Overflowing excitement filled the streets of Katima Mulilo and the entire Zambezi region yesterday as the winning members of the 2022 Namibian Newspaper Cup football title were welcomed back to their hometown by a jovial crowd.
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Alweendo leads delegation to West African energy forum
Mines and energy minister Tom Alweendo is leading a Namibian delegation to West Africa’s leading energy forum in Dakar, Senegal, from 1 to 2 September.
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Venaani calls for oil agreement renegotiation
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani recently asserted that national oil agreements must be renegotiated in good faith and from a point of departure that respects the principle of oil reserves and proceeds benefitting Namibia’s current and future generations.
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Opinion – It’s us to develop these poor communities
Informal settlements include any form of housing or settlement that is illegal and falls outside of government control or regulation.
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Opinion – Lack of visionary leadership worrisome for Windhoekers
By understanding how they have functioned throughout, the City of Windhoek, we can see that parties are much less effectively organized. The paradoxes of parties in Namibian politics are everywhere, but perhaps the greatest paradox is that of progressives. The marriage of the coalition has turned City of Windhoek into the laughing stock of the world!
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SADC declares Angola elections peaceful
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) described the pre-election and voting phases in Angola held on the 24 August 2022 general elections as peaceful, calm and well organised, which enabled voters to express their democratic will.
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Murder accused want judge removed from case
Two of three men on trial for the murder of renowned stock theft investigator Wilfred ‘Major’ Kazeurua in Gobabis in 2012 are fighting to have the presiding judge step down from their case.
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50% of Namibian households without electricity
Government has said the vast country inhabited by a small population is the reason why only half of Namibian households have electricity but it is committed to tackle the challenge by 2040.
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‘Ngungula’ pushes fuel stations to the brink …as smuggling continues unabated
With fuel becoming increasingly unaffordable, smuggling of the commodity across the border from Angola has not just caused skirmishes between locals, the police and smugglers, retailers in northern Namibia are closing their businesses while others are left teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
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Govt offices owe ministry N$1.5 billion
Several government offices, ministries and agencies owe the works and transport ministry – government’s asset custodian - over N$1.5 billion in unpaid fees for leasing vehicles from the ministry over the past five years.