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Four men in court for poaching
By Simon Liseli FOUR (4) men of Namushasha area some 130 kilometers South West of Zambezi Region made their first brief appearance before the Katima Mulilo District court magistrate N Khumalo on Monday for possession of controlled wildlife products. The accused Mr. Sydney Kilapile Masole 29, Mr. Joseph Muyambango( 45), Mr. Rubata Mungowe (28), and…
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18 teachers, two accountants in court for fraud
By Simon Liseli ABOUT 18 ‘ghost’ teachers and two former senior accountants of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture who were nabbed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in the Zambezi Region on Monday and Tuesday, made their first brief appearance before the Katima Mulilo District Court Magistrate Ms. Nomusa Sibanda on Wednesday. Eighteen (18)…
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Zambezi governor commends traditional chiefs
By Simon Liseli at Choi ZAMBEZI Regional Governor Lawrence Alfea Sampofu has strongly commended traditional chiefs for staying united and focusing on development in the region. Governor Sampofu praised traditional leaders for the unity they display to their followers as they visit each other and sit together shoulder to shoulder. According to him that is…
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Namibia explains on UN Agenda vote
By Staff Reporter NAMIBIA’S Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi -Ndaitwah has refuted media reports on the vote against the item on “The Responsibility to Protect (R2P)” on the Agenda of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly. In a media statement issued on Tuesday from the Ministry of…
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Bukalo Village Council Kicks Out Limbo
By Simon Liseli at Bukalo IN the just ended press conference on Thursday over the matter between Bukalo Village Council (BVC) and former Chief Executive Officer Mr.Martin Nyambe Limbo was finally dismissed as CEO by BVC. Reading the press statement Chairperson of BVC Mr. Charles Sikabongo Siyauya told reporters that Mr. Limbo was afforded an…
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OPEN LETTER TO THE TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: (Namibia, Botswana and UNHCR)
Namibian/Caprivian Elders in Botswana Dukwi Refugee Camp P.O BOX 211 SOWA TOWN 29 August 2017 The Tripartite Commission – (UNHCR, Namibia and Botswana) C/off Settlement Commandant Ministry of Defense Justice and Security Dukwi Refugee Camp Private Bag F11 Francistown Botswana Re: NONE ATTENDENCE OF TRIPARTITE MEETINGS Highly esteemed members of the Tripartite Commission,…
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President Kenyatta address to the nation after losing re-election
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Concerned Caprivians demand freedom
By Simon Liseli A GROUP of organized concerned Caprivians under the armpit of the Caprivi Concerned Group (CCG), staged a peaceful demonstration on the streets of Katima Mulilo with chanting songs and banners of the “independent Caprivi Strip”, while handing over a petition to Zambezi Regional Governor Lawrence Sampofu’s Special Advisor Ignatius Nkunga calling on…
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Why CANU was formed in Caprivi in the 60s?
Dear Editor Allow me to express my views in your newspaper. Caprivi African National Union (CANU) was simply established in the former Caprivi during the 1960s in order to liberate the people of Caprivi to fight for the total independence of the territory and its people. During that time there was no other political party…
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Mud Brick-making project to reduce deforestation
By Simon Liseli A-two-year old mud brick making project that was launched in Katima Mulilo in 2015, to serve as an alternative in mitigating the escalating price increase of cement and deforestation in Zambezi region is in progress. The project is an initiative by a 31-year-old unemployed young man of Katima Mulilo who borrowed the…
