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Following an exhilarating tournament recently held at the MTC PlayZone at Maerua Mall in Windhoek, the Namibia Electronic Sports Association (NESA) has announced the various winners from the first national qualifiers event.

The eighth RMB & Wilderness Ride for Rhinos mountain bike tour will take place in Namibia’s vast and rugged Palmwag Concession from 24-28 May.

Capricorn Foundation launched the Windhoek Business Box in partnership with the MTC Dome Namibia. 

Black Business Leadership Network of Namibia president Irene Simeon-Kurtz last Friday said the network does not support the imminent threat of closure of the Meat Corporation of Namibia in favour of previously advantaged farmers. 

Death robbed us of a great man, who contributed immensely to humankind in Namibia. Dr Naftali Hamata, popularly known in family circles by his African name, Tuyoleni, was born into a peasant family of tatekulu Henok Hamata, a builder and subsistence farmer, and meekulu Saara Nhinda-Hamata, a housewife and subsistence farmer.

Namibians should not sit back and wait for the benefits of recent oil discoveries to come to them but already exploit the opportunities presented by the budding petroleum
industry. 

Namibia is being infiltrated by human traffickers, who use the country as a gateway to transport victims to other countries, according to Inspector General Joseph Shikongo.

The Namibian Police at Rundu have refused to divulge details on the circumstances of a fatal shooting on Friday evening. A man, suspected to have been dealing in pangolin skins, was shot during a police sting operation.

Three judges of appeal yesterday dismissed an appeal by six Fishrot accused against the refusal of bail by Windhoek High Court Judge Shafimana Uietele in April last year.

The Mine Workers Union of Namibia coordinator for the Erongo region has expressed dismay with the way labour commissioners work after three case files got lost at the labour ministry’s offices in Swakopmund.