Speedy, tactical, skilful, but most importantly, accurate. This is how the former TransNamib Netball Club and Namibian national team goal-attack Liezel Garbers (previously Viljoen), describes her netball style. Garbers grew up at Gobabis where she started playing netball in Grade…
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The Namibia Boxing National Championship will take place in Keetmanshoop this weekend, starting today and concluding on Sunday. All 14 regions of Namibia will participate in this prestigious national championship, where elite male and female boxers will be selected to…
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The third season of the MTC Volleyball National League kicks off this weekend in Otjiwarongo, promising an action-packed start for both men and women’s competitions. Federation CEO Festus Hamukwaya says excitement is high as clubs prepare their squads and new…
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The fight to avoid relegation in the Namibia Premier Football League intensifies this weekend, as crucial fixtures in Rundu and along the coast could determine the fate of several struggling teams. Among the sides under pressure are Young African, Rundu…
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Namibia’s Golden Oldies football club is gearing up for important friendly matches at Upington. South Africa to play their counterparts in what is expected to be a mouth-watering encounter. This follows an invitation from the South Africa Football Association (Safa)…
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Netball Namibia (NN) has appointed Jessica Gaomuses as its substantive secretary general. She will also serve as the netball body’s chief executive. NN made the announcement in a statement, with president Juanitha Witbeen saying: “We are excited, and with the…
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The newly upgraded solar plant for Anirep-HopSol Africa at Otjiwarongo was commissioned on Thursday. Otjozondjupa Regional Council chairperson Paulus Nekundi commissioned the plant on behalf of minister of industries, mines and energy Modestus Amutse, and led a site tour of…
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Kavango West region has excelled at the Nedbank Namibian Newspaper Cup in recent years, having reached two of the last three finals. After winning the title for the first time in 2014 when they still competed as one region along…
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The US is relocating parts of a missile defence system installed in South Korea to the Middle East, according to officials cited by the Washington Post and South Korean news outlets. The reported move comes 12 days into the US-Israeli…
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Career cop Major General Richard Shibiri has described how organised crime networks gradually compromise police officers. He’s now accused of succumbing to the same techniques. On Major-General Richard Shibiri’s first day of testimony at the Madlanga Commission earlier in March,…
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In September 2025, when conservationist Fred Daniel was awarded R306-million in damages by the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria, the ruling was feted as a ‘historic’ victory in the fight against state-sponsored corruption. But, as Daily Maverick…
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Senegal’s parliament has approved a new law doubling to 10 years the maximum prison term for sexual acts by same-sex couples and criminalising the “promotion” of homosexuality. The measure was supported by 135 MPs, none voted against it while three…
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