The Nama and Ovaherero representatives yesterday petitioned Germany’s new foreign minister Annalena Baerbock, calling her to restart what they termed as “failed German-Namibia intergovernmental negotiations on the genocide of their ancestors”.
Year: 2022
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Okakarara burial for Kaura
Former opposition leader Katuutire Kaura, who succumbed to Covid-19 related complications on Sunday at the age of 81, will be buried at Ongombombonde in the Okakarara area next week Saturday.
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Judge questions advance payments to Mwapopi
Windhoek High Court Judge Shafimana Uietele on Tuesday questioned the advance payments for “consultancy work not yet done” by bail-seeking Phillipus Mwapopi.
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Kilus Nguvauva’s Hoveka challenge hits a bump
The application by late Ovambanderu chief Kilus Nguvauva, in which he challenged government’s decision to recognise chief Turimuro Hoveka as a traditional leader, has hit a legal bump in the road as the latter attacks the State’s amended notice of motion.
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Students’ union questions ‘free education’
The burning question on many people’s lips remains to what extent is free education free? with the Students’ Union of Namibia saying the Namibian education system is fast becoming a privilege and not a right.
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Govt working on arresting poverty
The burning question on many people’s lips remains to what extent is free education free? with the Students’ Union of Namibia saying the Namibian education system is fast becoming a privilege and not a right.
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Grade 8s to return to Haimbili Haufiku
Grade 8 learners will be allowed back to Haimbili Haufiku Senior Secondary School on Monday. This was agreed at a meeting held in Eenhana this week,
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Rundu blames Kaisosi community for bad roads
The Rundu Town Council has apportioned blame for the town’s disastrous roads on the community of Kaisosi, saying contractors appointed by the local authority have been denied access by locals to a borrow pit where they source gravel.
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PPP deal to Neckartal rescue
Cabinet is expected to consider a public-private partnership proposal towards the development of a 5 000-hectare irrigation scheme outside the overflowing Neckartal Dam, agriculture and water minister Calle Schlettwein said yesterday.
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Repatriated Angolan migrants return
Barely three weeks after being repatriated to Angola by bus, destitute and homeless Angolan migrants – who camped at Etunda for almost a year – have walked back to Namibia to look for food.