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Dozens of people have been arrested after clashing with police at an anti-war demonstration in Melbourne. Police said they were “appalled” by the actions of some demonstrators targeting a military hardware sales show in Australia’s second largest city, accusing them of pelting officers with rocks, manure and bottles filled with acid. By contrast, protestors said […]
Overlooking the clear waters of the South Pacific, a cyclone of controversy was about to descend on Fiji’s Pearl Resort & Spa. Standing on stage clutching a bouquet of flowers, 24-year-old MBA student Manshika Prasad had just been crowned Miss Fiji. But soon after, according to one of the judges, things at the beauty pageant […]
Location: Zoo Park, Independence Avenue EVENTS 5km Fun Run/Walk – N$150 (N$100 per scholar – group entry). 10km Fun Run/Walk – N$150 (N$100 per scholar – group entry). 10km Elite Run – N$350 – 55min Cut-off time (Females 60min). Includes athlete T-shirt. The race will start and finish at Zoo Park, Windhoek Start time 10km […]
Mariah Carey’s mother Patricia and sister Alison died on the same day over the weekend, the US singer has said in a statement. “My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend,” Carey said on Monday. “Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day.” […]
Gabon’s interim president who seized power in a coup a year ago has barred members of his transitional government from holidaying abroad. Gen Oligui Nguema has also limited government officials to a maximum of one week of holiday leave. These new restrictions were announced on state television, after he toured the country to listen to […]
PDK band member Patrick Mwashindange, who has been spanning his solo musical career for the past four years as ‘Patrick Sikiliza’, tied the knot with longtime partner Simaneka Amos last weekend. Sikiliza told The Namibian he is confident that marriage will not get in the way of his creative endeavours. He says he and his […]
NWA’s landmark album Straight Outta Compton was released on 8 August 1988, bringing the sound of gangsta rap to mainstream America. In History revisits an interview with the young rap crew as they tried to deal with the success and fallout of the record. “You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge” […]
The disgraced former chairperson of VBS Mutual Bank alleges that Dondo Mogajane, when director-general of the National Treasury, was bribed in a bid to save the collapsing bank. Moreover, the ‘bribe’ was paid through a non-profit controlled by the daughters of a minister. Mogajane has denied the claim, but has avoided responding to key details, […]
A former police officer accused of raping his teenage daughter over a three-year period is due to receive the verdict in his trial in the Windhoek High Court in October. Judge Claudia Claasen postponed the delivery of her judgement in the ex-policeman’s trial to 17 October after hearing closing arguments in the matter yesterday. The […]
It is a week of reckoning for Joe Biden. Twelve days after a halting debate performance that may go down as one of the most damaging in modern American history, the president is fighting for his political survival under intense domestic and global scrutiny. This week’s Nato summit in Washington DC may be his path […]