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Lüderitz man admits to killing pregnant wife
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Lüderitz man admits to killing pregnant wife

Iuze Mukube A resident of Lüderitz yesterday in the Windhoek High Court tendered a guilty plea to a charge of murder for stabbing his four-month pregnant wife, Dorethea Ricket, multiple times with a knife in 2014. Johannes Swartbooi, is facing a charge of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act....

Outjo youth urged to capitalise on youth fund 
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Outjo youth urged to capitalise on youth fund 

OUTJO– Kunene regional governor, Vipuakuje Muharukua, yesterday called on Outjo youth to capitalise on the government’s youth development fund.  Muharukua said this during an information session on the National Youth Development Fund held at Etoshapoort Community Hall in Outjo.  “It is our responsibility to make sure that young people become business people,” Muharukua said. He...

Henriksen’s job not guaranteed 
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Henriksen’s job not guaranteed 

Mainz sporting director Niko Bungert has left the future of coach Bo Henriksen open after they dropped to the bottom of the Bundesliga table on Sunday.  The 4-0 loss at Freiburg extended their winless league run to eight games. Mainz have just six points from 12 matches and only one win.  “We will discuss the...

Groundbreaking HIV prevention shots to begin in Africa
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Groundbreaking HIV prevention shots to begin in Africa

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were yesterday supposed to begin administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9%, making it functionally...

The house that ‘Kaptein’ built  …Historic Rehoboth dwelling divides opinion 
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The house that ‘Kaptein’ built  …Historic Rehoboth dwelling divides opinion 

Heather Erdmann  REHOBOTH – Over the past five years, Salinde Kamberipa, a civil servant at the Rehoboth Magistrate’s Court, has cared for the former Kaptein Hans Diergaardt house, dedicating her own time and money to make it liveable.  Now, after the government officially handed the property over to the Baster Traditional Authority, she faces uncertainty...

Independent candidates cement place in politics
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Independent candidates cement place in politics

Sawi Hausiku The Regional Councils and Local Authorities Elections witnessed a surge of independent candidates, a trend political analyst and re-elected independent councillor Paulus Mbangu attribute to a lack of merit-based selection within traditional political party structures. In an interview with Nampa, Mbangu, the Rundu Rural constituency councillor who recently won re-election as an independent...

Asia floods death toll tops 1 100 as troops aid survivors
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Asia floods death toll tops 1 100 as troops aid survivors

PADANG – The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1 100 yesterday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors. Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia...

Pee Jay, Soldier Boy clinch MTC Summer Cup
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Pee Jay, Soldier Boy clinch MTC Summer Cup

Zebaldt Ngaruka Racehorses, Pee Jay from Burger Racing (BR) and Tsumis Racing’s (TR) Soldier Boy won the main races at the popular MTC Summer Cup race competition held in Okahandja on Saturday.  The distance of 2000 metres (m) was set as the main plate for both Nambred and thoroughbred horses in the event, worth N$200...

Life Fighters continue to fight relegation zone
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Life Fighters continue to fight relegation zone

Hilma Nalupe Round 10 and 11 of the Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) concluded over the past weekend at stadiums in Windhoek, Otjiwarongo, Oshakati and Okahandja. African Stars FC has risen to the top of the NPFL log standings after defeating Okahandja United 3-0, with goals scored by Thabang Malane, Godwin Eiseb and Turipamwe Mbongora...