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40 Articles found on Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Food security prospects in central north looks bleak
06-01-2009
HOUSEHOLD food security is worsening in the four north-central regions as most households have depleted their small harvest from the previous season, which was poor due to disastrous floods, according
readCourage gives hope amid justice delays in 2008
06-01-2009
THE clogged court rolls and habitual delays in finalising cases that have characterised Namibia’s overburdened justice system in recent years continued to exert a strangle hold over the country’s
readGender employees’ cash-less New Year
06-01-2009
EMPLOYEES of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare had to operate on tight budgets this festive season because of the late payment of their salaries.According to a press release issued by
read‘New’ sea worm discovered
06-01-2009
HUNDREDS of tiny holes in the shells of mussels, clams and oysters on Namibian beaches gave away the presence of a little-known species of marine worm, called a phoronid, apparently never before
readLaw on disaster management in pipeline
06-01-2009
GOVERNMENT will strengthen a newly drafted national disaster risk management policy into law soon after Cabinet directed the Office of the Prime Minister to prepare a Disaster Risk Management Bill
readSwanu, NMDC condemn Gaza incursion
06-01-2009
THE South West Africa National Union (Swanu) and the Namibia Democratic Movement for Change (NMDC) have both condemned the Israeli actions against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.“We call
readYa France’s fate at NBC still unclear
06-01-2009
THE chairperson of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation Board, Ponhele ya France, says he remains in his position despite a recommendation forwarded by his colleagues to the Minister of Information
readPoor Grade 10 pass rates in the South
06-01-2009
THE Hardap Region’s 2008 Grade 10 candidates achieved a 40 per cent pass rate, says the Hardap Regional Education Deputy Director, Frans Cloete. This is compared to a 43,7 per cent pass rate in 2007,
readRainfall prospects improve
06-01-2009
FARMERS fear that their young crops might die if no rain is received soon, but the Windhoek Weather Bureau says rain is on the way.Communal farmers in the North planted their mahangu fields after good
readNamcor weighs fuel supply options
06-01-2009
THE National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has extended its supply agreement with Afroneft for three months, to the end of March this year.Afroneft, an associate company of the UK-based
readArmed robbery in Okahandja Park
06-01-2009
ARMED robbers made off with items worth thousands of dollars from a house and shebeen in Windhoek’s Okahandja Park informal settlement on Saturday morning.The Police said three suspects forced their
readGoats for San people
06-01-2009
A BRITISH charity has been playing a rather unusual Santa to San people thousands of miles away in Namibia. Traditionally nomadic hunter-gatherers, the tribe, these days, are forced to eke out a
readCCF promotes farm management
06-01-2009
A GROUP of 16 farmers attended a week-long financial farm management course at the end of last year presented by the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) at its farm outside Otjiwarongo. It was the sixth
readStandard Bank customer woes
06-01-2009
CARD holders of Standard Bank Namibia who are experiencing problems paying with their cards in shops will have to suffer for a few weeks more – the system fault might only be rectified by the end of
readSA champions are Namibia’s 4x4 Vasbyt winners
06-01-2009
SOUTH Africa’s 4x4 obstacle course champions, Izak Maritz and co-driver Johan Bekker, won the Swakop Valley 4x4 Vasbyt Competition held on December 27.Not only did they win the competition, but also
readBeckham set for Milan debut in friendly
06-01-2009
ROME – English football icon David Beckham is set to make his much-anticipated debut for AC Milan in a friendly against German side Hamburg today, club coach Carlo Ancelotti said yesterday. Speaking
readOuseb, Shipahu linked to South African clubs
06-01-2009
NAMIBIAN players are linked with moves to South African football teams, while some are destined for clubs overseas.First on the go will be current Orlando Pirates veteran defender Mohammed ‘Slice’
readFans roar for Hitman
06-01-2009
NAMIBIA’S new boxing champion of the world, Paulus Moses, was welcomed with a roaring applause at Hosea Kutako International Airport yesterday, with close to 1 000 people in attendance.Moses won the
readSMSes for Tues 6 Jan 09
06-01-2009
* THE GRN education system will continue to create dependency syndrome because the emphasis is on reading and writing, not on detailed sciences, craftmanship, nature as well as rural and urban
readOngeleka ya indilwa yi hanganithe Aanamibia noku ya tsa omukumo ya kale nombili
06-01-2009
PETHIMBO ta egulula Oshigongi sho RDP negalikano pOnangwe mOukwanyama moshitopolwa sha Hangwena meti 27 Desemba 2008, Omuuvithi mOn geleka ya ELCIN, Hafeni Mwaningange, okwa ninga eindilo enene e li
readTatekuku Hamata a dana oshivilodalo shaye sheedula 109
06-01-2009
OMUKULUPE womomukunda Omafo popepi nOhangwena mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena tatekulu Henock Ndinonya Hamunyela Hamata meti 26 Desemba 2008 okwadana oshivilodalo shaye sheedula 109 peumbo laye
readOmuntu oshifetha sha Kalunga ina opala a ulwe e na omushila; Halweendo ta ti
06-01-2009
AMUSHANGA gwo RDP moshitopolwa sha Hangwena, Josef Halweendo, okwa gandja uusama uunene kAakwaSwapo, unene kaawiliki yo Swapo yamwe mboka haya ula yamwe, unene tuu iilyo naawiliki yo RDP kutya oye na
readOmukithi gwOkolela mu Kunene gwa yiwa moshipala
06-01-2009
EPANGELO olya popi kutya olya ya moshipala omukithi gwOkolela moshitopolwa sha Kunene, ngoka gwa dhipaga aantu ye li yatatu.Amushanga omukuluntu mUuministeli wUundjolowele nOnkalathano Kahijoro
readMeme Kaarin Kambonde a hulithila kOvenduka
06-01-2009
OMUKALIMO gwomOshakati a tseyika nawa meme Kaarina Kambonde okwa manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo sha Venduka ongula onene yOsoondaha ndjika ya zi nko yeti: 4 Januali 2009 konima yuuwehame nomepipi
readOmvula otashi vulika yi ka londeka omukithi gwOkolela
06-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Omvula yopothinge ndjoka ya tameka okuloka mu Zimbabwe, otashi vulika yi ka londeke omukithi gwOkolela, ngoka gwa dhipaga aantu ya konda po 1 600 moshilongo shika okutameka mu Auguste
readGumwe a kwatwa sho a lala omudhimba
06-01-2009
OMUNIILONGA mOkila pOshipangelo sha Karasburg okwa li a kwatwa po manga ashike ku na omasiku okuya moshituthi sha Krismesa, sho aniwa a lala omudhimba. Omulumentu nguka Ivan Hendriks, okwa li a
readNew Zim govt in February
06-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – A new Zimbabwean government would be set up by end-February, its ruling party said at a meeting in South Africa at the weekend.The Harare-based Herald Online reported yesterday that a
readGuinea’s junta vows transition will be short
06-01-2009
CONAKRY – A senior French official said Sunday that Guinea’s military junta, which seized power on December 23, had assured him the transition period before new elections will be less than a year and
readMine layoffs loom
06-01-2009
THE announcement last month by the De Beers family of companies that they are cutting back on diamond production has started to result in job losses.Staff at Namdeb and De Beers Marine were presented
readKZN storm claims 13
06-01-2009
DURBAN – Four more people were confirmed dead after their car was swept away during a thunderstorm that wreaked havoc in various parts of KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend, authorities said on
readGaza fighting on January 5
06-01-2009
GAZA – Death tolls since Dec. 27: Palestinians at least 548, Israeli civilians 4, Israeli soldiers 4.GAZA – Palestinian medics say all but 6 of about 60 people killed since ground assault began late
readCivilian death toll rises in Gaza
06-01-2009
A Palestinian hospital worker lays down the body of a child beside the bodies of two others in the Shifa hospital morgue in Gaza yesterday. An Israeli tank shell killed the three Palestinian children
readUS and Germany to cut taxes
06-01-2009
LONDON - The prospect of tax cuts in Germany and the United States brought investors a measure of New Year cheer on Monday, and a survey of euro zone investor sentiment showed an unexpected
readEskom Looks To Wind Power
06-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s state-run power utility Eskom plans to start operating wind turbines this year to boost the supply of electricity, a company spokesman said yesterday.“We are looking at
readAreva to operate uranium mine in Niger
06-01-2009
PARIS - French nuclear energy group Areva said yesterday that it had been awarded a licence to operate the Imouraren mine in Niger which it called the most important uranium mine in Africa and the
readTax on interest from March
06-01-2009
THE Ministry of Finance has announced that tax will be charged on all interest earned on bank accounts and unit trusts from March this year.A flat rate of ten per cent tax will be charged on a monthly
readOil supported above $46 as Opec cutbacks take hold
06-01-2009
VIENNA, Austria - Evidence that Opec cutbacks were taking hold helped keep oil prices above US$46 a barrel yesterday, with crude also getting support from new unrest in oil-rich Nigeria.A dispute
readNamibia now chair of Kimberley process
06-01-2009
NAMIBIA has taken over as chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) for the next year from India, which will be chairing the KP’s participation committee.“2008 has been another
readWeatherly Namibia rescued by multimillion dollar loan
06-01-2009
THE financially troubled British mining company Weatherly PLC, which also has operations in Namibia, secured a multimillion-dollar loan from two international companies at the eleventh hour, enabling
readPark Foods revamp has businesses worried
06-01-2009
AN initiative by the Khomas Regional Council to revamp a dilapidated Khomasdal shopping complex has been met with mixed reactions from residents and businesses operating there. While residents around
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