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50 Articles found on Tuesday, 21 April 2009
The Battle of Okandjira
21-04-2009
‘HOW deeply the wild, proud, sorrowful people had humbled themselves in the terror of death.Wherever I turned my eyes lay their goods in quantities: oxen and horses, goats and dogs, blankets and
readNoteable Quotes
21-04-2009
THE ACC should also inspect the integrity of those they are investigating. – Justice Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, criticising the fact that allegations and charges investigated by the ACC appear
readTigers, Santos, Spurs fight to survive
21-04-2009
TIGERS, Chief Santos and Hotspurs have to fight for the ultimate premiership survival if they want to evade the relegation axe, as they are all tied on 15 points with only six matches to go in the
readVigil for Columbine’s 10th
21-04-2009
LITTLETON – Hundreds attended a sunset candlelight vigil on Sunday to honour the 13 victims of the Columbine High School massacre on the eve of its 10th anniversary.A steady stream of visitors walked
readRecession clouds to clear in 2010
21-04-2009
INVESTMENT House Namibia (IHN) has joined the growing ranks of local economists predicting that the country will spiral into negative economic growth this year.According to their Daily Market
readWhat could happen in South Africa’s election
21-04-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africans vote in parliamentary and provincial elections tomorrow with the ruling African National Congress likely to win a big majority in the fourth national ballot since the end
readApples break previous records
21-04-2009
The Bank Windhoek Cancer Apple Project in aid of the Cancer Association of Namibia was a huge success this year, with 558 000 apples sold. This year, 150 000 more apples were sold than last year.
readState media get more handouts from Govt
21-04-2009
THE annual State subsidy for the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) will be N$15,2 million lower in the new financial year. It will receive an allocation of N$100,8 million compared to N$116,1
readFloods subside, but tents still needed
21-04-2009
SOME people affected by floods in the Kavango Region are still in need of tents, blankets and mosquito nets, Kavango Governor John Thighuru said yesterday.Thighuru said these people are mostly in the
readSMSes fo Tue 21 Apr 09
21-04-2009
* HORRIBLE the article about the dog! Could people not find him after four days of barking? Food For Thought * IT’S a downright shame to see that one of the least densely populated countries,
readSuicide after car accident
21-04-2009
A 38-year-old man committed suicide after a hit-and-run accident in which a five-year-old boy was badly injured in Keetmanshoop’s Tseiblaagte residential area on Sunday afternoon.Deputy Commissioner
readChild murder confession hangs in the balance
21-04-2009
A RULING that could determine whether former security guard Lesley Kukame walks free from his trial on child rape and murder charges is set to be delivered in the High Court in Windhoek at the start
readFood plans – too little, too late
21-04-2009
GOVERNMENT’S attempts to prevent Namibians from going hungry because food has simply become too expensive or floods have destroyed their crops, are too slow, too ineffective and not well thought
readMeme Kuna Shikongo a ninga Omundohotola mUunongononi wUupangi
21-04-2009
OMUPANGI a tseyika nawa meme Katriina Kuna Shikongo i ilonga nuudhiginini mOshiputudhilo shoPombanda sha UNAM ndele ta mono onkatu ye yopombanda yUundohotola e yi pewa kOmupresidende Hifikepunye
readTu ka hogololeni Oswapo yetweni: Ya Kasita ta ti
21-04-2009
OMINISTA yOpevi yOmavi nOmatulululo Henock ya Kasita, ngoka wo e li Kaansela gwOshikandjohogololo sha Kaku okwa indila koshigwana shi ka hogolole o Swapo ya Namibia nOmupresidende gwayo momahogololo
readEkopi lyUuyuni ota li ya ku Namibia
21-04-2009
EKOPI lyUuyuni, ndyoka kapu na oshilongo inashi hala oku li sindana – otali ka etwa mu Namibia momasiku 6 ga Novemba 2009. Otuula ndjika yEkopi lyUuyuni ya longekithwa kOkampani ya Coca Cola.Okampani
readUnam a pewa oshimaliwa oshindji
21-04-2009
OSHITAYI sha UNAM shUuwindjinia nUuyelele wOpaunongononi shomOngwediva moshitopolwa sha Shana shoka sha egululwa pambelewa kOmupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba ta yambidhidhwa kOmukuluntu gwa UNAM
readIndian prisoners protest
21-04-2009
HUNDREDS of inmates at a prison in Kolkata have gone on hunger strike after they were not allowed to watch Indian Premier League cricket matches, officials said yesterday.BD Sharma, the inspector
readPlayers promoted to senior ranks
21-04-2009
TWO junior table tennis players, Rowan Newman (14) and Bregida George (15), both pupils at Windhoek Gymnasium who joined the junior development programme last year, have been promoted to join the
readJoseph is new table tennis boss
21-04-2009
THE Namibia Table Tennis Association (NTTA) recently held its 44th Annual General Meeting. What made this a very special AGM was the fact that the current president Zigi Gubel decided that she would
readBody Balance camp in May
21-04-2009
BANK Windhoek and Body Balance will stage the first Balance Kids Camp for this year during the coming school holiday. This camp will be hosted in Windhoek from May 11 to 15. At the launch of the
readNo pleasing Nadal’s Toni
21-04-2009
MONTE CARLO – Rafael Nadal wrapped up a fifth consecutive Monte Carlo Masters title and is overwhelming favourite to make it five-in-a-row at the French Open, but his uncle and coach Toni is still not
readFerrari boss plans to stay cool
21-04-2009
SHANGHAI – Beleaguered Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali says he and his team will stay cool under pressure after a terrible start to the season and will not make any decisions for at least two more
readNetball teams chosen
21-04-2009
THE Khomas netball team which was selected on at the Khomasdal Netball Court is as follows: Senior Regional Team: Muuaa Tjipetekera – African Stars, Lizelle Bock- Bethlehem United, Jatjinda
readNamibia to export meat directly to Finland
21-04-2009
NAMIBIA might soon export meat directly to Finland and a Finnish delegation currently in the country will look at developing direct distribution chains of Namibian meat to the Nordic markets and to
readRecord turnover at boerbok auction
21-04-2009
THE economic and commercial value of the boerbok goat breed for Namibia was emphasised at a recent auction where 153 animals fetched a total of N$1 million within just a few hours.THE successful
readGlobal crisis puts dent in trophy hunting
21-04-2009
FOREIGN nationals travelling to Namibia for trophy-hunting safaris have been affected by the global credit crisis and have either cancelled bookings or postponed their trips, the Namibia
readChina fuel stocks fall 15% as demand recovers
21-04-2009
BEIJING – Fuel inventories held by China’s top refiners fell nearly 15 per cent in March, the first sharp decline in over two years, as rising demand lifted sales by more than a fifth from February, a
readSA spent N$80bn in 4 years on public bailouts
21-04-2009
THE South African government spent a conservative R80 billion recapitalising state-owned enterprises between 2004 and 2008, with the bulk going to power utility Eskom and South African Airways
readAustralian firm opens uranium mine in Malawi
21-04-2009
BLANTYRE – An Australian firm on Friday inaugurated a 220-million-dollar uranium mine project in northern a Malawi, in a major boost to the impoverished country.“The mine will generate over US$150
readCaution needed on EPAs: Pohamba
21-04-2009
“MORE work remains to be done” on the negotiations on an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Namibia and the European Union (EU), President Hifikepunye Pohamba has stressed.During his State
readUK likely to present bleak annual budget
21-04-2009
LONDON – British Treasury chief Alistair Darling is likely to present a bleak annual budget this week with little good news for the average Briton as the economy wallows in recession.Along with a
readExxon Mobil overtakes Wal-Mart to top Fortune 500 list of top US firms
21-04-2009
NEW YORK – Exxon Mobil has unseated Wal-Mart Stores to top the 2009 Fortune 500 list after a year the magazine called the worst ever for the 500 largest US publicly traded companies.Fortune ranks
readStimulus plans start to work
21-04-2009
BEIJING – Trillions of dollars committed to stimulus packages are starting to work, but governments may have to do more to pull the world economy out of its worst recession in eight decades, the head
readPolish councillor fumes over ‘gay’ elephant
21-04-2009
WARSAW – A Polish politician has criticised his local zoo for acquiring a “gay” elephant named Ninio who prefers male companions and will probably not procreate, local media reported on Friday.“We
readNo MGs, but Booker T IS back
21-04-2009
INDIO, California – Booker T Jones was flummoxed by the digital revolution. So he went to school.The former frontman for the MGs said he was “languishing” and “frustrated” by the shift from analogue
readHeartthrob Zac tops box office
21-04-2009
LOS ANGELES – ‘High School Musical’ heartthrob Zac Efron graduated to the big leagues at the North American box office on Sunday as his new comedy crushed a weighty thriller starring Russell Crowe.‘17
readHandling ‘bossnappings’ poses dilemma for Sarkozy
21-04-2009
PARIS – A spate of ‘boss-nappings’ by French workers has put President Nicolas Sarkozy in a tight spot, caught between the need to enforce the law and the risk of exacerbating unrest during the
readPoliticians cower from 'shoe-cide’ onslaught
21-04-2009
NEW DELHI – India’s politicians contesting in the general election, fearful of shoes hurled at them by disgruntled voters, have asked for more security and are erecting metal nets at rallies.Lal
readParents visit jailed journalist daughter
21-04-2009
TEHRAN – The parents of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran for allegedly spying for the US visited their daughter yesterday for the first time since she was sentenced to eight years in prison
readStephen Hawking very ill
21-04-2009
LONDON - Cambridge University says that famed mathematician Stephen Hawking has been rushed to a hospital and is very ill.The university said Hawking has been fighting a chest infection for several
readCIA waterboarded suspects 266 times
21-04-2009
WASHINGTON - CIA interrogators waterboarded al Qaeda’s September 11 attack mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and another top suspect, Abu Zubaydah, at least a combined 266 times, a Justice Department
readUS polo horse death toll hits 21
21-04-2009
WELLINGTON - Veterinarians were waiting for test results yesterday to find out why at least 21 polo horses fell ill and died in a short time before their match at a Florida tournament.The horses from
readAhmadinejad prompts racism summit walkout
21-04-2009
GENEVA - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted a walkout from his speech to a UN racism summit yesterday when he accused Israel of racism against the Palestinians.The conference had already
readFamily elated at release of Nigeria hostage
21-04-2009
LONDON – The brothers of a British man who was freed after being held hostage for seven months by Nigerian militants, yesterday spoke of their joy at his sudden release.Oil worker Robin Barry Hughes,
readPirates release food aid ship
21-04-2009
NAIROBI – Somali pirates attacked a Maltese flagged-ship before dawn yesterday with rocket-propelled grenades, but the ship escaped unharmed, a Nato spokesman said.And in a rare case of good news,
readJamaican hijacker captured
21-04-2009
KINGSTON – A gunman forced his way though airport security and hijacked a Canadian jet near Montego Bay, holding six crew members hostage for eight hours before police and soldiers stormed the
readCrowded Police holding cells grabs the spotlight
21-04-2009
THE overcrowding at Windhoek’s Police holding cells this week again attracted the attention of the Ombudsman’s office, whose investigators are currently looking into a host of complaints received from
readShaduka refused bail again
21-04-2009
A FOURTH attempt by businessman and murder suspect Lazarus Shaduka to be released on bail ended in failure yesterday. In a ruling given by Magistrate Claudia Claasen in the Windhoek Magistrate’s
readOil spill hits Lüderitz
21-04-2009
AN ECOLOGICAL disaster is unfolding off the coast of Lüderitz. Oil, apparently seeping from the hull of the Meob Bay trawler that sank in 2002, is threatening endangered bird colonies.At least 156
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