WINDHOEK - The man who admitted to have accidentally shot and killed elderly farmer Willem Cornelius de Klerk, 71, last week took to the witness stand to testify in his own defense.
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Vergenoeg gets cell network tower
VERGENOEG - Vergenoeg farm, situated some 115 kilometres northeast of Gobabis in the Kalahari Constituency of Omaheke Region, last week received telecommunication network.
Call for inclusive education intensifies
ONGWEDIVA - The Executive Director in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has reiterated the call for inclusive education to ensure that children who are not academically gifted are catered for too.
Woman tries killing son to spite father
WALVIS BAY – A 28-year old woman who allegedly tried to kill her biological son and made a video of the act is expected to appear in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court today for attempted murder and common
Ministers not selected on tribal basis, Geingob
NKURENKURU - President Hage Geingob says while balance is important when selecting ministers and other high-ranking officials such as diplomats, the country has no quota system to dictate how each tribe
Kavango farmers want timber ban lifted
RUNDU - The Kavango East Regional Farmers Union (Kerfu) on Friday during President Hage Geingob’s town hall meeting here asked government to lift the ban it continues to maintain on the marketing and
Namibia to hand Sadc chair to Tanzania this week
WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob is scheduled to hand over the Sadc chairpersonship to his Tanzania counterpart John Magufuli during the 39th ordinary summit of the region’s heads of state in Dar
Geingob mourns Tanzania fuel tanker victims
WINDHOEK - Outgoing Sadc chairperson Dr Hage Geingob on Saturday sent a message of condolence to families and the people of Tanzania following the tragedy in which dozens of people burned to death after a
Pesticide kills one at Walvis, two hospitalised
WALVIS BAY - One person was found dead while two others were rushed to hospital on Saturday morning after they allegedly inhaled a deadly pesticide at Walvis Bay.
Suspension of nurses training irks union
ONGWEDIVA - The Namibian Nurses Union (Nanu) is calling on government to reconsider its decision to shut down branches of the National Health Training Centre (NHTC) across the country and instead reduce