In response to widespread concerns by hordes of Namibian students studying in China who feel they have been abandoned by the government, international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said the World Health Organisation (WHO) has at this stage not recommended mass evacuations of foreign nationals from China.
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2020-02-172024-04-30Front Page News
Ndeitunga on the warpath… vows to deal with young people insulting elders
OSHAKATI - Police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga has teared into disrespectful youth who resort to social media to insult national leaders.
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2020-02-172024-04-30Front Page News
Accomplished photojournalist dies at 62
Tribute poured in for renowned photojournalist John Liebenberg, who died in a Johannesburg hospital yesterday at the age of 62.
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2020-02-172024-04-30Front Page News
Life in prison for girlfriend killer
The Windhoek High Court last week sentenced a 30-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing his girlfriend by stabbing her multiples in Aroab in 2017.
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2020-02-172024-05-07National
ECN dumps EVMs for now
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) said it would do away with electoral voting machines (EVMs) in favour of ballot papers for next month’s by-elections in Opuwo and Otjiwarongo.
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2020-02-172024-04-30Front Page News
Men critical partners in reproductive health
Namibia Planned Parenthood Association (Nappa) community outreach coordinator Risto Mushongo believes sexual reproductive health (SRH) cannot be effectively addressed if men are not included.
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2020-02-172024-06-18Crime and Courts
Former prosecutor to be tried today
A former state prosecutor who was arrested for allegedly illegally scrapping charges from the court system will be tried today.
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2020-02-172024-05-07National
Shapwa demands commitment from justice staff
Deputy justice minister Lidwina Shapwa says public servants cannot become attached to the political heads who lead their ministries.
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2020-02-172024-06-18Crime and Courts
Mob murder accused freed
A group of young people, who were arrested in Windhoek in connection with the killing a 27-year-old Congolese refugee in June 2018, walked out of Katutura Magistrate’s Court as free men and women after the court struck their case from the roll last week.
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2020-02-172024-05-07National
Girl (9) drowns in Okavango River
RUNDU - A nine-year-old girl drowned in the Okavango River on Saturday afternoon while on a fishing expedition with her aunt.