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In recent weeks, the embattled council has staggered from one controversy to another, while residents wait in anticipation for basic services.

The fishing industry is battling to adjust to the escalating fuel prices, and has been forced to streamline operations as a mitigating measure and prevent job losses.

The management of Cheetah Cement have called demands by the Mineworkers Union of Namibia unrealistic, and labelled threats of industrial action by the 200-strong workforce as counter-productive. 

The Namibian government has removed all restrictions imposed on account of Covid-19 but insists on citizens to voluntarily comply with public health and social measures and ensure that good hand hygiene becomes part of the new normal.

Khomas police commander Ismael Basson said the police are still establishing the reason for a quarrel that led to the death of police officer Nestor Usebui late on Friday evening. 

 A Windhoek driving instructor is seeking N$800 000 from the Namibian Police in a lawsuit for arresting, detaining, and assaulting him in May.

Towards the end of his testimony on Friday, Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi, one of the key figures in the Fishrot scandal, broke down and cried when he told the court he hasn’t seen his children in more than two years.

Going into today’s Cosafa Cup semi-final clash against the guileful Mambas of Mozambique, Brave Warriors’ coach Collin Benjamin and his charges will be inspired by historical feats as they gun to surmount the Mambas. 

As Namibia’s beloved Brave Warriors go toe-to-toe with the unpredictable Mambas of Mozambique in today’s Cosafa Cup semi-final clash at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, one can only borrow from the battle-hardened words of the great Sun Tzu, a renowned ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher.

A dark cloud has befallen the coastal town of Swakopmund and the entire Namibian rugby fraternity following the sad passing of former national youth rugby backline Cedric Haraseb.