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The 2023/24 Debmarine Premiership season is expected to roar into life this coming weekend, with some mouth-watering fixtures lined up for Saturday and Sunday across the nation.

Cricket Namibia (CN) says the Richelieu T20 franchise is set to rock Namibia this month.

The Brave Warriors gallantly fought to hold off Bafana Bafana to a nil-all draw in a friendly international game that was played at Orlando Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Namibian film ‘Bokwagter’ made its debut last night on kykNet & Kie on DStv channel 145 and GOtv channel 4, as well as Showmax, under the theme, ‘Namibia to the World’. 

For quite some time, the Office of the Labour Commissioner has observed that a significant number of trade unions and employers’ organisations have failed to submit required annual returns as mandated by the Labour Act. Alarmingly, some of these entities have not submitted a single annual return since their registration.

For the period ending 30 June 2023, Capricorn Group, including the Capricorn Foundation and its subsidiaries Bank Windhoek, Capricorn Asset Management, Entrepo and Bank Gaborone, invested N$21.7 million (2022: N$16.3 million) in social responsibility programmes and projects in Namibia and Botswana.

The National Commission on Research, Science and Technology (NCRST) held a one-day awareness workshop on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) at Opuwo in the Kunene region on Friday.

Moses /Garoëb constituency councillor Stefanus Ndengu has expressed gratitude to the Pluczenik Diamond Namibia for the donation of food worth N$10 000 to his community. 

Otjiwarongo mayor Gottlieb Shivute on Thursday called on his community members, specifically students from impoverished backgrounds, to apply for funding from the Otjiwarongo Municipality Mayoral Development Fund.

The escalating levels of youth unemployment are giving the headman of Kanono in the Zambezi region sleepless nights, as the youth indulge in social evils.