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‘I did not kill my girlfriend’
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‘I did not kill my girlfriend’

Iuze Mukube A 31-year-old man, facing a charge of murdering his girlfriend, took the stand yesterday before Windhoek High Court judge Claudia Claasen, and said she was still alive when he left the shack on the day of the incident. Lolo Tweumona Kambwela denied that he caused the death of Nghimushima Haufiku, on 13 February...

City approves electric bus initiative
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City approves electric bus initiative

The Windhoek Municipal Council has approved the revival of the low-carbon public transport initiative. The initiative, falling under the ‘Move Windhoek’ Project, was funded by the Green Climate Fund and was approved at a council meeting on Monday. “This initiative will allow the council to procure low-carbon electric buses and conduct a feasibility study to...

Unam inaugurates first campus pharmacy
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Unam inaugurates first campus pharmacy

The University of Namibia (Unam) on Monday inaugurated its first campus pharmacy at the Hage Geingob Campus in the capital. The pharmacy, inaugurated by the university’s Vice Chancellor, Kenneth Matengu, is the second of its kind in Africa after the University of Cape Town’s facility, and is also open to the public. In his address,...

Know Your Civil Servant – Akwaake: A dedicated public servant’s journey
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Know Your Civil Servant – Akwaake: A dedicated public servant’s journey

Lahja Nashuuta Fillepus Akwaake is a highly dedicated civil servant attached to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security, within the Namibian Correctional Services.  His journey is testament to the power of dedication, hard work, and a profound desire to serve. Akwaake is a senior superintendent in the International Relations and Protocol Division...

Editorial – Mitigating floods by harvesting rainwater
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Editorial – Mitigating floods by harvesting rainwater

Climate change has affected our lives in many ways. It has altered ways on how we should build our houses, and how we produce our food in terms of irrigation and animal-raising. Rainfall has become erratic, and now more than ever very unpredictable. Recently, we have noticed that rain starts very late in March in...

Letter – NNN: Breaking the glass ceiling, raising Namibia high
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Letter – NNN: Breaking the glass ceiling, raising Namibia high

Congratulations, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah for being the first female President of the Republic of Namibia, and the second elected female Prisident in Africa.You have achieved a historic milestone in the political landscape of the Republic of Namibia.  Namibia has shown the rest of the world that it’s not only about men ascending to the Presidential...

Vahamano va fiya po IPC 
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Vahamano va fiya po IPC 

Auleria Wakudumo  Omupopiliko wongudu yoIndependence Patriots for Change (IPC) Immanuel Nashinge okwa koleka kutya oilyo ihamano ikulu yongudu yo-IPC oya tula mo eindilo lokufiya po ongudu.  Nashinge okwa ti eshi oshi li oufemba wavo okufiya po ongudu oyo inava hala vali nokuwaimina eeengudu dikwao ngeenge ove na ehalo loku shi ninga.  “Keshe umwe oku na...

Ovakulupe va tula omutwe kepepe molwopendjela itai wedelwa 
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Ovakulupe va tula omutwe kepepe molwopendjela itai wedelwa 

Auleria Wakudumo  Ovakulupe ova holola eudonai lavo eshi opendjela itai ka wedelwa omudo ou. Ova holola kutya opendjela oya pumbwa okuwedwa ngaashi ashike oinima ikwao tai ende nokuwedelwa moshilongo.  Omupopiliko wouministeli wemona Wilson Shikoto okwa koleka kutya opendjela itai wedelwa neudo.  “Itandi dulu okukalela po kutya omolwashike opedjela itai wedelwa ashike momutengenekofaneko inamu popiwa opendjela...

Air Namibia mokumutengwidiremo kapi yinakara pelikwamo – Nekundi 
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Air Namibia mokumutengwidiremo kapi yinakara pelikwamo – Nekundi 

Rudolf Gaiseb Ministera goyirugana nougendero Vekko Nekundi kayizeresere asi ministeli kapi zina kara nelikwamo lyoku kawapukurura ndi kutengwida Air Namibia, nye kuna kara negano lyokukatulisapo nodira dosirongo.  Age katente asi etokoro lyangesi kapi lina kara asi kapi yina kara tupu asi egano lyomomutwe morwa nodira nado kuretamo uwa kupitira moekonomi lyosirongo.  Nongendeseso nadinye moomu dawapera...

NamPower secures mobile sub-stations
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NamPower secures mobile sub-stations

The Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) has acquired two mobile sub-stations worth N$55 million, improving its ability to rapidly restore power during transformer failures. Speaking to Nampa after the arrival of the two substations here on Tuesday, NamPower Senior Engineer Elsebi Gadney said the substations are rated at 20 megavolt-amperes (MVA), offering versatile voltage ratios of...