ONGWEDIVA - The man accused of the murder of a third-year University of Namibia (Unam) student with whom he was romantically involved made a routine appearance before the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court yesterday. When he appeared
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Zambezi to revive sedentary river ferry
KATIMA MULILO - Inhabitants of Kabbe North and Kabbe South usually stranded during the rainy season at settlements along the Zambezi will heave a sigh of relief after the regional government announced it will soon revive the river transport that has been inactive for years.
Speaker appeals for friendship group
BERLIN - Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi has implored the German legislature the Bundestag to reciprocate a gesture by their Namibian counterpart by creating a friendship group to boost bilateral ties.
Civics demand that NPL implement DC’s ruling
Windhoek – In a letter addressed to the Namibia Premier League (NPL) executive committee on Friday, Civics FC is demanding that the league’s executive and, by extension, the secretariat fully implement the directives issued by the NPL’s Disciplinary Committee (DC) last month.
We are unshaken by Rukoro’s lawyers – Cosmos …he won’t be reinstated
WINDHOEK – Deputy Chairperson of the FIFA Normalisation Committee, Franco Cosmos, yesterday confirmed that they had received a letter from the lawyers of ousted secretary-general of the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Barry Rukoro,
Namibia take second spot in CANA Zone IV Swimming Champs
WINDHOEK – Hosts Namibia find themselves in a commendable second place on the medal table behind South Africa in the CANA Zone IV Championships underway in Windhoek, after an action-packed Day 2 of Open Water Swimming at Oanob Dam.
Sebastian falls short against SA’s Zingange…loses by split decision
WINDHOEK – Namibia’s super featherweight boxer Natanael Sebastian on Friday narrowly missed out on a lifetime opportunity to clinch the coveted vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan-African Super Featherweight Title.
Poor rainfall delays cultivation
WINDHOEK - The first half of the 2018/2019 rainfall season saw an extremely poor rainfall which subsequently caused considerable delay in cultivation activities, notes the December 2018 Agricultural Inputs and Household Food Security Situation report of the National Early Warning and Information System of Namibia.
Drought may affect yearly show calendar
WINDHOEK - Namibia’s extended agricultural show calendar for 2019 could suffer due to the threatening drought, and with that the opportunities for stud breeders to exhibit and market their animals.
Agronomic producers push for rain-fed surplus grain
WINDHOEK - In light of the reality that many communal and commercial crop producers are once again likely to be confronted with crop failures, the Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) is pushing that the Harambee Rain-fed Surplus Grain Production Programme gets out of the blocks as soon as possible.