The onus is on the prosecutor general to decide if the State will prosecute Namibia Qualifications Authority’s CEO Franz Gertze for shooting his wife six times last year.
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2020-06-012024-05-07National
Teacher collects used clothes for needy learners
School board members of Tuguva Combined School in Kavango West region were blissful for a donation of old clothes to destitute learners last week.
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2020-06-012024-05-07National
Zim lauds Namibia for repatriation of citizens
WALVIS BAY – The Zimbabwean ambassador to Namibia, Rofina Chikava, has applauded the local authorities for allowing 182 Zimbabwean nationals, working on cruise ships to be repatriated via the Walvis Bay airport on Friday.
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2020-06-012024-06-18Crime and Courts
Hunt on for thieves who made off with 90 cell phones
The Namibian Police is looking for three men who broke into a vehicle and stole 90 brand new cell phones at Wernhil last week Wednesday. The 90 cellphones comprise 35 Huawei Y5 lite black, 35 Premio A10 and 15 Premio P241 and five galaxy tabs A10.1 2019 black, valued at N$150 000.
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2020-06-012024-05-07Columns
Sorry ngo – Ama truck drivers, really now?
I am not convinced that sending our kiddos to school in the middle of this deadly virus is the best decision our education ministry could have made – and that at a time when winter is upon us and the virus is expected to be most opportunistic. While I understand that our children are behind with their schoolwork and trying to e-teach them did not work out because of the stark reality we had to wake up to that the economic and digital gap in our society is so wide, the ministry should have invited public discussion and input on this predicament. Where are the town hall meetings when you need them most?
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2020-06-012024-05-07National
Raising Naneni – Teaching our children about mental health
My friend Vicky Joel, runs the Circle of Hope Academy in Ondangwa.
This is a school for children suffering from a range of disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Bipolar Disorder.
ADHD for instance is a mental illness that is prominent amongst young children and it thus affects the way they act and focus. On a daily basis, Vicky has to care and teach children who are hyperactive, who are inattentive and have a hard time controlling urges and take a lot of risks.
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2020-06-012024-05-07National
Opinion – Onus on journalists to cure their predicament
When security guards are fighting for salary increment, we are there. When Shoprite employees took to the streets to protest against inhumane working conditions, we marched with them. When teachers demand a pay rise and their bush allowance, equally, we were there. But who will march for or with us when it comes to bread and butter issues confronting journalists? No one!
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2020-06-012024-05-07National
Opinion – The Namibian dream
America, or more specifically the United States, is usually called the land of great opportunity. Those who capitalise on the big opportunities provided in the United States are said to be living the American dream. The rest of the world has heard of popular American names like Capitol Hill, Wall Street, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, etc., and it is especially in those types of places that the American dream is built and most notably realised.
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2020-06-012024-05-06Business
Economic woes cannot only be attributed to virus – experts
Economic experts opined that the national budget, including the growing budget deficit, were in line with expectations, but agreed that the current financial situation could not only be attributed to the Covid-19 health crisis. This is because the domestic economy had already contracted during three out of the past four years while policy frameworks to attract domestic and foreign direct investment has not been conducive.
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2020-06-012024-05-06Business
Fuel prices remain unchanged
In an effort to maintain price stability in domestic fuel market, the price of fuel stay untouched.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has, through its monthly fuel price review, resolved to keep fuel pump prices unchanged countrywide for the month of June 2020.