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52 Articles found on Thursday, 19 February 2009
A deep-rooted African dysfunction
19-02-2009
WHAT other can it be than a deeply ingrained corrupt mentality if every man, woman and child who crosses your path thinks only of fleecing you because you are foreign and don’t know better than they
readLost dog still looking for owners
19-02-2009
THE elderly Jack Russell terrier that was recently found by good Samaritans, and whose photo appeared in The Namibian on Monday, was happy for half a day when people whose dog got lost 14 months ago
readPublic library gets a facelift
19-02-2009
BAD news for bookworms is that the Windhoek Public Library is closed for six months while it gets a long-overdue facelift.The library, situated next to the National Museum, was built in 1925, and
readBurglary in Rocky Crest
19-02-2009
GOODS worth N$80 000 were stolen from a house in Windhoek’s Rocky Crest area on Monday, the Police reported this week.According to the Police, the thieves gained entry after breaking the burglar bars
readTwo men drown in Orange River
19-02-2009
TWO men drowned in the Orange River this week. The Karas Regional Commander, Deputy Commissioner Josephat Abel, said that Immanuel Suze (19) drowned near Noordoewer while crossing the river from the
readMET staffers get a tongue-lashing
19-02-2009
ENVIRONMENT and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah yesterday lambasted top officials in the ministry for failing to meet deadlines in finalising policies and documents.The Minister said there
readFormer teacher in Keetmans court on murder charge
19-02-2009
DAWID de Jay (58) was remanded in custody when he made a brief first appearance in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a charge of murdering his wife.De Jay, a retired teacher, was not
readCattle disease alert in Omusati and Kunene
19-02-2009
AN outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease has hit the northern parts of the Kunene Region and also affected the western Omusati Region, with 26 cattle having died already and another 35 animals identified as
readNoteable Quotes
19-02-2009
PEOPLE should be ready to move from lower-lying areas. – Silvanus Uunona from the Ministry of Agriculture on the seasonal efundja flood from Angola which has swept into the North YOU have the ability
readReserve brings in Scotts’ skills
19-02-2009
THE NamibRand Nature Reserve (NRNR), a privately owned nature reserve in southern Namibia, has two new wardens, the reserve announced recently.The couple, Mike and Ann Scott, will be based at
readMillennium talk next week
19-02-2009
OLIVER Pierson, the Deputy Resident Country Co-ordinator for the Millennium Challenge Corporation Namibia, will give a presentation on the contribution of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) to
readTourists of a different kind
19-02-2009
DURING the rainy season, and particularly in a good rainy season, the increase in the number of small, medium and large birds that grace our skies is astounding.The bird species that migrate to
read‘Suge’ Knight injured in fracas
19-02-2009
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – Rap music mogul Marion ‘Suge’ Knight was treated in the hospital for facial injuries after being injured in a fight at a local hotel, Scottsdale police said on Monday.Security at
readRihanna among topics at V-Day anti-violence lunch
19-02-2009
LOS ANGELES – The topic of last Friday’s star-studded V-Day luncheon was the organisation’s work with women in the Congo. But Jessica Alba, Kerry Washington and other supporters of V-Day, which has
readHeaven’s floodgates remain open
19-02-2009
HEAVY rains are continuing countrywide, especially in the North. Weatherman Victor Kaurimuje told The Namibian yesterday that 90 mm was measured at Oshikuku village in the Omusati Region yesterday
readBB in butt for blocking TV
19-02-2009
OREGON – A father allegedly shot his 9-year-old son in the buttocks with a BB gun, a revelation that came to light after the boy wrote a school essay about the incident.The boy had written an essay
readNamibian industries meet to discuss crisis
19-02-2009
GOVERNMENT has been urged to put in place mechanisms to stimulate the economy and create jobs, and to use the National Budget to navigate the country through the global financial crisis.The call was
readPakistanis rally for peace in militant stronghold
19-02-2009
MINGORA – A hardline cleric led hundreds of supporters in a peace march in Pakistan’s Swat Valley yesterday aimed at convincing Taliban militants to lay down their weapons under a pact with the
readZim govt paid in US
19-02-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new unity government has started paying civil servants in US dollars to counter near worthless local salaries, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said yesterday.“We will pay every civil
readPolice deny claim of threats after new high treason arrest
19-02-2009
THE Namibian Police have made another arrest in connection with the claimed activities of a separatist movement in the Caprivi Region, more than five years after the last arrests of people accused of
read‘I’ll send Malema to Timbuktu’
19-02-2009
CAPE TOWN – An Eastern Cape MEC has offered to pay for ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema to fly to Timbuktu until after the April elections.Christian Martin, who is MEC for public works and an
readIsrael sets soldier’s release as truce condition
19-02-2009
JERUSALEM – Israel set a series of tough conditions for accepting a proposed cease-fire with Hamas, saying yesterday there would be no deal — and no open borders for Gaza — until the Islamic militant
readPalin’s daughter speaks out
19-02-2009
ANCHORAGE - Alaska Gov Sarah Palin’s 18-year-old daughter, an unwed mother, says teenagers should avoid having sex.However, Bristol Palin acknowledges that abstinence is “not realistic at all”. She
readMariental living in fear
19-02-2009
THE sluices at the Hardap Dam were opened yesterday morning as the dam level rose significantly because of heavy rains in its catchment area.NamWater spokesperson Johannes Shigweda said water was
readAnother arson suspect charged
19-02-2009
SYDNEY – A second Australian was charged yesterday with arson following forest fires north of Melbourne that claimed more than 200 lives, razed 1 830 homes and left 7 500 homeless.Police allege the
readSMSes for Thur 19 Feb 09
19-02-2009
* IT’S a shame that the City of Windhoek’s road-repairing contractors are not using the mobile traffic lights invented by a son of the soil last year. I am sure if it was a Chinese invention we would
readSA brush off Aussie mind games
19-02-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The first shots have been fired in the psychological warfare ahead of the cricket series between South Africa and Australia. Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting went out of his way on Monday
readAnother arson suspect charged
19-02-2009
SYDNEY – A second Australian was charged yesterday with arson following forest fires north of Melbourne that claimed more than 200 lives, razed 1 830 homes and left 7 500 homeless.Police allege the
readZim’s new finance minister to revive the local dollar
19-02-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe’s new finance minister has vowed to “save the Zimbabwe dollar” and avoid resorting to South Africa’s rand as part of his plan to rescue the country’s economy, in remarks
readTourists of a different kind
19-02-2009
DURING the rainy season, and particularly in a good rainy season, the increase in the number of small, medium and large birds that grace our skies is astounding.The bird species that migrate to
read‘I’ll send Malema to Timbuktu’
19-02-2009
CAPE TOWN – An Eastern Cape MEC has offered to pay for ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema to fly to Timbuktu until after the April elections.Christian Martin, who is MEC for public works and an
readAnother arson suspect charged
19-02-2009
SYDNEY – A second Australian was charged yesterday with arson following forest fires north of Melbourne that claimed more than 200 lives, razed 1 830 homes and left 7 500 homeless.Police allege the
readA deep-rooted African dysfunction
19-02-2009
WHAT other can it be than a deeply ingrained corrupt mentality if every man, woman and child who crosses your path thinks only of fleecing you because you are foreign and don’t know better than they
readAashakati yamwe ya tameka okutembuka molwomeya
19-02-2009
Okuza ongulohi ya zi ko, Elelo lya Shakati, olya kala tali tutu mo aantu yamwe momagumbo gawo noku ya fala kehala li li wokOfaabulika yOnyama mOshakati, hoka oko ngaa kwa li kwa tembudhilwa aantu
readNuumvo Shimanya ina adhika okapuka
19-02-2009
YAANDJA tate Jack Shimanya momukunda Olungalunga popepi nOkapya mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Musati, nuumvo oye li yuuvite uugumbo sho iilya yawo inayi lika po kokapuka ngashi ya likile po thiluthilu
readMDC okwa hala Bennett a mangululwe
19-02-2009
M UTARE – Omugandjimulombo gwopaati yo Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Tedai Biti, okwa ti opaati yawo otayi ka ninga etokolo kutya oyi na okuninga po shike ngele oshilyo shawo Roy Bennet ina
readMugabe a landa egumbo mu Hong Kong
19-02-2009
LONDON – Omupresidende gwa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe okwa landa egumbo mu Hong Kong lya kosha oopaunda Oomiliyuna ne, Oshifokundaneki sha Britain sha Sunday Times, osho sha lopota ngaaka.Otaku popiwa
readJesaja Naukosho i igandja ye mwene kOpolisi
19-02-2009
O MULUMENTU ngoka oye awike a li ina kwatwa po (e li oshilyo shOngenga yaalumentu mboka ya li yi iningitha ya fa Aapolisi opo ya kuthe omukulupe gumwe gwopoSwakomund oshimaliwa sha konda pOondola
readEfundja lya thika mOnooli ya Namibia
19-02-2009
EFUNDJA olya thika mOnooli ya Namibia okuza ku Angola, Omunambelewa gumwe Uuministeli wUunamapya, Omeya nOmakuti, osho a popi oshiwike shika.Silvanus Uunona, e li omunongononi gwomeya gomIishana
readGerrard on course
19-02-2009
LIVERPOOL – Steven Gerrard may return from his hamstring tear injury against Manchester City on Sunday after missing three weeks of Liverpool’s Premiership title campaign.The upcoming Champions League
readCricketers down British side
19-02-2009
A NAMIBIAN Invitation XI thrashed the touring British Combined Services by 196 runs at the CCD Field in Windhoek this week.Namibia posted a huge total of 323 for three wickets off their allotted 45
read2010 World Cup Fifa tickets on sale tomorrow
19-02-2009
EVERY four years, the world’s top 32 teams come together to contest the Fifa World Cup finals. The tournament’s big kick-off on June 11 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa is still quite a few months
readSouth Africans in high spirits
19-02-2009
WITH just under 500 days to go until kick-off of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, optimism surrounding South Africa’s role as host of the world’s premier football competition appears to be riding at a high
readDefining Accountability and Transparency in Football: Part II
19-02-2009
COMMUNICATION and the provision of information to the general public through any medium is an important component to ensure that the game of football continues to receive positive coverage.Any
readThe Naughty Chair
19-02-2009
GRANDCHILDREN, that pleasurable consequence for those who survived the torture years of childrearing! But a double-edged sword; great that the bloodline perpetuated, however the plight of the young
readWho is behind the meltdown?
19-02-2009
THIS is the second year that I have been privileged to participate in the World Economic Forum as a faculty member. What did I learn at Davos?South Africans should not underestimate the depth of the
readVenezuela to slash spending as oil prices fall
19-02-2009
CARACAS – President Hugo Chavez’s government will slash public spending to confront the falling price of oil, a top official said Tuesday.Venezuela relies on oil for 94 per cent of exports and nearly
readMining sector wants fair licensing process
19-02-2009
THE mining sector would like to see speedier and more efficient processing of mining and exploration licences at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, but a considerable backlog due to high staff turnover
readAllan Gray unveils investment secrets
19-02-2009
IN a breakfast meeting held at the Windhoek Country Club yesterday, Allan Gray Namibia revealed its investment strategies in these turbulent financial times. It also took the opportunity to inform its
readChina yuan could fall against the US dollar
19-02-2009
BEIJING – China’s yuan is not facing pressure to strengthen but could instead weaken to about 6,95 to seven per US dollar, a senior economic planning official was quoted yesterday.The yuan, also known
readChinese trade city a magnet for Arabs and Africans
19-02-2009
YIWU, China - A small trade city in eastern China has become a magnet for Arab and African business people looking to purchase goods at what is the world’s largest wholesale market for small
readRecession will be worst since 1930s: Greenspan
19-02-2009
NEW YORK – Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday the current global recession will “surely be the longest and deepest” since the 1930s and more government rescue funds are
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