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50 Articles found on Thursday, 4 June 2009
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04-06-2009
I CHALLENGE you to contribute to building our nation and its people. – Founding President Sam Nujoma speaking at A Shipena High School in Katutura, encouraging young Namibians to have children and
readWarriors squad depleted
04-06-2009
BRAVE Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet was highly upset yesterday, as four of his foreign-based players had not been released by their clubs ahead of Saturday’s friendly against the DR Congo in Windhoek.
readAir France black boxes may not be found
04-06-2009
FERNANDO DE NORONHA – Crash investigators said yesterday that they may never find black boxes that could explain why an Air France jet plunged into the ocean, as naval teams trawled deep Atlantic
readBumber performance for DBN in 2008
04-06-2009
FOR every one dollar the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) pumped into projects last year, N$2,30 more was spent in the economy. That was the impact of the bank’s net profit of N$49,9 million for the
readKaruaihe Trust turns 10
04-06-2009
THE JP Karuaihe Trust Fund is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a gala fundraising dinner on July 23. The trust has over the past years assisted 33 students with their law studies.
readBBA4 castings next week
04-06-2009
THE Namibian castings for ‘Big Brother Africa: The Revolution’ will take place at the College of the Arts in Windhoek on Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13, from 08h00 to 19h00.Just take yourself,
read2 eco projects get a boost
04-06-2009
A TOTAL of 2 130 seedlings were planted in the North last year while 166 farmers and 65 schools took part in a tree-planting competition, the Chairperson of the Northern Namibia Forestry Committee
readThe amazing barn owl: a real farmer’s friend
04-06-2009
MANY natural processes really work in favour of people, yet so often people do not recognise the value of the process. This is often the case with barn owls. These excellent predators of rodents,
readYouth project off the ground
04-06-2009
THE International Community of Women living with HIV-AIDS Namibia (ICW), together with CRIAA SA-DC, yesterday launched a youth empowerment programme. Namibia has been chosen as the county to pilot
readCity Police clear air on weekend accident statistics
04-06-2009
THE Windhoek City Police on Tuesday pointed out a few errors that crept into a report headlined ‘Month-end madness on Windhoek streets’. The weekend’s statistics included 76 road accidents between
readInternational Shelter-Afrique symposium opens in Windhoek
04-06-2009
THE 28th annual general meeting of Shelter-Afrique, a company created by African governments to invest in housing development, kic-ked off in Windhoek yesterday. Under the banner ‘Developing New
read‘Con man’ posing as Nafau rep
04-06-2009
A MAN going around at the coast posing as a Namibian Food and Allied Workers’ Union (Nafau) representative has allegedly been trying to “borrow” money from businesses to fix a union car. Nafau
readSchool system ‘needs to be revamped for better results’
04-06-2009
THE education system requires a major overhaul so that Grade 10 and 12 pupils can achieve better examination results, a member of the opposition said in the National Assembly on Tuesday. Elma Dienda
readGovt plans ferry for Zambezi River
04-06-2009
GOVERNMENT plans to buy a ferry to transport people and goods on the Zambezi River between Katima Mulilo and Impalila Island. In the latest press release on Cabinet decisions, it is stated that a
readFloods hamper debt repayments
04-06-2009
BUSINESSPEOPLE experiencing project delays in the North and Northeast because of the floods are struggling to repay their debt to the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN), whose non-performing loans have
readKunene hydro to cost N$8 billion
04-06-2009
THE proposed hydropower project on the Kunene River will cost about N$8 billion and require a construction period of five to seven years with up to 3 000 workers, who will have to be housed in a
readUS vows ‘aggressive’ stance with China
04-06-2009
WASHINGTON – The United States said Tuesday it wanted to move more aggressively to resolve trade frictions with China, warning that it would not hesitate to drag the Asian giant to the World Trade
readGeithner’s style less confrontational
04-06-2009
BEIJING – Rarely has a Cabinet agency seen such a dramatic change of style as the one that has occurred at the Treasury Department. Gone is Hank the hammer and in his place is Tim the mild
readFrance’s Total seeks clarity on Nigerian petroleum law reforms
04-06-2009
ABUJA – The chief executive of French energy firm Total has urged Nigeria to boost transparency and lay down clearer rules for foreign partners as it pushes through reforms in its mainstay oil and gas
readLawmakers criticise Brown’s regulatory system
04-06-2009
LONDON – British lawmakers criticised the tripartite system of banking regulation established by Gordon Brown in 1997 when he gave independence to the Bank of England, saying it contributed to the
readSouth African car sales continue slide in May
04-06-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African new vehicle sales slid 32,9 per cent year-on-year in May, an improvement on April when they dived a record 44 per cent, partly due to extra public holidays during that
read3 SADC members sign EU trade partnership
04-06-2009
THE anticipated split in the SADC-EPA group of seven becomes a reality today when Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland sign the controversial interim trade pact with the European Union (EU), leaving
readNamport to expand Walvis container terminal
04-06-2009
AS part of its expansion programme, the Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) wants to expand its container terminal facilities. Independent studies indicate that the best way to expand the container
readCocaine mule arrested at Walvis
04-06-2009
AN Angolan woman was arrested at Walvis Bay International Airport last week with 95 capsules of cocaine, Police said yesterday. The woman had swallowed 50 of the capsules while the other 45 capsules
read‘Big Brother’ Bill becomes real
04-06-2009
ONE of the ghosts of the apartheid era is to return to Namibia 20 years after the shackles of colonialism were broken, with a new communications bill allowing the secret service to listen to all
readN$80m missing at Prowealth
04-06-2009
CLOSE to N$80 million that investors entrusted to a key company in the Prowealth group, whose founder committed suicide six months ago, is now missing. Riaan Potgieter, the founder and CEO of the
readIndia’s Bharti mum on MTN shareholder call to sweeten bid
04-06-2009
NEW DELHI - India’s top mobile company, Bharti Airtel, kept mum yesterday on a call by a key shareholder of South Africa’s flagship MTN cellular group to improve its merger offer. MTN entered
readAnother uranium mine on cards
04-06-2009
THE creation of another uranium mine in the Erongo Region is on the horizon. The Hoasib Project, in an area about 80 km east of Walvis Bay and partially in the Namib-Naukluft Park, and in close
readSlums and sums
04-06-2009
THE state of the African housing market in the current economic crisis is the focus of the 28th annual meeting of Shelter-Afrique being held in Windhoek over the next few days. Shelter-Afrique is a
read‘Bruno’ steals the show!
04-06-2009
LOS ANGELES – Vampire movie ‘Twilight’ took the honours at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, but it was an unscripted stunt involving ‘Borat’ actor Sacha Baron Cohen and singer Eminem who stole the live
readChina bars reporters from Tiananmen
04-06-2009
BEIJING – Foreign journalists were barred from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square yesterday as an Internet clampdown that blocked Twitter expanded to include more blogs on the eve of the 20th anniversary of a
readObama visits Saudi king
04-06-2009
RIYADH – President Barack Obama began his latest bid to open a dialogue with the Muslim world yesterday by seeking the counsel of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s two holiest sites in
readInternational Brief's
04-06-2009
Al Qaeda kills British hostage in Mali *DUBAI/LONDON - Al Qaeda’s North African wing said yesterday it had carried out its threat to kill a British hostage it was holding in the Sahara. Britain
readCasualties of British expenses scandal
04-06-2009
LONDON - British cabinet minister Hazel Blears confirmed yesterday she is to resign, becoming the latest high profile minister to leave Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s struggling Labour government.
readCasualties of British expenses scandal
04-06-2009
LONDON - British cabinet minister Hazel Blears confirmed yesterday she is to resign, becoming the latest high profile minister to leave Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s struggling Labour government.
readZuma vows 500 000 new jobs despite recession
04-06-2009
CAPE TOWN - President Jacob Zuma vowed yesterday to create 500 000 jobs this year, insisting South Africa’s stinging recession would not alter his development goals, in his first state of the nation
readGymkhana Club champs on
04-06-2009
THE Gymkhana Club will host its annual club championships at the club this weekend. The club is situated in Hegel Street, Academia, across from the Windhoek Country Club. The programme starts on
readNamibian squash triumph in South Africa
04-06-2009
FIVE Namibian squash teams returned from participating in the South Africa Country Districts tournament held in Paarl, South Africa, recently. The women’s team of Isabelle Schnoor, Adri Lambert,
readNamibian Ladies Open category winners:
04-06-2009
A Division Best Gross: Wiltrud Rugheimer 151 Runner-up gross: Wilna Bredenhann 153 Best net: Jeannette Lynch 128 Runner-up net: Desiree Klemp B Division Best gross: Rina Knight 162 Runner-up
readVictory race winners to run in SA Two Oceans race
04-06-2009
THIS year’s ninth Old Mutual Victory Races Series overall winners will compete at the 2010 South Africa’s Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town. Old Mutual chief executive officer for operations Sakaria
readBrilliant Brink wins Namibian Ladies Open
04-06-2009
JUNIOR Namibian golfer Laetitia Brink won the Bank Windhoek Namibian Ladies Strokeplay Open on Sunday by a big margin, finishing nine strokes ahead of second-placed Wiltrud Rugheimer.The 18-year-old
readMarc cycles way to victory in SA
04-06-2009
NAMIBIAN professional mountain-bike rider Marc Bassingthwaighte won the South African MTN National Mountain Bike cross-country series after recently winning the fifth and final leg at Foutains Reserve
readSMSes For Thur 04 june 09
04-06-2009
* I’VE lived in Cape Town and Jo’burg, where there’s much more traffic and cars, but somehow accidents are few and far between. Windhoek has the most impatient, reckless drivers I’ve seen! And please,
readUudhano wa N.S. Plumbing omehuliloshiwike twa thinda
04-06-2009
OMUUNGANEKI gwUudhano wa kwashilipalekwa kuKapuka noshowo mboka wa kwashilipalekwa ku N.S. Plumbing Services cc, tate Sammy Mushelenga, okwa kolekulula kutya uudhano wetanga lyokoompadhi waamati ye li
readDeby a kutha ombinga mehololomadhiladhilo
04-06-2009
NDJAMENA – Omupresidende gwa Chad, Idriss Deby, omasiku ga zi ko shika okwa li a kwatele komeho ehololomadhiladhilo tali kondema Sudan sho aniwa ta yambidhidha Oorebele mu Chad. Deby okwa ndjona
readOshipotha shAangola sha tsilikwa
04-06-2009
AANGOLA yaali mboka ya li ya kwatelwa popepi na Keetmanshoop pehulilo lyomumvo 2007, ye na oopela dhOkokeina odhindji dha li dha holekwa mohauto, oya li ya mOmpangu yOpombanda oshikando shotango
readAaZimbabwe onkee taya iyakele mu South Afrika
04-06-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Onkundana okuzilila ku Johannesburg mu South Afrika otayi ti kutya omwaalu gwAazimbabwe mboka taa yi moshilongo shika, onkee tagu indjipala. Shika osha popiwa kehangano lyOondohotola
readNamibia nuumvo okwe shi enditha nawa
04-06-2009
NAMIBIA okwa konda po omahala ogendji okuya pombanda molista yiilongo moka mu na ombili noonkondo muuyuni. Omakonakono ngaka gokutala kutya iilongo yini mu ombili haga oga etwa po kOmunangeshefa
readOshipotha sha/Goagoes shuundulilwa komwedhi tagu ya
04-06-2009
OOSHIPOTHA moka omukiintu gumwe po Gobabis ta kondjitha elandithopo lyegumbo lye kOondola/N$15 000, opo aniwa a fute oondjo dhOmbaanga ndhoka a li e nea – otashi ka pulakenwa momasiku 17 gomwedhi
readGumwe a dhengwa nayi koombotsotso
04-06-2009
OPOLSI yomOshakati otayi konaakona oshiningwanima moka omukalimo gwomOshakati gwoomvula 45 tate Ferdinand Pohamba Nghitete ongula onene yEtine lya zi ko a ponokelwa koombotsotso ntano megumbo lye
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