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Three judges of the Supreme Court of Namibia dismissed an appeal brought by disgruntled members of the Witbooi clan on the designation of Salomon Witbooi as chief of the Witbooi Traditional Authority.

Residents of Keetmanshoop are living in constant fear as well-known criminal gang “Hosh-Hosh” continues to terrorise them unabatedly.

A total of 112 257 criminal cases were reported countrywide during the 2022/23 financial year, compared to 98 640 cases during the previous year.

A total of 84 teachers from various schools in the Omusati region graduated last week from the first-ever nine-month school readiness educators’ course, organised by the Church Alliance for Orphans (Cafo).

The University of Namibia (Unam) is reshaping the landscape of student accommodation with its revamped hostel fees for 2024, designed to make campus living more accessible than ever.

Namibia’s Debmarine Desert Jewels suffered a 52-42 defeat to Zambia in their second African Netball Cup match at the University of Botswana in Gaborone yesterday.

The second edition of the sports awareness programme for Okahandja suburbs is starting this Saturday at the Fyf Rand location in the Otjozondjupa region.

The Okotjitundu football and netball tournament will take place at the newly restored Gustaf Ngondo Stadium in Okotjitundu in the Okakarara constituency this weekend.

A truly great multi-gifted athlete, Thomas ‘Tommy’ Jarman was certainly good enough to play for any top football team in the business and stood his own against the equally other solid shot-stoppers of his generation in the shape of Tigers agile net-guard Johannes Nandos ‘The Cat’ Mbako, Eddy Cloete, Johnny de Klerk, Stepha Seibeb and many others.

Namibia will be sending the best of their young schools' talent in the U/15 age group to the Caf African Schools Football Championship Cosafa qualifiers, scheduled for Zimbabwe from 14 to16 December 2023.