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The football coach who wanted to be a pastor 
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The football coach who wanted to be a pastor 

What you might not know about him is he loves music more than football. We are talking about a man and son of the soil who has been at the forefront of sports in Namibia for four decades. Ricardo Giovanni Mannetti (45), aka Bucksy said his siblings are to be blamed for this as they...

The ignominy entanglement of the Smiths
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The ignominy entanglement of the Smiths

The Top trending story this week is about Jada Pinkett-Smith who inveterated that she was involved in a romantic relationship with singer and songwriter August Alsina after seeing that she got into a particular type of entanglement. The clip received mixed reactions with some saying entanglement is cheating for the rich and others saying the...

Hilaria: Okahandja’s leading driving instructor
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Hilaria: Okahandja’s leading driving instructor

A female driving instructor and owner of Hilaria Driving School, Hilaria Erastus (38) has said fellow women should not be scared of joining the industry and encouraged those who want to venture in such industries to do so by all means. “If you want to go into transportation or instructing people how to drive, don’t...

Investing in the skills and potential of young people
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Investing in the skills and potential of young people

Sem Mandela Uutoni (26) has been recognised with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts – The Diana Award.  “The Diana Award Charity is the only charity set up in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales and her belief that young people have the power to change the...

ǀKhurub ǂōǂōsib tsaudi ge !gâise ra ai!gû – Schlettweini 
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ǀKhurub ǂōǂōsib tsaudi ge !gâise ra ai!gû – Schlettweini 

Ministeri !Hū-omkhâis, ǁGam-i tsî !Hūde ǁKhawa Kō!gâs dib, Calle Schlettweini ge ge mî, ǂhanub ge ǀnai 166 tsaude a kurusa, ǁnāpa a ǂâi!nâǁguisa !gôab 206 didiba xu. Nē tsaudi ge !nakaǂnôa ǂguro ministers beros !nâ-ū ra mûǂamhe ǀkhurub huib ǂōǂōsib ǂgaesa xu N$32 miljuns ǀkha ge dīhe. Minister Schlettweini ge nē ǂanǂansa ai!â gere ǂoa...

How to keep brands relevant during Covid-19
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How to keep brands relevant during Covid-19

The most obvious approach to keeping one’s brand relevant in a rapidly growing and changing world entails consistently keeping up with the trends, being innovative, embracing change, and providing instant gratification. But what happens when your product is not essential such as during Covid-19? Entertainment Now! visited some brands and enquired on how they keep their...

Mask: A luxury or health apparatus?
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Mask: A luxury or health apparatus?

The mandatory wearing of masks came into effect in May 2020 as one of the national strategies towards the curbing and handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, enforced by the health ministry with strict instructions from the World Health Organisation (WHO). Of late, Namibians have bombarded the health sector by making reusable masks as revenue or...

Venaani on family, farming and open-heart surgery
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Venaani on family, farming and open-heart surgery

The president of the official opposition Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) McHenry Kanjonokere Venaani (42) says one thing people don’t know about him is that he thanks God daily as he has undergone the worst human surgery ever. “I underwent the worst human operation which is open-heart surgery and my recovery was unbelievably superb on account...

Jerusalema goes global
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Jerusalema goes global

‘Jerusalema’, a song by South African DJ and record producer Master KG, featuring South African vocalist Nomcebo Zikode, has gone viral months after its release when a famous dance move became a worldwide trend, with people from across the globe joining and making clips of themselves dancing to the tune.  Master KG, in a tweet,...