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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” […]
Producer, presenter, actor and poet Richard ‘Boli’ Mootseng seems to have the Midas touch. The Weekender sat down with him at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) radio service’s Studio 7 this week. “I was part of a play, and the character I was playing was called Boli. Since I walked off that stage, the name […]
Reggae musician Ras Sheehama is celebrating his 58th birthday in style on Friday with a concert at the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre in Windhoek. The artist will be turning 58 on Sunday (29 July). Sheehama says he wants to take the opportunity to entertain and educate “and tell the young ones that yes, you can […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security and stakeholders are currently assessing the borderline between the Ohangwena region and Angola. The aim is to identify possible additional entry points. This was prompted by the increase in movement between the two countries. Chrispin Kamwi, the deputy director of immigration border control for the […]
European politicians and diplomats had already prepared for changes to their relationship with the US in the event of a second Donald Trump presidency. Now that the Republican candidate has chosen Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate, those differences appear even more stark on prospects for the war in Ukraine, security and trade. […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security and stakeholders are currently assessing the borderline between the Ohangwena region and Angola. The aim is to identify possible additional entry points. This was prompted by the increase in movement between the two countries. Chrispin Kamwi, the deputy director of immigration border control for the Oshana, […]
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, […]
Former President Jacob Zuma’s MK Party has filed court papers with the Johannesburg High Court demanding that the SABC stop using the phrase “Government of National Unity” (GNU), claiming it is misleading. MKP wants the court to declare the public broadcaster’s use of the term unconstitutional. In its papers, MKP mentioned that the SABC, being […]
Protection for Donald Trump was boosted several weeks ago after US authorities learned of an Iranian plot to kill him, according to national security officials. Officials say there is no known connection between the alleged Iranian plot and the assassination attempt on the former president on Saturday in Pennsylvania. However, the disclosure that security had […]
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