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Looser wins fifth Desert Dash as Adrian wins her first

Written by Maqonda Ndlovu on 07 December 2019

WINDHOEK, 07 DEC (NAMPA) – Swiss national Konny Looser won the men’s 2019 Nedbank Namibia Desert Dash for the fifth time in a row Sunday morning in a time of 14 hours, 42 minutes and 02 seconds (14:52:21) in the solo category.
The 20th edition of the race also saw 26-year-old Namibian Vera Adrian win the women’s race for the first time in a time of 17:10:50.
The Desert Dash is Namibia’s longest cycling race at 373 kilometres from Windhoek to Swakopmund over a period of 24 hours through the desert.
Looser wa ...

SADC region faces common climate change challenges: Shifeta

Written by Sophia Shindongo on 07 December 2019

WINDHOEK, 07 DEC (NAMPA) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region faces common challenges and opportunities when it comes to climate change, Namibia’s Minister of Environment and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, said on Friday.
He was speaking at the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 25, which is taking place in Madrid, Spain from 02 until 13 December 2019.
Shifeta addressed a side event on ‘Accelerating National Determined Contribution (NDC) implementation in SADC through imp ...

Namibian media should steer clear of disinformations: Simataa

WINDHOEK, 05 DEC (NAMPA) – Namibian media should steer clear of the avalanche of disinformations that has become symptomatic of the social media domain, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Stanley Simataa, has said. (Video by Lydia Pitiri) NAMPA TV

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