Archive
43 Articles found on Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Namibia at Zone Six
09-12-2008
Basketball - THE women’s basketball side fell out in the Zone Six Under-20 Youth Games currently underway in Potchefstroom, South Africa.The team’s performance was sub-standard after losing to host
readYouth development
09-12-2008
THE league has kicked off and the rules and regulations governing promotion and relegation have been issued by the mother body.It is interesting that the association has taken a stand to encourage
readChelsea face Euro fright
09-12-2008
PARIS – Chelsea and Roma, packed with superstars but dogged by European inconsistency, face a potential Champions League fright tonight as the group stages of the money-spinning tournament come to an
readRAW: tough ultra race on cards
09-12-2008
THE race series that promises to take ultra running to the next level, RAW (Run across the World), is almost upon us. The debut race of this international series starts here through our own stunning
readAthletics faces uncertain future
09-12-2008
THE Namibian Sports Commission (NSC) has failed in its bid to convince regions to install an interim committee for Athletics Namibia since its deadlocked elections on November 22 at Katima
readCraven joins Rapha Condor team
09-12-2008
NAMIBIAN cyclist Dan Craven has announced that he has now become a member of the Rapha Condor Team for the 2009 season.In an e-mail yesterday, Craven said after a fantastic four years riding for the
readTrouble? Ronnie has it
09-12-2008
BLACK Africa caretaker coach Ronnie Kanalelo says if anyone is looking for trouble with him, he is prepared to give it.Kanalelo said this after he was threatened by some Black Africa fans after his
readSMS free speech under NC investigation
09-12-2008
THE National Council has passed a motion calling on the Ombudsman to investigate whether short messages service (SMS) users and callers to the chat shows have abused their rights by “demonising”
readSMSes for Tuesday 9 Dec 08
09-12-2008
* THE petrol price went down by R1,61 in South Africa last week. Can the Ministry of Mines and Energy also follow suit and give us an early Christmas present, please! Food For Thought * JULIUS
readHamutenya a pewa oshipundi shUupresidende wo RDP
09-12-2008
NGOKA a li nale Ominista yIikwapondje Hidipo Hamutenya okwa pewa oshipundi shUupresidende wongundu yo Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) pOkongresa yopaati ndjika ya li ko mehuliloshiwike.Sigo
readNamibia on cholera alert
09-12-2008
NAMIBIA has put its health system on high alert following reports that the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has started reaching neighbouring countries like Zambia, Botswana and South Africa.Gladys
readMeme Aino Dumeni ota ti po hwepo kOshipangelo kOkapa
09-12-2008
OMUMBIISHOFI gwa ELCIN e li moshipundi shEvululuko tatekulu Kleopas Dumeni, kepulo, okwa lombwela Oshifo shika kutya omukulukadhi gwe meme Aino Dumeni, ngoka a yile kOshipangelo kOkapa omasiku ga zi
readEpangelo lya DRC lya zimina okupopya na Ndjayi Nkunda
09-12-2008
GOMA –Epangelo lya DRC mEtitano lya zi ko olya taambako eindilo lyOorebele kutya naa ye moonkundathana dhi na dha nehulithopo lyiita moshilongo.Konima sho a ningi oonkundathana na Mbushe gwe miilongwa
readProwealth CEO commits suicide
09-12-2008
THE CEO of the Prowealth financial group of companies was found dead at his home yesterday morning.The Police said Riaan Potgieter died of a single gunshot wound, presumably self-inflicted. In a
readEfumviko lya Kuku GwaKondo momathano
09-12-2008
Molyomakaya ga zi ko, aantu omayuvi ya za kiitopolwa ayihe ya Namibia na yamwe ya za pondje yoshilongo, oya li ya gongala pomukunda Etundu mOngandjera okukala poshituthifumviko sha Kuku Helvi Mpingana
readGumwe a kwatwa po kOpolisi konima yeyugo kwahomatiwa
09-12-2008
OPOLISI mOshitopolwa sha Shana, oya kwata po omulumentu gumwe omugundjuka ta fekelwa eyugo kwahomatiwa, sha ningwa okupendukila ohela mOndangwa, yaali yomuyo ye shiwike nawa oya fadhuka po nOpolisi
readInternational Briefs
09-12-2008
More rioting breaks out in Greek cities ATHENS – Gangs of rock-throwing youths made sporadic attacks on police stations across Athens, stoned the Interior Ministry and clashed with riot police
readI won’t be a puff president: Obama
09-12-2008
WASHINGTON – US President-elect Barack Obama failed to give a straight answer when asked on a US talk show on Sunday whether he had managed to quit smoking.In a country where cigarettes are
readLil Wayne leads Grammy list
09-12-2008
LOS ANGELES – New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne, riding a wave with his hugely successful album, raked in eight nominations for the 51st Grammy awards, while British rockers Coldplay followed with
readLandmark Congo talks open in Kenya
09-12-2008
NAIROBI – Congolese rebels opened peace negotiations with a government delegation yesterday in Nairobi in their first direct talks on ending the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.The
readGhana’s vote too close to call
09-12-2008
ACCRA – Partial unofficial results showed a neck-and-neck race yesterday in Ghana as votes were counted after general elections held up as a shining example for the rest of Africa.Nana Akufo-Addo of
readMotlanthe fires SA’s top prosecutor
09-12-2008
CAPE TOWN – South African President Kgalema Motlanthe fired the country’s chief prosecutor yesterday, saying he was not sufficiently sensitive to issues of national security.“I have come to the
readCardoso assassin escapes again
09-12-2008
MAPUTO – Mozambique’s most notorious assassin. Anibal dos Santos Junior (‘Anibalzinho’), the man who led the death squad that murdered the country’s foremost investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso,
readEconomic Briefs
09-12-2008
Old Mutual donates musical instruments to ADMADP * Old Mutual Namibia on Friday donated musical instruments worth N$18 360 to the Axeli Doeseb Music and Arts Development Project (ADMADP).Old Mutual
readNepru corrects its review of BIG Coalition report
09-12-2008
The average expenditure figures provided in the assessment report of the Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition are not suitable for determining the income poverty level, the Namibia Economic Policy
readLooking back and making sense of the carnage
09-12-2008
The year 2008 has been an outrageously tough and volatile for equity market investors, and no doubt many of us will be pleased to see the back of it.Even though the global high yield debt market
readBest response to crisis is state spending, say SA economists
09-12-2008
Cape Town – The new crisis management team – to be made up of officials from business, labour and the government, as well as community representatives – must persuade the state to spend money,
readSA financial firms brace for blow from BEE debt
09-12-2008
Johannesburg – The banking and financial sector is bracing for a multibillion-rand hit to its profitability in the months ahead as the industry provides for the write-off of loans to empowerment
readUS mulls oversight board for US car industry
09-12-2008
WASHINGTON – US congressional Democrats are considering creation of an oversight board made up of five cabinet secretaries, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and led by an independent
readFord lays off 30 executives in Philippines
09-12-2008
MANILA – The Philippine branch of Ford Motor has laid off 30 executives in a cost-cutting measure in the face of the global financial turmoil, a company official said yesterday.Ford Philippines group
readN$17 million to curb FMD
09-12-2008
CABINET has approved a number of urgent measures to combat foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Caprivi and Kavango regions and made N$17 million available to the Ministry of Agriculture to implement
readDamara rams donated for breeding
09-12-2008
THE Omkhaibasen Farmers Co-operative has donated ten Damara Sheep rams to its members for breeding purpose. Omkhaibasen operates in the Spitzkoppe, Tubusis and ‡Goabeb areas near Usakos.They held a
readGovernment revises Green Scheme policy
09-12-2008
CABINET has adopted a proposal to revise the existing Green Scheme policy, which is an undertaking to increase commercial large-scale irrigated crop production. Cabinet during its last sitting
readShebeen robbed
09-12-2008
ONE person has been arrested and the Police are looking for another two suspects after an armed robbery at a shebeen at Olukolo village near Ondangwa early yesterday morning.Oshana Police Commander,
readCity blames truck shortage for rubbish pile-up
09-12-2008
THE City of Windhoek yesterday responded to complaints about its deteriorating waste removal system, blaming a shortage of rubbish trucks for the delays in servicing several parts of town in recent
readSADC wary of EU trade agreements
09-12-2008
THE current “scramble for resources” and Europe’s “tactic to lock us into free-trade arrangements where bargaining chips are lost” through Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) could hinder SADC’s
readRainy weather set to continue
09-12-2008
GOOD rains were reported across the country over the weekend, and the prospects for rain remain good until Thursday.From Friday, the skies will be clear and rain will be confined to the northeastern
readMedia the winner as ‘New Era’ loses libel case against Shifeta
09-12-2008
THE Deputy Minister of Youth, Pohamba Shifeta, on Friday won a libel case against the State-owned newspaper New Era – but he will have to be satisfied with receiving only a tenth of the N$500 000 he
readMugabe regime the problem: Hamutenya
09-12-2008
THE current economic and health crisis in Zimbabwe is manmade and very disturbing, Hidipo Hamutenya, president of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) party, said yesterday.Briefing the media on
readLicence woes beset Natis
09-12-2008
MOTORISTS awaiting permanent driver’s licence cards from the Namibia Traffic Information System (Natis) in Windhoek are warned to check in with the organisation’s offices to find out whether they can
readFrustration brews at parastatal
09-12-2008
TRANSNAMIB workers say their morale is low because of a “lack of leadership”, and this is resulting in the company’s operations stagnating.Workers from the western region, represented by Namibia
readJournalist’s arrest gets international attention
09-12-2008
REPORTERS Without Borders, an international organisation fighting for the rights of journalists, has called on the Namibian Government to withdraw all charges against South African TV journalist
readZim ‘being held hostage’
09-12-2008
HARARE - South African government officials were in Zimbabwe yesterday assessing the scale of the humanitarian crisis as international calls grow for Robert Mugabe to step down after 28 years as
read