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40 Articles found on Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Police prepare for polls
18-03-2009
POLICE officers countrywide have been instructed to prepare themselves for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.Speaking to senior Police officers at a conference in Windhoek on
readGurirab presses for political tolerance
18-03-2009
THE Speaker of the National Assembly has urged political parties to avoid political intolerance and to respect the rule of law and human rights during campaigns for the upcoming national and
readGood date harvest in South
18-03-2009
THIS year’s date harvest at the Naute Fruit Farm at the Naute Dam in the South promised to be bigger than last year’s, says project manager Mous Boshoff. Boshoff told The Namibian that this year’s
readNGOs want to see BIG in budget
18-03-2009
CIVIL society hopes to see the basic needs of Namibians addressed in the National Budget, with a “conscious commitment” towards addressing inequalities between the rich and the poor by introducing a
readArmed robbery in Khomasdal
18-03-2009
THREE armed men ran into a house in Khomasdal on Sunday morning at around 03h00, kicking open a kitchen door and aiming firearms at the three occupants inside.The men stole four cellphones and N$500
readPolitical landscape is shifting: survey
18-03-2009
THE RDP will become the new official opposition, while Swapo will retain its dominant position in this year’s elections, says a just-released public opinion survey.Key findings of the Afrobarometer
readMore condemnations of farm murder
18-03-2009
MORE condemnations of last week’s murder of an elderly farming couple at Omaruru streamed in yesterday from political parties and other organisations.Jannie Kruger (80) and his wife, Toets (75), were
readGovernment defends new Falcon
18-03-2009
GOVERNMENT yesterday took issue with public complaints that the purchase of a new presidential jet in the midst of floods and the world economic crisis was short-sighted.Information Permanent
readEconomic crisis task force moves into gear
18-03-2009
NAMIBIA has three weeks to come up with a survival strategy to weather the world’s raging financial storm, which is threatening to reduce the country’s economic growth this year to a mere one per
readN$60 million for lump sum payments for war veterans
18-03-2009
ABOUT 8 000 to 10 000 war veterans will start receiving State grants at a cost of up to N$240 million when the 2009-2010 National Budget is approved later this month.The Government may also set aside
readBest Springboks coming to Namibia: De Villiers
18-03-2009
SOUTH African Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers says he will bring his best players for their warm-up match against the Welwitschias at the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek on May 29.“Namibia is
readBritney a ‘Stepford Wife’ in video clip
18-03-2009
BRITNEY Spears has turned herself in to a pie-baking 1950s housewife with a perfect family in her controversial new video, ‘If You Seek Amy’.The Daily Mail reports the star is clad in a blonde
readNatasha Richardson critically injured
18-03-2009
LONDON – British actress Natasha Richardson, the wife of actor Liam Neeson, has been critically injured in a skiing accident in Canada, relatives told British media yesterday.London’s Evening Standard
readBack to court for sunny Amy Winehouse
18-03-2009
LONDON – Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse pleaded not guilty yesterday to assaulting a woman at a charity ball last year – and appeared in sunnier form than in recent times.The 25-year-old ‘Back
readTupac’s mum files cross-suit over biopic movie project
18-03-2009
LOS ANGELES – Tupac Shakur’s mother is firing back at independent production company Morgan Creek over the right to make a biopic about the late rapper.In a US$10 million cross-complaint, Afeni
read‘Now he’s ashamed’ 25 years on
18-03-2009
ST POELTEN – Josef Fritzl returned to the courtroom yesterday for the second day of his Austrian trial on charges he imprisoned his daughter for 24 years in a squalid dungeon and fathered her seven
readThree per cent in DC have HIV or AIDS: Report
18-03-2009
WASHINGTON – A new report by DC health officials says that at least 3 per cent of residents in the nation’s capital are living with HIV or AIDS and every mode of transmission is on the rise.The
readNamibia to crack down on financial criminals
18-03-2009
IT is a historic period in the fight against financial crime in Namibia as two laws designed to crack down on money laundering are expected to take effect soon. The first of these is the Prevention of
readAirlines lose record amount of luggage
18-03-2009
LONDON – Airlines worldwide failed to recover more than one million bags in 2007 after mishandling a record 42 million, a British consumer watchdog said yesterday, citing industry figures.The Air
readMadagascar’s president steps down
18-03-2009
ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar’s President Marc Ravalomanana handed power to the military yesterday after a months-long power struggle with the opposition on the Indian Ocean island, officials said.“He
readBurglar fries 16 eggs
18-03-2009
MBABANE – Instead of making off with loot after breaking into a house in central Swaziland, a burglar decided to stick around and fry 16 eggs while the owner slept peacefully in her bed.Sanele Manana
readKangaroos in the firing line in Australia
18-03-2009
CANBERRA – Australia’s capital is plagued by too many kangaroos, and the best solution is to shoot them, an official said yesterday.Horrified conservationists vowed to demonstrate if authorities
readSmoking Guns
18-03-2009
Here we go again as my cigarettes and booze get more expensive; the annual hike designed to inflict maximum pain! Never mind I am used to this attack upon my “sins”.These increases are so regular as
readGlobal economic crisis threatens ‘chaos’ in Africa
18-03-2009
LONDON – Some African countries could “go under” if they are not helped through the global downturn, threatening “total chaos and violence”, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi warned the G20 on
read‘Mourning’ dolphin cow rescued
18-03-2009
A TEAM of Walvis Bay residents put hands and heads together on Tuesday to rescue what was believed to be a mourning dolphin cow, which kept returning to the Walvis Bay lagoon to find her calf that
readAirNam asks for N$180-m bailout
18-03-2009
AIR Namibia has asked Government to throw it a N$180 million lifeline in this year’s National Budget.“That is the loss that we think we might have,” Managing Director Kosmas Egumbo said in an
readFlood emergency declared
18-03-2009
* 92 drowned * 218 schools closed; 100 000 affected * 729 households in Kavango affected * 85% of gravel roads affected * No access to ARVs, chronic treatment and immunisationFOR the second time
readNoteable Quotes
18-03-2009
MY family is preparing for the memorial service, but I am busy hunting for this killer. – Louis Kruger whose parents Jannie and Toets Kruger were murdered on their family farm, Parry, in the Omaruru
readObama: AIG can’t justify outrageous bonus pay
18-03-2009
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday issued a blistering attack on American International Group (AIG) and pledged to stop the struggling insurance and investment giant from paying out
readFrench sex toy sales fall as credit crunch bites
18-03-2009
PARIS – Sales in the French erotic industry have fallen as the global economic crisis has driven consumers to reduce their spending on sex toys, massage oils and other kinky products, sector
readCyclists perform in SA
18-03-2009
NAMIBIAN cyclists excelled at the South African Mountain Bike Cross Country Championships which took place in George over the weekend.Marc Bassingthwaighte won the Elite Men’s category, followed by
readF1 teams to cap budgets
18-03-2009
PARIS - Formula One chiefs yesterday moved to limit spiralling costs in the sport by introducing budget-capping for teams to 30 million pounds (42 million dollars) as of 2010.As part of reforms aimed
readAge-cheat scandal hits Zimbabwe
18-03-2009
HARARE - Zimbabwe is reeling from an age-cheating scandal that will see their Under-17 soccer team travel to the African Youth Championships in Algeria this month with almost a completely new
readFranks invitational set for April
18-03-2009
THE Frank Fredericks Invitational Meeting will take place on April 3 at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek, it was announced yesterday.The event selects the eight best junior athletes under 19 years
readJacobs joins Ramblers
18-03-2009
BRAVE Warriors midfielder Quinton Jacobs has joined his former Namibian premiership side Ramblers until the end of the season, his head coach Tollie van Wyk confirmed yesterday.Jacobs, who was on the
readSMSes For Wed 18 Mar 09
18-03-2009
* CAN someone tell me why only companies are bailed out by governments around the world, but not human beings? Where is the profit they made in the good days? – Katamile Food For Thought *
readMu Namibia mwa lopotwa iiponga yoondhila 293 okusa momumvo 2005
18-03-2009
IIPONGA yoondhila oontshona tayi ihilile komathele gatatu oya ningwa mu Namibia okuza momumvo 2005, Ominista yOpevi yIiyenditho Paul Smit, osho a popi ngaaka.Smit shika okwe shi popi pethimbo a li ta
readNegonga a gandja uuyelele kombinga yonkalo yomvula, yomeya nefundja
18-03-2009
OMEYA pomahala ogendji mOnooli ngashiingeyi oga shuna pevi omolu omvula ndjoka ya kala itaya loko we, unene muule yiiwike ya zi ko.Ndhika odha popia ku Amushanga Omukuluntu mUuministeli wOmapangelo
readOmulongwa a yahwa okusa
18-03-2009
OMULONGWA gumwe okwa yahwa okusa omanga gumwe a ehamekwa po Rundu mOlyomakaya.Opolisi oya lopota kutya aalongwa yahetatu oya li taya zi kOkonserta pOsikola ya Neromba Secondary School yuka
readEpangelo lya egulula Ombelewa yOnkalo yEfundja mOshakati
18-03-2009
OMASIKU sho ga li 9 ga Maalitsa 2009, Epangelo olya tokola okudhika Ombelewa yokuungaunga niinima ya pamba efundja muumbangalantu mOshakati moshitopolwa sha Shana ndjoka tayi kala tayi ungaunga
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