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Premier League football club Life Fighters from Otjiwarongo held its prize-giving ceremony for its players on Saturday in the Otjozondjupa region. 

Two Namibian athletes with a disability and their officials departed for Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday to compete in the 2023 World Boccia Africa Regional Championships

Technical Director of the Namibia Volleyball Federation (NVF) Joseph Amakali has expressed concern about the impact of limited resources on the growth of the sport in Namibia.

Exciting netball was on display over the weekend in the Khomas Netball League with exciting games played at Patrick Iyambo Netball Court in Olympia, Windhoek and Rehoboth. 

Defending champions of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) Premier League, Wanderers, secured a much-needed victory on Saturday when they defeated their close rivals, Unam,
42-36. 

The Namibia University of Science and Technology’s outgoing council is divided. It is chairperson Florette Nakusera against the rest.

Community members in the Uuvudhiya constituency have turned against each other due to alleged practices by a witchdoctor. 

In Zambia, a bag of maize meal costs about 70 Kwacha (about N$71), and when smuggled into Namibia, traders apparently triple the price to between N$250 to N$350 for a 25kg bag.

The rape and incest trial of former Okahandja regional councillor and ex-parliamentarian Steve Biko Booys is set to start on 28 July in the Windhoek Regional Court before Regional Magistrate Leopold Hangalo.

Despite the many disruptions and delays caused by Covid-19 and late funding, the Roads Authority (RA) has managed to contain the costs of the Okahandja-Windhoek road project well within the budgeted N$3 billion.