Ivona Frans Is King Elegant still in the music game? Yes, he is! He blessed us with a hit album, with great visuals and a December full of live performances. Just like that, he took a hiatus and he was no longer the light in the dark – as his lyrics state. Whether it was...
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Longer queues at OR Tambo as business picks up in SA
PRETORIA – OR Tambo International Airport management last week appealed to travellers to complete the compulsory health questionnaire before arriving at the airport for domestic air travel, which is permissible in some instances under level 3 of South Africa’s nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. “Management of OR Tambo International Airport has appealed to passengers to ensure that...
Farmars’ corner with Dr Simon Nambinga – Biosecurity in backyard poultry farming
Namibia is amongst other developing countries in which poultry farming has become a household term and majority of farmers see poultry farming as one of the most efficient, reliable and fast rewarding farming industries. It is upon this background that I decided to share with poultry farmers important biosecurity measures to consider to insure profitability...
Anti-stock theft taskforce calls for cooperation
Zebalt Ngaruka EPUKIRO– The newly elected chairperson of the Community Against Stock Theft Organisation (Caso), Issy Murangi has called on farmers in the Eiseb and Epukiro vicinity to collaborate with the taskforce to help curb rampant livestock theft that has become prevalent in the Omaheke region. Speaking to Nampa here on Saturday, Murangi said he...
Global super-rich call for wealthy to face coronavirus tax
LONDON – More than 80 millionaires yesterday urged governments around the world to tax the super-wealthy much more to help fund the global recovery from the coronavirus outbreak. In an open letter, the group, calling themselves “Millionaires for Humanity”, said they should be taxed higher, “immediately, substantially, permanently”. Signatories, included Ben and Jerry’s ice cream...
Ugandan motorcycle taxi drivers sue government for losses
CAPE TOWN – With no financial support amidst Uganda’s Covid-19 mitigation measures, motorcycle taxi drivers are suing the government for denying them the right to full operation within the regulatory framework as all other businesses are permitted to do. Uganda’s ‘boda-boda’ drivers association, the native name for motorcycle taxi drivers in Uganda, say the government...
Global markets rise before US earnings season
LONDON – World stock markets advanced yesterday, spurred higher by investor hopes over upcoming US earnings and a coronavirus vaccine, dealers said. Asian and European equities bounded higher as investors followed a strong performance on Wall Street, though a spike in Covid-19 infections capped gains. Oil prices fell on festering fears over demand-destroying coronavirus, and...
Populist president wins re-election in Poland
WARSAW – Polish President Andrzej Duda has squeezed past his europhile rival to win re-election, official results showed on Monday, but the narrow victory puts the populist right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party government on the backfoot. A close ally of US President Donald Trump, Duda has vowed to tighten already highly restrictive laws against...
Kenya wildlife reserves threatened … as tourists stay away
Talek – In the majestic plains of the Maasai Mara, the coronavirus pandemic spells economic disaster for locals who earn a living from tourists coming to see Kenya’s abundant wildlife. Even before the virus arrived in Kenya mid-March, tourism revenues had plummeted, with cancellations coming in from crucial markets such as China, Europe and the...
A dhipagwa molwa uufuthi wogodhi mOmaheke
Omulumentu (38) okwa si eso lyiipundjamenye sho a tsuwa nombele mEtitano pethimbo lyoontamanana dha etwa kongodhi ndjoka anuwa ya kana. Otaku hokololwa nakusa a yugu omufekelwa ongodhi ye, shoka sha eta iikolokosha mbyoka ya eta opo mwene gwongodhi a tse mukwao nombele. Omufekelwa okwa fadhuka po ashike okwa ka adhika kopolisi, nokwa kwatwa po. Oshiningwanima...






