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Ditch harmful cultural norms – Jagger
Deputy minister of gender equality Bernadette Jagger has called for an examination of cultural practices on the way children are raised in order to discourage harming the most vulnerable in society.
Zambezi SMEs get shot in the arm
The ministry of poverty eradication and social welfare handed over income generating equipment to beneficiaries in the Zambezi region on Tuesday.
Namibia seeks more trade with Nigeria
Namibia must accelerate intra Africa trade to begin fully realising the tangible benefits of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement and to promote industrialisation on the continent.
Your culture is your currency – Maponga
Renowned motivational speaker, philosopher, musician and social entrepreneur bishop Joshua Maponga says people are socialised to think culture is evil, but there is potential in it.
It’s mahangu harvest time
Communal farmers in northern Namibia are harvesting their mahangu after the good rains received late during the rainy season countrywide. Many communal farmers say their mahangu (millet) fields delivered good yields.
Fishrot bribery accused’s bail on hold
The bail hearing of a police reservist, accused of attempting to defeat the course of justice in the ongoing Fishrot case, will resume end of this month.
Abortion debate reaches fever pitch
… ‘church has no right to stop people from sinning’
Alleged kidnappers remanded in custody
A woman and her two accomplices, who had vanished for two weeks after allegedly kidnapping another women’s child, were remanded in custody after they appeared in the Tsumeb Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
Man kills girlfriend, self
A 51-year-old man travelled over 1 000 kilometres from Gobabis in Omaheke region to Katima Mulilo in Zambezi to shoot his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself.