Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2012-05-30 10:45
COLOMBO - NAMPA/AFP
Aim is to get higher up the rankings
Pakistan will go into their test and one day, test series and Twenty20 matches against arch-rivals Sri Lanka with their tails up as they are considered favourites to clinch the better part of the encounters.
Pakistan are hoping to build on their impressive record over the past year when they take the field during the full tour of Sri Lanka starting later this week.
"The task here is to win, but the longer goal is to take Pakistan high up in the rankings in all three formats," Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore said at the series launch in Colombo on Monday night. Read more about Resurgent Pakistan eye Sri Lanka scalp
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2012-05-30 10:43
JOHANNESBURG - NAMPA/SAPA
Springbok back Francois Steyn has re-signed for the Sharks almost three years after leaving to play in Europe, the club announced on Monday. Read more about Steyn re-signs for Sharks
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2012-05-30 10:41
WINDHOEK - NAMIBIA SPORT
Namibia’s ‘new look’ Brave Warriors team will be severely tested when they play Nigeria in a 2014 World Cup qualifier match in Calabar on June 3, as the Super Eagles named a strong squad for the game.
Nigeria has named a powerful squad including 15 foreign-based professionals for its World Cup qualifying match against Namibia in Calabar on Sunday, June 3. Read more about Brave Warriors in test of tenacity
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2012-05-30 10:37
Windhoek - Festus Nakatana
No new faces were added to the country’s club of permanent secretaries, following yesterday’s announcement of the latest reshuffle. Read more about Old wine in new bottles
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2012-05-30 10:30
OHALUSHU - NAMPA
The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)’s Secretary for Information and Publicity, Jeremia Nambinga says the living situation in Namibia under the Swapo Party-led government is worse than during colonial times.
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2012-05-30 10:29
WINDHOEK - FRED GOEIEMAN
State demands stiff sentence more than the mandatory sentence of 15 years
The State has demanded an extraordinary sentence against a father who was convicted of raping and assaulting his 14-year-old biological daughter – a fate to be delivered on June 28. Read more about Rapist dad ‘a disgrace to humanity’
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2012-05-30 10:25
A road accident on the Trans-Kalahari highway in the Omaheke Region left two people dead and three more with serious injuries on Saturday evening. Here members of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) load the bodies of the two deceased into a police vehicle. Read more about Tragic Accident
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2012-05-30 10:23
OSHAKATI - MERJA IILEKA
Emotionally exhausted after losing job chance
A Unam student is suffering academic whiplash after the institution twice denied her the chance to graduate. Once, because she was not allowed to write extra exams and the next time her script was lost
A UNIVERSITY of Namibia (Unam) student’s dreams to graduate and join the working ranks were cut cruelly short when she was told by the higher education institution that she cannot get her degree because of a lost exam script. Read more about Student denied degree over lost script
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2012-05-30 10:18
WINDHOEK - FAITH SANKWASA
Martin Lupalezwi, the man found guilty of a vicious attack on his girlfriend during which he stabbed her with a knife and slit her throat, leaving her for dead, was yesterday handed a 15 year jail sentence.
Windhoek Regional Court Magistrate Sarel Jacobs yesterday suspended three years from the 15 years on conditions that Lupalezwi, 32, is not convicted of a similar sentence during the suspension period. Read more about Knife attacker sent to jail for 12 years
Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Wed, 2012-05-30 10:15
WINDHOEK - NOMHLE KANGOOTUI
By giving back to the community
Emerging R&B singer Linda Simasiku is showing her soft side by giving back part of her winnings from this year’s Namibian Annual Music Awards to the community. Read more about Linda cares
