The Italian coastguard is continuing to search for two Americans who went missing amid thunderstorms while competing in the world's oldest balloon race yesterday.
Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer Davis lost contact with their support team soon after 7am UK time as they flew over the Adriatic Sea.
Send us your pics! Let us have the photographs of your special occasion or social event. E-mail them to sun@namibiansun.com or bring them to our offices at 11 General Murtala Mohammed Road, Eros, Windhoek . The deadline is Monday at 12h00. Your pictures should have clear captions stating the occasion, the date of the event and the names and surnames of people appearing in the picture from left to right. Read more about Social Scene 30 September 2010
Three decades after the Red Army Faction terrorised Germany with a campaign of murders, hijackings and bomb attacks, the last major trial involving one its members opens today, when prosecutors will seek to end the mystery of one the group's most prominent killings.
Verena Becker, one of the leading members of the RAF – also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang – is due to answer charges that she was involved in the murder of the country's leading public prosecutor, Siegfried Buback, 33 years ago. Read more about Baader-Meinhof trial opens in Germany
Sydney (dpa) - Fathers are the ones most likely to go missing, often driven underground by a perverse determination to avoid the child-support payments they could afford.
But in the celebrated case of Ken Thompson, the former Australian fire chief recently re-united with 6-year-old son Andrew in Amsterdam, the one on the run was wife and mother Melinda Thompson.
Send us your pics! Let us have the photographs of your special occasion or social event. E-mail them to sun@namibiansun.com or bring them
to our offices at 11 General Murtala Mohammed Road, Eros, Windhoek . The deadline is Monday at 12h00. Your pictures should have clear
captions stating the occasion, the date of the event and the names and surnames of people appearing in the picture from left to right. Read more about Social Scene 30 September 2010
Last weekend the national broadcaster hosted its first ever Miss NBC beauty pageant at the Roman Catholic Hall in the heart of Windhoek City. Read more about First Miss NBC crowned
The past weekend presented Windhoek residents with a homebrewed opportunity to enjoy the lighter side of life when the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) in association with the Bank Windhoek Arts Festival’s Afrikaans Theatre Festival played host to the Namibian comedy show Lag Jou Pap. Read more about Local comedy a hit
On Saturday (2 October) one of the very first opportunities to enjoy the brand new 99FM Playhouse Theatre (the old Warehouse Theatre) presents itself when the station’s VIP listeners are given exclusive access to the pre-launch party. According to Laurika Williams of 99FM the main performance will be by Dantago also known as African Boy who performed at the Run N.A.M.S mix-tape launch party this past weekend. 99FM’s own Chi-Chi will be the MC on the night, while the ever-popular DJ Casey will be spinning the tunes. Read more about 99FM introduces Playhouse
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and the Namibia Film Commission (NFC) this week announced funding for four Namibian film projects.
Three short films will be produced from scripts selected from entries called for earlier this year totaling close to N$500 000. Another project, CamelThorns by GT Detering which is already a short film, has been supported with N$50 000 to develop it into a full-length feature according to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana. Read more about Short films coming
Shekinah Cypher performed on Sunday at the Coca Cola stage at the Windhoek Show Grounds as part of the Gospel performance section of the extensive live entertainment programme that the Windhoek Show Society has put together for this year with Ongoma Events. The Christian rappers did their latest hit Amazing along with a number of other popular tracks. Read more about GOSPEL ACT
