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Here you will find a selection of articles that Bush Telegraph Namibia created for Marketing & PR customers, published in other media or compiled specifically for this blog.
In the footsteps of the ancestors
At the beginning of April, Ghaub welcomed an extraordinary personage who is personally linked to this place: former anti-apartheid activist Horst Kleinschmidt. In fact, there were two links. The first one was a photo he brought along, the second one was a gravestone...
Aircraft disaster at Ondekaremba 50 years ago
The International Airport near Windhoek had been in operation for just four years when it experienced its first and so far only major plane crash. Exactly 50 years ago, in April 1968, a brand new Boeing 707-344C of South African Airways mysteriously crashed 50 seconds...
Headlines – 16 to 20 April
+++ 20/04 – Secret Service (NCIS) has acquired two farms and an apartment for 65 million Namibia Dollar, which may be privately used +++ 20/04 – At state broadcaster NBC in the financial year 2015/16 about 2,000 decoders disappeared without a trace +++ 19/04 – Clear...
Hot on a predator’s trail
Leopard? Cheetah? African Wild Dog? Aardwolf? Dog? The answers of our Facebook fans to the question which animal left the tracks to be seen on the photo were quite higgledy-piggledy. Only two of the 21 fans were completely right with their bet... More in the news...
Headlines – 9 to 13 April
+++ 13/04 – In the Kuiseb Canyon, a leopard attacks a German tourist through the window of the motorhome – victim survives only because of courageous help of his wife +++ 13/04 – Fishcor buys an old fish factory in Walvis Bay for 160 million Namibia Dollar, although...
Headlines – 3 to 6 April
+++ 6/04 – Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Finance, Nandi-Ndaitwah and Schlettwein, confirm loans from China for projects such as the expansion of the International Airport near Windhoek +++ 6/04 – Ministry of Environment neglects the provision of police officers...
Headlines – 26 to 29 March
+++ 29/03 – Namibia seeks financial help from China for the planned expansion of the International Airport near Windhoek and for the purchase of two Airbus planes for Air Namibia +++ 29/03 – In deference of the unions President Geingob postpones the announced...
Headlines in the morning
+++ Report of Employment Equity Commission: Majority of top positions in Namibian companies still filled with white managers +++ Despite President Geingob's reminder apparently several clean-up operations have taken place on Independence Day +++ Karakul pelts from...