Windhoek High Court Judge Eileen Rakow last week sentenced former coastal estate agent Erwin Sprangers (62) to an effective prison term of eight years.
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2020-11-032024-06-18Crime and Courts
Alleged wife killer still at large
The police are hot on the trail of an Okahandja Park man who fled the house immediately after allegedly murdering his wife on Saturday evening.
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2020-11-032024-06-18Crime and Courts
Remaining treason accused seek discharge
The remaining seven treason accused in the longest running trial in the history of Namibia are now asking the court to acquit them on all charges in a section 174 application for discharge.
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2020-11-032024-04-30Front Page News
City proposes debt swap… deal with Govt could realise up to 20 000 erven
The City of Windhoek has approached the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development with a proposal to have its debt - due to central government - written off in exchange for large tracts of land in the capital’s informal settlements.
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2020-11-032024-04-30Front Page News
Boy survives hippo attack
RUNDU – A six-year-old boy survived an attack by a hippopotamus on Sunday and in the process suffered deep wounds when his legs were crushed by the giant animal in Kavango West.
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2020-11-032024-04-30Front Page News
Pandemic disrupts Kiswahili adoption plans
The ministry of education says the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted plans aimed at introducing Africa’s most internationally recognised language, Kiswahili, in Namibian classrooms.
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2020-11-032024-04-30Front Page News
Esau, son-in-law take bail fight to High Court
The Windhoek High Court is scheduled to hear in two weeks’ time an application by former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau and his son-in-law Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi as they appeal against the lower court’s decision to deny them bail.
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2020-11-032024-05-07National
PDM threatens candidate over ‘racist’ comment
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani yesterday threatened to withdraw the candidature of its John Pandeni constituency candidate following alleged racist remarks made on a Facebook post.
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2020-11-032024-04-30Front Page News
MTC refutes favouritism in tower erection
Mobile telecommunications giant MTC has strongly refuted allegations of favouritism regarding the erection of network towers and has shed light on criteria for setting up the infrastructure.
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2020-11-022024-05-02Sports
Oshana wins Senior Boxing Championship…as amateurs deliver thrilling action
OSHAKATI – Host region Oshana dominated proceedings at the Northern Region Senior Amateur Boxing Championship, held at the Oshakati Independence Stadium over the weekend, which saw the crème de la crème of the country’s amateur boxers battling it out for top honours.