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Outgoing chairperson of the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority George Nelulu has taken a swipe at his detractors, claiming they have been accusing him of financial irregularities.

President Hage Geingob has implored members of his Cabinet to get vaccinated against Covid-19, saying the unvaccinated officials were undermining government’s efforts to combat the virulent pandemic. 

The Anti-Corruption of Commission has submitted 694 corruption cases to the prosecutor general for prosecution since its inception in 2006. 

President Hage Geingob says Namibia views economic inequality as the greatest threat to national global democracy.

Landless People’s Movement leaders Bernadus Swartbooi and Henny Seibeb have turned to the courts again to challenge a decision taken by a parliamentary committee to investigate their conduct in the August House. 

A 50-year-old woman was fatally struck by lightning while working in her field last week Thursday outside Rundu. 

Windhoek High Court acting Judge Kobus Miller last week refused to grant three Angolans and two Namibians, who were convicted and sentenced in the tax fraud case leave to appeal the convictions and sentences in the Supreme Court.

Team Namibia yesterday added another medal to their tally at the ongoing African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region 5 Games in Maseru, after boxer Martin Lilwenya put up a superb performance to beat South Africa’s Siseko Tiyesa to win bronze in the minimumweight division.

Namibian tennis star Connor van Schalkwyk yesterday got his breakthrough to the international tennis arena, following his admission into the main draw of the 2022 edition of the Australian Open Junior Championships. 

Back in the day, just after the unavoidable amalgamation of multi-racial football leagues across the colour line, there was a fairly unknown team from Omulunga township, a residential area in the north-central town of Grootfontein.