of Ongwediva in the Oshana Region fell victim to conmen who walked away with more than N$350 000. The apparently fairly wealthy woman, whose name was not revealed to this newspaper,...
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Man killed in farm attack
The Otjiwarongo community was rocked by another farm murder after an elderly couple and their grandson were severely assaulted and their son was shot several times. Hartwig Koehler (50) died in...
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Cracker injures ex-mayor
The former mayor of Walvis Bay King Mandume Muatunga has been transferred to Windhoek after a serious hand injury from a firecracker at his home in Kuisebmond. According to medical rescue services...
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Lodge owner assaulted
A lodge owner in the Erongo Region has narrowly escaped death after he was assaulted by three armed robbers. Erongo Crime Investigations Coordinator Deputy Commissioner Ottilie Kashuupulwa who...
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Currency trading back on
Last week saw the resumption of the currency conversion agreement between the Bank of Namibia (BoN) and its Angolan counterpart, Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA). Suspended on December 2, the agreement...
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Live your dream
President Hage Geingob has urged Namibians to be ambitious, to dream and most importantly live out those dreams in this New Year. This was contained in the Head of State’s message to the nation on the...
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Chinese demolish houses
The festive season turned into a period of unhappiness and despair for some residents of the Okongo village in the Ohangwena Region after their houses and other structures belonging to a community...
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Student drowns on New Year’s Day
A second-year telecommunications engineering student at the Namibia University of Science and Technology drowned on New Year’s Day, while his friend was rescued at Long Beach. The drowning of the...
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Fearful tourists back home after ordeal
After four days of fear, uncertainty and being supplied with a water source by a gemsbok in the Namib Naukluft Park, the three French tourists who went missing last week, are safe and sound. Relating...
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Uukwangula veterans’ tourney ends in excitement
The 12th edition of the Uukwangula veterans’ tournament was held on New Year’s Day at Embandu Stadium outside Oshakati. The annual tournament is only for two sport codes, namely football and netball,...
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Diesel goes down, petrol stays the same
Recent fluctuations in global oil prices are good news for Namibians, with diesel prices dropping significantly at midnight tomorrow. According to a Ministry of Mines and Energy statement, the price of...
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Food bank in limbo
More than three months after the ground-breaking ceremony was supposed to take place, construction of the planned food bank in Windhoek has yet to start. The permanent secretary of the Ministry of...
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Bureaux de change operators at Santa Clara in southern Angola do not have enough hard currency to sell to Angolans planning to travel to Namibia. News that bureaux de change have insufficient Namibia...
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Ya Nangoloh refuses to name names
Human rights activist Phil ya Nangoloh says he will never reveal the names of two ministers, one serving and one former parliamentarian, as well as the head of a traditional authority in the North, who...
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Bad blood between farmers
An alleged tussle between two farmers’ associations in the Otjinene Constituency has led to the cancellation of a livestock auction. According to one faction, the cancellation was made to avoid...
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