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The Kremlin said Monday that President Vladimir Putin had met with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on 29 June in the Kremlin, days after the mercenary group attempted to topple Russia’s military leadership.

Namibia’s top racehorses Freedom Fighter from Ovitoto Racing and Starlile from Okahandja Racing’s won the main honours of the popular July Winter Cup that was held on Saturday at the Okahandja turf.

Namibian cyclist Alex Miller made a return to Namibia with a victory in the last edition of the 2023 Nedbank Namibia Cross Country Championship, also known as the Nedbank Rock n Rut XC Mountain Bike Race Series, at IJG Trails in Windhoek on Saturday.

Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda progressed to the semi-finals of the women’s T11 400-metre race on Sunday evening after setting a new African record.

Exciting netball matches marked the exciting return of the 2023 MTC Netball Namibia Premier League (NNPL) on Saturday at Ogongo Campus in the northern part of the country.

The highly anticipated second desalination plant is poised to be a major game changer, not only for the arid Erongo region, which is constantly grappling with water shortages, but also for the country.

The Meat Corporation of Namibia allegedly terminated its contract with British marketing firm, GPS Food Group UK Ltd, citing financial constraints but without providing evidence to backbone this claim.

Over the past few months, the Namibia University of Science and Technology has enjoyed significant media attention for all the wrong reasons. 

Police in the Otjozondjupa region has called on members of the public, especially those within the region, to come forth and share information that will possibly lead to the identification of human bones and other remains that were discovered at Farm Otjombonde on Sunday in the Kalkfeld district.

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has one old post-reproductive male black rhinoceros that will be available for sustainable hunting during the current hunting season.