Sport
Doeseb dismisses fixture ‘fuss’
RESCHEDULING the crucial final Namibia Premier League fixtures to a day later in order to...
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84 600t horse mackerel for old rights holders
THE additional 84 600 tonnes horse mackerel quota which the Minister of Fisheries and Marine...
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Snoop defies dagga warning
Snoop Lion ignored a metro police warning and allegedly smoked dagga on stage at the Standard Bank...
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Egyptian security men kidnapped in Sinai freed
CAIRO – Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile...
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From Opuwo, with love
“ALWAYS something new out of Africa,” quoted Pliny the Elder. Were he alive today, he would have...
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Notable Quotes
It will indeed be challenging for NamPower to keep the lights on. I would therefore appeal to all...
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Gone are the days when some union leaders have been chopping and misusing members’ funds for their...
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Chasing the dots ... The Political Poverty Policy MIX Opportunity
LIKE many Namibians, I am getting sick and tired of the repetitive rhetoric of those elected and...
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A trip down memory lane...
AN 83-year-old senior citizen had the Windhoek City Police bemused when he approached their head office genuinely seeking a work permit (called a pass during Apartheid time) to allow him to work in Windhoek.
[more]DRC wants Nam fishing quotas
THE Government has turned down a request by the Democratic Republic of Congo to hold fishing quotas in Namibia.
[more]Dam challenge dropped
FRENCH-EGYPTIAN joint venture Vinci-Orascom’s legal challenge of the Tender Board decision to award the multibillion-dollar Neckartal Dam construction contract to an Italian competitor was dramatically dropped in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.
[more]HRT reports oil off Namibia
DESPITE skepticism about the latest oil discovery announcement, Namibia’s Petroleum Commissioner, Immanuel Mulunga says the announcement by HRT on the non-commercial oil is the beginning of “good things for Namibia”.
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Weather
Windhoek
more weatherCoast: Partly cloudy and mild with fog patches except in the North.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly in the South but moderate to fresh southeasterly in the North.
Katima 11-31
Rundu 13-29
Omaruru 16-30
Opuwo 16-30
Oshakati 17-33
Outapi 17-32
Windhoek 12-28
Rehoboth 06-25
Gobabis 12-27
Mariental 13-32
Keetmans 15-32
Walvis Bay 13-24
Exchange rate
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Word-a-day
Chevy ( (CHEV-ee) ) verb
show definitionVerb tr.: To chase or annoy.
Noun: A chase, hunt, or a hunting cry.
Etymology: After Cheviot Hills bordering England and Scotland. A battle between English and Scottish forces over a hunting expedition is described in a 15th-century ballad (The Ballad of Chevy Chase). A chase is a tract of land reserved for hunting. The name of the city Chevy Chase in Maryland has the same origin. Earliest documented use: before 1825.
Usage: “[Boys] chevied the younger boys to greater speed as they stumbled down the stairs.” Clinton W. Trowbridge; All Tied Up; The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts); Jan 22, 1999.
