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The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has not discriminated and still does not do so. The lives and livelihoods of all and sundry have been affected and altered.

RUNDU – The heavy yet welcomed rain, which brought much relief to Rundu, caused a road cave-in at Tutungeni, forcing motorists to use alternative routes. 

The earth, by default, was designed to be self-sustainable by its Creator. The forest that supplies oxygen, the far polars that are covered with ice to allow the oceans to be intact in their expansive and not over floor nor flood the human habitats. 

The police in Ohangwena have raised concerns over the smuggling of illegal fuel into Namibia from Angola.

Almost all wars known to mankind have been for, or because of, land. Namibia’s fight for land is no exception – whether it is the skirmishes between the Nama and OvaHerero over Windhoek as far back as the early 1800s, the Nama/Herero war against the German colonial Schutztruppe between 1904 and 1908, or the much-praised war of liberation from 1966 until 1989. 

It is never an easy task to bid farewell to someone you have known for such a long time through the grid of life as I am doing it now with a broken heart to the late Amanda. 

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061Music released the ‘The Area Code’ compilation in 2016, with the album helping to introduce new signee and underground rap legend Maniak Tukondjeni to 061Music fans.

A truck driver, who was arrested alongside three Namibian Defence Force (NDF) officers last week in possession of dagga worth more than N$800 000, said he had no idea he was transporting drugs. 

In its quest to promote entrepreneurship, StartUp Namibia recently hosted its first pitch event, pitch-on-point (PoP), which is a platform that lets starting businesses access the StartUp Namibia Slingshot Fund.