Archive
46 Articles found on Thursday, 5 February 2009
Change your lifestyle, live longer
05-02-2009
WORLD Cancer Day was celebrated on February 4. The focus this year is on lifestyle and the lifestyle changes each person should make to prevent cancer. Dietary factors, physical inactivity, overweight
readLAC condemns scholarship ads
05-02-2009
THE Legal Assistance Centre is up in arms over scholarships that make it compulsory for prospective students to undergo an HIV test.In the latest case the Ministry of Education advertised a
readTCL pension saga refuses to die
05-02-2009
ABOUT 20 former workers of the defunct TCL mine marched to the Sanlam building in Windhoek on Tuesday, refusing to give up their decade-long demand for N$116 million in pension money they say is
readNBC probes theft charges at Oshakati
05-02-2009
THE NBC has sent a top-level team to its office in Oshakati to investigate charges of corruption and staff grievances at the satellite office.The Namibian established yesterday that the General
readAir crash victims better, pilot ‘Kücki’ still critical
05-02-2009
THE condition of the two men whose light aircraft crashed on the Windhoek Country Club’s golf course on Tuesday was said to have improved yesterday. Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge employee Jeremiah Aaron
readCorruption probe at Bethanie village
05-02-2009
AN Anti-Corruption Commission investigator this week arrived at Bethanie Village in the South to question the Village Council and its Village Secretary on a host of corruption allegations made by
readTreason trial stuck after lawyer’s withdrawal
05-02-2009
THE Caprivi treason trial is to remain stuck for at least a month, while the Directorate of Legal Aid tries to figure out how to deal with the withdrawal of one of the defence lawyers who had been
readAuditor testifies in Munyama trial
05-02-2009
A SECOND attempt in two days to halt the fraud and theft trial of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation’s former Director General, Gerry Munyama, also ended in failure in the High Court in Windhoek
readSA vehicle sales slump to 8-year low
05-02-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African vehicle sales tumbled 35,4 per cent to an eight-year low in January, industry figures showed yesterday, as local manufacturers cut output in the face of the worst global
readUS car sales in reverse
05-02-2009
DETROIT – Automakers started 2009 in reverse. Consumers frightened by the prospect of losing their jobs stayed away from auto showrooms again in January and sent US car and truck sales falling 37 per
readUneasiness about govt stimulus packages
05-02-2009
DESPITE all the efforts to contain the damage, the International Monetary Fund last week raised its estimate of the potential deterioration in US-originated credit assets held by banks and other
readObama sets executive pay limits
05-02-2009
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama kicked off a campaign to rein in corporate compensation yesterday with rules limiting executive pay to US$500 000 a year for companies getting taxpayer bailout
readConmen target Telecom Namibia customers
05-02-2009
TELECOM Namibia has warned that its customers are being targeted by fraudsters posing as employees of our company, telling them that they have been “overcharged” and a refund on their telephone
readNamport pays N$17 million in dividends
05-02-2009
THE Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) on Tuesday handed over N$17 million in dividends to the Government, its sole shareholder.Speaking at the handover ceremony, Namport CEO Sebby Kankondi stated
read75 countries launch clean energy agency
05-02-2009
WASHINGTON – Seventy-five nations including Germany, India, Kenya, and the United Arab Emirates last week launched the world’s first multi-national organisation dedicated solely to promoting renewable
readStudy on climate change impacts
05-02-2009
A STUDY on the vulnerability and climate change impact on Namibia’s protected areas is one of the activities that a project aimed at strengthening these areas will undertake.This was said by the
readCooper to repeat trip through the Sperrgebiet
05-02-2009
BY popular demand, Trygve Cooper, the Chief Warden for Namibia’s newly proclaimed national park, the Sperrgebiet National Park, will return to Windhoek next week to repeat his presentation ‘A Journey
read‘Bounty Killer’ sees red seven times
05-02-2009
KINGSTON – Jamaican rapper Bounty Killer is in trouble with police – again.Traffic court spokeswoman Alicia Dennis says he is accused of running through seven red lights. Police have charged him with
readBatman goes Bale-istic with swear-ade at crew
05-02-2009
LOS ANGELES – Dark Knight indeed. Christian Bale can be heard in newly surfaced audio delivering a long, profanity-laced verbal thrashing to a cinematographer and anyone who tried to calm him down on
readPhoenix confirms he’s walking the hip-hop line
05-02-2009
LOS ANGELES – Joaquin Phoenix says there’s no hoax about it: He really has given up acting to become a hip-hop musician.Phoenix has been spending his time laying down tracks for a rap album in the
readAfrica Briefs
05-02-2009
AU ends summit divided ADDIS ABABA – African Union leaders wound up a summit here yesterday with the continent beset by conflict and divided over new chairman Muammar Gaddafi’s plans for unifying
readFloods in Aus wash crocs into streets
05-02-2009
SYDNEY – Floods ravaging northern Australia have washed crocodiles onto the streets, where one was hit by a car, authorities said in a warning to residents yesterday..More than 60 per cent of the vast
readZim negotiators talking in South Africa
05-02-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwean negotiators joined hastily arranged talks in South Africa yesterday in an effort to ensure a unity government is formed this month.Party officials said their negotiators were
readObama admits to ‘screw-up’
05-02-2009
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama sought to recover yesterday from his toughest day in office yet after admitting he “screwed up” in a storm over taxes that forced his pick to lead health reform to
readJacob Zuma not stepping down
05-02-2009
PIETERMARITZBURG - ANC presidential candidate Jacob Zuma refused to step down after the Pietermaritzburg High Court ruled yesterday that he must return to court on August 25.“What has happened to me
readNoteable Quotes
05-02-2009
*petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr) noun The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell. From petro- (rock), from Greek petros (stone) + ichor (the fluid that is supposed to flow in the
readNoteable Quotes
05-02-2009
MEATCO must be left as an independent entity and run privately. – Former Environment and Tourism Minister Fillemon Malima, who is now a commercial farmer, at a meeting to discuss the future of
readRape claims rock Windhoek High School
05-02-2009
TWO Windhoek High School pupils were suspended on Monday after they and six others were implicated in allegations of rape made by a 15-year-old fellow pupil. The incident reportedly happened on the
readBruwer caught up in drug-test tangle
05-02-2009
NAMIBIAN soccer player Denzyl Bruwer, who plays for Ajax Cape Town in South Africa, is claimed to have tested positive for an illegal substance.It is not yet known what substance is allegedly
readBob Kandetu to challenge axing
05-02-2009
FIRED NBC Director General Bob Vezera Kandetu is taking legal action against the parastatal’s board for unprocedural dismissal.Kandetu told a packed media briefing in Katutura yesterday that his
readDStv bags soccer rights!
05-02-2009
MULTICHOICE DStv has secured the rights to air 80 per cent of the English Premier League across Africa – just in time for this weekend’s matches.DStv yesterday announced that SuperSport had secured
readSMSes For 05 Feb 09
05-02-2009
SMS Of The Day n A HUMBLE request to our agricultural academics and scientists. Can you people come and study how our livestock seem to cope well with the extreme weather conditions in nortweastern
readUunona wa li wa ningwa uukwiita u li 85 mu DRC wa mangululwa
05-02-2009
GENEVA–Ehangano egameni lyaanona lyIigwanahangano/United Nations Childrens Fund (Unicef) olya ti kutya ongundu yaantu ya homata moshitopolwa shi na iita sha North Kivu, oya mangulula uunona u li 85 ya
readIiputudhiloyaalongi nayi tulepo omilandu dhokuyeleka ongushu yomadheulo gayo, Simataa ti indile
05-02-2009
IIPUTUDHILO yaalingisikola moshilongo oya pumbwa okutula po omilandu dhokukonakona ongushu yomadheulo ngoka haga gandjwa kaalongwalongi. Ngele shika osha ningwa otashi ka etapo elongo lyu
readOongeleka dha indilwa shi hanganithe oshigwana
05-02-2009
OMOLU onkalo yopolotika ya dhidhilikwa yi ipyakidhila nokutopola oshigwana, naanapolotika ya talika ko ya fa kaye na ko we nasha netopagulo lyoshigwana ngeyi, Oongeleka odha indilwa dhi penduke nodhi
readOndhila ontshona ya gwa mo
05-02-2009
AANTU ye li yaali oya li ya falwa kOshipangelo sha Windhoek Central Hospital mEtiyali, konima sho ondhila ontshona yi na ashike ‘oindjina’ yimwe ka gum nokwiidhenge pokapale kuudhano wo Golf po
readDTA a kondema etitho lya Kandetu
05-02-2009
ETITHO lyOmukuluntiwiliki gwa NBC Bob Kandetu, oshinima sha puka noonkondo adhihe na kashi li pauyuuki, Omupresidende gwopaati yo Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), Katuutire Kaura, osho a popi
readBecks in loan talks
05-02-2009
MILAN - David Beckham’s lawyers are discussing with Los Angeles Galaxy the possibility of extending his loan spell at AC Milan, the Italian club said yesterday.‘His lawyers are in talks with Los
readTiger tees up with President Obama
05-02-2009
LOS ANGELES – Tiger Woods is looking forward to playing a round of golf with US President Barack Obama, as and when their respective schedules permit.Woods, the world number one, has been sidelined
readApril let down by Bruwer
05-02-2009
COLLIN April, who was instrumental in striking a two-year deal for former Brave Warriors goalkeeper Danzyl Bruwer at Ajax Cape Town, says he was disappointed by the recent news that the player has
readAthletics Namibia saga goes regional
05-02-2009
THE ongoing squabbles between Athletics Namibia (AN) and the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) have been discussed at the Confederation of African Athletics’ (CAA) regional level to find a lasting
readNamibia in Special Olympics study
05-02-2009
NAMIBIA has been selected as one of four countries in the world by Special Olympics International (SOI) to participate in a research study highlighting the best practices amongst Special Olympics
readWorld Sport Briefs
05-02-2009
• Football Arsenal’s Spanish international midfielder Cesc Fabregas wants to return to Barcelona next season where he would have a better chance of playing in the Champions League, sports daily Marca
readTime for Federer to seek outside help
05-02-2009
LONDON – The tears streaming down Roger Federer’s face during the Australian Open presentation ceremony told their own story. How does the Swiss recover after losing another epic final encounter to
readJunior tennis starts on a high
05-02-2009
PRO Tennis academy started their 2009 tennis calendar last weekend with a tournament sponsored by Video Corner.The tournament had 45 entries divided in three categories –beginners, intermediate and
readDokic makes winning return
05-02-2009
SYDNEY – Jelena Dokic made a triumphant return to Australia’s Fed Cup team yesterday with an easy win in her opening match at the Asia/Oceania playoffs in Perth.Dokic, who made a fairytale run to the
read