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60 Articles found on Friday, 14 August 2009
Israel killed unarmed Palestinians - HRW
14-08-2009
JERUSALEM – A new report by Human Rights Watch charged yesterday that Israeli soldiers killed eleven unarmed Palestinian civilians who were carrying white flags in shooting incidents during Israel’s
readSale of Oshakati property ruled invalid
14-08-2009
OSHAKATI businessman George Namundjebo has landed himself in some very hot legal water for illegally “selling” an Ohlthaver & List property at Oshakati in December 2004 with forged company
readPohamba not opening Ai-Ais
14-08-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has pulled out of officially re-opening the N$34 million Ai-Ais Hot Springs Resort on Thursday, Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has confirmed. Instead, Founding President
readMystery deepens over disappearing merchant ship
14-08-2009
MOSCOW – The mystery surrounding a missing merchant ship deepened yesterday with the vessel’s operator suggesting piracy and maritime experts suspecting foul play or even a secret cargo.The Kremlin
readPresident acts on Teko
14-08-2009
THE President has asked Public Service Commissioner Teckla Lameck to stay away from her official job while the investigation of the corruption, fraud and bribery case in which she has been charged
readAT least 53 dead in Philippines
14-08-2009
MANILA - A battle pitting Philippine troops against Muslim guerrillas on a remote southern island killed at least 53 people, the military said yesterday, but analysts said the clash is unlikely to
readCrow Chief receives Medal of Freedom
14-08-2009
WASHINGTON – A 95-year-old Crow Indian who went into battle wearing war paint under his World War II uniform has been awarded the nation’s highest civilian honour.Wearing a traditional headdress, Joe
readGerman court rules on display of Nazi symbols
14-08-2009
BERLIN – A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that people can be prosecuted for displaying Nazi slogans in Germany only if they are in the German language.The Federal Court of Justice overturned a
readBona editor killed
14-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Bona Magazine editor and Soweto TV chairperson, Force Khashane, was shot and killed at his house in Orlando East, Soweto police said yesterday. Captain Phillemon Khorombi said Khashane
readBona editor killed
14-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Bona Magazine editor and Soweto TV chairperson, Force Khashane, was shot and killed at his house in Orlando East, Soweto police said yesterday. Captain Phillemon Khorombi said Khashane
readBona editor killed
14-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Bona Magazine editor and Soweto TV chairperson, Force Khashane, was shot and killed at his house in Orlando East, Soweto police said yesterday. Captain Phillemon Khorombi said Khashane
readNoteable Quotes
14-08-2009
THERE is no reason to panic. – Health Minister Dr Richard Kamwi after Namibia’s recorded H1N1 (swine flu) cases reached 10THIS guy was making a statement – a very loud statement – in court. – Charles
readMboweni surprises with rate cut
14-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday decided to cut the repo rate by 50 basis points to seven per cent.This is out of line with consensus
readMan City to launch fresh challenge
14-08-2009
LONDON – The Premier League starts again this weekend with the opening matches likely to provide the first hints of whether there could be a fresh challenge to the established order.Manchester United,
readSA suspends disposal of state firms’ mining assets
14-08-2009
CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s cabinet agreed a suspension of the disposal of mining assets held by state entities, a move that may lead to the creation of a state mining company, government spokesman
readNamibian exports pose threat to SA’s fishing industry
14-08-2009
SA’s fishing industry may face increased competition from Namibian fish exports, which could have a devastating effect on the industry.Namibia has not signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
readANC opts to spend more to beat financial crisis
14-08-2009
THE ANC had decided to stick to counter-cyclical interventions to ameliorate the effects of the global economic crisis, secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday. He said this would be done
readA Giant Step For Namibian Media
14-08-2009
THE Namibian media have taken a giant step forward with the announcement of the appointment of a Media Ombudsman and an accompanying self-regulatory process.They’ve also gone a long way to proving
readSA strikes, wage hikes to weigh on economy
14-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG - An annual round of strikes and inflationary pay hikes could not have come at a worse time for a South African economy strained by the global recession, soaring unemployment and spending
readGovernment Must Take A Harder Stance On Crime
14-08-2009
I WAS over the last weekend the victim of crime in the shape of a burglary. In addition to other material possessions, including TV sets and clothes, two of my most prized assets were stolen – my
readStrong currency hurting Mozambique, IMF says
14-08-2009
MAPUTO - An overvalued currency is putting Mozambique’s economic growth at risk by making its exports too expensive and uncompetitive, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report said on Tuesday.The
readNamibia’s Winter of Discontent
14-08-2009
THIS has been a winter of discontent for Namibia in many respects. It brought to the fore, once again, the continuing and deepening economic and social contradictions that are now defining our society
readA Big Chance for Small Farmers
14-08-2009
NEW YORK – The G-8’s $20 billion initiative on smallholder agriculture, launched at the group’s recent summit in L’Aquila, Italy, is a potentially historic breakthrough in the fight against hunger and
readIilonga Is A Racist
14-08-2009
Dear Mr Ilonga WITH reference to your remark, quoted in an article published in this paper on page 3, 10 August 2009: Are you suggesting that there is a conspiracy by “the white people” to destroy
readPraise For Chasing The Dots
14-08-2009
TO me it seems to be time to commend your Chris Smith (Chasing the dots…). Few people are able to express themselves on such issues as are tackled by Smith every week as he so eloquently does. In
readTaiwanese hauled to safety across raging river
14-08-2009
SINFA – Terrified survivors of Typhoon Morakot were pulled to safety along cables slung across a raging river, five days after dozens of their fellow villagers died in flash floods, as criticism
readClinton reminds Africa ‘it’s on the US’s radar’
14-08-2009
ABUJA – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wraps up her Africa trip today, urging nations such as Nigeria and Kenya to tackle graft but showing no big policy shifts by the Obama administration
readProblems Of The Debit Card
14-08-2009
On June 24 I made a purchase at Gobabis Spar and attempted to make the payment by debit card.This was rejected, even after the second attempt, and I was told to make cash payment. However, Spar
readNo, No, Cde Iilonga
14-08-2009
ALLOW me a space in your newspaper regarding the comments made by Petrus Iilonga on an alcohol plot by whites.I’m not white but I’m a black and Oshiwambo speaking and I’m not defending the
readAn Outdated Strategy
14-08-2009
SWAPO has passed the peak of its popularity since the euphoria of Independence in 1990. There have been breakaways, such as the CoD and RDP, and internally the party is also not ‘happy’ because there
readDe Beers profits lose their gleam
14-08-2009
PROFITS at De Beers, the world’s biggest diamond producer, have slumped in the “most difficult” economic environment in decades. In the first six months of 2009, it made a profit of $3m (£1,8m), down
read14-08-2009
ALLOW me space in your newspaper to put forward an issue that is less published and indeed not prominent in Namibian business commentaries and that is dividend payment policies of state owned
readUranium For Our Destruction
14-08-2009
ALLOW me to introduce myself. I am Georg Erb, a Swakopmund resident. I had grown up on a small farm in the Namib Desert, outside Swakopmund. I am, like many other colleagues, currently making a
read14-08-2009
THE Namibian media have taken a giant step forward with the announcement of the appointment of a Media Ombudsman and an accompanying self-regulatory process.They’ve also gone a long way to proving
read14-08-2009
I WAS over the last weekend the victim of crime in the shape of a burglary. In addition to other material possessions, including TV sets and clothes, two of my most prized assets were stolen – my
readNamibia’s Winter of Discontent
14-08-2009
THIS has been a winter of discontent for Namibia in many respects. It brought to the fore, once again, the continuing and deepening economic and social contradictions that are now defining our
readA Big Chance for Small Farmers
14-08-2009
NEW YORK – The G-8’s $20 billion initiative on smallholder agriculture, launched at the group’s recent summit in L’Aquila, Italy, is a potentially historic breakthrough in the fight against hunger and
readSMS Of The Day
14-08-2009
n ALL the tribes must be represented equally in each ministry, parastatals, etc, to promote harmony and to curb corruption. Otherwise we’re heading towards something dangerous. No matter the majority
readNamibia okwiilongekidha nawa inamu tila Kamwi tati.
14-08-2009
N AMIBIA okwiilongekidha nawa kombinga yekunku, konima sho aantu ye li lwopomulongo ya monika yakwatwa komukithi nguka gwatseyika ongo ekunku lyiingulu,nenge paunongononi ongo H1N1. Ominista
readNgaye shivalelwe ndi gandje uuthemba ko RDP yi ye momikunda
14-08-2009
gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Shana Komufala gwOpolisi Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa, moshigongi shAatoolinkundana, sha ningilwe mOshakati ongula yEtitatu lyoshiwike shika, okwa ti kutya onkundana ya
read‘Sabotage’ by substance abuse
14-08-2009
ONGENGA – The Deputy Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Pohamba Shifeta, says pupils perform poorly in school because of the lack of a conducive learning environment. Shifeta
readOmbapila yo RDP kOpolisi hanga ya eta eipumomumwe
14-08-2009
O MBAPILA ya shangelwa Opolisi yomOshitopolwa sha Shana kOngundu yo RDP meti 26 Juli 2009, tayi tseyithile Ombelewa ya Komanda gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Shana Komufala gwOpolisi Ndahangwapo
readOngundu yoAll People’s Party ta yi uvaneke oshindji
14-08-2009
O NGUNDU yoAll People’s Party mewiliko lyomusamane, Ignatius Shixwameni oya hala okulongitha oodola oobiliona ndatu komumvo opo yi tidhepo uuthigona moshilongo andola,ngele oya hogololwa yi lele
read14-08-2009
A MUSHANGA gwOsipana yEtanga lyokOompadhi ya tseyika nawa yedhina FNB-Oshakati City, tate Thomy Hauwanga okwa tseyitha kutya Osipana ndjika, mOsoondaha ndjika twa thinda, otayi ka kala
read14-08-2009
A MUSHANGA gwOsipana yEtanga lyokOompadhi ya tseyika nawa yedhina FNB-Oshakati City, tate Thomy Hauwanga okwa tseyitha kutya Osipana ndjika, mOsoondaha ndjika twa thinda, otayi ka kala
readOshigongi oshinene shoFNB-Oshakati City mOshakati
14-08-2009
A MUSHANGA gwOsipana yEtanga lyokOompadhi ya tseyika nawa yedhina FNB-Oshakati City, tate Thomy Hauwanga okwa tseyitha kutya Osipana ndjika, mOsoondaha ndjika twa thinda, otayi ka kala noshigongi
readStrike looms at Lüderitz
14-08-2009
A STRIKE is looming at the Lüderitz Town Council after a Conciliation Board meeting failed to resolve a long-standing salary dispute between Council’s management and the Namibia Public Workers’ Union
readEopaleko mOshakati nomomudhingolok
14-08-2009
O SHIGWANA sha Shakati mOshitopolwa sha Shana otashi tseyithilwa mpaka kOmunambelewa Omukuluntu gwOshikondo shUukalinawa mElelo lyOndoolopa ya Shakati tate Kornelius Kapolo kutya okuza Omaandaha
readPolitical Perspective
14-08-2009
WHEN someone is known for making outrageous statements, then it is unlikely they will be believed when the world comes down on their heads and they suddenly say they’ve been misquoted! This is surely
readSMS the City Police
14-08-2009
THE City Police have begun branding all 200 of their vehicles to reflect the details of the recently launched Crime Alert SMS line. The project is done in conjunction with Kosmos Radio, and aims to
readStrike looms at Lüderitz
14-08-2009
A STRIKE is looming at the Lüderitz Town Council after a Conciliation Board meeting failed to resolve a long-standing salary dispute between Council’s management and the Namibia Public Workers’ Union
read‘Snakebite nurse’ to appeal
14-08-2009
A NURSE at the Katutura State Hospital is to appeal a judgement that found her guilty of unprofessional conduct for her alleged neglect in treating a three-day-old child who died of a snakebite last
read‘Sliding door’ opens many more doors for blind man, guide dog
14-08-2009
ALFRED Visser (21) and his dog, a Labrador bitch called Vella, were shown the door at Beryl’s Take Away at Swakopmund when he wanted to eat there – because they do not allow animals on the premises.
readMinister congratulates media on Ombudsman
14-08-2009
HE WAS ‘delighted’ by news of the appointment of a Media Ombudsman and the initiation of a self-regulation process for the media, said the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Joel
readRundu homeowners fed up with delays
14-08-2009
A NUMBER of clients of First National Bank of Namibia’s Rundu branch are up in arms over the way the bank, a building contractor and the Rundu Municipality appear to have mishandled their loans,
readFarmers fed up with intrusive road
14-08-2009
A GROUP of farmers in the Otjozondjupa Region yesterday voiced their frustration with the Roads Authority and its consultants, who are revamping the main road between Okahandja and Karibib.The five
readNo new flu cases reported
14-08-2009
NO new cases of H1N1 flu have been reported in Namibia, but Government is still awaiting the results of 41 suspected cases. Dr Reinhardt Gariseb, Acting Chairman of the National Health Emergency
readSwapo youth slam City spending
14-08-2009
THE ruling party’s youth league yesterday launched the latest attack on the Swapo-ruled Windhoek City Council, condemning their “barbaric attitude” and accusing them of “daylight robbery” and human
readWeekend of reckoning for ruling party poll list
14-08-2009
THIS weekend will see many regional leaders of the Swapo Party actively engaged in selecting possible candidates for internal preliminary elections to compile a list of members who could make it onto
readNora resigns from CoD
14-08-2009
ONE of Namibia’s most prominent woman politicians, Nora Schimming-Chase, yesterday quit the Congress of Democrats (CoD) with immediate effect, saying the party had lost its goals and ideals of being
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