An unemployed mother from Havana informal settlement has shared a heart-rending story of having to care for her once jovial 17-year-old son who is now confined to his bed and unable to complete his education.
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2020-10-162024-04-30Front Page News
Govt to determine value of exported timber
Forestry minister Pohamba Shifeta yesterday told lawmakers the authorities will investigate and establish the total volumes and value of rosewood exported over recent years.
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2020-10-162024-04-30Front Page News
Rundu told to ditch debt collector
RUNDU – Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni has ordered the Rundu Town Council to immediately terminate an agreement with Redforce Debt Management.
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2020-10-162024-06-18Crime and Courts
Judiciary extends PG vacancy deadline
The application period for the vacancy of the prosecutor general has been extended by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
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2020-10-162024-04-30Front Page News
RA hits back at local contractor
The Roads Authority yesterday claimed representatives of a local and Chinese contractor had mutually entered into an agreement with it to allow the authorities to make payments directly into an account nominated by the two parties for a road construction contract.
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2020-10-162024-04-30Front Page News
Fishrot accused Nghipunya ‘just a pawn’, says lawyer
The Windhoek High Court will deliver on 28 October its ruling on the appeal lodged by suspended Fishcor CEO Mike Nghipunya after deputy chief magistrate Ingrid Unengu refused him bail in the ongoing Fishrot matter.
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2020-10-162024-04-30Front Page News
Amushelelo challenges ‘overbroad’ search warrants
The civil matter in which forex trader Michael Amushelelo, who was last year arrested on charges that he contravened the Banking Act, is seeking to have two search and seizure warrants authorised by a Windhoek magistrate reviewed and set aside, started yesterday in the High Court.
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2020-10-162024-06-18Crime and Courts
Lawyer withdraws from N$1.1m fraud case
The trial of two Windhoek residents who stand accused of attempting to divert N$1.1 million from Air Namibia has come to a standstill after one of the accused’s lawyer withdrew from the matter.
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2020-10-152024-05-02Sports
Personality of the week – Frank Fredericks: Namibia’s living monument
Among the stars of athletics, he is considered to be a gentleman. A great champion in his own right, both on and off the track, where his kind features, evident class and elegant manner of managing situations (including defeat) make him unique and inimitable – almost a monument.
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2020-10-152024-05-02Sports
Opinion – What if both sides are right, but the impasse persists?
We are informed that the well documented standoff between the Namibia Football Association (NFA) and the Namibia Premier League (NPL) has its origin in the latter’s disregard of the Fifa Normalisation Committee’s directive not to relegate the three teams that ended at the foot of the country’s topflight football league for the 2018/19 season.