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Opposition parties are spiting venom about the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) during next month’s general elections, including the absence of a verifiable paper trail and lack of trust in the...
View ArticleNotorious Pretorius back in the cells
Logan Pretorius, 25, will appear in court today after spending the past two days behind bars and this time he is facing allegations of assaulting Walvis Bay resident Cornelius Vermeulen with a...
View ArticlePiercing Falcons' aura of invincibility
TN Mobile CAF African Women Championship finalists, Nigeria, who are due to take on Cameroon at the Sam Nujoma Stadium at 20:00 tomorrow, are strong favourites to win the tournament for the ninth time....
View ArticleIRB praises NRU leadership
Rescuing the ailing Namibian Rugby Union (NRU) and restoring it to something worth being proud of has earned the administrators praise from the code’s governing body. The International Rugby Board’s...
View ArticleCatty Catt’s mom remembers her only son
Curtis Popyeni Yearwood, known as Catty Catty, was no ordinary rapper and is regarded as a pioneer. To many he was a top rapper and entertainer, but to Kaimbi Smily Ishila, he was her little boy, who...
View ArticleOlesen fights off Dubuisson to win Perth International
Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen withstood a late charge from Victor Dubuisson to win the US$1.75 million Perth International on Sunday, his first tournament success in two years. Dubuisson went into the...
View ArticlePellegrini defiant despite Hammer blow
Manuel Pellegrini has insisted it is too early to write off Manchester City’s chances of retaining the Premier League title after their 2-1 defeat at West Ham United. Saturday’s loss at Upton Park was...
View ArticleKlopp vows to fix dire league form
Jurgen Klopp has vowed to fix Borussia Dortmund’s dire Bundesliga form following their fourth straight league defeat with leaders Bayern Munich lying in wait. Dortmund have yet to concede a goal in the...
View ArticleTwo new classrooms and a library for NPS
“Learners should stop spending time on Facebook and start facing their books. Books record stuff, bring understanding, shape lives, remove ignorance and education is a great equaliser,” said Pastor...
View ArticleCatrakilis kicks Province to victory
Flawless goal-kicking by fly-half Demetri Catrakilis proved decisive as Western Province edged Golden Lions 19-16 on Saturday to win the South African Currie Cup. Catrakilis had five shots at goal and...
View ArticleRodgers happy with misfiring Balotelli's work rate
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said Mario Balotelli's work rate has improved despite the striker yet again failing to find the net in a goalless Premier League draw with Hull City at Anfield on...
View ArticleMarquez clinches record 12th win in Malaysia
Recently crowned world champion Marc Marquez broke another record by romping to his 12th win of the season in an eventful Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday. The Spanish Honda rider was followed by Yamaha...
View ArticleSuper Falcons reclaim African women's title
Nigeria clinched a record seventh title at the Africa Women’s Championship after defeating Cameroon 2-0 in the final on Saturday evening at the Sam Nujoma stadium in Windhoek. Desire Oparanozie curled...
View ArticleCampaigning has been peaceful, police say
The Inspector-General of the Namibian Police, Sebastian Ndeitunga, says so far this has been a less challenging election year for the police compared to previous years. Namibians will vote in...
View ArticleSwapo promises cheap land
The Swapo candidate for the Windhoek-West Constituency by-election, George Trepper, has promised to work in collaboration with the City Council to come up with a system for affordable land. Trepper...
View ArticleVolunteers raise money for CAN
Women Who Care (WWC), an organisation started last year by a group of friends affected by cancer, raised and donated N$18 000 to the Cancer Association of Namibia in Walvis Bay on Saturday. Numerous...
View ArticleNamibia should raise weaners locally
The huge impact the temporary closure of the border with South Africa had on the exportation of live animals is a wake-up call for the beef industry in Namibia to rethink its production and marketing...
View ArticleSmaller market inspires, says Snowball
Namibia’s industries, regardless of the sector, are typically criticised for being too small to support lucrative business. Though if any one industry has managed to transform that challenge into...
View Article‘Confident’ Pikky scores century for club
Namibian national cricketer Helao ‘Pikky’ Ya France has credited a change to his technique for his recent performance, which saw him scoring 101 runs for his club, CCD. The match, which took place last...
View ArticleMuinjo calls for support for 'successor'
Namibia Football Association (NFA) president John Muinjo has apparently identified who he would like to take over the post when his term comes to an end in December. In a three-sentence statement...
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