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IT is detention in the style of Germany’s Nazi days. – Youth, Sport and Culture Minister told The Namibian angrily, after Police at Germany’s Munich airport detained him for several hours alleging he travelled with a fake passport.

IN this case there is no evidence of an assault or the deliberate firing of a shot. – Judge Kato van Niekerk said during the sentencing of businessman Lazarus Shaduka a fine of N$25 000, or a one-year jail term, on a charge of culpable homicide. Shaduka caused the death of his wife, Selma Shaimemanya, through ‘gross negligence’ in the way that he handled the firearm from which the fatal shot went of, the judge recounted during the sentencing.GOD will punish him for making disabled people suffer. He wants to destroy. We are disabled people, but we also want to contribute to the development of Namibia. – Marius Nuuyoma, chairperson of the Ehafo Workers Committee, strongly dismissing a recent statement by the chairperson of the Ehafo Board of Trustees, Andrew Matjila, that Ehafo properties have not been transferred to Government.From The History BooksAs long as you’re having fun, that’s the key. The moment it becomes a grind, it’s over. – Barry Alan Lee Maddison Crompton Gibb, CBE (born September 1 1946), is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born on the Isle of Man to English parents. With his brothers Robin and Maurice, he formed the Bee Gees, one of the most successful pop groups of all time. The trio got their start in Australia, and found their major success when they returned to England. Known for his high-pitched falsetto singing voice, Gibb holds the record for consecutive Billboard hot 100 number ones as a writer with six. He also is the only songwriter to have written or co-written five songs that were simultaneously in the top 10.

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