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Low turnout does not dampen excitement
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Low turnout does not dampen excitement

Despite a low turnout of supporters, rounds 25 and 26 of the MTC Namibia Netball Premier League was a resounding success.  The matches took place at the Paresis Netball Court in Otjiwarongo, with 11 out of the 12 clubs competing.  Mighty Gunners, Unam Ogongo, Wanderers, Otjozondjupa NamPol, Afrocat Lions, Unam Jaguars, Eastern Chiefs, Tsumeb Netball...

Heita claims WBA Pan- African title
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Heita claims WBA Pan- African title

Namibian boxer Mateus Heita secured a dominant second-round knockout victory over South Africa’s Thato Bonokoane to claim the World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan-African featherweight title at the MTC Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing Academy’s ‘Together as One Part 13’.  The event was held at the Windhoek Country Club and Casino in the capital.  Saturday’s victory marked...

Ongos Ladies’ Dreams Shattered …face Buffaloes today
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Ongos Ladies’ Dreams Shattered …face Buffaloes today

Ongos Ladies’ hopes of advancing in the CAF Women’s Champions League were crushed after a 0-3 defeat in their second group match against South Africa’s University of the Western Cape (UWC).  The loss leaves Ongos Ladies at the bottom of Group A with no points, after losing their two matches. Their campaign began with a...

Ukrainian drones spark fuel fire in south Russia 
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Ukrainian drones spark fuel fire in south Russia 

Ukrainian drones attacked an oil storage facility in Russia’s southern Rostov region early yesterday morning, sparking a large fuel fire, the local governor said. Videos published on social media showed thick black smoke and bursts of flames coming from the site of the blaze, which the governor said was in the town of Proletarsk.“In the...

SA deports 95 Libyans from suspected military camp 
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SA deports 95 Libyans from suspected military camp 

Ninety-five Libyans found at a suspected military camp in South Africa’s northeast in July would be deported back to their country, the home affairs ministry said.The Libyan men have been detained since 26 July when police raided the remote training camp near the town of White River about 360 kilometres east of Johannesburg. “They were...

Muuso: Ticele ya lunduzwi nazibahala kakufa baituti likoto 
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Muuso: Ticele ya lunduzwi nazibahala kakufa baituti likoto 

Likolo la tuto lipatuluzi kuli ticele yana lunduzwi fa musebezi Petrus Ndeulita, nazibahala ka mukwa wakufa baituti likoto, ili kalulo yene tisize kulundulwa kwahae. Ndeulita nasiisizwe musebezi kasamulaho apiho yakuli nahapelelize muituti wasitopa sa busupile kunanula sipula mwa halilmu kahola .  Muituti kiha yumba sipula ni kumatela kuyomuhulu wasikolo kuyo bilaela. Maticele ni baituti viki...

Mubuleli, mwanana bayonga mwa kutuka kwa keleke
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Mubuleli, mwanana bayonga mwa kutuka kwa keleke

Rudolf Gaiseb Mubuleli walinzwi la Mulimu nacile kushwa, kasamulaho ndu yena ni mwanana wa sianga neba lobezi kuyona ya ca haisi mufuse. Elia Geingob (42) ni Oubed Skywer (15) neba shwile mwa mulilo osituhu kwa ndu ya tapelo ya lindiala mwa komponi ya Havana, mwa Windoko. Sibuabui wa sipokola Kauna Shikwambi naize, “hakusika zibwa kale...

Ba 28 batimela kwa malaria mwa likweli ze supile
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Ba 28 batimela kwa malaria mwa likweli ze supile

KHORIXAS – Naha Namibia kutisa cwale ibihile lipiho zelikana 28 za bane batimezi kwa butuku bwa malaria. Hala lipiho zeo, mafu amane nabihilwe mwa Katima Mulilo, amalalu kwa sipatela sa Onandjokwe, amabeli mwa Oshakati, liliñwi mwa Gobabis, amabeli mwa Okongo ni amalalu mwa Engela. Mafu amañwi nabihilwe kwa Andara teñi babalalu neba timezi, alimuñwi mwa...

Small businesses crucial for economic growth
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Small businesses crucial for economic growth

Small and Medium Enterprises hold the key to Namibia’s economic growth. The sector does this by addressing unemployment, significantly contributing to the gross domestic product. More importantly, it sustains the livelihoods of many Namibians. Government has emphasised that it is crucial to recognise the crucial role SMEs play. Recent research indicates that SMEs provide employment...

Gold hits record high as oil prices slide
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Gold hits record high as oil prices slide

Gold hit a record high on Friday as global stock markets gained on reassuring data about the health of the world’s biggest economy and likely US interest rate cuts.  Expectations of US interest rate cuts weakened the dollar, while oil prices tumbled as weak Chinese demand expectations offset ongoing tensions in the Middle East, according...