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39 Articles found on Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Rukoro excited about Cup
17-03-2009
THE chief executive officer of the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Barry Rukoro, has expressed delight at the mixed results and the level of competition of the Cell One NFA Cup played around the
readBob’s farewell to the NBC
17-03-2009
THIS goes to my NBC colleagues: hold faith in Namibia and be brave at that!Yes, it happened fast and though I saw it coming, there was no time to say goodbye, save for the NBC Executive Management
readNoteable Quotes
17-03-2009
WE must promote and be proud of our national identity, that is what binds us and holds us together. – President Hifikepunye Pohamba at a Dutch Reformed Church service on SundayI TELL every Pakistani
readSnapshots of ‘Just Fabulous’ contestants
17-03-2009
TODAY we feature the other three contestants in the ‘Just Fabulous’ make-over programme on One Africa Television. Take a good look at the “before” photos of the finalists – 12 weeks from now these
readCoD condemns Omaruru farm murder
17-03-2009
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) yesterday condemned the murder of a farming couple at Omaruru last week.Jannie Kruger (80) and his wife, Toets (75), were shot in their home on the farm Parry just
readRoad rage claims one life at Rundu
17-03-2009
A STUDENT was shot dead and another was wounded in a road-rage incident at Rundu on Saturday.According to Police reports, eight high-school students were on their way home from a concert at Neromba
readOwner of Erindi farm irritated by PM’s criticism
17-03-2009
THE owner of the huge Erindi Game Reserve about 180 kilometres north of Windhoek has taken strong exception to the criticism of Prime Minister Nahas Angula, who said in Parliament last week that it
read293 air accidents since 2005
17-03-2009
ALMOST 300 small-aircraft accidents have happened in Namibia since 2005 and ten of them were fatal, according to Deputy Works and Transport Minister Paul Smit.He replied to questions put to him in
readSecond suspect denies N$1,2m fraud
17-03-2009
A SWAKOPMUND businessman, charged with committing fraud to the tune of over N$1,2 million by receiving 22 cheque payments that he was not entitled to, heard in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday
readStepdad accused of raping daughter
17-03-2009
A DECISION by the Lüderitz Magistrate’s Court last year to grant N$1000 bail with no conditions to a multiple child-rape suspect is being challenged by the man’s former common-law wife, who
readNGOs, union press for decisive action
17-03-2009
EXPECTATIONS are high among NGOs and some unions that the National Budget for 2009-2010 will address the impact of the global financial crisis. Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (Nepru) Director
readHealth contract workers won’t lose jobs
17-03-2009
GOVERNMENT has allayed the fears of around 1 400 health workers that they will be laid off following the banning of labour hire in the country.A well-placed source in the Ministry of Health said “no
readThe Countdown Govt caught between a recession rock and an election hard place
17-03-2009
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila’s sixth annual Budget on Thursday is going to be a fine juggling act between stimulating Namibia’s slumping economy without burdening the already struggling
readSammy’s wife dies
17-03-2009
LOS ANGELES – Altovise Joanne Gore Davis, a dancer and actress and the widow of Sammy Davis Jr, has died. She was 65.Davis died on Saturday at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre after suffering a stroke,
readFirst Superman comic book raises US$317 200
17-03-2009
NEW YORK – A rare copy of the first Superman comic book sold for US$317 200 at auction on Friday – a super-hero-sized increase on the original 10 cents paid back in 1938.Bids in the online auction,
readFritzl tells of childhood abuse
17-03-2009
SANKT POELTEN – Austrian Josef Fritzl yesterday told the court where he is being tried for having kept his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years, that he too had suffered from abuse as a child.“I had a
readMadagascar opposition calls for president’s arrest
17-03-2009
ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar’s opposition leader called on the military yesterday to arrest the nation’s president as a power struggle between the two appeared to be reaching a decisive moment.There was
readAustria’s Fritzl denies murder, admits incest
17-03-2009
ST POELTEN – An Austrian man who fathered seven children with a daughter he held in a cellar for 24 years pleaded guilty to incest yesterday but denied murdering a newborn son who died underground.The
readSudan wants aid groups to stop distributing
17-03-2009
KHARTOUM – Sudan’s president said yesterday he wanted foreign aid groups to stop distributing aid in Sudan within a year, in an escalation in the country’s defiant response to an international war
readNail clippers used in escape
17-03-2009
SASKATOON – Six high-risk prisoners escaped a Canadian jail last summer after spending four months chipping a path to freedom with nail clippers and other makeshift tools, according to a government
readNeck fat a measure of heart risk
17-03-2009
A too-tight shirt collar might be an indicator of future heart trouble, Framingham Heart Study researchers report.Doctors have long measured fat in the gut – visceral adipose tissue, to use the formal
readDe Beers Marine remains optimistic
17-03-2009
De Beers Marine Namibia (DBMN) says it remains confident of the future of diamonds despite the ongoing global financial crisis.“While the economic crisis presents challenges for the luxury goods
readCopper climbs as inventories drop, equities rise
17-03-2009
LONDON – The copper price rose 1,6 per cent yesterday, as another fall in inventories helped boost the outlook for demand and a rally in equities lifted sentiment.Copper for three-month delivery on
readNam gem polishing, cutting industry feeling the pinch
17-03-2009
WINDHOEK – There is a drastic decline in the supply of diamonds to local companies involved in the cutting and polishing of gems, forcing the firms to scale down their operations significantly.This
readSARB drains liquidity from the local market
17-03-2009
WHILE most of the world’s central banks have been forced to inject huge amounts of cash into their financial markets to keep them functioning, South Africa’s Reserve Bank has “continued to drain
readExtract sitting on massive uranium deposit at Rössing South
17-03-2009
EXTRACT Resources might be sitting on some 200 million pounds of uranium oxide in its Rössing South exploration licence area, Peter McIntyre, Managing Director of the Australian explorer, said at the
readOpec could act if oil prices remain very low
17-03-2009
LONDON – Opec oil producers may be forced to take a “drastic decision” when they meet again in May if oil prices are still very low, Opec Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said yesterday.Badri told
readFree trade agreement between SADC and EU on the cards
17-03-2009
AN interim accord between SADC and EU trade negotiators over an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on free trade between the two regions may be on the cards, and now only needs approval on a
readSMSes For Tue 17 Mar 09
17-03-2009
Food For Thought * I WENT to one bank last Saturday. I was late. I wanted to get in but the security guard refused, and said I must pay him N$20. The bad thing is not that he asked, but that I
readSchnoor, Rowett best in squash
17-03-2009
IT was stiff limbs, bruises and aches at the end of the NSA Invitational Top 16 on Sunday. The tournament, possibly the most competitive on the local squash scene and which is played twice a year, is
readZim A in 41-run victory
17-03-2009
ZIMBABWE wrapped up their Namibian tour with a 41-run victory in their final 50-over-a-side match at the Wanderers ground on Sunday.Zimbabwe staged a great comeback after crashing to 34 for 6, to
readMassive boost for golfers
17-03-2009
THE Namibia Junior Golf Foundation has received a massive cash injection of N$250 000 from Nedbank, money they will use to accelerate their development programme and invest in promising players for
readGoals galore in women’s football
17-03-2009
THE Khomas Women’s Football League started with a bang last weekend with 34 goals finding the back of the net in three encounters played in Windhoek and one at Rehoboth.The biggest score line was
readOontamanna mObaa dha eta eso
17-03-2009
JACO URION okwa li a tsuwa okusa ongula one yOlyomakaya konima yoontamanana mObaa yimwe molukanda lwa Otjomusie mOvenduka, Opolisi osho ya lopota mOsoondaha.Inaku monika uuyelele ngele opwa kwatwa
readMeme Saara Hamunghete e tu thiga po
17-03-2009
OMUKALIMO omukulu gwomOngwediva meme Saara Hamunghete, ngoka wo a kala omulongisikola pomahala gi ili nogi ili moshitopolwa shomUumbangalantu, okwa si eso lyombaadhilila okupendukila Olyomakaya ga zi
readNeka a pewa oshimaliwa shokwiilongitha iilyo ye
17-03-2009
EHANGANO lyaanona ya valelwa kombanda lyedhina Namibian Exile Kids Association (Neka) oshiwike sha zi ko olya li lya pewa oshimaliwa shOondola/N$50,000 shokwiilongitha iilyo itano yehangano ndika mo
readNamdeb ke shi wete we nawa
17-03-2009
OKAMPANI ya Namdeb otaya ka fudhidha iilonga uule woomwedhi ndatu, molwashoka otayi nana nondatu kombinga yiiyemo.Omuaganjimulombo omukuluntu gwa Namdeb, Hilifa Mbako, okwa lombwele Oshifo shika kutya
readMauritius grows food on African continent
17-03-2009
SOARING food prices and lack of land have forced Mauritius, a net food importing island, to launch an ambitious initiative – growing its food in other African states where land is lying fallow and
read‘Fart tax’ for cows too high
17-03-2009
PROPOSALS to tax the flatulence of cows and other livestock have been denounced by farming groups in the Irish Republic and Denmark. A cow ‘fart tax’ of 13 euros per animal has been mooted in Ireland,
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