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Swapo rejects presidential debates … deliver campaign promise, loyalists demand
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Swapo rejects presidential debates … deliver campaign promise, loyalists demand

Aletta Shikololo Otniel Hembapu The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has created a platform where party presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will engage with young people, instead of participating in “foreign” presidential debates with her opponents. The platform, dubbed ‘Youth in Conversation with Netumbo’, is slated to start in Rundu this month, and will be held...

Same-sex abnormal – Kawana… new bill to invalidate gay marriages
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Same-sex abnormal – Kawana… new bill to invalidate gay marriages

Home affairs minister Albert Kawana has tabled the new Marriage Bill, which provides for the solemnisation of marriages in Namibia, the validation and recognition of certain marriages, as well as incidental matters. The draft law, which includes definitions of marriage, foreign marriage, spouse and opposite sexes, clarifies that same-sex marriages are not valid in Namibia,...

NYC’s ‘rough diamond’ Bridgehead shines 
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NYC’s ‘rough diamond’ Bridgehead shines 

Bridgehead, the troubled subsidiary of the National Youth Council, has finally paid dividends of N$500 000 to its shareholder after years of failing to bring anything to the table.  The NYC business arm acquired fishing rights, and holds shares in various other companies. It is mandated to generate funds for the council, and ultimately uplift...