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45 Articles found on Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Fatal accident on Karibib road
04-02-2009
AN accident on the road between Karibib and Okahandja resulted in the death of a 27-year-old man on Thursday after his car overturned. Police report that the incident happened about 15 km outside
readDays numbered for pirate taxis
04-02-2009
COMMUTERS will have to wait for the passing of the new Public Transport Bill, expected to be tabled in the National Assembly this year, before being able to clearly identify legally registered taxis.
readCatering workers laid off
04-02-2009
A COMPANY rendering cleaning and catering services to the Skorpion Zinc Mine, Roshkor and Exarro Zinc Mine at Rosh Pinah in the South has laid off 11 of its 56 workers. The retrenchments are
readSMSes protected by Constitution: experts
04-02-2009
THE SMS page of The Namibian is an innovative way of helping ordinary people to air their views and thereby exercise their fundamental human rights of participating in democracy and freedom of
readObama stance on family planning praised
04-02-2009
THE Legal Assistance Centre has welcomed US President Barack Obama’s decision to reverse what it described as a “global gag rule”, which prohibited US funding to international organisations providing
readMeatco fights for its independence
04-02-2009
FARMERS who provide the Namibian meat industry with slaughter-ready livestock for value addition and export to international markets fear that the proposed restructuring of the Meat Corporation
readNBC’s axing of Kandetu ‘a miscarriage of justice’
04-02-2009
THE dismissal of Bob Kandetu as Director General of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is a “scandalous miscarriage of justice”, the DTA of Namibia said yesterday.The party’s leader,
readNuyoma re-appointed as Development Bank boss
04-02-2009
WINDHOEK – The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) Chief Executive Officer David Nuyoma has been re-appointed at the helm of the bank for the next five years.The DBN Board of Directors confirmed the
readEmerging market banks fund launched
04-02-2009
WASHINGTON – The World Bank and Japan will launch a new fund to provide capital to banks in emerging countries struggling to cope with the global financial crisis, the multilateral institution said
readAbsa loses N$1 billion in futures market deal debacle
04-02-2009
ABSA had approached the Reserve Bank “some time in late November” to warn that some of its single-stock futures transactions were beginning to show signs of having problems, Errol Kruger, the
readNot ‘a lot new’ expected in SA budget
04-02-2009
SOUTH Africa’s Finance minister Trevor Manuel will probably follow the course indicated in the medium-term budget policy statement when he presents his 2009 budget speech next week, Nedbank economist
readAsia may rebound in 2010 if trade recovers
04-02-2009
SHANGHAI – Asia’s struggling economies will likely bounce back quickly once their trading partners begin to recover, the head of the International Monetary said yesterday, though he warned the outlook
readChasing The Dot ... Magic Mushrooms
04-02-2009
Old planet Earth has been on a drug- induced high and is now going cold turkey; Magic Mushrooms are in short supply! Yet another gathering of the world economic bloodsuckers has just finished.
readAmericans drop spending thrift and save more
04-02-2009
WASHINGTON - Americans are hunkering down and saving more. For a recession-battered economy, it couldn’t be happening at a worse time. Economists call it the “paradox of thrift.” What’s good for
readSA is vulnerable to global financial crisis
04-02-2009
AS a commodity exporter and a country with a large current account deficit, South Africa is vulnerable to shifts in sentiment, which prompt global investors to switch their funds out of emerging
readCompanies get ready for ‘Coastodian’ accreditation
04-02-2009
COMPANIES that have interests at the coast should prepare themselves for the implementation of the ‘Corporate Coastodian’ accreditation plan, which could have far-reaching benefits for their business.
readWhales do it older!
04-02-2009
WASHINGTON – Older mothers may do a better job raising their children than younger, less-experienced moms, at least among killer whales, researchers reported on Monday. They studied 30 years of data
readDespite challenges, Clinton pokes fun at herself and Bill
04-02-2009
WASHINGTON – Despite the daunting challenges she faces as the new US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton poked fun at herself and at her husband Bill Clinton during her swearing-in on Monday. “I’m so
readGoogle Earth users can dive in sea, fly to Mars
04-02-2009
SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc has updated its online map of the world to add the more than two- thirds of the planet that lies underwater and provide a way to view changes to glaciers and other geography
readWoman arrested for recruiting female bombers
04-02-2009
BAGHDAD – A woman suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has been arrested, the Iraqi military said yesterday, dealing a major blow to one of the most effective forms of attacks
readAfrican leaders discuss economic crisis
04-02-2009
ADDIS ABABA - African leaders yesterday discussed ways to ride out the global economic downturn, fearful that 2009 will see trade hit and reductions in much-needed aid and development finance.Earlier
readSMSes of Wed 04 Feb 09
04-02-2009
* CAN The Namibian please publish a full list of all those whose municipal debts are being written off so they can be publicly humiliated and possibly we can assist the municipality in tracing them.
readCertainly not guilty: Munyama
04-02-2009
THE fraud and theft trial of former Namibian Broadcasting Corporation Director General Gerry Munyama started in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday with Munyama and a co-accused both pleading not
readViewers cry foul over GTV
04-02-2009
THE sudden shutdown of GTV Namibia on Friday has sparked a frenzy amongst the pay TV broadcaster’s subscribers in Namibia and other African countries. Irate viewers are up in arms over the whistle
readNotable Quotes
04-02-2009
THAT’S news to me. – Paragon Investment Holdings Executive Director Lazarus Jacobs on hearing that Kuvee Kangueehi has been named the new editor of The Windhoek Observer WE have appealed to
readPlane hits golf course
04-02-2009
TWO people were rushed to the intensive care unit of a Windhoek hospital yesterday after a single-engine Jabiru light aircraft plummeted to earth and crashed on the Windhoek Country Club’s golf
readKenyan journalist found decapitated
04-02-2009
NAIROBI - The decapitated body of a Kenyan journalist has been found in a forest in a case possibly related to his writing, an international media watchdog said yesterday.Paris-based Reporters Without
readThree killed as Sri Lankan hospital shelled again
04-02-2009
COLOMBO - Sri Lankan civilians fled a packed hospital in the war zone after artillery shells hit it for the fourth time in two days, killing at least three people and wounding 10, the Red Cross said
readPythons safe after brief escape from California home
04-02-2009
SAN LUIS OBISPO – A seven metre, 60 odd kilo orange reticulated python, the world’s longest snake species, and a second python escaped from a terrarium inside their owner’s home in San Luis Obispo on
readHolder expected to review, change Bush policies
04-02-2009
WASHINGTON - Eric Holder has won confirmation as the first black attorney general, but he’ll have little time to consider his role in history as he decides which Bush administration counterterrorism
readIran sends first Iranian-made satellite into space
04-02-2009
TEHRAN - Iran said it had launched a domestically made satellite into orbit for the first time yesterday, a move likely to worry Israel and Western powers further about Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.The
readChina condemns shoe protest
04-02-2009
LONDON - China protested to Britain yesterday over a demonstrator who threw a shoe at Prime Minister Wen Jiabao at Britain’s Cambridge University but said ties would not be strained.British police
readMan City make mark on window
04-02-2009
LONDON - Manchester City failed with one of the most audacious transfer bids of all time but despite Kaka’s refusal to leave AC Milan the world’s richest club still left their fingerprints all over
readLightweight Kapia to take on Ntshingana
04-02-2009
NAMIBIAN boxer Paulus Kapia will square up against South Africa’s Siviwe Ntshingana in Windhoek on February 28 for the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBA) lightweight title.Boxing promoter Kinda
readSydney Plaatjies joins Swallows
04-02-2009
NAMIBIAN international Sydney Plaatjies joined Moroka Swallows on loan from star-studded Mamelodi Sundowns in the South African premiership late on Monday.Moroka Swallows has explained the surprise
readWarriors back in action
04-02-2009
BRAVE Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet yesterday announced a 30-man squad of locally based players for a national training camp that will be held from February 9 to 11. The squad, which includes several
readBryant sets record
04-02-2009
NEW YORK – Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant scored 61 points to set the all-time scoring record at the current Madison Square Garden as Los Angeles trounced the New York Knicks 126-117 on Monday.Bryant
readSwimmers power to new records
04-02-2009
A HIGHLY successful Namibia Swimming Championships came to an end on Sunday after four days of excellent performances and tough competition amongst Namibia’s top swimmers. This year’s championships,
readShosholoza stun Alinghi
04-02-2009
AUCKLAND – South Africa’s Team Shosholoza has produced a stunning win over America’s Cup holder Alinghi in the biggest margin so far at the Pacific Series sailing regatta.Shosholoza were without a win
readPIH a landa po Windhoek Observer
04-02-2009
OSHIFOKUNDANEKI sha The Windhoek Observer osha landwa po kOkampani ya Paragon Investment Holdings (PIH) na osha mono wo nale omudhindinkundana omupe.Omudhindinkundana omupe gwOshifokundaneki shika,
readUutekisa mOnooli wa tindilwa otsutsa medhina lyomayala
04-02-2009
U UTEKISA umwe mboka wa tulwa omayala mominkulo okudhidhilika kutya wo owa uthwa okulongela koopate dhaayehe ong’iiyenditho yokututa aantu, owa li aniwa wa tindilwa okuningilwa otutsa yokuulika
readOongundu dhompilamena mu Zim dha tameka oonkundathana
04-02-2009
H ARARE – Oongundu dhopapolitika mu Zimbabwe odha tameke oonkundathanma mu South Afrika ohela, opo dhi ya kandule po uunima natango mboka u li mondjila yeteto po lyEpangelo lyOpaukumwe moshilongo
readOshipangelo sha Nandjokwe otashi kongo ofamili ya Van Wyk
04-02-2009
O U SHI Andreas Van Wyk? Ngele ou mu shi, oto ka kwathela Oshipangelo sha Nandjokwe. A valelewa mOshaanda momumvo 1960, Van Wyk okwa li omuvu mOshipangelo sha Nandjokwe na Elelo lyOshipangelo shika
readOmukuluntuwiliki gwa NBC Kandetu a tidhwa
04-02-2009
OMUKULUNTUWILIKI gwehangano etumimawimombepo lya Namibia/Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) Bob Kandetu, okwa tidhwa mOkampani ndjika mOmaandaha goshiwike shika.Etidho lya Kandetu olya ningwa
readNYC paife opo a tota po osikema ompe yomikuli dhaagundjuka
04-02-2009
OSIKEMA yAagundjuka yOpashigwana/National Youth Scheme (NYS), palongelokumwe nUuministeli wAagundjuka.Iilonga yopashigwana, Omaudhano nOmithigululwakalo, oya tota po oskema tayi ka gandja omikuli
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