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Nangolo ushers Nanso into new era
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Nangolo ushers Nanso into new era

Dorthea Nangolo (22) is the new Namibia National Students Organisation’s president.  Under Nangolo’s stewardship, the newly-elected Nanso leadership poured cold water over assertions that the organisation has become a shadow of its former self.  They dismissed claims that Nanso is politically-compromised, and has lost its moral compass.  Nangolo yesterday said those still longing to see...

Namibia exploresMiddle East beef markets…northern farmers to benefit
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Namibia exploresMiddle East beef markets…northern farmers to benefit

The government, in collaboration with the Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia (LLPBN), has again embarked on a mission to unlock export opportunities for the country’s beef to the highly-lucrative Middle East markets.  Delegations of senior officials from both the agriculture ministry and the LLPBN are in the Middle East, exploring further export opportunities...

Defiant ECN refuses to budge…stands by decision to unplug partiesDefiant ECN refuses to budge
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Defiant ECN refuses to budge…stands by decision to unplug partiesDefiant ECN refuses to budge

Despite threats by the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters and Christian Democratic Voice to mount a legal challenge against it, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) maintains that its decision to deregister the political parties is beyond reproach. This follows the ECN’s earlier decision to deregister both parties as political entities for failure to comply with...

Sheya: Only Swapo is tried, tested 
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Sheya: Only Swapo is tried, tested 

OKAHANDJA – The ruling Swapo Party remains the country’s only political entity with a proven track record on upholding the values of democracy, human rights, peace, stability, development and continued progress. “So, why fix it if it is not broken?”, Kunene governor Marius Sheya wanted to know.  This was amongst the questions he posed to...

Personality of the week – Mohammed Ouseb
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Personality of the week – Mohammed Ouseb

Namibian football legend Mohammed Ouseb is regarded as one of the finest defenders to have ever donned the famous gold and black colours of Kaizer Chiefs. The retired Namibian defender is most famous for his ‘Spanish tackles’ and was a pillar of strength for the South African giants in the late 90s.  Here is a...

‘I’m not captured by Progressive Forces group’ … as football tension mounts 
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‘I’m not captured by Progressive Forces group’ … as football tension mounts 

President of the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Ranga Haikali, yesterday strongly shot down growing assertions that he and his entire executive committee members are captured by the self-styled Progress Forces group. New Era Sport understands that the self-proclaimed Progressive Forces group consists of former footballers, former clubs executives and chairmen, who all apparently share a...

NPL ponders ‘professional’ future away from NFA … establishes professional league
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NPL ponders ‘professional’ future away from NFA … establishes professional league

The Namibia Premier League (NPL), which was expelled as a member of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) a few weeks ago, yesterday announced that it had established and registered a new professional league with the Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA), and that it had also applied for membership with the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC)....

My candid view – Why a new NPL is not a bad idea after all
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My candid view – Why a new NPL is not a bad idea after all

In case, and I really mean just in case, the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) fails in its last-ditch effort to try and mend the strained relationship between the Namibia Premier League (NPL) and the country’s football governing body, the Namibia Football Association (NFA), then we, as a country and as football fanatics, should be open...