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46 Articles found on Tuesday, 24 February 2009
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24-02-2009
OUR shoes were floating in the water down the storm-water holes, and if you grabbed one, the other was gone.– Ndapewa Kadhikwa whose house in Hans Uirab Street in Katutura was flooded on Thursday
readAlcohol industry worried about excessive drinking at shebeens
24-02-2009
THE Self-Regulating Alcohol Industry Forum (SAIF), a platform created by producers and distributors of alcoholic beverages, has expressed concern about the irresponsible use of alcohol, particularly
read4 held at Oshakati with fake money
24-02-2009
THE Police at Oshakati have arrested four men with counterfeit South African banknotes with a face value of R1 500.The four were scheduled to appear in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The
readOranjemund a town ‘soon’
24-02-2009
THE mining town of Oranjemund in the South will soon be proclaimed a town, says Local Government Permanent Secretary Erastus Negonga.In an interview with The Namibian yesterday, Negonga said that
readObama campaigner in Nam to share experience
24-02-2009
ERIC Casher, an attorney and election campaign volunteer for US President Barack Obama, is visiting Namibia as part of the Black History Month activities organised by the US Embassy.Casher, who will
readSwanu adopts 10-point plan on nation’s future
24-02-2009
NAMIBIA’S oldest existing political party, the SWA National Union (Swanu) adopted a 10-point plant over the weekend that it says will “move Namibia forward”,.Swanu becomes the first party to reveal a
readPolice officer denies fatally shooting wife
24-02-2009
THE trial of a Police officer accused of murdering his wife in their home at Rundu in September 2007 started in the High Court at Oshakati with a plea of not guilty yesterday.Gerald Kashamba (51), a
readEfundja level rises
24-02-2009
CONTINUING heavy rains in southern Angola have raised the level of floodwaters in two oshanas in northern Namibia where the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry has telemetry stations.An
readRain fills up dams
24-02-2009
NAMIBIA’S major storage dams are full after weeks of incessant rain.The largest dams in the country are the Von Bach, Hardap and Naute dams. Von Bach near Okahandja is 99 per cent full, NamWater
readBogus radio announcement sparks land rush
24-02-2009
THE mistaken hopes of a large group of Windhoek residents who swarmed to Otjomuise’s Sewende and Agtste Laan informal areas on Sunday were dashed when members of the City Police and the local
readDaily bread becomes cheaper
24-02-2009
NAMIBIANS struggling to make ends meet can breathe a sigh of relief from March 2, as the prices of wheat, flour and pasta are set to drop.Namib Mills announced yesterday that because of decreases in
readSwapo boots three officials
24-02-2009
THE Swapo Party has suspended three office bearers for alleged links to the breakaway Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) and indiscipline.The most prominent among the axed members is the former
readWalvis crisis: President summons Governor
24-02-2009
ERONGO Governor Samuel Nuuyoma was summoned to State House yesterday to brief President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Walvis Bay’s water crisis.Before he left for Windhoek, Nuuyoma opened a consultative
readSMSes For Tues 24 Feb 09
24-02-2009
* The taxis in Windhoek are completely out of control – why should I obey the rules of the road if they don’t have to? – All drivers and pedestrians must obey the traffic rules and that includes
readBad dairy dumped in South Africa
24-02-2009
FOREIGN dairy producers appear to regard South Africa as a soft target for dodgy products, the managing director of the South African Milk Producers’ Organisation Etienne Terre’Blanché, said last
readLectures on farming kick off
24-02-2009
THE first public lecture for 2009 on practical farming methods kicked off at Outjo last week.These information days on practical farming are organised by Agra Co-operative in conjunction with the
readOver 1 300 farms transferred
24-02-2009
ABOUT 1 300 farms totalling some six million hectares have been transferred to previously disadvantaged Namibians to date.AgriBank clients are the biggest group with about 755 farms bought through
readLee tears up rankings
24-02-2009
SYDNEY – New Zealand teenager Danny Lee, who has set his sights on becoming the “next Tiger Woods,” rocketed more than 400 places in the world golf rankings yesterday after his sensational Johnnie
readNamibian women senseis graded
24-02-2009
MARION Bause and Karin Brockmann have just returned from South Africa where they received their 5th Dan and 4th Dan black belt gradings in the Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate style respectively.This is a
read‘England’ wins Namibian ‘world cup’
24-02-2009
IT had been 43 years without major European or World honours, but on Saturday England put this dismal record firmly in the past with a resounding win over Spain in the world cup final in front of a
readNo break for NPL teams at weekend
24-02-2009
PREMIERSHIP football matches will continue this weekend after most teams were not in action at the weekend.The only match that took place over the weekend saw African Stars taking on Eleven Arrows at
readChampions League returns
24-02-2009
LONDON – Wherever you look this week in the Champions League, be it Madrid, Milan or London, intrigue, personality clashes and rarity value abound as the 16 survivors in the continent’s elite
readOshikondo shUundjinia sha Unam mOngwediva otashi eguluka oshiwike shika
24-02-2009
OSHIKONDO shelongo lyUundjinia shOunivesiti ya Namibia (Unam), shoka sha kala tashi tungwa omathimbo ga zi ko, otashi egulula omiyelo dhasho oshiwike shika.Osheendo oshinene shaanongeki mUuwindjinia
readIigwanahangano ya tameka oonkundathana na nAazimbabwe kombinga yOkolera
24-02-2009
HARARE – Onkundana okuzilila ku Harare sha Zimbabwe otayi ti kutya aanambelewa yIigwanahangano oye li taya ilongekidha okuya moonkundathana noongundu dhompilamena mu Zimbabwe nosho wo naaniilonga
readTsvangirai okwa hala edhiminathanopo
24-02-2009
HARARE – Omuprimaminista gwa Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai okwa ningin eindilo koshigwana shi dhiminathanepo, konima yoomvula dhomakutunguto gopapolitika, ngoka ga kala taga inyenge moshilongo
readOmukithi gwiimuna moshitopolwa sha Kunene na Musati
24-02-2009
UUMINISTELI wUunamapya, Omeya nOmakuti owa tseyitha kutya muumbangalantu woshitopolwa sha Kunene nuuninginino wa Musati, omwa holoka omukithi gwiimuna tayi kwatwa kiitumba.Moshitopolwa sha Kunene,
readMuluzi okwa hala okugalukila koshipundi
24-02-2009
MALAWI – Ngoka a li nale Omupresidende gwa Malawi Bakili Muluzu okwa popi kutya oonkambadhala dhe dhokugalukila koshipundi shUupresidende otadhi piyaganekwa komathindilokongudhi te ga ningilwa
readOmpangu yopOmbanda yomOshakati ya tameka niilonga ohela
24-02-2009
Ompangu yOpombanda ya egulula iilonga yayo mOshakati mOshitopolwa sha Shana nokutameka nOshipotha shawo shotango shi na sha nedhipago lyomulongisikola Laurentia Kashamba gwoomvula 49 gwokoRundu
readBanks must be servants, not masters: Brown
24-02-2009
LONDON – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday banks must be reformed so that they are the servants of economies and societies rather than the masters.In a comment piece that was to be
readLuxembourg defends bank secrecy rules
24-02-2009
GENEVA – Banking secrecy needs to be redefined, but abolishing it abruptly is not in Europe’s interest, Luxembourg’s deputy prime minister said Sunday, amid renewed debate over the concept sparked by
readRegional telecoms meet
24-02-2009
TELECOMMUNICATION providers from the SADC region are meeting in Windhoek this week for the ninth annual SADC Telecom Operators’ Bilateral Meeting (STOBM).The conference is made up of Southern African
readZim seeks SA help with rand
24-02-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe is engaging South Africa over using its neighbour’s rand currency to boost foreign exchange liquidity, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday.South African President
readLending freeze could trigger a recession
24-02-2009
SOUTH African banks are cutting back sharply on credit extension - despite claims that they have been sheltered from the global financial crisis - and “there is a real risk banks will generate a
readGlobal financial illness infects Namibian tourism
24-02-2009
“THE tourist industry boom is over.”This is one of the first diagnoses in the Federation of Namibian Tourism Associations (Fenata) report on the prospects for the tourism industry in Namibia. While
readMining workshop ‘cleared air’
24-02-2009
THE Ministry of Mines and Energy is to meet representatives of the mining industry for a second time in June this year, after a first workshop on the licensing processes was held last week, which
readEU leaders back sweeping financial regulations
24-02-2009
BERLIN - European leaders mounted a united front against the global financial crisis Sunday, proposing sweeping new market regulations, but it remained unclear whether economic giants like the United
readKate wins for ‘The Reader’
24-02-2009
LOS ANGELES – British actress Kate Winslet won her first Oscar on Sunday for her portrayal of a German woman with a secret Nazi past in the romantic drama ‘The Reader’.‘Titanic’ star Winslet (33) was
read‘Benjamin Button’, Rourke snubbed
24-02-2009
LOS ANGELES – ‘Benjamin Button’ came undone at the Oscars on Sunday, while Mickey Rourke appeared in danger of heading back to obscurity after losing the closely fought best actor race.While there
readBollywood-style celebrations for ‘Slumdog’ Oscars
24-02-2009
MUMBAI – Bollywood met Hollywood for real yesterday as Mumbai slum dwellers celebrated the triumph of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, clapping, whooping and dancing like Indian film stars after the
readMost fertility clinics break the rules
24-02-2009
NEW YORK – The California fertility doctor who implanted the octuplet mom with lots of embryos was no lone wolf: Fewer than 20 per cent of United States clinics follow professional guidelines on how
readFreed British detainee claims US behind his torture
24-02-2009
LONDON – Binyam Mohamed, a British resident held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years, was released and put on a plane to Britain yesterday and accused the United States government of
readIn the kitchen with Mama Obama
24-02-2009
WASHINGTON – US First lady Michelle Obama opened the White House kitchen on Sunday to six culinary students so they could learn about preparations for a big official dinner.The first lady was joined
readSA cops to shape up
24-02-2009
NELSPRUIT - Mpumalanga police officers who become fat or unfit once they’ve completed their training are being challenged to get back into shape.Provincial police commissioner Rex Machabi is
readEgypt arrests three over deadly bazaar bombing
24-02-2009
CAIRO – Egyptian police said yesterday they have arrested three suspects over a bomb attack at a famed Cairo bazaar that killed a French teenager and wounded 25 people, most of them tourists.Sunday’s
readLetter from New Jersey to Oregon takes 22 years
24-02-2009
LA GRANDE – An Oregon woman finally received an invitation to her nephew’s high school graduation in New Jersey, but she may be a little late — it was in 1987.Theresa Schlossarek, of La Grande, found
readDon’t crucify us on aid: MDC
24-02-2009
CAPE TOWN - South Africa should not withhold aid to Zimbabwe because of what had happened with donations in the past, Movement for Democratic Change spokesman Nelson Chamisa said yesterday.“This is a
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