The German-American high-wire walker, Karl Wallenda, fell to his death while attempting to walk across a wire stretched one hundred and twenty-three feet (thirty-seven metres) above the pavement between two hotels in Puerto Rico in 1978.
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2020-10-262024-05-07National
Hydroponic fodder system slowly growing momentum
MALTAHÖHE – The hydroponic fodder system in Hardap region is slowly gaining momentum with many farmers so far having created greenhouses to grow crops such as barley and lucerne to feed their livestock.
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2020-10-262024-05-07National
Workers at marble factory cry foul
WALVIS BAY – Some employees of the marble factory, BC Stone Products Namibia at Walvis Bay, said their job security is threatened by legal officer Chris Theron, whom they accuse of intimidation and racial discrimination.
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2020-10-262024-05-07National
LPM candidate promises changes
KEETMANSHOOP - Joseph Isaacks, the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) candidate for Keetmanshoop Urban constituency said if voted into power his priority will be to engage regional stakeholders including investors to work towards uplifting socio-economic circumstances of the less privileged in the constituency.
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2020-10-262024-05-07National
Nghinyengwile to bring prosperity in Ohangwena constituency
Independent candidate Rehabeam Tulonga Nghinyengwile, who is contesting for the regional council office of Ohangwena constituency, has promised change.
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2020-10-262024-05-07National
Etosha fire damages power lines
The ministry of environment says although the fire that started burning east of the Etosha National Park was extinguished without any major wildlife losses, damages to equipment or park infrastructure, it, however, destroyed some power line poles.
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2020-10-262024-06-18Crime and Courts
Police record nearly 6 000 GBV cases
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) have recorded 5 961 gender-based violence (GBV) cases from September 2019 to September this year.
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2020-10-262024-04-30Front Page News
Otweya woman survives murder attempt… saved by her three-week-old baby
WALVIS BAY – A woman who lives in a tent at the Otweya temporary campsite at Walvis Bay was miraculously saved by the cries of her three-week-old baby boy on Sunday after being attacked by two unknown masked men.
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2020-10-262024-04-30Front Page News
Namibia prepares implementation report on SDGs
International relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Namibia is preparing the second voluntary national review report on the implementation process of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the national level.
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2020-10-262024-04-30Front Page News
UN applauds Namibia for containing Covid-19
As part of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Day in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is having a major health and economic impact across the globe, the UN praised the Namibian government for its decisive and unprecedented action in containing the spread of the virus.