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Football legend Angula dies
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Football legend Angula dies

Legendary football player Fillemon ‘Kaskas’ Angula died on Monday at his home near Ondangwa. He was 49 years old. The Namibian Police Force’s crime investigations coordinator in Oshana region, Frederick Ndjadila, confirmed to Nampa on Monday that Angula was discovered deceased at around 12h00 at Iindangungu village. “He was found dead in the bathroom of...

Over 200 graduate from Lingua
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Over 200 graduate from Lingua

Christa Nekwaya The International Training College Lingua held its graduation ceremony recently, where more than 200 students graduated from different fields of study.  Board chairperson Majory Mukasa congratulated graduates on their remarkable milestone and achievement.  “I have had the privilege of witnessing your growth and development during your time at Lingua,” she said. Education ministry’s...

Gen Z voters’ fun walk a success
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Gen Z voters’ fun walk a success

Namibia’s population of three million mainly comprises 2.1 million young people.  The youth in Windhoek, through a fun walk campaign, enticed their fellow mates to register to vote in the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections in November. The event, which was organised by the Tukwatha Youth Organisation, does not only aim to promote and...

Kavango West schools get ICT equipment 
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Kavango West schools get ICT equipment 

MUSESE – In the spirit of advancing education through technology, local companies, the Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) Foundation and African Meat Suppliers recently donated IT equipment and chairs to schools in the Kavango West region. Namdia donated 25 desktop computers, four laptops, five printers and a projector to Olavi Sivhute Kangumbe Combined School in the...

Young author pass ionate about child literacy
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Young author pass ionate about child literacy

Hilma Weber is a Namibian author, who was born and raised in the northern part of Namibia.  In the past two years, she has written four books as part of the Early Childhood Development Programme, ‘Play for All’, at Development Workshop Namibia.  She writes to ensure that her books reach children in underprivileged backgrounds, who...

Thorny road to clear housing backlog
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Thorny road to clear housing backlog

National Housing Enterprise CEO Gisbertus Mukulu said the enterprise is grappling with many challenges when it comes to providing housing in Namibia.  Scarcity of land, high land prices, rising building material costs and restricted funding were among the issues, he stated. Mukulu made these remarks yesterday while providing an update at the Government Information Centre.  ...

Records obtained ‘unlawfully’ in Namwandi case
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Records obtained ‘unlawfully’ in Namwandi case

A lawyer representing a man who allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme and accused of defrauding 79 persons to the tune of N$4.3 million, claimed on Monday that the State obtained records illegally. Lawyer Appolus Shimakeleni, who represented Sakaria Megameno Namwandi during negotiations with the Bank of Namibia, told Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute that...

Namcor grapples with N$1.6bn shortfall
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Namcor grapples with N$1.6bn shortfall

The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor)’s downstream operations are facing a working capital deficit of about N$1.6 billion. Downstream is the part of the oil and natural gas industry responsible for the refining, distributing and retailing of petroleum products. Working capital is the difference between a company’s assets and liabilities.  It measures a company’s liquidity and short-term...

Nakalemo’s claim against New Era dismissed
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Nakalemo’s claim against New Era dismissed

A claim of N$5 million against New Era Publications Corporation and its managing editor, Johnathan Beukes, was dismissed in the High Court by Acting Judge Kobus Miller last week. Joseph Nakalemo instituted the claim against the publication for what he perceived as biased reporting on its side. He claimed that the publication and Beukes were...