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43 Articles found on Wednesday, 8 April 2009
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08-04-2009
THOSE people who brought them just put them up there and left. We cannot use them, since there are no holes inside them. – Head of the Omungwelume flood victims’ centre, Eunice Hamutoko, expaining why
readOff-road rules to remain in force
08-04-2009
RULES for off-road driving at the coast, introduced in December, will remain in force for the coming Easter weekend. The Permanent Secretary of Environment and Tourism (MET), Kalumbi Shangula, says
readOfficer commits suicide
08-04-2009
A POLICE officer attached to the Serious Crime Unit at Keetmanshoop shot himself with a service pistol early Sunday morning. The regional Police commander Deputy Commissioner Josephat Abel, identified
read900 families to get land by 2011
08-04-2009
NEARLY 900 families will be resettled on 1,6 million hectares of land by 2011, according to Minister of Lands and Resettlement, Alpheus !Naruseb. !Naruseb said this when he opened a three-day
read‘Holiday’ takes toll on Oranjemund businesses
08-04-2009
NAMDEB’S three-month ‘production holiday’ is starting to take its toll on businesses at Oranjemund, some of which have been forced to close shop while their foremost client takes a cost-saving
readAngler in spat with inspectors
08-04-2009
A SOUTH African visitor fishing north of Cape Cross was arrested and charged with obstructing fishing inspectors in their duties on Monday.The charge was dropped on Tuesday, but Willie Botha feels
readEU trade pact in the spotlight
08-04-2009
NAMIBIA, together with more than 30 other parliamentarians from the European Union (EU) and the Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries, has adopted a resolution on the developmental impact of
readBuffaloes remain stranded
08-04-2009
ONE of the more than 200 buffaloes that were trapped in floodwater in eastern Caprivi two weeks ago was injured in a food stampede at an island at Kasika.Charles Musiyalike of the Ministry of
readUS government donates N$5,9m for flood relief
08-04-2009
THE United States has given Namibia US$650 000 (about N$5,9 million) for flood relief.Overall about 350 000 Namibians are estimated to have been affected by flooding in north-central Namibia and the
readCourt reserves ruling on second group of treason assault claims
08-04-2009
A SECOND batch of damages claims against the Ministers of Home Affairs and Defence over the alleged assault and unlawful arrest of suspects in the Caprivi high treason case is awaiting judgement in
readEU trade pact in the spotlight
08-04-2009
NAMIBIA, together with more than 30 other parliamentarians from the European Union (EU) and the Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries, has adopted a resolution on the developmental impact of
readOshana ready to defend
08-04-2009
DEFENDING champions Oshana wasted little time as they named their 20 players charged with retaining The Namibian Newspaper Cup trophy when the competition starts in Windhoek on Friday.The region is
readWorld ‘abandoned’ Rwanda during genocide
08-04-2009
KIGALI – Rwanda President Paul Kagame yesterday slammed the cowardice of an international community that “abandoned” his people, 15 years on from the 1994 genocide in which 800 000 people died. In a
readNSX weathers global storm
08-04-2009
LOCAL investors shared global market fears towards the end of last year as the Overall Index of Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) shed 17,1 per cent to close at 556 points, down from 671 at the end of the
readINT Briefs
08-04-2009
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri mourned * JOHANNESBURG - Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri served the country and the ANC with distinction, the party said yesterday. Matsepe-Casaburri died of
readFarrah could leave hospital this week
08-04-2009
LOS ANGELES – Actress Farrah Fawcett, who has battled cancer for nearly three years, is expected to return home this week after recovering in a Los Angeles hospital from a procedure in Germany, her
readSMSes for Wed 08 Apr 09
08-04-2009
* SOMEONE is at fault here – either those who eat dogs or those who show pictures of dead dogs in newspapers. Now my blame goes to the newspapers, because they bring the pictures to me in a very
readThe Chris diss
08-04-2009
SMOKE Jumpers, a little-known hip-hop act, is attempting to raise its profile with some Chris Brown bashing, taking the disgraced R&B singer to task in a new track that includes the lyric: “Chris
readChris Brown says he’s not guilty
08-04-2009
LOS ANGELES – R&B star Chris Brown pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court on Monday to charges stemming from an alleged attack on his girlfriend, pop singer Rihanna.Brown (19) entered the pleas
readZim plans to relax media restrictions
08-04-2009
CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwe’s unity government plans to relax draconian media restrictions as part of an action plan meant to restore basic rights, heal political scars and boost international trust, the
readTwo die in courthouse shooting
08-04-2009
BERLIN - A gunman opened fire in a courthouse in Bavaria yesterday, killing a woman and injuring several other people, German police said. The gunman then apparently shot himself. The incident took
readYamwe ya ningilwa oshipotha shuufuthi
08-04-2009
AANIILONGA ayehe pobisinisa yokuyoga iihauto po Swakopmund, oya li ya kwatwa po oshiwike sha zi ko shi na sha nekano lyoshimaliwa shOondola/N$57 000 mOmbesa yaatalelipo.Komanda gwOpolisi moshitopolwa
read3 ya holoka mOmpangu monkambadhala yeyugo
08-04-2009
OMULUMENTU omutiheyali taku fekelwa kutya okwa li mongenga yaayugi mboka ya li yu dhengwa nooholo kOpolisi sho ya li ya kambadhala okuyuga Obaa yimwe mOvenuka mEyine lya zi ko, okwa li a adhika a
readIipotha ya zuma ya ekelwahi
08-04-2009
AATAMANEKI mu South Afrika oya ekelehi iipotha yiilonga mbyoka ya li ya ningilwa Omupresidende gwongudu tayi pangele mu South africa, Jacob Zuma, mbyoka y li ya etele aantu omaipulo ngele ngele oku
readOonakuhepekwa komeya taya li li kondjala
08-04-2009
NONANDO pu na aagandji yooshali oyendji ya kala taya gandja omagano, unene tuu giikulya koonakuhepekwa komeya gefundja mOnooli, oonakuhepekwa komeya gefundja mOshakati, mboka ye li kOsenda ya
readToilet Training and Governance
08-04-2009
Governance is back! But what is governance? Simple, it is “the management of power”. How is governance practised? Easy; through the practice of politics which is the use of force, in its many
readSacu reflects on its first century
08-04-2009
THE world’s oldest customs union, the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) will be 100 years old next year. While several milestones have been reached during that century, new challenges lie
readBanking confidence plunges as profits fall
08-04-2009
RETAIL and investment banking confidence fell to an all-time low in the first quarter of this year as non-performing loans hit bottom-line profits of South Africa’s biggest banks, according to Ernst &
readUS banks ‘basically insolvent’: Soros
08-04-2009
NEW YORK – The US economy is in for “a lasting slowdown” and won’t recover this year, while “the banking system as a whole is basically insolvent,” billionaire investor George Soros told Reuters
readRosh Pinah Expo hailed as success
08-04-2009
THE Regional Councillor for the Oranjemund Constituency, Toivo Nampala, has called on entrepreneurs to explore ways to weather the global financial storm.Speaking at the third Rosh Pinah Expo on
readYuan should be added to SDR basket
08-04-2009
HONG KONG – The Chinese yuan should be added to the basket of currencies that underpin the IMF’s special drawing right next year, as a step toward creation of a global reserve currency, Nobel Prize
readSchools get business savvy
08-04-2009
LOCAL publishing house Intermedia, together with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Namibia (ICAN), recently launched the ‘Business Digest Almanac: School Edition’. The publication, which will be
readDonors pledge one billion for African transport network
08-04-2009
LUSAKA – International lending institutions and donor governments have pledged US$1,2 billion to improving road and rail links between eight southern Africa nations.Half the promised money will come
read2009 Newspaper Cup Regional Teams
08-04-2009
Omaheke Okeri Maekopo, Danzyl Haoseb; Terence Riet; Veneruru Mbagura; Hawand Windstaan; Dene Swarts; Wazenga Kauapirura; Lesley Katjingisiua; Kaemanga Mbaeva; Muriani Tjiroze; Kausehue Marenga;
readBenitez blasts Ferguson
08-04-2009
LIVERPOOL - Rafael Benitez has launched another attack on Sir Alex Ferguson after claiming yesterday that the Manchester United manager is running scared of Liverpool. As the race for the Premier
readHabana is new Laureus ambassador
08-04-2009
SOUTH African Rugby World Cup winner Bryan Habana is the newest member of the Laureus Friends & Ambassadors programme. Habana was one of the stars of the 2007 World Cup, his eight tries equalling
readReds look to dynamic duo
08-04-2009
LONDON – Liverpool will rely on their dynamic duo of Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres to penetrate the Premier League’s tightest defence in tonight´s Champions League quarter-final first leg against
readDTS and Unam in pulsating hockey draw
08-04-2009
FRIDAY night saw the rivalry between Unam and DTS men entering the next chapter as these two fierce competitors again locked horns in the Telecom Namibia National Indoor Hockey League at the DTS
readTransNamib’s Titus Haimbili off the hook
08-04-2009
SUSPENDED TransNamib Chief Executive Officer Titus Haimbili has been found not guilty on five of the six charges of fraud, corruption and nepotism the company had levelled against him.His lawyer, Apie
readS&T abuse totals N$1 million a day
08-04-2009
EVERY day this year, an average of N$1 million of taxpayer’s money will go towards Subsistence and Travel (S&T) allowances for Government officials.For the 2009-10 financial year, N$353 935 000 of the
readRusten Mogane hijacked, daughter held at gunpoint
08-04-2009
AN alleged plot to kidnap the daughter of Namibian sports personality Rusten Mogane yesterday blew up in the faces of four armed robbers. Police foiled the bid and arrested three of them.While
readKlitschko to meet Haye
08-04-2009
WORLD IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko is aiming for a “Knock-out in Schalke” when he faces Britain’s David Haye here on June 20, it was revealed Tuesday.“We have an agreement with
readIndia secure first New Zealand series in years
08-04-2009
WELLINGTON – India secured their first series win in New Zealand since 1968 on Tuesday despite rain cheating them of a huge victory in the third Test here Tuesday.The draw at the Basin Reserve was all
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