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Kane less Bayern brush aside Gladbach to continue title march

Bayern Munich cruised to a 4-1 win over a struggling Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday, barely missing the absent Harry Kane as they continued their relentless march towards another Bundesliga title. Kane was ruled out with a calf strain on Thursday,…

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Valverde strikes late as Real Madrid beat Celta Vigo

Federico Valverde’s heavily deflected 95th-minute drive snatched injury-hit Real Madrid a 2-1 win at Celta Vigo in La Liga on Friday. The Uruguayan midfielder needed a stroke of fortune at the death to pull his team to within one point…

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Ireland keep title hopes alive in thrilling win over Wales

Ireland kept their slim hopes of the Six Nations title alive with a hard-fought 27-17 win over Wales at Lansdowne Road on Friday. The Irish secured a bonus point victory and extended Wales’s Six Nations losing streak to 15 in…

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Liverpool tame Wolves to reach FA Cup quarter finals

Liverpool moved into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 3-1 win against Wolves on Friday as the Reds avenged their painful Premier League loss at Molineux just 72 hours earlier. Arne Slot’s side struck twice in quick succession in the…

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Ministry, Cenored to sign deal to accelerate rural electrification

The Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy will sign a service level agreement with the Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored) to accelerate rural electrification. According to a statement issued on Friday, the agreement will be signed on Monday, 9…

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Swapo youth league wants Kandorozu to apologise to Ballotti

Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) secretary general Ephraim Nekongo has demanded an apology from National Unity Democratic Organisation parliamentarian Vetaruhe Kandorozu over remarks he made. A statement released by SPYL on Thursday follows remarks made by Kandorozu to education deputy…

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Namibian SMEs urged to use existing technology before buying new AI

​Technologist and academic expert Siddhartha Tiwari urges small and medium-sized businesses to recognise that Namibia’s biggest opportunities may not require expensive technology. Instead, he suggests focusing on transformation tools that already exist. He says small businesses are often told that…

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ACC arrests three officials over water tanks

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Friday announced the arrests of three officials from the directorate of rural water supply within the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform in the Omaheke region. The trio are alleged to have distributed…

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Trustco confirms Bank of Namibia’s High Court case withdrawal

Trustco Group Holdings Limited on Friday confirmed that the Bank of Namibia (BoN) has withdrawn its application in the High Court to wind up Trustco Bank Namibia, a former subsidiary of the group. In a statement issued by Trustco, the…

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Former Nipam manager arrested over corruption allegations

A former Namibia Institute for Public Administration and Management (Nipam) manager for marketing and communication, Katoole Ipinge, has been arrested for corruption. The arrest was announced by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) spokesperson Marina Matundu in a statement on Friday. Investigations…

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Why Africa’s Economic Surge Leaves Many Behind

If you’re looking for a reason to be optimistic about Africa’s future, here’s one: In 2026, the continent’s economic growth is expected to outpace Asia’s for the first time in modern history, according to the International Monetary Fund. There are…

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Botswana’s diamond boom faces threat from synthetics, tariffs

From above, one of the richest diamond mines in the world looks like a giant gray fingerprint smudged into the scrub-land of southern Botswana. Up close, it is a gaping hole, 2414.02 metres long and nearly five football fields deep.…

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