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52 Articles found on Thursday, 29 January 2009
Attack on Lands office building contract stuck in starting blocks
29-01-2009
AN ATTEMPT by two of Namibia’s largest construction companies to challenge the award of a N$74 million contract for the building of new headquarters for the Ministry of Lands to a Chinese construction
readNamibia’s fleet to double in size, N$250m price tag
29-01-2009
THE Namibian Navy’s fleet will soon double in size, with the acquisition of five vessels from Brazil at an estimated cost of N$250 million, according to media reports from Brazil this week.The first
readTunakie in assault drama
29-01-2009
LOCAL music diva Tunakie (Maria Tuna-Omukwathi Uushona) has laid criminal charges against a man she now refers to as “former boyfriend”, Chris Banda, after a physical altercation between the two on
readNamdeb to shed 600 jobs
29-01-2009
NAMDEB is planning to shed at least 600 jobs through its “voluntary separation” strategy, failing which, forced layoffs will be considered.In a statement issued yesterday, Group Manager for External
readSMSes for Thu 29 Jan 09
29-01-2009
n THE cattle herders removed by GRN from Ukwangali area in Kavango region are exactly the farmers that need land south of the ‘red line’. These cattle herders are entitled to commercial farms fit for
readNamibia aim for the top
29-01-2009
NAMIBIA remain third out of seven teams on the three-day SAA Challenge cricket log after drawing last weekend’s match against Northerns.After three matches Namibia are now third on the log in Pool B
readTsvangirai has agreed to join new government
29-01-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwean MDC opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said he agreed to form a unity government, after his party rejected a deal reached at a regional summit, a South African newspaper
readSouth African inflation dips to 9,5 per cent
29-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Inflation in South Africa slowed for the fourth month in a row, easing to 9,5 per cent in December due mainly to a sharp drop in fuel prices, the national statistics agency said
readPoachers pose a threat to survival of the giant sable
29-01-2009
POACHING is threatening Angola’s national symbol, the giant sable antelope, with extinction.The antelope barely survived three decades of civil war, the head of the Giant Sable Conservation Project
readNotable Quotes
29-01-2009
THE vigilante group arrested the goat and took it to the police, then they took it to the media. – Story in a Lagos newspaper where a car theft suspect reportedly transformed himself into a goat when
readVoting kicks off in Iraq poll
29-01-2009
BAGHDAD – Soldiers, police, prisoners and displaced people voted three days early yesterday in provincial polls that will define the political landscape while US forces withdraw.Polls open to the
readBee attack at school
29-01-2009
OSHAKATI – A number of children at the Erundu School in Oshakati had to be treated at hospital last Tuesday after angry bees attacked them.Some children angered the bees by throwing stones at
readTeen on hunting charge
29-01-2009
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with illegal hunting after Police caught him after he allegedly killed a warthog with the help of a dog at Witvlei on Sunday, the Police reported earlier this week.
readUsakos pastor released on bail
29-01-2009
PASTOR Lusati Shimbike (35) of the Usakos Lutheran church, who is charged with the rape of a girl (15), has been granted N$2 000 bail.Shimbike appeared before Magistrate Leopold Hangalo in the Usakos
readSSC pays out benefits of N$73 million
29-01-2009
MORE THAN N$73 million in benefits have been paid out to members of the Social Security Commission (SSC) since the beginning of the 2008-09 financial year.Rino Muranda, Corporate Affairs Officer at
readGovt houses in Karas in bad shape: Governor
29-01-2009
THE Ministry of Works and Transport is “turning a blind eye” to the poor state of Government houses in Karas, Karas Governor Dawid Boois said yesterday.Boois said the Karas Regional Council has on
readBuild Together owners fired up over ‘powerless’ houses
29-01-2009
THE owners of 40 low-cost houses at Keetmanshoop’s Tseiblaagte residential area that are not connected to the town’s electricity grid staged a protest march yesterday.The houses were built under the
readGap opens between fulltime and part-time Grade 12 students
29-01-2009
A RECORD 3 629 of the 16 393 fulltime students who wrote the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) ordinary level exams last year have qualified for admission to the Polytechnic of Namibia and
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AFRICA Personnel Services (APS) has been granted a date for its appeal against a High Court decision last year that supported the banning of labour hire in terms of the new Labour Act.The company is
readRed-hot Serena sets up semi with Elena
29-01-2009
MELBOURNE – A red-hot Serena Williams clawed back from a set down in searing heat yesterday to make her 15th Grand Slam semi-final where she will meet ice-cool Russian Elena Dementieva.As temperatures
readUnited in record wins in top spot
29-01-2009
LONDON – Manchester United set a new Premier League record with an 11th consecutive clean sheet and maintained their grip on top place in the table with a 5-0 demolition of bottom side West Brom on
readRobinho denies sex claims
29-01-2009
LONDON – Brazil and Manchester City striker Robinho has denied any wrongdoing or criminality after his arrest over allegations of serious sexual assault.A statement issued on the 25-year-old player’s
readHatton to fight Manny Pacquiao
29-01-2009
LONDON – British former WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion Ricky Hatton will fight Filipino Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2, his lawyer said on Monday.“We have got the contract, signed by
readWorld Sport Briefs
29-01-2009
Tennis Spanish top seed Rafael Nadal beat France’s world number eight Gilles Simon 6-2, 7-5, 7-5 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals for the second year running yesterday. Nadal broke Simon
readPirates in Stars hunt
29-01-2009
DEFENDING premiership champions Orlando Pirates have to shake off a determined African Stars side to stay in the hunt when the two clash in an epic encounter pencilled for the Independence Stadium
readEmigration selling in SA residential market may be subsiding
29-01-2009
EMIGRATION selling may be declining in the residential property market, the latest FNB Residential Property Barometer showed on Monday.According to FNB, estate agents were of the view that the
readForeclosures depressing US home prices
29-01-2009
NEW YORK - The US housing industry has seen the future, and it is home repossessions or called foreclosures in the US.The data released on Monday by the National Association of Realtors, in which
readEnviro reporting lags behind: Minister
29-01-2009
ENVIRONMENTAL journalism lags behind other topical issues and there is a shortage of environmental journalists in Namibia, according to Environment and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.Her
readPolitical Will and Private Parts
29-01-2009
POLITICAL Will always gets it in the neck!Hardly surprising when only half a brain is needed to see his actions are so often linked to his own interest. Massive pensions, big-pay-rises, lots of round
readSouth African mining sector job cuts deepen
29-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s mining companies are cutting thousands of jobs as the prices of most metals fall and triggering strike warnings by the country’s powerful unions.So far about 14 000
readGlobal unemployment sours
29-01-2009
AS the global economic crisis deepens major companies across the world have started cutting jobs.In southern Africa, big mining houses are the worst affected because of a significant drop in
readChina marches on in Africa despite downturn
29-01-2009
DAKAR – Chinese businessmen are taking a long-term view and pursuing strategic expansion in Africa even though China’s multiplying investments on the continent have lost some lustre in the global
readDividends being cut at fastest pace in 50 years
29-01-2009
NEW YORK – Dividends are being cut at the fastest pace in at least 50 years, and many of the reductions are coming from US companies investors have been relying on to provide income during the
readCell One engages local stakeholders
29-01-2009
CELL One’s new owners, Telecel Globe, yesterday addressed key stakeholders in the telecommunications industry, as well as business and government leaders, on matters of co-operation.The Egypt-based
readRio Tinto considers share issue
29-01-2009
MELBOURNE/LONDON – Miner Rio Tinto confirmed it may issue shares to help pay off US$39 billion in debt and analysts said heavily indebted rival Xstrata might have to do the same.Rio’s shares in London
readMurdoch says world paying for ‘binge’
29-01-2009
DAVOS, Switzerland – Media mogul Rupert Murdoch said yesterday that the West was paying the price for a spending “binge” and that recovery would take time despite government stimulus efforts.“The
readSale of Absa stake not on the cards
29-01-2009
BARCLAYS has given no indication that it intends selling its controlling 59 per cent stake in Absa, worth N$36,7 billion. There has been speculation that the UK bank might need to sell assets to shore
readNewewe a patelwa mo shi na sha nonkambadhala yokuyaka
29-01-2009
LAGOS -Onkundana okuzilila ku Lagos sha Nigeria otayi ti kutya ongundu yimwe yaantu taya kondjitha uukiliminola moshilongo shika, oya gandja oshikombo kOpolisi shoka tayi ti kutya oshi li omufudhi a
readAakwiita yamwe ya kwatwa po aniwa sho ya yaka po iikulya yoshikukuta po Rundu
29-01-2009
OPOLISI ya Namibia oya kwata po aniwa aakwiita yamwe shi na sha neyako po lyiikulya yoshikukuta pOkamba yAakwiita po Rundu, Ehangano Egameni lyUuthemba wOmuntu/National Society for Human Rights
readOhauto yUuministeli wElongo ya yakelwe po ya monika
29-01-2009
OHAUTO Ombelewa yOshikondo shElongo moshitopolwa sha Musati,ndjoka ya yakelwe pomahooli gongeshefa yo Continetal No.1 pOneshila mOshakati mOmaandaha goshiwike shika, oya kwatwa ko kOpolisi
readMetungo ihali longithwa mwa adhika iilwitho
29-01-2009
OOMBISITOLI ndatu noondjembo ne (omishasho) oyi itsuwa metungo limwe lya li tali teywapo li li mepandaanda enene lya Independence Avenue mOvenduka.Etungo ndika omwa li nale Okampani ya Coin Security,
readOmbila yiihakanwa yomboma mOmbaanga ya FNB oyi li monkalo ombwiinayi
29-01-2009
OMBILA moka mwa fumfikwa aantu 17 yomiihakanwa 26 mboka, ya sile moshoponga shetopo lyomboma mOshitayi shOmbaanga ya First National Bank mOshakati oomvula omilongo mbali dha piti po, oyi li monkalo
readShoka sha zi mepeko lyOpolisi
29-01-2009
OMUKULUPE gumwe gwoomvula 70 okwa holoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata pu Gobabis, shi na sha nokuhinga a kolwa.Otaku popiwa kutya omukulupe nguka Eduard Kharigub okwa li a kwatwa po pu Gobabis momasiku 17
readOonkundana paufupi
29-01-2009
* CAIRO – Omupresidende omupe gwAamerika Barack Obama mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika okwa lombwele Otelevisi yElaka lyOshiaraba kutya Amerika ke shi omutondi gwiilongo yAamuslima. * WASHINGTON –
readJessica calls TMZ, O’Reilly ‘stupid’
29-01-2009
JESSICA ALBA is disappointed in all of us for paying attention to her during what she blogs is “perhaps the most salient time in our country’s history”. (Don’t worry, Jess, we’re more disappointed in
readLil Wayne gets down on social networking sites
29-01-2009
NEW YORK – Lil Wayne has announced a tentative April 7 release date for his next album, ‘Rebirth’. The set’s first single, ‘Prom Queen’, debuted live on Tuesday on Wayne’s MySpace page.In addition,
readClimate change could choke oceans
29-01-2009
PARIS – Global warming may create “dead zones” in the ocean that would be devoid of fish and seafood and endure for up to two millennia, according to a study published on Sunday.Its authors say deep
readBlowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan
29-01-2009
TOKYO – Blowfish testicles prepared by an unauthorised chef made seven diners ill in northern Japan and three remained hospitalised on Tuesday after eating the poisonous delicacy.The owner of the
readDeadly winter storm barrels into Northeast US
29-01-2009
PHILADELPHIA – A winter storm that has left more than 600 000 customers without electricity is barreling into the Northeast of the United States. The storm is delaying flights and turning the morning
readUS writer John Updike dies aged 76
29-01-2009
BOSTON – American author John Updike, a leading writer of his generation who chronicled the emotional drama of American small-town life with searing wit and vivid prose, died on Tuesday of lung
read30 000 shebeens in Cape to close?
29-01-2009
CAPE TOWN – About 3 000 furious shebeen owners on Tuesday marched to the provincial parliament to show their dissatisfaction with the new Western Cape Liquor Act.It states that shebeens are no longer
readMadagascar opposition rallies, deaths mount
29-01-2009
ANTANANARIVO – Tens of thousands of opposition supporters protested against the president in Madagascar’s capital yesterday, two days after an earlier rally descended into violence that killed nearly
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