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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

Draw delays Stars from retaining title…Life Fighters get relegated

African Stars, the defending champions of the Debmarine Premier League, delayed their title march after playing to a 0-all draw against close rival Ongos FC at Independence stadium in the capital.

City sink Chelsea to reach FA Cup final

Bernardo Silva fired Manchester City back into the FA Cup final as the Portugal midfielder’s late strike sealed the holders’ 1-0 win against Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday.

KBA league intensifies...Falcon edge Dodgers

This past weekend, basketball fans in the capital were treated to some explosive action in the Khomas Basketball Association (KBA) League.

Namibia overpowered in opening clash

Amateurs poised to make history at golf tourney ...team target top honours

Not the result we wanted – Botha

Business

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

Asian markets rose yesterday, clawing back some of last week’s losses, as Middle East worries subsided and traders looked ahead to the release of key US inflation data and corporate earnings.

Oil surge, equities sink amidst escalation fears

Oil prices rallied and equities sank Friday as reports said explosions had been heard in Iran and Syria, fuelling fears of an escalation of the Middle East crisis after last weekend’s missile attack on Israel by Tehran.

Norway’s wealth fund posts US$107b

Rössing services Erongo police fleet

ReconAfrica drilling in Damara Fold Belt slated for June

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

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

The Swapo Party is at a crossroads, with its leader Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah facing her sternest test yet.

Residents, councillors gang up against RedForce

Pressure is increasingly mounting on the Walvis Bay municipality to sever ties with debt collector RedForce, as some councillors have now joined the anti-RedForce brigade.

Parliamentarians tear into low mining royalties

Members of parliament have taken issue with a paltry 5% royalty rate that Namibia receives from domestic mining operations.

Autopsy high on Tucna congress agenda

School gets partial win in de-registration fight

TB leading cause of HIV deaths

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

‘Made in Namibia’

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Nature

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Photography

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