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NAM STUDENT STUCK IN TURKEY FOR 11 DAYS
By: Dwight Links Turkish authorities have detained a Namibian student for 11 days now at Istanbul Airport because of the Covid-19 red list that has categorised the southern African country as a hotspot. Linda Nambili (38), an international relations student…
UA-NDJARAKANA’S MBEUTIC ACT…DUMP SWAPO, KEEP THE GIFTS
Who remembers the name of this guy who announced his resignation from Swapo last week? Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana! Ja, that is him. Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana! The information ministry executive director. The one who left Swapo and Swapo appears not to have noticed….
LACK OF QUALITY SEEDS HAMPERING CROP PRODUCTIVITY
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Namibian crop farmers spend a fortune on seed imports mostly from South Africa as the country lacks internal seed research and production. The Villager assessment of one farmer operating in the government green scheme in the Kavango…
NO EVIDENCE THAT STEFANSSON IS COMING – TAMSON
One of the Fishrot accused Tamson Hatuikulipi says that Johannes Stefansson’s evidence should be struck off because there is no proof that he will come to Namibia to testify. Tamson is currently in prison together with his father-in-law Bernard Esau,…
THE ECONOMIC CONUNDRUM…BANKS AFRAID TO TAKE RISKS, AS DEMANDS FADE
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Two emerging trends from commercial banks statistics are showing that they are reducing their risk uptake by lending less and shifting money into financial assets. While businesses and households shy away from productive borrowing, opting short term…
HAMBUKUSHU AUTHORITY ACTS..8 FINED OVER STUDENT’S DEATH … ORDERED TO PAY N$180 000 IN CASH (N$22,500 PER PERSON) … 120 HEAD OF CATTLE (15 PER PERSON)
By: Wonder Guchu The Hambukushu Traditional Authority has found seven people guilty for the death of a Unam student whose body was found floating in the Kavango River in June this year. The Unam student, Mukuve Fredrick Kanyanga (22), went…
IF YOU DON’T COMPETE, YOU WILL DIE
If you see a fat insect, just know that it was not born fat. Most probably, it grew fat because it eats other insects. And that is how life is like. It gets along by eating others. Like what the…
HEARTLESS…BOY’S GRAVE DUG AT KATIMA … WHILE FRESH HUMAN LEG WAS FOUND IN CANOE
By: Wonder Guchu The grave of a boy who was buried on 11 August 2021 at Katima Mulilo’s Daily cemetery on the outskirts of the town was dug up and the coffin left lying in the open on Thursday night….
SANLAM BRIDGE FINANCE…MORE THAN 200 ENTREPRENEURS APPLIED
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Many deem the funding gap at a start-up level to be not well documented, an update from the Sanlam Bridge Programme indicated that they have received 258 applications. Despite massive interest in the programme, it managed only…
NWR VERSUS SKY EYE TOURS…KANDUME DENIES SHIFETA TIES
By: Andrew Kathindi Businessman Laban Kandume has denied allegations that his company Sky Eye Hospitality and Tours was given a 20-year concession for transport at Sossusvlei due to relationship with tourism minister, Pohamba Shifeta. Quizzed on whether Kandume, who hails…