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Man beaten by game rangers cries foul
STAFF REPORTER A -39 -year old man, Mr. Lister Nyambe Lubanda is seeking compensations from the state after he was allegedly tortured by game rangers on August 4, 2011. Mr. Nyambe who is the resident of Kwalala village in the Kabbe Area, eastern Caprivi claims that he was unlawfully assaulted and detained by game rangers…
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Fire Survivors Cry foul
By Dominic Sikopo FAMILY Members who lost their belongings which were destroyed by fire at the village called Kozo in Chefuzwe Area some 22 kilometres west of Katima Mulilo are appealing for assistance. The families were left homeless after eight mud houses were destroyed by a raging blaze which could not be established by who…
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Caprivians are not politically matured
Dear Editor , Allow me space in your newspaper. Politics started in the early 1960s in the region when the leaders of CANU( Caprivi African National Congress) was founded in 1964. During those days it was very dangerous for blacks to have a political organisation which they can call their own while advocating calling for…
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Katengo ka BRACES kaneula tunamutendele kwa Sicaba
Mubihi ki Dominic Sikopo Ba katengo ka Sifapano sesi fubelu (Red Cross Society) neba neuzi tunamutendele totu mashumi a supa (70) ni totu ketalizoho ka totu beli kwa lilalo zene ze cwale ka Imukusi, Lisikili, Schkumansburg ni Mbalasinte ili lilalo ze itengile ku za buikezezo. Yo muhulu wa katengo ka Sifapano se sifubelu (Red Cross)…
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16 years for raping a Child
By Staff Reporter Sydney Makata Matemwa (19) was sentenced to an effective 16 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a minor. Katima Mulilo magistrate , was on January 15, 2013 charged Matemwa for being found guilty of forcibly having sexual intercourse with a minor (name withheld) on September 11 ,2012 at the…
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Caprivi Acting Education Director Speaks Out …
By Dominic Sikopo One on one interview with Mr. Austin Samupwa, The Acting Education Director in Caprivi region to get his views on the current state of education in the Caprivi region. CVNEWS: Could you tell us more on the Grade 10 and 12 results that were released recently, as it turned out that the…
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LAND GRABBING IS NOT THE SOLUTION
THE move to own the land property commonly known as Finaughty by the Katima Mulilo Town Council without considering the families of the late Bill Finaughty who are claiming for the ownership and compensation from the government should be otherwise be taken with extreme caution. We have seen with our two eyes that dating from…
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NEWS HEADLINES REVIEWS FOR 2012
JANUARY 2012 Sipapela Denies Muyongo Abduction Mission. Linyanti Constituency Councilor and a member of parliament shot down allegations of having trip visits to abduct the Caprivi separatist leader and others as baseless. Chief Mayuni vows to take Mafwe name. The once troubled chieftainship of the siFew Tribe, which split-out from the Mafwe Tribe seven years…
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Man in Court for raping a minor
By Dominic Sikopo A 19- year -old man, Mr. Sydney Makata Matemwa was charged and found guilty after being convicted of rape on December 6, and the case was postponed to January 15,2013 for sentencing and the accussed still remains on police custody. It is alleged that the accused who is from Muyako area near…
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Preserving Traditions while jealously sustaining Democracies
By Matongela Robert Tapiso I am happy to state that tribes were able to manage their own affairs before the dawn of modern-day ideologies and systems. Tribes required versatile shared tribal leadership that facilitated to build fortified communities of the old. The contemporary tribal leaders therefore need to emulate the strategies that were used…
