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51 Articles found on Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Place of hope
14-01-2009
FOR 83 children from the Mix Camp informal settlement in the Brakwater area today is a red-letter day, as they to can go to a brand new kindergarten. The Tkaweni Inges Kindergarten was completed last
readBlow to the head kills man
14-01-2009
POLICE in Windhoek are investigating a case of murder after a man was hit on the head with a stone and died on Thursday morning. The incident happened in Lucia Street in the Greenwell Matongo area at
readArmed robbers arrested
14-01-2009
FOUR of the five men who broke into a shop at Oshikango’s China Village earlier this month were arrested last week at Ohangwena.It was earlier reported that the five men broke into the shop through
readNeville Gertze new ambassador in Berlin
14-01-2009
NAMIBIA’S former ambassador to Malaysia, Neville Gertze, has been posted to Germany and submitted his letters of credence to Federal President Horst Köhler in the Palace of Bellevue in Berlin on
readGovt sounds warning on private campsites
14-01-2009
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism says the illegal establishment of private campsites along the coast remains a concern. Several private campsites sprang up over the festive season – some on the
readShipwrecks have to go
14-01-2009
ALTHOUGH the shipwrecks along Namibia’s coast may be tourist attractions, those along the central coast are considered a liability to Government, and therefore have to be salvaged or dismantled.During
readSecond Le Mirage robber nabbed
14-01-2009
POLICE are confident that a band of thieves who broke into the Le Mirage Lodge and Spa near Sossusvlei last Thursday have been dealt with.After arresting one of the suspects directly following the
readMurder suspect’s brother testifies
14-01-2009
THE brother of a young Windhoek resident charged with fatally stabbing a 17-year-old youth outside a Khomasdal club on Workers’ Day in 2005 found himself in the uncomfortable position of having to
readOnawa blames drought delay on technical woes
14-01-2009
ONAWA Mills, one of the contractors responsible for the delivery of maize meal in the Ohangwena, Omusati and Oshana regions for drought relief, says it will start delivering soon.The Ombalantu-based
readLocal Sport Notices
14-01-2009
Social League Opens ALL interested companies and are invited to enter the 2009 Social Football League. Companies may register more than one team. Entrance fee per team is N$2 500. Matches will be
readAussies in second Twenty20 win
14-01-2009
MICHAEL Hussey regained his self-belief as he steered Australia to victory by six wickets in the second twenty20 international at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday. Hussey scored 53 not out off 33
readHayden retires
14-01-2009
BRISBANE – Senior Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden announced his immediate retirement from representative cricket at a press conference yesterday.Hayden’s anticipated announcement at the age
readSainz dominant at Dakar
14-01-2009
SPAIN’S two-time rally world champion Carlos Sainz extended his overall lead in the Dakar Rally on Monday as he won the ninth stage after a 430-km run from La Serena to Copiapo.Sainz, who was winning
readAngolans prepare in Nam
14-01-2009
NAMIBIAN premiership defending champions Orlando Pirates have a date with Angolan counterparts Primeiro de Agosto tonight, ahead of a domestic league clash which will pit African Stars against Sport
readRooney tells Man United to seize initiative
14-01-2009
MANCHESTER – Wayne Rooney has urged reigning champions Manchester United to take full advantage of their games in hand and leave themselves looking down on the rest of the Premier League once
readSouthend to face Chelsea
14-01-2009
LONDON – Chelsea travel to Southend for an FA Cup replay today where an upset win for the minnows would leave Roman Abramovich’s club in crisis and manager Luiz Felipe Scolari’s job in jeopardy.Having
readRudi in action tonight
14-01-2009
AFRICAN Stars officially introduced midfielder Rudi Louw as their new signing for the year and he is expected to turn out for the Samba Boys tonight against Sport Klub Windhoek at the SKW Stadium.
readGovt eyes Hitman’s fight
14-01-2009
GOVERNMENT will go the extra mile to ensure that the WBA lightweight title defence of Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses, which will cost at least N$7 million, is held in Namibia, Sport Deputy Minister Pohamba
readSMSes Wed 14 Jan 09
14-01-2009
* PRESIDENT Pohamba, I personally have taken you for a fair, transparent and a just person but what is this about a 24 per cent salary increment for public office bearers you have apparently agreed
readOndando yuumbesa ya thigitha po oyendji
14-01-2009
AANTU oyendji mboka haya kala kiitopolwa yokuushimba mboka opo nee taya shuna okuza kOnooli, itaya ka thika kiitopolwa yawo pethimbo omolwa oondando dhuumbesa dhoka dha londekwa (shaali paveta) dhoka
readEgandjo lyiikulya mOhangwena otali shongola
14-01-2009
SHINIMA shOokampani dhoka dha pewa ootendela dhokufala iikulya yoshikukuta komahala hoka ya pumbiwa itadhi shi enditha nawa miilonga yadho, otashi piyaganeke oonkambadhala dhEpangelo okugandja iikulya
readEfundja mu Mozambique dha lyapipaga 19
14-01-2009
MAPUTO – Epangelo lya Mozambique olya popi kutya omvula onene oya dhipaga aantu ye li omulongo nomugoyi muule womasiku omashona ga piti po na efundja edhigu otashi vulika natango li li mondjila.Jose
readThe Hitman ota ka talelepo kOnooli mEtitano
14-01-2009
Enyakwa lyUuyuni lyoongonyo mOshiviha Oshipu sho World Boxing Association (WBA) Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses ote ya okutalela po oshitopolwa shokOnooli mEtitano lyoshiwike shika, e ye a tyapule nokuulika
readRegulatory Rhubarb
14-01-2009
In my youth when people talked rubbish we used to mumble loudly “rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb”; they soon got the message. It is sad that modern media are not fully interactive to apply the same
readBrazil’s industrial employment drops
14-01-2009
BRASILIA – Government figures for November show Brazil’s industrial employment index posting its steepest decline in five years. About 60 000 workers lost their jobs.Yesterday’s statement by the IBGE
readLocusts destroy E Cape crop
14-01-2009
SWARMS of locusts have descended on farms in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, destroying crops, the country’s department of agriculture said yesterday.Research manager Lumkile Ngada said swarms of locusts
readSeychelles to tender more ocean for oil exploration
14-01-2009
VICTORIA – The Seychelles will tender another 70 000 square km of its sea-floor for oil exploration later this year, the head of state-owned Seychelles Petroleum Company (Seypec) said yesterday.Two
readTenders out for 4th Ruacana turbine
14-01-2009
NAMPOWER is calling for tenders to add a fourth turbine to its hydropower plant at Ruacana on the Kunene River, which has only three turbines of 83 megawatt (MW) each. They can jointly produce 249 MW
readMuadinohamba stays on as MVA Fund CEO
14-01-2009
THE Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund’s Board of Directors yesterday announced the reappointment of Chief Executive Officer Jeremia Muadinohamba.Muadinohamba’s new five-year contract starts on
readAgriBank reviews policies
14-01-2009
THE Agricultural Bank of Namibia (AgriBank) is reviewing its loan procedures and policies in order to update and improve them. After having completed a drastic restructuring exercise last year, which
readHeritage Oil claims major oil find in Uganda
14-01-2009
LONDON –British oil explorer Heritage Oil Plc said it had made a “world class” oil discovery in Uganda, which could become its biggest ever find. Reserves in the Giraffe 1 well in the Lake Albert Rift
readShoprite sales boost defies SA slowdown
14-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Africa’s biggest supermarket group, Shoprite Holdings Ltd, reported a 27 per cent increase in first-half turnover yesterday, defying a consumer downturn in South Africa and boosting its
readJobs for youth critical to Africa’s success
14-01-2009
ONE of the greatest challenges the African continent faces is finding productive employment for its 200 million youth aged between 15 and 24. This is according to the just released Africa Development
read‘John Adams’ and ‘30 Rock’ win big
14-01-2009
HBO’S mini-series about the second US president, ‘John Adams’, swept the Golden Globe television awards on Sunday, picking up four honours on a night that rewarded serious and political shows over
readIndia toasts success of ‘Slumdog’ after awards
14-01-2009
MUMBAI – India’s movie-mad millions have not yet seen ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, but this Mumbai-based fairy tale, which opens here next week, is already the toast of Bollywood.All it took was the Golden
readTeen convicted of killing mother over video game
14-01-2009
ELYRIA, Ohio – Although a teenager’s obsession with a violent video game may have warped his sense of reality, the boy is guilty of murdering his mother and wounding his father after they took ‘Halo
readIt’s a game new world
14-01-2009
PHILADELPHIA – The US Army, struggling to ensure it has enough manpower as it fights wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is wooing young Americans with video games, Google maps and simulated attacks on
readPirates drown with boodle
14-01-2009
MOGADISHU – Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a US$3 million ransom, a relative said, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by
read‘Size matters for trading success’
14-01-2009
LONDON – In the testosterone-fuelled world of financial trading, it appears that hormones do rule and size really does matter, British researchers said on Monday.Their study found that experienced
readAustralia offers ‘the best job in world’
14-01-2009
SYDNEY – An Australian state is offering internationally what it calls “the best job in the world” – earning a top salary for lazing around a beautiful tropical island for six months.The job pays 150
readGold stamps honour postman-turned-president
14-01-2009
LIBREVILLE – Gabon’s post office has printed 6 000 stamps in 22-carat gold in honour of President Omar Bongo Ondimba, a former postal worker, the head of the national postal service says.“These are
readZambia court jails ex air force commander for graft
14-01-2009
LUSAKA – A Zambian court has sentenced the former head of the air force to six years in jail after he was found guilty of stealing government property for use in two of his homes, state radio reported
readZimbabwe cholera deaths near 2 000: WHO
14-01-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic has killed 1 937 people and a total of 38 334 have contracted the normally preventable disease, the World Health Organisation said yesterday.A cholera update dated
readEthiopian troops quit bases in Mogadishu
14-01-2009
MOGADISHU – Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia’s Western-backed government quit four of their main bases in Mogadishu yesterday, heralding an uncertain new chapter for the anarchic Horn of Africa
readBush legacy shaped by war, economic crisis
14-01-2009
WASHINGTON – Two unfinished wars, the US economy deep in recession, the budget deficit about to hit US$1 trillion and America’s image badly tarnished abroad.Not since Herbert Hoover left Franklin
readIsraeli forces squeeze Gaza, say work still ahead
14-01-2009
GAZA – Israeli forces tightened their hold around the city of Gaza yesterday and Israel’s top general said “there is still work ahead” against Hamas in an 18-day-old offensive that has killed more
readGreek tycoon kidnappers discussed €40m ransom
14-01-2009
ATHENS – The kidnappers of a Greek shipping tycoon abducted at gunpoint in Athens discussed a ransom of up to 40 million euros in front of their captives, police sources said on Tuesday. Pericles
readChina’s Hu urges Communist Party to rid itself of corruption
14-01-2009
BEIJING – Chinese President Hu Jintao urged the ruling Communist Party yesterday to rid itself of corruption, but he stopped short of introducing reforms aimed at curbing the party’s unbridled power.
readPassenger train bursts into flames
14-01-2009
PASSENGERS had to flee a TransNamib passenger train on Monday night after a carriage caught fire some 17 kilometres outside Keetmanshoop. The train was bound for Windhoek. The carriage was
readCell One sold to Egyptians
14-01-2009
CELL One yesterday announced the acquisition of 100 per cent of its shares by Telecel Globe, a subsidiary of Egyptian-based telecoms giant Orascom Telecom Holdings. The N$580-million takeover, which
readNamfisa probes Prowealth
14-01-2009
NAMFISA is investigating Prowealth Asset Managers, whose CEO, Riaan Potgieter, committed suicide in December. “We are investigating allegations made by clients who invested through an asset management
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