President condemns tribalism

President Hifikepunye Pohamba (wearing a cap) seen on Saturday with Swapo Secretary General Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana (middle) and SPWC Secretary Petrina Haingura.

WINDHOEK – President Hifikepunye Pohamba has strongly condemned tribalism, which, he says, is slowly rearing its ugly head in government and society at large.

The President made the remarks while officiating at the opening of the Swapo Party Women’s Council (SPWC) Central Committee meeting on Saturd...

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Ministers too must shape up – Kaaronda

WINDHOEK – National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) Secretary General Evilastus Kaaronda says the call for top performance among public servants should apply to political appointees such as ministers.

Prime Minister Nahas Angula – speaking to the staff of his office recently – implored public servants to roll up their sleeves in 2012 to help government achieve its promise to the populace.

“As we enter 2012, we should not...

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KK hands over erased tape

WINDHOEK – Insight Magazine journalist Tileni Mongudhi on Friday received his tape recorder which the Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Kazenambo Kazenambo confiscated after an interview went sour.

On Friday, an agreement was reached between the two parties that the tape recorder confiscated by the minister as a “weapon of war” would be returned.

Kazenambo’s lawyer Patrick Kauta confirmed upon in...

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Stars squeeze a win

WINDHOEK – Katutura giants, African Stars, gave basement-dwellers United Stars a good run for their money, after Stars narrowly defeated United 1-0, in a not-so-entertaining match at the Independence Stadium, in Windhoek on Saturday.

Stars’ wayward midfielder Rudi Louw scored the only goal of the match in the 11th minute, after receiving a well-calculated pass from Milton Chapo to put Stars ahead.

The results propelled Stars within only six p...

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N$1 million dagga seized

RUNDU - Detectives in the Kavango Region last week made the biggest ever drug bust in the region when they arrested three Namibians and two Angolan citizens with a consignment of 361 kg of dagga worth N$1,05 million.

The suspects were apprehended with the  cannabis consignment wrapped in plastic bags.

Regional Crime Investigation Coordinator in the Kavango Region, Deputy Commissioner Willie Bampton said the suspects were nabbed on Wednesday af...

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Fuel prices to go up

WINDHOEK- The Ministry of Mines and Energy last Thursday announced that fuel prices across the country would increase on Wednesday this week at 00h01.

Isak Katali, the Minister of Mines and Energy, said global oil prices were increasing, a situation propelled by European Union (EU) sanctions against Iran as a large portion of that country’s exports was being cut off causing a shortfall in the supply of oil globally.

“Countries that previously used to import from Iran are now left with no option, but to look for alternative suppliers to cater for their oi...

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