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Vanyandi mokuhanzera vana hafa kevango eli vana kara nampili ngomu kuna kara udigu 
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Vanyandi mokuhanzera vana hafa kevango eli vana kara nampili ngomu kuna kara udigu 

Lahja Nashuuta  Konyara wokusika ko 250 vakere nomambo gawo kwamona ruhepo omu vagazungururapo morwa ruhanzo romvhura moVenduka kwedi kuna pitipo ngesi awo kuna kugava mpandu kondango zositata saVenduka omu vavatwara kevango lyewa oku navakatunga.  Mokukumbururako omu rwavagumine ruhanzo rwakere momaruha gokulisisiga mo sitata mokwedi kwaMurongagona, sitata saVenduka kwatokora nye kurundurura vantu ava vavatware kofarama 508,...

Etunda kavadiworokere nakufa Nujoma 
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Etunda kavadiworokere nakufa Nujoma 

Mulisa Simiyasa  Farama zoMoEtunda—Vanafarama wopopepi ntani vagendesi wonofarama kavagogomokere vawize pofarama zaPresidente gontoterwa Sam Nujoma poEtunda mosondaha vayagave mfumwa kwanakufa mpitisili gwawo. Nujoma kadogorokere momapeu masiku mosipangero sopaumwene moVenduka age nonomvhura 95.  Etunda kwakara konyara 30km kombiundakano zaOtavi konontere donzira tuna kutumbura asi B1. Momapuragero kumwe nonaNampa, Oscar Amuteta, mugendesi kurona gwaEtunda Trust, kayinkondopekere asi...

Algeria, Nigeria, Niger sign deals on EU gas pipeline
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Algeria, Nigeria, Niger sign deals on EU gas pipeline

ALGIERS – Officials from Algeria, Nigeria and Niger signed new contracts on Tuesday aimed at accelerating the development of a vast natural gas pipeline to Europe, the Algerian press agency APS reported. The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP), announced in 2009, would transport billions of cubic metres of gas for 4 128 kilometres from Nigeria in...

Canada and EU seek comfort in numbers 
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Canada and EU seek comfort in numbers 

BRUSSELS – Buffeted by tariffs and threats from Washington, the European Union and Canada were yesterday set to discuss drawing closer together, the latest sign of a wider Brussels push to diversify trade away from the United States.  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to hold talks with top EU officials in the Belgian capital...

Natural resources must benefit citizens – EITI 
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Natural resources must benefit citizens – EITI 

Rudolf Gaiseb  Last week, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) appealed to Namibians to join them, promising great benefits would accrue as a result. So far, 55 countries have implemented the EITI.  Speaking at a consultative meeting in the capital last week, EITI’s executive director Mark Robinson, emphasised that their goal is to ensure that...

Heineken shares pop on bubbly beer sales
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Heineken shares pop on bubbly beer sales

THE HAGUE – Shares in Dutch brewer Heineken fizzed at the market open yesterday, as traders cheered better-than-expected beer sales, despite a slight dip in overall turnover.  The stock rose by more than 11% at the opening bell, the biggest gainer on the Amsterdam market, which was up slightly overall. Earlier yesterday, the world’s second-biggest...

Angula: Nujoma never compromised on education 
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Angula: Nujoma never compromised on education 

Lahja Nashuuta Creating a vibrant education system, prioritising decent school infrastructure, sheer passion for the Namibian child’s education and social progress through technology are hallmarks of the Nujoma presidency. This is the view of former prime minister Nahas Angula, the man late Founding President Sam Nujoma first assigned to lay an independent Namibia’s education bedrock,...

ErongoRED’s 1 800 Nujoma electrifying promise
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ErongoRED’s 1 800 Nujoma electrifying promise

Isabel Bento  SWAKOPMUND  – The Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (RED) has committed to electrifying 1 838 houses across the region within the next four months in efforts to ensure universal electricity access. The initiative, valued at N$66.8 million, will be undertaken in honour of Founding President Sam Nujoma and will cover Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Usakos,...

Pohamba: Don’t destroy what Nujoma built 
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Pohamba: Don’t destroy what Nujoma built 

Hesron Kapanga  OKANGHUDI – Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba has urged Namibians against destroying what Founding President Sam Nujoma built.  In an interview with Nampa at his homestead at Okanghudi in the Ohangwena region on Tuesday, Pohamba said now that Nujoma has died, people should not think of destroying what he built, but should rather work...

Learners die in accident near Tsumkwe 
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Learners die in accident near Tsumkwe 

Mulisa Simiyasa  Two learners from Tsumkwe Senior Secondary School died in an accident on the Tsumkwe-Grootfontein gravel road on Monday.  The Namibian Police’s head of community affairs in Otjozondjupa, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha informed Nampa that the deceased persons are Elizabeth Kambara (18) and 19-year-old Frans Chameia.  Their relatives have been informed.  Mbeha said the...