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Go well teacher…

Over a year since a devastating fire wreaked havoc at Walvis Bay, displacing hundreds of residents, the erstwhile victims finally have a place that they can call home. 

Tsumeb mayor Mathews Hangula says prospective candidates who were interviewed for the chief executive officer position all failed to meet the requirements, forcing the municipality to re-advertise the position. 

Kavango West governor Sirkka Ausiku has condemned “harmful healing” activities which led to the deaths of three people at Mutengo village.

The police fear former police reservist Johann Wickus Maree will re-offend once released on bail, citing the child pornography business was his main source of income.

 A Keetmanshoop resident who lives at the town’s dumpsite said it is quite disheartening that fast food outlets and grocery shop owners prefer to sell expired products to pig farmers instead of giving it to the poor and hungry in town.

The Walvis Bay municipal council says it is considering approaching the central government to assist them in developing Farm 37 into a habitable township. 

Action in the MTC Namibia Netball Premier League will continue this weekend. Sports officer of the Namibian Navy Netball Club Charles Muukua says the mission for this weekend is to defeat coastal rivals Eleven Arrows and get their league campaign back on track.

Still bruised by his last defeat against Paulinus ‘John John’ Ndjolonimu during their WBO Africa super middleweight title showdown, veteran fighter Anthony Jarmann yesterday vowed his upcoming rematch against Ndjolonimu will mark the defining moment of his career.

In contrast to the not so cool tough rules and mean physicality of the oval ball game of rugby, as opposed to what is famously known as a gentleman’s game, football, back in the day, the perceived A-class scholars were mostly spotted wrestling and scrumming on the field, chasing the unorthodox slippery oval ball.