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Farmers in the Kunene region have called for the zoning of Kunene North, saying the area has been free of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) for the past 50 years.

Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says she is ready to lead the Namibian people, should she ascend to the highest office in the land in November. 

The delay in the award ceremony of the recently-concluded Debmarine Namibia Premier League for the 2023/2024 season was attributed to budget constraints, Namibia Football Association’s (NFA) league director Mabos Vries has said. 

Nineteen-year-old Brango Rukoro, an emerging talent in Namibian football, expressed his eagerness to learn from the seasoned veterans in the Brave Warriors squad.

The round of 16 of the PstBet NFA Cup will take place at the Independence Stadium in Oshakati and the Vineta Stadium in Swakopmund on Saturday and Sunday.

Namibian footballer Lubeni Haukongo said his side, Cape Town Spurs, getting relegated from the DStv Premiership after one season in the top league is a big blow. 

Football team Otjinene All Stars received N$7 000 worth of sportswear, courtesy of the agricultural retailer Agrimark in Otjinene.

The Bank Windhoek Namibian Open Chess Championships, hosted by the Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) at the Windhoek Country Club from 8 to 12 May, marked a successful culmination. 

Former heavyweight king Mike Tyson said Monday his decision to step back into the ring at the age of 57 was a “no-brainer”, brushing off recent criticism that he was too old to make a comeback.

Turkish authorities said yesterday they arrested 544 people suspected of links to preacher Fethullah Gulen, whom president Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses of being behind an attempted coup in 2016. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on X that arrests were made in 62 of the country’s 81 provinces, targeting “individuals intended by FETO to enter various levels of the civil service,” using the acro