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The trial of the remaining seven treason accused persons in the longest-running trial in the history of Namibia resumed yesterday before acting Windhoek High Court judge Petrus Unengu with the defence’s case.

The poor living conditions of Angolan migrants, who are currently accommodated at Etunda in the Omusati region, have been worsened by unfavourable weather conditions. 

The bail application of former minister of justice Sackey Shanghala’s lackey, Nigel van Wyk, will start today in the Windhoek High Court before Oshakati-based judge Johanna Salionga.

The defence lawyer, representing a farmworker accused of killing his girlfriend and mother to his children in Maltahöhe district, says her death was accidental. 

Founding President Sam Nujoma has called on all Ethiopians to come together and cease all hostilities and find amicable solutions to sustainable peace in the East African country.

A 23-year-old woman, who is accused of stabbing her 70-year-old lover multiple times to death in 2018, whose mental state was in question during the trial, was declared mentally fit for a second time. 

Namibia’s founding president Sam Nujoma on Saturday appointed Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Christine Mboma and fellow Olympics finalist Beatrice Masilingi as goodwill ambassadors of the revered Sam Nujoma Foundation.

The University of Namibia (Unam) Rugby Club were crowned champions of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) Premier League, following a 30-20 win over Western Suburbs at the Hage Geingob stadium on Saturday.

Namibia’s rugby 15s, the Welwitschias, on Saturday solidified their march towards the 2023 Rugby World Cup with a resounding 41-10 victory over the Sables of Zimbabwe to win the 2021 edition of the Stellenbosch Rugby Challenge, held at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport.

After being sidelined by an assortment of injuries for almost nine months, Namibian international and Malaysian Super League club Terengganu FC midfielder Petrus ‘Dancing Shoes’ Shitembi is excited to be up and running again.