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A man drowned in the Greenwell Matongo residential area while trying to unblock a sewage drain at about 14h00 on Saturday.

African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has lauded Namibia’s democratic principles, saying the country demonstrates the rule of law, which many countries on the continent should emulate.

The High Court is waiting on the results of the psychological evaluation done on Johann Maree, a former police reservist, facing multiple counts of rape for allegedly sexually abusing underage boys, filming and selling pornographic materials of them on the dark web. 

Residents of the Usab and Harambee informal settlements in the Erongo region are appealing to the Karibib town council to bring electricity to their settlements.

Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute last week sentenced a Rehoboth resident, convicted of killing his 18-year-old pregnant girlfriend, to an effective 28 years imprisonment.

Swapo Party Women’s Council secretary Fransina Kahungu has said while she is happy for the female candidates in the party’s internal election, she is not endorsing anyone on behalf of women – and cautioned those who run to be prepared for shocks from the voting booth.

Local racehorse enthusiasts will be in for a rollercoaster ride when the Angermund Racing Club hosts its Standard Bank-sponsored event at the revered Okahandja Turf tomorrow. 

He came, he saw, he conquered! Barely out of his pair of shorts, young Patrick Mettler arrived in the city of bright lights (Windhoek) to start a new chapter with the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), and was slotted into the less glamorous portfolio of a raw trainee video editor, and as they say, the rest is history. 

The Namibia Schools Sport Union (NSSU) on Wednesday suspended its long-serving national coordinator Solly Duiker for an indefinite period, following serious allegations of financial misappropriation, providing false information and forging signatures. 

It is going to be a hip hop affair when local lyrist Cassidy Karon launches his 14-track album, christened ‘Street Light’ at XS lounge tomorrow night.