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50 Articles found on Tuesday, 10 February 2009
SPCA filled to capacity
10-02-2009
THERE has been an alarming rise in the number of unwanted pets surrendered to, or picked up by, the Windhoek Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).The SPCA took in another
readLAC calls for reform of school pregnancy policy
10-02-2009
THE School Policy on Learner Pregnancy in Namibia discriminates against female pupils and in need of urgent reform, the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has advised the Ministry of Education.In a
readGraft case in South withdrawn while cops investigate
10-02-2009
THE State on Friday provisionally withdrew a corruption charge against former Karas Chief Regional Officer Salmaan Jacobs in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court.Jacobs is expected to be re-subpoenaed
readCops halt march by Sperrgebiet demonstrators
10-02-2009
A GROUP of people at Lüderitz opposing the proclamation of the Sperrgebiet as a national park claim they were forced to call off their march after being threatened with arrest by the local Police. The
readRDP expands in the North
10-02-2009
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) started establishing branches in the Oshikoto Region over the weekend, says the RDP secretary for the region, Ismael Shailemo.He says the party formed a new
readOmuthiya plots on auction
10-02-2009
THE Omuthiya Town Council has announced that it will sell 90 erven at an auction on March 14.Omuthiya acting Town Clerk Kennedy !Haoseb says 54 erven are reserved for developers and the other 36 are
readAfrica needs ‘green revolution’
10-02-2009
IF Africa does not take decisive action now to produce enough food for its people and boost food security, African nations will not be truly independent, a renowned Kenyan agricultural scientists said
readTourists fall victim to card fraud
10-02-2009
A PORTUGUESE couple say they lost about 8 000 euros (N$96 000) to credit card fraud after visiting Namibia last year, and they suspect the involvement of Namibian service staff.The couple, Jose and
readAir Namibia tries to recruit foreign pilots
10-02-2009
AIR NAMIBIA has approached an international labour-hire company to help them recruit pilots and captains for their European routes.The Namibian has established from well-placed sources that the
readChina gives N$65 million grant
10-02-2009
THE Peoples’ Republic of China signed another grant agreement with the Namibian Government yesterday, this time for 50 million Yuan (N$65 million).It brings the total funding from China since
readNotable Quotes
10-02-2009
NAMIBIA’S employers and trade unions need to adopt a new way of thinking about their roles in national development. – Labour Minister Immanuel Ngatjizeko warning against strikes as a means to
readSMSes for Tue 10 Feb 09
10-02-2009
* AFRICAN leaders must stop misleading us about an African government. How on earth are they going to form one government if they are not prepared to give power to their own countrymen or women?
readAfrican pastoralists affected by global climate change
10-02-2009
AS many as 250 million people in Africa may not have enough water to meet their basic needs by 2020 because of climate change, a specialist in poverty, environment and climate change says.“The
read10-02-2009
JOHANNESBURG – New telecoms infrastructure is set to boost capacity and cut tariffs in Africa this year, unlocking the continent’s high-speed Internet potential and creating growth opportunities for
readOver 170 die in Australia’s bushfires
10-02-2009
WHITTLESEA – Suspicions that some of Australia’s worst wildfires ever were deliberately set led police to declare crime scenes in incinerated towns yesterday, and a clearly emotional prime minister
readMass burial for tanker victims
10-02-2009
NAIROBI – Thousands of Kenyans yesterday attended a mass burial of more than 100 people who died when fuel leaking from an overturned tanker caught fire and engulfed the crowds attempting to scoop up
readLower leagues on despite funds
10-02-2009
THE football season for some of the second-division leagues started at the weekend despite a lack of sponsors, while the league authorities have set February 21 for the start of the First Division
read‘SA belongs to all who live in it’
10-02-2009
A group of Khoisan people, belonging to South Africa’s Khoisan Aboriginal People’s Party, protest outside the South African parliament in Cape Town on Friday during the official opening of parliament
readWorld Sport Briefs
10-02-2009
Football Manager Tony Adams has left Portsmouth with immediate effect after the club won just two points from its last nine Premier League matches, the club said in a statement on its website
readWatney birdies final hole
10-02-2009
SAN DIEGO – Nick Watney birdied the 18th hole on Sunday to win the Buick Invitational by one stroke, capturing the second USPGA Tour title of his career.“If you’re going to lead for one hole, this is
readChile meets Bafana
10-02-2009
POLOKWANE – Chile are taking their friendly international against Bafana Bafana at Polokwane’s Peter Mokaba Stadium on Wednesday night very seriously. Kick-off is at 20h30.Coach Marcelo Bielsa decided
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THE Rio Tinto Rössing Namibia Marathon Championship, organised by the Swakop Striders Athletics Club, will take place for the 18th consecutive year in Swakopmund next Saturday, February 21.The winner
readTen Ahmed’s for Egypt
10-02-2009
GERMANY-BASED striker Mohamed Zidan has been called to the Egyptian national team for the first time in eight months. The Borussia Dortmund has not been invited since June when he was accused of
readInternational Briefs
10-02-2009
Madagascar’s defence minister resigns * ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar’s defence minister says she has resigned because civilians were killed when security forces fired on anti-government
read‘Slumdog’ wags tail
10-02-2009
LONDON – ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, the rags-to-riches tale of a Mumbai tea boy who wins big, swept the board at the British Academy Film Awards (Baftas) in London on Sunday with seven prizes including
readGrammys show Krauss, Plant ‘a whole lotta love’
10-02-2009
LOS ANGELES – The 51st annual Grammys was an all-ages affair ultimately dominated by a rock legend who took up with a younger bluegrass singer on a whim.The unlikely pairing of Robert Plant and Alison
readWen asks Cambridge to pardon Jahnke
10-02-2009
BEIJING – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is asking Britain’s Cambridge University to pardon a student who threw a shoe at him during his speech there earlier this month.The February 2 incident prompted
readSuspect prefers Swakop to standing trial
10-02-2009
SENIOR Ministry of Environment and Tourism official Sackey Namugongo yesterday tried without success to have his corruption and theft trial in the Windhoek Regional Court postponed so that he can
readMilk of human kindness
10-02-2009
LONDON – A British prosecutor says an elderly milkman supplied customers with cannabis as well as bottles of milk.Robert Holding, 72, delivered marijuana as he made his daily rounds in the town of
readSwapo crowd holds RDP meeting hostage
10-02-2009
POLICE had to fire warning shots in Katutura on Sunday night to prevent a tense situation between Swapo supporters and members of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) from turning ugly.It
readGaza militant dies in clash with Israelis
10-02-2009
GAZA CITY – A Palestinian fighter died in a clash with Israeli troops and Israeli aircraft attacked two targets in Gaza yesterday as mediators tried to broker a long-term cease-fire a day before
readMerkel in political crisis as economy minister resigns
10-02-2009
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel was forced yesterday to appoint a new economy minister after a shock cabinet resignation added to her political woes with Germany in recession and elections only
readNamdeb in N$650 million overdraft
10-02-2009
GOVERNMENT has provided a N$325 million surety to Namdeb to renew its N$650 million revolving overdraft facility with local banks.Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi, Managing Director of Namdeb, confirmed to The
readFemale suicide bomber kills 28
10-02-2009
COLOMBO – A suspected rebel suicide bomber killed 20 soldiers and eight civilians when she blew herself up yesterday at a facility where government forces were processing Sri Lankans fleeing the
readClock runs down on contract health jobs
10-02-2009
WITH three weeks left before around 1 400 health workers will be shown the door, the Ministry of Health is still waiting for a legal opinion on their future.Two weeks ago The Namibian reported that
readGIPF goes biometric
10-02-2009
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has teamed up with NamPost and Smartswitch in a bid to make its services more accessible. A fingerprint identification system will be introduced to
readCommercial agreements hamper development of Kudu gas field
10-02-2009
WINDHOEK – Efforts to develop the Kudu gas project off the southwestern coast of Namibia near Oranjemund is hampered by the failure to reach commercial agreements with gas buyers.Tullow Kudu Limited’s
readNamibia to open commercial office in Dubai
10-02-2009
WINDHOEK – Namibia is in the process of opening a commercial office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob announced last week.Geingob made the announcement during
readJSE blamed for poor results
10-02-2009
THE Johannesburg Stock Exange’s poor performance last year, combined with even worse international investment markets, would knock 35 per cent to 45 per cent off Sanlam’s headline earnings a share in
readCopper hits 2-month high
10-02-2009
LONDON – Copper rose to a more than two- month high yesterday on hopes that economic stimulus packages in China, the world’s biggest user of the metal, and the United States will spur demand.There is
readUS payroll cuts are biggest in 25 years
10-02-2009
THE unemployment rate in the US last month climbed to the highest level since 1992 and payrolls tumbled as the recession showed no sign of easing.The jobless rate rose to 7,6 per cent from 7,2 per
readKuwait to launch US$5b economic stimulus plan
10-02-2009
KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait’s Central Bank governor unveiled a US$5,15 billion economic stimulus package Sunday aimed at helping struggling investment companies and offering bank loan guarantees.Sheik Salem
readTrade Minister invites investors to Namibia
10-02-2009
WINDHOEK – Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob called on investors to pump their money into Namibia’s economy, as the country has a market-oriented government that ensures that citizens and
readGovt not very open with budget process: survey
10-02-2009
GOVERNMENT provides the public with only some information on the National Budget and financial activities during the course of the budget year, according to an international survey. Namibia’s score on
readBarclays profit down 1%
10-02-2009
LONDON – Barclays PLC said yesterday its 2008 net profit fell only one per cent despite writing down 8,1 billion pounds worth of assets, but said it would not hand out bonuses to directors for the
readFuel prices remain unchanged
10-02-2009
DESPITE a hefty fuel price increase in South Africa last week, the prices of diesel and petrol will remain unchanged in Namibia this month, the Ministry of Mines and Energy announced yesterday.“Fuel
readRDP a dhika oobrancha dhe kOnkumbula, Okandjeke nomOmutsegwonime
10-02-2009
ONGUNDU yOpolotika opo ya totwa po omathimbo ga zi ko yedhina Rally fro Democracy and Progress (RDP), oya tameka nokutota po nenge okudhika Oombelewaitayi yayo, ano Oobrancha dhayo mOshitopolwa
readMeme Mupekaka a fumvikwa po Elim
10-02-2009
MEME Albertina Mupekaka Kweenda, gwomomukunda Iithindi mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Musati ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati meti 3 Februali 2009 konima yuuwehame nomepipi
readAaniilonga ya Cadilu ya shaina ookondaraka oompe inaya hala nawa
10-02-2009
AANIILONGA ya thika pomathele gaheyali mOkampani yokukwata oohi ya Cadilu Fishing pOmbaye, ndjoka tayi ka hulithwa po molwashoka oya mbangolota – oya li ya shaina ookondaraka oompe dhiilonga
readOmaidhengomumwe gopapolitika ga holoka ishewe mOnooli
10-02-2009
OMULUMENTU gumwe e li oshilyo shopaati yo Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), mOsoondaha okwa ningile oshilyo shimwe sho Swapo oshipotha shonkambadhala yedhipago konima sho OmukwaSwapo nguka e mu
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