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48 Articles found on Monday, 15 June 2009
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15-06-2009
WHO are they laughing at? – Silvia Sala, National Co-ordinator of the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid commenting on the misportrayal of San people in a Spanish reality TV showWATCHING films is
readLouis puts icing on cake at Goraseb’s finale
15-06-2009
BLACK Africa kept their title hopes alive thanks to a 75th minute goal from Jerome Louis against Orlando Pirates at a packed Independence stadium in Lolo Goraseb’s final game for Ali Akan’s side.
readAhmadinejad calls Iran vote clean, derides protests
15-06-2009
TEHRAN – Iranian police again clashed yesterday with people protesting in Tehran against the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who said the vote had been clean. The unrest that
readAfrican politicians must scale back
15-06-2009
AFRICANS needed to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and continental politicians must scale back extravagant lifestyles in solidarity with their populations, an outspoken business leader told the
readWelcome to the future of living at Habitat
15-06-2009
BUILDING with tyres, used car springs and old fire extinguishers? Not using any municipal sewage systems and at the same time producing fertiliser? Creating more electricity than is needed and
readOil prices may ‘strangle recovery’
15-06-2009
PROSPECTS for a global economic recovery could be “strangled at birth” by the recent surge in oil prices, according to Tony Twine, a senior economist at Econometrix. Twine said the recent run-up in
readSARB makes beeline for swindler’s bank accounts
15-06-2009
SOME of the bank accounts of alleged fraudster and former South African Barry Tannenbaum have now been frozen by the Reserve Bank. Tannenbaum is the alleged mastermind of the massive international
readNamibians pay more for milk
15-06-2009
NAMIBIA is currently facing a shortage of locally produced Ultra-High-Temperature (UHT) milk, as Namibian Dairies is struggling to source enough raw milk to produce its long-life range. Fresh milk is
readHochland Road renamed
15-06-2009
WINDHOEK’S Hochland Road was renamed in honour of the late David Hosea Meroro on Friday. Meroro, a founding Swapo member and former Member of Parliament, is remembered for his role in mobilising the
readSouth Africa to tighten border controls
15-06-2009
ANGOLA, Namibia and South Africa would pursue the creation of trade corridors and co-operate on industrial policy “much more energetically” after Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland last week signed
readTeacher denies stealing paper
15-06-2009
A WINDHOEK teacher who recently resigned in the wake of theft allegations levelled against him, says the two matters are not related. George Tobias, a former teacher at Windhoek High School, was
readSA-Zim investment protection agreement signed soon
15-06-2009
A CRUCIAL investment protection agreement between South Africa and Zimbabwe should be signed by the end of this month, Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Friday.The agreement was negotiated
readABSA sells shareholding in Angolan bank
15-06-2009
ABSA Group has sold its 50 per cent shareholding in an Angolan bank, the SA banking giant said on Friday. Absa disposed of its 50 per cent shareholding in Banco Comercial Angolano Sarl (BCA) to six
readNew minimum wage for farmworkers takes effect
15-06-2009
THE Namibia Farmworkers Union (Nafwu) has warned farm owners to start adhering to a new minimum wage agreement, warning that it would soon start checking on whether this is being done. The union
readMore than half a billion tender rigging by officials
15-06-2009
SOUTH Africa’s civil servants have scored more than half-a-billion Namibian dollar in government tenders, which were irregularly awarded to their spouses and relatives, the Sunday Times reported
readOne con too many ...
15-06-2009
FOUR men, who allegedly conned Windhoek residents out of money using of a vacant house in Katutura, on Friday landed themselves a weekend in jail. They were arrested on Friday night, after being
readCoD withdraws its Rehoboth councillor
15-06-2009
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) this weekend removed its representative in the Rehoboth municipality, after he was allegedly found to be involved in “a number of dubious or corrupt activities” at the
readHundreds honour Carradine
15-06-2009
LOS ANGELES – Hundreds gathered to honour David Carradine at a sprawling hillside cemetery on Saturday during a funeral that was attended by family, former co-stars and other Hollywood friends. The
readMadonna gets green light on adoption
15-06-2009
BLANTYRE – An “ecstatic” Madonna won her battle to adopt a young girl from Malawi on Friday when the country’s highest court ruled that a three-year-old called Mercy could become part of the US
readThembi Ngubane, South African AIDS activist
15-06-2009
CAPE TOWN – South African health activist Thembi Ngubane, whose radio diaries of her struggle against the AIDS virus won her audiences and admiration around the world, has died of tuberculosis at 24.
readNew minimum wage kicks in
15-06-2009
THE Namibia Farmworkers Union (Nafwu) has warned farmers to start adhering to a new minimum wage agreement, warning that it would soon start checking on whether this is being done. The union called a
readStringent new anti-smoking law in US
15-06-2009
WASHINGTON – Congress struck the US government’s strongest anti-smoking blow in decades on Thursday with a US Senate vote to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in cigarettes, drastically
readFox steals more than 100 shoes
15-06-2009
BERLIN – A fox has been unmasked as the mystery thief of more than 100 shoes in the small western German town of Foehren, authorities said on Friday. A forest worker stumbled upon shoes strewn near
readQueen Elizabeth II marks official birthday
15-06-2009
LONDON – Pomp and pageantry was on full display on Saturday as Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her official birthday with the traditional Trooping the Colour parade in London. Wearing a blue coat and
readOtavi murder suspect caught
15-06-2009
THE Police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with the murder of an elderly woman who died after a suspected panga attack in her farmhouse in the Kombat area east of Otavi last week. The
readClayton wins top world AIDS award
15-06-2009
THE Canadian HIV-AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch on Friday honoured Namibian lawyer and activist Michaela Clayton as the recipient of the 2009 International Award for Action on HIV-AIDS and
readDrugmakers rush to produce a swine flu vaccine
15-06-2009
LONDON – With swine flu now an official pandemic, the race is on among drugmakers to produce a vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline said on Thursday after the World Health Organisation declared a global flu
readNamibia steps up flu vigilance
15-06-2009
WITH swine flu now officially a pandemic, Namibia has stepped up efforts to keep the virus out of the country. The World Health Organisation lifted the Influenza A (H1N1) alert phase to level six on
readUS keeps pressure on Zim
15-06-2009
WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama gave tentative backing to Zimbabwe’s fragile national unity government on Friday, but the country’s prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, left a White House meeting
readNamfisa goes to court to stop Prowealth policy payouts
15-06-2009
THE Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority has intervened to stop the payout of five life insurance policies to the former wife of the founder of the Prowealth group of companies, the
readKim Jong praises military amid nuclear stand-off
15-06-2009
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has heaped praise on the military as his country defies United Nations sanctions by vowing to increase its nuclear arsenal, state media said yesterday. Kim,
readWe were chased out of Okahandja: Mbanderu
15-06-2009
THE Police on Friday prevented members of the Ovambanderu community who support Chief Keharanjo II Nguvauva from holding a commemoration at Okahandja.They say they were “chased out of the town” by
readBottles, bottles everywhere
15-06-2009
IN one of the biggest clean-up campaigns held in Namibia to date, more than 30 tons of beer bottles were removed from the Kunene Region last week. About 25 representatives of big companies, 4x4
readConfed Cup kicks off
15-06-2009
A NEAR capacity crowd at Ellis Park on Sunday afternoon roared in delight as President Jacob Zuma declared the Confederations Cup officially open minutes before the kick-off of the opening Group A
readRossi chalks up another win
15-06-2009
BARCELONA – Valentino Rossi scraped the win at Sunday’s Catalunya Grand Prix, the sixth of 17 races for the world motorcycling championship, at Spain’s Circuit de Catalunya. The multi championship
readLions silent on test lineup
15-06-2009
His team has five wins in five games yet, with the first test only a week away, British Lions coach Ian McGeechan still won’t give any clues about the starting lineup to face South Africa.Asked
readSA march on as Parnell purrs against WI South Africa 183-7; West Indies 163-9
15-06-2009
Teenager Wayne Parnell continued to lead South Africa’s surge towards the World Twenty20 semi-finals with a four-wicket haul in a 20-run victory over West Indies. Parnell, looking far more
readGoraseb’s last hoorah
15-06-2009
SATURDAY’S derby between Black Africa and Orlando Pirates was legendary local midfielder Lolo Goraseb’s final outing for the club. “What a way to end a career. It was fantastic. We showed our class
readSMS For Monday 15 June 2009
15-06-2009
* LET’S appreciate service offered. I’m not a cleaner or a security officer but I am calling on all individuals to please value the service offered by the aforementioned. It pains me when you don’t
readOwa hala okwoopalekelwa olugumbo lwoye?
15-06-2009
Asser Garden Services - Okampani yi na ontseyo mokutsika omiti, okudhi teta nawa nokwoopaleka omalugumbo. Ohatu longo wo ominino dhokutekela iimeno noongwena. Mbokeanee mwa hala okulongelwa iinima
readOmuniilonga gwa Red Cross a dhipagwa
15-06-2009
GENEVA – Aalumentu ya homata oya dhipaga omuniilonga gwOkomitiye yEhangamo lyOmushigakano Omutiligane pu Birao mu Central Arica Republic, ehangano ndika osho lya tseyitha ngaaka mEtine.
readOmuniilonga gwa Red Cross a dhipagwa
15-06-2009
GENEVA – Aalumentu ya homata oya dhipaga omuniilonga gwOkomitiye yEhangamo lyOmushigakano Omutiligane pu Birao mu Central Arica Republic, ehangano ndika osho lya tseyitha ngaaka mEtine.
readOndando yomahooli gOpetrola tayi yi ka londa
15-06-2009
ONDANDO yomahooli gOpetrola (ge na oholo naangoka kage na oholo)otayi ka ya pombanda noosenda 19 molita mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika, ihe ondando yomahooli gOdieseka otayi ka gwa noosenda 10 molita.
readDa Costa ota ti ke na ondjo
15-06-2009
OMUKIINTU gwomwAangola ngoka a li a kwatwa noopela dhOkokeina pOmbaye pehulilo lyomwedhi gwa zi ko, okwa ti ye ke na ondjo moshipotha shoka a ningilwa. Irene da Costa (gwoomvula 32) okwa li a holoka
readInapu kwatwa omuntu shi na sha nedhipago lya Wentscher na Volkmann
15-06-2009
SIGO onena ina pu kwatwa omuntu shi na sha naanafaalama yaali mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko pofaalama yoondjuhwa pOkahandja nopofaalama yimwe yi li popepi nOmina ya Kombat. Aanafaalama mbaka oyo
readOmbilive
15-06-2009
Kwa fe nge u nyanyangide mOshifo shoye omushangwa ou we lipyakidila okutala oinima imwe ya holoka moshipopiwa shOmupresidende omukokoli, Dr. Sam Nujoma, moThe Namibian 26 Mai 2009 kepandja 28. Xe
readOmulongisikola a yaka eshina lyokuninga ookopi
15-06-2009
OMULONGISIKOLA gumwe pOsekundosikola ya Windhoek School okwa thigi po aniwa iilonga, konima sho tulwa moshinima shekano lyeshina lyokuninga ookopi pOsikola ndjika. Oshiwike sha zi ko,
readOonanona yoonakulwa otaya kongelwa iilonga
15-06-2009
UUMINISTELI wAagundjuka, Omudhano nOmithigululwakalo, owa hala aanona ayehe yoonakulwa aakulu mboka taya pula ya pewa iilonga ya kale yi ishangitha opo ya kongelwe iilonga. Shika osha popiwa
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