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56 Articles found on Thursday, 22 January 2009
Pastor arrested for rape
22-01-2009
A PASTOR of the Lutheran Church at Usakos was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl.The incident allegedly took place on January 8 at the pastor’s home. According to a
readNotable Quotes
22-01-2009
WE must not relent in our political commitment to make Namibia a better place. – President Hifikepunye Pohamba, who is also Swapo president, discussing the upcoming election campaign at the first
readSMSes for Thu 22 Jan 09
22-01-2009
* AMERICANS irrespective of their colour made world history. Black Americans achieved their forefathers’ dreams. God save Africa from dictators, wars, famines and hatred. We cry for Africa. Food
readPresident Obama's Inaugural Address
22-01-2009
BARACK OBAMA My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President
readMother claims teen son a victim of prison rape horror
22-01-2009
A MENTALLY handicapped 16-year-old boy has been a victim of sexual assaults while locked up with adult convicts in Windhoek Central Prison, the boy’s mother claims in a case in which she
readRestoring degraded land
22-01-2009
NAMIBIA, a country of open spaces and unique natural resources, is increasingly challenged by the problems of land degradation, climate change and the loss of biodiversity.In the driest country south
readBreak-in at Airport Lodge outside Windhoek
22-01-2009
LODGE owner Brian Black has lashed out against the Police, who apparently took their time responding after he informed them of a break-in at the Airport Lodge outside Windhoek on Monday. Two
readPastor arrested for rape
22-01-2009
A PASTOR of the Lutheran Church at Usakos was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl.The incident allegedly took place on January 8 at the pastor’s home. According to a
readPastor arrested for rape
22-01-2009
A PASTOR of the Lutheran Church at Usakos was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl.The incident allegedly took place on January 8 at the pastor’s home. According to a
readKaribib Council in standoff with suspended CEO
22-01-2009
IF the Karibib Town Council does not involve the Ministry of Regional and Local Government and Housing and Rural Development in its disciplinary procedures against CEO Lydia Kandetu, then it must
readKeetmanshoop Council gets tough on shebeen owners
22-01-2009
SHEBEEN owners applying for liquor licences are set to feel the pinch following a decision by the Keetmanshoop Town Council to put on hold the issuing of fitness certificates. A fitness certificate
readMillions at stake in 'mystery' trust fund
22-01-2009
QUESTIONS about the future 'and the very existence' of the Powercom Educational Trust, which held a two per cent stake in Cell One before the sale of the telecommunications company to Telecel Globe
readDrought relief a political ploy: DTA
22-01-2009
THE Ovatue people at the Ohaiuua Resettlement Village in the Epupa Constituency say they are being bullied into becoming Swapo members through the distribution of drought relief. Ohaiuua village
readMangetti farmers to boycott meeting
22-01-2009
MEMBERS of the Mangetti Farmers’ Association will boycott a meeting organised by the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement to discuss the division of farmland in the northern communal areas. The meeting
readEarly Parliament session unlikely
22-01-2009
THE National Assembly is not likely to resume its session earlier to discuss possible salary increases for civil servants, as proposed by the DTA of Namibia. Swapo insiders said the DTA proposal was
readTraditional Authority distances itself from poaching
22-01-2009
THE Ovambanderu Traditional Authority has distanced itself from this past weekend’s poaching incident, in which Charles Nguvauva, eldest son of Acting Chief Peter Nguvauva, and his two sons are
readYou're the Daddy!...
22-01-2009
Michelle Obama (left), wife of US President Barack Obama, watches as their daughter Sasha gives her father the thumbs up after he took the oath of office as 44th US President at the US Capitol
read‘You’re the Daddy!’...
22-01-2009
Michelle Obama (left), wife of US President Barack Obama, watches as their daughter Sasha gives her father the thumbs up after he took the oath of office as 44th US President at the US Capitol
readSwapo weighs options for Jooste’s replacement
22-01-2009
CONSULTATIONS are on in the Swapo Party to identify a candidate to replace former Deputy Environment Minister Leon Jooste in the National Assembly. Next on the party’s list is the country’s High
readAussie wine industry at a crisis crossroad
22-01-2009
MURRUMBATEMAN - From a picturesque hill overlooking the hazy distant foothills of Australia’s eastern ranges, Bruce March can see a crisis facing the country’s A$2,4 billion (US$1,6 billion) wine
readKruger crocodile die-off baffles scientists
22-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG - When three rotting crocodile carcasses were spotted in a remote corner of South Africa’s world famous Kruger National Park wildlife reserve, alarm bells started ringing for scientists.A
readTropical rainforests making a comeback
22-01-2009
WASHINGTON – The world’s tropical rainforests are making a comeback, but young vegetation may not be able to sustain as much diverse wildlife or lock up nearly as much climate-warming carbon dioxide
read‘Love Guru’ proves endearing at Razzies
22-01-2009
LOS ANGELES – Voters for 2008’s worst movies love Mike Myers. They really love him.Myers’ comedy flop ‘The Love Guru’ led the field yesterday for the Razzies with seven nominations, among them worst
readHuman moments at the Inauguration
22-01-2009
WASHINGTON – Like any staged event, Barack Obama’s transition to power on Tuesday had moments that caught people off guard.Perhaps the biggest surprise was when the new president and his wife,
readBoy, 8, lived with dead mom
22-01-2009
MICHIGAN – An eight-year-old boy lived for more than a week with the body of his dead mother before telling a concerned shopkeeper his mom was “in a better place”, police said. Gaynell Tipado, 41,
readMachel chides SADC over Zim
22-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Former Mozambican First Lady Graca Machel yesterday said Zimbabwe’s government had lost all legitimacy and warned other liberation movements in the region against following the same
readIsrael completes Gaza pullout
22-01-2009
JERUSALEM – Israel completed a troop pullout from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip yesterday, starting its relationship with US President Barack Obama by leaving Palestinian land devastated by its 22-day
readChina warns of ‘grim’ fight against deadly bird flu
22-01-2009
BEIJING – China faces a “grim” situation in preventing and controlling human cases of bird flu, the health minister said, after announcing four human infections in the last two weeks and three
readObama seeks halt to
22-01-2009
GUANTANAMO BAY US NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Hours after taking office on Tuesday, United States President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day
readMannetti to start academy
22-01-2009
FORMER Brave Warriors midfield dynamo Ricardo Mannetti has decided to plough back his wealth into the game by calling into life a football academy for the young.The Ricardo Mannetti Soccer Academy
readHitman on tour
22-01-2009
Namibia’s World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses (below) will travel to the Erongo Region this weekend to parade and show his belt to the residents of Walvis Bay
readKaka puts sport in good light
22-01-2009
MILAN – Kaka’s decision to stay at AC Milan and reject Manchester City is a huge boost for a faltering Serie A and goes against the notion that money always rules in football.Italian soccer has been
readArmstrong has fears
22-01-2009
ADELAIDE – Lance Armstrong said yesterday he doubted if his results from independent anti-doping tests would be given a fair hearing.However, the American said he would push ahead and publish data
readSports Indaba to chart way forward
22-01-2009
NAMIBIA’S poor run at last year’s Commonwealth Youth Games and the Olympic Games has necessitated the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) to schedule a Sports Indaba for early April 2009.NSC Chief
readAnderson agony takes shine off United win
22-01-2009
MANCHESTER – Brazilian midfielder Anderson is facing an anxious wait for the result of X-rays on a suspected broken left ankle after being carried off during Manchester United’s League Cup 4-2
readDjokovic flying high, Federer meets Safin
22-01-2009
MELBOURNE – Defending champion Novak Djokovic hit top gear in a sparkling Australian Open performance yesterday as former winners Roger Federer and Marat Safin set up the clash of the third
readEthnic tensions simmer
22-01-2009
MELBOURNE – The ethnic tensions that have plagued recent Australian Opens simmered just below the surface yesterday as rival groups of Serbians, Croatians and Bosnians engaged in verbal warfare.While
readSARB moves rates decision
22-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s central bank will hold its first monetary policy committee meeting of 2009 on February 4 and 5, moving it to a week before the release of the national budget. The
readUS police say troubled investor planned to vanish
22-01-2009
TAMPA, Florida - A missing hedge fund manager who owed investors a US$50 million payout told his wife in a note he felt guilty about mismanaging people’s money, and threatened to kill himself,
readTullow Oil launches £400m share placing
22-01-2009
LONDON – UK-based oil explorer Tullow Oil said it was launching a share sale to raise about 400 million pounds (US$561,9 million) as it seeks to secure finance to develop big oil finds in the face of
readObama takes battered economy over
22-01-2009
NEW YORK – Barack Obama took office on Tuesday with the world’s banks free-falling and the auto industry gasping, and Wall Street greeted the new US president with its worst inauguration day ever.
readWTO to rule on China complaint
22-01-2009
GENEVA – The World Trade Organisation on Tuesday formed a panel to rule on a complaint by China that US anti-dumping measures on certain Chinese-made products violate trade rules, a source said. “The
readBarclays shares hit a 24-year low
22-01-2009
LONDON – British Barclays Plc’s shares tumbled a third in value to a 24-year low on yesterday as the threat it needs to raise funds or could be nationalised continued to dog the bank. The risk
readBHP to cut 6 000 jobs
22-01-2009
SYDNEY – BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc will cut 6 000 jobs and close its giant Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Australia, writing off US$1,6 billion, as the global resources giant battles a collapse in commodity
readCentral banks cautioned on fast, furious rate cuts
22-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – As interest rates in major economies approach zero, central banks and governments are resorting to other measures to boost their failing economies – and the costs are reflected in
readOld Mutual warns against ‘419’ scams
22-01-2009
OLD Mutual has warned Namibians to be wary of scams that promise a handsome commission for moving large sums of money.E-mails that have been circulating recently purport that certain individuals have
readOld Mutual warns against ‘419’ scams
22-01-2009
OLD Mutual has warned Namibians to be wary of scams that promise a handsome commission for moving large sums of money.E-mails that have been circulating recently purport that certain individuals have
readOld Mutual warns against ‘419’ scams
22-01-2009
OLD Mutual has warned Namibians to be wary of scams that promise a handsome commission for moving large sums of money.E-mails that have been circulating recently purport that certain individuals have
readPolitician urges Britain to nationalise RBS, Lloyds
22-01-2009
LONDON – The chairman of the British parliament’s Treasury Committee urged the government yesterday to nationalise Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group as the global financial crisis
readAalongwa yane ya kwatelwa moombete sho ya lika koonyushi
22-01-2009
AALONGWA yane oya kwatelwa moombete moshipangelo shaShakati, konima sho ya lika nayi koonyushi pOsikola yErundu mOshakati.Onkalo yawo otayi hokololwa tayi etitha oonkondo. Omukuluntu gwOshipangelo
readObama a ya koshipundi shUupresidende
22-01-2009
W ASHINGTON – Barack Hussein Obama okwa ningi Omupresidende gwa Amerika omuti: 44, sho a ganithilwa oshipundi shUupresidende wa Amerika mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika.Moshipopiwa she, Obama okwa ningi
readOmpangu ya tindila Warner ombooloha
22-01-2009
OMUKIINTU omugundjuka gwomOvednuka, ngoka a lopotelwa eyakopo lyoshimaliwa shOondola dha Amerika shomulumentu gwomwAangola, okwa tindilwa ombooloha sho a holoka mOmpagu mOmaandaha.Frieda Agnes Warner
readAakwiita ya Rwanda ya ya mu DRC
22-01-2009
KINSHASA – Aakwiiya ya Rwanda ya konda po 1 500 oya taaguluka oongamba okuya muDRC-umbugantu mEtiyali, ya ka ndjoine mboka ya DRC okukondjitha Oorebele dhAahutu – ndhoka dha li dha kutha ombinga
readAchebe a kondema omahogololo mu Afrika
22-01-2009
ABUJA – Omushangimambo OmuNigeria a simana muuyuni auhe, Chinua Achebe, okwa kondema omaulingilingi ngoka haga ningwa momahogololo miilongo yAafrika e ta indile kaaleli yAafrika ya kale ye shi tseyika
readRwanda ota kaleke po omakwatathano ge na Ndowishi
22-01-2009
K IGALI – Epangelo lya Rwanda otali ka kaleka po omakwatathano galyo gopaundiplomate na Ndowishi, konima yoomwedhi mbali sho oshilongo shika shAafrika lyopokati sha li sha shunitha Omukalelipo gwa
readOonkundathana kombinga ya Zim dha hula ina pu tokolwa sha
22-01-2009
H ARARE – Oonkundathana kombinga yedhiladhilo lyokweeta po Epangelo lyopaukumwe mu Zimbabwe, odha hulu mOmaandaha goshiwike shika ina pu tokolwa sha.Omukwanepangelo gumwe okwa popi kutya aaleli
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