SOME of the eight horses found grazing on the Gross Barmen road outside Okahandja in early November, and rescued by Okahandja Police Detective William Grey, are currently living on a nearby farm.
THE sole ownership of football teams in our domestic league can have serious implications for the future sustainability of the clubs' operations, while the financial well-being of the players can be severely compromised.
AS 2009 draws to a close, the final month of the year ushered in a new all-time high for the gold price, trading in excess of US$1 200 per ounce.
THE national and presidential elections were "the most shambolic to date" and Victor Tonchi, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), should be fired immediately, the president of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) said yesterday.
DTA president Katuutire Kaura says the DTA will still make a meaningful contribution in the National Assembly despite the loss of two of its most vocal and popular MPs, McHenry Venaani and Johan de Waal.
GOVERNMENT is concerned about too many applications from rural communities seeking recognition as traditional authorities.
THE domestic MTC Premiership wrapped up its first-round activities for the year with draws in most matches, with Blue Waters and Eleven Arrows the only sides that were due to complete their last fixture in Walvis Bay late yesterday.
A MAN accused of shooting dead his son made a brief appearance in the Keetmanshoop Divisional Court again on a charge of murder yesterday.
A SPATE of armed robberies was reported to the Police in Windhoek over the past weekend.
MORE than 100 tonnes of illegally harvested African leadwood tree logs - some believed to be older than 1 000 years - were bought for N$30 575 by several bidders at a State auction at Omaruru on Friday.
THE consumer's Christmas stocking has suffered a double blow in the form of higher petrol prices and no interest rate relief.
MEATCO will stop slaughtering pigs at its Windhoek abattoir from the middle of January, but alternative measures have been put in place.
YOUTH organisations of several political parties that contested the 2009 Presidential and National Assembly elections plan to stage protest marches countrywide, as a sign of their rejection of the results of the elections.
TRUTH be said, I have not written a lot of gibberish "twak" in such a long time, simply because inspirations were desert miles away, but when the opportunity presented itself recently, I could not resist such an offer.
"IT is a cause for concern that the increase in applications for recognition of new traditional communities may be fuelled by breakaways of small splinter groups from major groupings. This may lead to an undesirable situation where applications are submitted to recognise clans or families."
A beauty pageant with a difference, as organizer Ambrosius Both describes this year 's Miss Hektas.
A joint jewellery and photographic exhibition by Ricky Khaxab and Nessy Hilifilwa is currently on at the Omba Gallery and will run until January 9, 2010.
Recently the River of Life Community Choir held its annual music show to a packed out National Theatre of Namibia audience which showed enthusiastic appreciation for every performance rendered by these talented singers.
Marshall Witbooi is a deeply odious Rapper - a description that only begins to suggest his talent of creating lyrics. His work portrays what he sees and experience about everyday life, definitely not the "holy" type of artist. To some his brave expressions are plain annoying and offensive and create a stir of emotions while reading them, because of the hard-boiled personal opinion.
Imbu /Uirab was the first black Namibian to attain a PhD in Natural Sciences, a strong proponent of black consciousness, and former deputy president of the South West Africa National Union (Swanu).
As per sections 42 and 89 of the Electoral Act 24 of 1992, both the chairman and the Director of ECN, just as the SADC, PAP and AU, declared the Namibian Presidential and National Assembly elections as having being free, fair and transparent.
We continue with our series of lectures regarding the causes of the financial crisis and the aftermath. This is a follow-up to the opinion that was published in this newspaper on the 30th of October 2009. Surprisingly, I had to recharge my cellphone more than five times the weekend of 1-2 November.
Hearing children's voices singing Christmas Carols and seeing the gratitude on their faces for small gestures of goodwill, is a big reward to the giver. Agra staff members and visitors to the Auas Valley Shopping Mall experienced this last week with the launch of the PMK Social Project by Agra staff.
Bank Windhoek last week awarded 40 students from the Katutura Youth Enterprise Centre (KAYEC) in the capital and in Ondangwa with tool kits. The bank said 20 students in Windhoek and 20 at the KAYEC Ondangwa centre received complete toolkits as a start-up in their chosen careers.
The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) which was launched this week, faces a serious skills deficit.
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