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48 Articles found on Monday, 2 February 2009
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02-02-2009
SOME of the clients listed here as untraceable aren’t that difficult to get to. – Windhoek City Councillor Herbert Schultz commenting on the N$10 million in debt being written off as the municipality
readSMSes for Mon 02 Feb 09
02-02-2009
* NAMIBIANS, you must stop complaining about the 24 per cent (pay) hike for political office bearers. Every year we register our complaints about lots of things, but we are ignored. We have to blame
readShining Stars upstage Pirates
02-02-2009
AFRICAN Stars put in an accomplished display to overcome a formidable Orlando Pirates in a Namibia Premier League clash at the Independence Stadium on Friday.After a 30-minute delayed kick-off due to
readFear of protectionism haunts Davos meeting
02-02-2009
DAVOS, Switzerland - Fear of protectionism stalked the Davos meeting, with government and business leaders stressing the danger that the next phase of the economic crisis could be government policies
readZimbabwe to pass unity government law on Wednesday
02-02-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe will this week push constitutional changes through parliament to pave the way for a power-sharing government between President Robert Mugabe and the opposition, state media reported
readObama applauds Iraq’s peaceful election
02-02-2009
BAGHDAD – Iraqis held their most peaceful election since the fall of Saddam Hussein on Saturday, voting for provincial councils without a single major attack in a poll that demonstrated the country’s
readToday is World Wetlands Day
02-02-2009
WORLD Wetlands Day is commemorated on February 2 every year. This marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the
readMeatco talks continue
02-02-2009
MEATCO says it is still negotiating on the future of its contract workers with the Namibia Food and Allied Workers’ Union.Mary Hansen, senior manager for corporate communication at Meatco, said their
readPlans to revive Keetmans airport
02-02-2009
THE Minister of Works and Transport, Helmut Angula, has said that the jet fuel crisis crippling the Keetmans Airport for the past two years will soon be resolved.Angula said Cabinet recently ordered
readHotel cash theft suspect gets bail
02-02-2009
ONE of the two people arrested in connection with the alleged theft of the equivalent of close to half a million Namibia dollars from the Windhoek hotel room of a senior Angolan military officer a
readNampost fraudster wins appeal against sentence
02-02-2009
A 21-YEAR prison term with which a former Nampost employee was whacked after he admitted that he committed fraud by stealing more than N$50 000 out of the post office savings accounts of Nampost
readGTV television goes belly-up
02-02-2009
IN a sudden move, GTV on Friday pulled the plug on its broadcasts in Namibia and other African countries.London-based Gateway Broadcast Services (GBS UK), of which GTV Namibia is a subsidiary,
readElders spew fire over SMSes
02-02-2009
SMS users and callers to radio chat shows who criticise President Hifikepunye Pohamba and former President Sam Nujoma want to create chaos and anarchy in the country, the Swapo Party Elders’ Council
readFunding delays southern railway project
02-02-2009
THE Lüderitz railway rehabilitation project has been temporarily grounded because of a lack of money.Addressing regional and local councillors and Government officials at Keetmanshoop on Thursday,
readFormer teacher charged with molestation
02-02-2009
A FORMER teacher of the Ecumenical Community School at Berseba village in the South, accused of indecently assaulting a 17-year-old pupil, appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on
readWindhoek Mayor wins libel case
02-02-2009
FOR the fourth time in less than a year one of Namibia’s newspapers ended up on the losing side in a defamation case in the High Court last week.An experience that the coastal newspaper Namib Times
readDust around City debt write-offs won’t die down
02-02-2009
DELIBERATIONS by the City of Windhoek council on whether or not to approve the suggested writing off of N$13,4 million in unrecoverable debt may only return to the public sphere around March, after a
readSerena dominant
02-02-2009
MELBOURNE – New world number one Serena Williams has warned rivals she is ready to dominate women’s tennis again after her crushing Australian Open win over Dinara Safina, provided she can stay
readNadal floors Federer to clinch Open
02-02-2009
MELBOURNE – Rafael Nadal won a classic Australian Open final against Roger Federer to secure his first hard-court Grand Slam title and stop the Swiss equalling the all-time Majors record yesterday.The
readWorld Sport Briefs
02-02-2009
Cricket The International Cricket Council yesterday decided to relocate the 2009 Champions Trophy from Pakistan due to lingering security fears in the troubled nation. Following a meeting of the
readSA team received well
02-02-2009
DALE Steyn looked as if he had just been hooked for six by a number 11, while AB de Villiers’s eyes were as wide as if he had just hit a killer two-iron to within a foot of the flag.Such was the
readUnited’s Ronaldo makes rivals pay
02-02-2009
LONDON – Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the penalty spot as Manchester United beat Everton 1-0 on Saturday in the the Premier League.The English, European and world champions’ victory at Old Trafford
readFootball Results
02-02-2009
Played Saturday, Jan 31 2009 African Youth Championship - Rwanda South Africa Under-20 1 - 2 Nigeria SA Absa Premiership Orlando Pirates 1 - 1 Bay United Ajax
readKeetmans shebeens raided
02-02-2009
POLICE at Keetmanshoop, together with the local Liquor Board, swooped on shebeens, bars and nightclubs this weekend and confiscated liquor licences, issued fines and arrested a bar owner for illegal
readCarreira resigns as Pirates manager
02-02-2009
ORLANDO Pirates team manager Mario Carreira resigned on Friday after a fallout with club management over his role and responsibilities. A reliable source at the club revealed to The Namibian Sport
readSequels, prequels, remakes
02-02-2009
LOS ANGELES – Hollywood boldly goes where we’ve all been before in 2009, with dozens of sequels, prequels, remakes, updates and adaptations based on books, video games and toys.Despite the recession,
readRapper DMX gets 90 days
02-02-2009
PHOENIX – A judge in Arizona sentenced rapper DMX to 90 days in jail on Friday on drug, theft and animal cruelty charges.The 38-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, has been in custody
readAfter ‘Idol’, Doolittle’s ‘Coming Back’ to spotlight
02-02-2009
NEW YORK – For former ‘American Idol’ contestant Melinda Doolittle, the tables have turned.The season-six third-place finalist, who began her career as a backup singer for Aaron Neville, Michael
readOctuplets mom obsessed about having children
02-02-2009
LOS ANGELES – The woman who gave birth to octuplets last week conceived all 14 of her children through in vitro fertilisation, is not married and has been obsessed with having children since she was
readObama’s Kenyan half-brother detained over drugs
02-02-2009
NAIROBI – A Kenyan half brother of US President Barack Obama said yesterday he was briefly arrested at his home in a slum on suspicion of drugs’ possession.‘I think it was a misunderstanding. I do not
readKenya Red Cross: 111 dead in fuel blaze
02-02-2009
MOLO – An overturned petrol tanker exploded as hundreds of people were trying to scoop up free fuel, killing at least 111 people and wounding 200 in one of Kenya’s deadliest accidents, officials said
readShock collar dad gets 16 years
02-02-2009
XENIA – An Ohio man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for disciplining his children with a dog shock collar.David Liskany of Jamestown had pleaded guilty to charges of felonious assault and
readShell posts first loss in 10 years
02-02-2009
AMSTERDAM – Royal Dutch Shell, Europe’s largest oil company, posted its first quarterly loss in 10 years on Thursday following a record plunge in oil prices, and warned that industry conditions
readSolution to crisis ‘must include emerging markets’
02-02-2009
AFRICA’s economic growth would slow further to four per cent this year as demand for hard and soft commodities was deteriorating, Donald Kaberuka, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB),
readChina’s Wen holds finance talks with EU
02-02-2009
BRUSSELS – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with European Union officials about the global financial crisis and climate change in an effort to heal strained political and economic ties.Wen was also
readUS says rescue plan ‘on track’
02-02-2009
WASHINGTON – An official in US President Barack Obama’s administration said on Saturday the announcement of a rescue plan for the financial system was running on schedule. We are on track,” the
readOhorongo out of the starting blocks
02-02-2009
THE groundbreaking ceremony for the Ohorongo Cement plant on the farm Sargberg near Otavi was held recently. The plant, which will be the only one in Namibia, will be built at a cost of about N$2,5
readRetailers’ share prices rise
02-02-2009
CAPE TOWN – The share prices of credit retailers have recovered to or above levels last seen early last year on prospects of interest rates being slashed, despite job losses and prospects for a weaker
readAngola’s growth slips over oil price
02-02-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Despite a huge drop being anticipated in oil revenue, the Angolan government should have enough in the bank to push through its promised poverty reduction and health provision plans –
readHusab uranium project shows more prospects
02-02-2009
MINING company Kalahari Minerals Plc said on Friday drilling at Husab Uranium project in Namibia showed higher uranium prospects than expected, sending its shares up as much as six per cent.“Chemical
readCharities brace for economic slowdown
02-02-2009
DAVOS, Switzerland - Six-figure charity donations from Wall Street warriors dried up with corporate year-end bonuses this year. The children’s charity World Vision made up for the difference by
readOomina mu South Afrika dha kutha ko komwaalu gwaaniilonga
02-02-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Ookampani mOshikondo shiikwamina mu Soluith Afrika odhi li tadhi shunitha pevi omwaalu gwaniilonga yadho, sha etwa kegwo lyondando yiitenda.Pethimbo ndika,oopoosa dhi li 1 4000 miilonga
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NONANDO Aalongwapolisi ye thike 412 oya li ya manitha omadheulo gawo goomwedhi hamano mOndangwa, Opolisi ya Namibia onkee yi li mompumbwe yAapolisi.Etanga ndika “lyombinzi ompe”olya li lyu ulike
readIikundaneki oyi li konima kombinga yegameno lyuuntshitwe, Minista Nandi-Ndaitwah ta ti
02-02-2009
IIKUNDANEKI mu Namibia oyi li konima noonkondo mokulopota kombinga yegameno yuuntshitwe na moshilongo omu na wo ompubwe yaatoolinkundana haya shanga kombinga yegameno lyuuntshitwe.Shika osha li sha
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CAPE TOWN – Ooyene yoombashu ye li 3 000 lwaampoka, mEtiyalio lyoshiwike sha zi ko oya li ya ningi ehololomadhiladhilo yu uka kOparlaimende mOkapa – kaye uvitile nawa oveta ompe yi na sha nelanditho
readOkakadhona ka dhipagwa kaalumentu ya homata
02-02-2009
PORT HARCOURT – Aalumenu ya homata oya yaha okusa okakadhona kamwe mu Nigeria e taya kwata po wo ombambyona okamatyona okamwayina kokakadhona haka, manga aanona mbaka yaali ya li yu uka kOsikola
readAfrica a patela pondje Mauritania na Guinea
02-02-2009
ADDIS ABABA – Oshigongi shokumumvo shehangano lyiilongo yAafrika/African Union (AU) - li na sha nopandulopo gEnenevi paliko, shoka tashi sha tameke mOsoondaha mu Addis Ababa sha Ethiopia mEtine, osha
readPoshigongi shaaleli ya SADC kombinga ya Zim opwa li omatopoko omanene
02-02-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Aaleli yiilongo yAafrika lyUumbugantu oya li aniwa ya topoka noonkondo poshigongi shawo shoka sha li tashi kundathana kombinga ya Zimbabwe, shoka sha li mu Pretoria maOmaandaha.Konima
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