WINDHOEK - A 14-year-old learner committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope around her neck inside her bedroom on Saturday.
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2019-11-212024-05-07National
Buy local to support job creation – WAD
ROSH PINAH - Women’s Action for Development (WAD) executive director Salatiel Shinedima has urged Namibians to support local businesses, especially those run by young people, to help reduce high unemployment among the youth.
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2019-11-212024-06-18Crime and Courts
Rape accused to enter plea next year
WINDHOEK - A thirty-six-year-old man accused of raping his girlfriend’s daughter will enter his preliminary plea next year.
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2019-11-212024-04-30Front Page News
Paper trail has irrecoverable errors – ECN
WINDHOEK – The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) once more defended the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) without a verifiable paper trail, claiming the latter has irrecoverable errors when used during elections.
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2019-11-212024-04-30Front Page News
Lawyers want speedy Fishrot probe
WINDHOEK – A body representing Namibian lawyers has called on all investigators preoccupied with the investigation of the alleged international fishing kickback scandal implicating local politicians to speedily conclude their inquiry into the matter.
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2019-11-212024-05-07National
Hepatitis outbreak tops 1 600 confirmed cases
ONGWEDIVA – Hepatitis E cases have spiked dramatically over the last couple of years, with health officials declaring 1 635 confirmed cases as at 10 November this year.
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2019-11-212024-05-07National
‘Infertility stigma against women must end’
WINDHOEK - Former Chairperson of the National Council Margaret Mensah-Williams says the infertility stigma against women must end.
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2019-11-212024-04-30Front Page News
Country needs gender transformative programme
WINDHOEK – The director of Regain Trust, James Itana, says if Namibia is to effectively address gender-based violence (GBV) then both men and boys have to become a key target audience just as much as women and girls are a target.
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2019-11-212024-04-30Front Page News
Minor’s abduction, rape investigation still incomplete
WINDHOEK – The police are yet to complete their investigations into the case of a man who confessed having abducted, kidnapped and sexually violated a minor.
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2019-11-212024-05-07National
Road accidents caused by road users – police
WINDHOEK – Major-General of the Namibian Police Force Oscar Embubulu said at the launch of the 2019/2020 festive season road safety campaign in Windhoek earlier this week that the high motor accident rate in the country can be attributed to road users.