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Fuel savings techniques… Journalists from the local media admitted this week that they had the longest drive to Swakopmund ever - six hours. This came after the journalists took part in the Shell Diesel Extra Challenge, whose aim was to drive safely and at the same time learning some fuel saving techniques. The competition was to see, which team used the least fuel. Driving was at 80 kilometres per hour for most of the journey.

General News

Price of electricity up The City of Windhoek said residents should use electricity wisely as they will pay more since the implementation of Time...

Editor's Desk

The storm is here, the trees are falling I grudgingly have to admit the economic melt-down is very much with us and that we are now suffering from the secondary ...

Speak your Mind

Not our dive! Dear Sir,I offer corrections to your article “Fossil Discovery Documented By German TV Crew” published in your 24 to...

Weather

understanding Weather -not predicting- The major storm-centre moved away by Monday as was both expected and hoped for. Later, a band of very thick Cirrus cloud...

Financial Markets

Nam Dollar overshadowed by Rand Almost 20 years after independence and more than 15 years following the introduction of the Namibian Dollar, the local c...

Community & Culture

HIV positive women sue government for alleged forced sterilisation Around 50 HIV positive women plan to sue the Ministry of Health and Social Services for allegedly being sterilised again...

Special Focus

N$515m boost for Langer Heinrich Langer Heinrich will receive a boost of N$515 million from its parent company, Paladin Energy, for its third expansion p...

Sport

Abidjan hospitality caused the draw – coach The winner of this encounter will automatically qualify for the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand as Africa’s representati...