It is no secret that Namibia has produced some of the world’s best sportsmen, beauty queens, artists and musicians - one of them undeniably bluesman ‘Riaan Smit’ who has recently settled in the Cayman Islands, playing on international stages and doing what he does best - entertaining.
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2019-01-252024-05-07National
Hair stylist gives utmost satisfaction
WINDHOEK-Seasoned self-taught hairstylist, Fransina Nikodemus, popularly known as Fluffy, says she is working on building a client base and to be the best hairdressers in the country.
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2019-01-252024-05-07National
Water bill system error leaves Windhoek residents fuming
WINDHOEK – Many Windhoek residents were flabbergasted when they received their January water bills from City of Windhoek which in no way resembled the average monthly usage.
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2019-01-252024-05-07National
Commission warns of monopoly in automotive industry
WINDHOEK – Following a 2018 study of the local automotive industry, the Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) says the biggest concerns in respect of competition and market structure were found in the application of franchising in the vehicle retail market, more specifically the market for new vehicle sales, whereby one company is given exclusive rights by the franchisor to sell a certain brand in the entire country.
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2019-01-252024-05-07National
Calle clamps down on corruption
WINDHOEK – During 2018, the Ministry of Finance uncovered more corruption cases within its corridors compared to the previous year. Addressing his staff yesterday, Minister of Finance, Calle Schlettwein, revealed that while only six corruption cases were exposed in 2017/18, this year, the figure increased to more than double with 15 corruption cases discovered.
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2019-01-252024-06-21International, National
Sadc’s dexterity cements democracy in the DRC
Divergent to reports that Sadc has been dilly-dallying with indecisiveness on the outcome of the recently concluded elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), or as some critics claimed, has supposedly betrayed genuine democracy for political friendship with President Joseph Kabila, the regional body led by its venerable Chairperson, President Dr. Hage G. Geingob, has as per the accepted international norms, taken a farsighted decisive position in the best interest of lasting peace, stability and democracy for the people of the DRC.
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2019-01-252024-05-07National
Much clarity needed on genocide road shows
Lately a section of the Ovambanderu, Ovaherero and Nama who are associated, or are close to, and in the centre or even on the periphery of the ongoing reparations negotiations between the government of the Republic of Namibia and the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, are and have been on road shows countrywide.
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2019-01-252024-05-07National
Be ready, a revolution is coming
In a few years to come about 35 percent skills considered very crucial today shall be obsolete.
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2019-01-252024-05-07National
Political opportunism aimed at disturbing society
All forward-looking and visionary societies adhere to progressive norms, rules and values that guide, instruct and direct such societies for their own good. It is for this reason that we have what is called the rule of law, where laws are written and enacted to ensure that the society which makes up a nation dynamically advances in an orderly way.
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2019-01-252024-05-07National
Defiant Barry Rukoro waxes lyrical
Out-of-contract Namibia Football Association (NFA) long-serving secretary-general Barry Rukoro (BR) appeared on NBC’s hard-hitting current affairs programme One on One this week with presenter Patrick Sam (PS) regarding a myriad of issues dogging Football House. Here is the transcript of their conversation.