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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 4 March 2009
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04-03-2009
ONCE a country gets a reputation, it’s hard to get it back. - Old Mutual Group chief economist Robin Sherbourne commenting on the effect money laundering could have if it takes root in NamibiaFOOD
read//Haboben chief passes away
04-03-2009
THE Chief of the //Haboben, Hans Titus (69), died of kidney failure in the Katutura State Hospital last week. The //Haboben is a sub-tribe of the Nama people who predominantly live around Blouwes
readDecentralisation gathers steam
04-03-2009
HUNDREDS of civil servants will be seconded to the 13 regional councils as part of Government’s decentralisation plan. This was revealed by Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo when he met with
readDo-Do in the doo-doo again
04-03-2009
A TRUCK belonging to Windhoek-based transport company Do-Do Trucking on Monday crashed into railway infrastructure at Usakos for the second time in about three months.In the latest incident, a truck
readWalvis Bay’s water woes easing
04-03-2009
WALVIS Bay’s water woes appear to be nearing an end. NamWater has managed to increase the town’s water supply to 501 cubic metres per hour – Walvis Bay needs 680 cubic metres of water an hour.As a
readLabour hire ruling reserved
04-03-2009
THE fate of the labour hire system in Namibia – and of the employment future of the thousands of people working for labour hire companies – is now in the hands of a five-Judge bench of the Supreme
readOtavi village council has N$3,4 m deficit
04-03-2009
THE Otavi village council had an accumulated deficit of N$3,4 million in June 2006 with N$1,7 million carried over from the previous financial year.This is detailed in the latest Auditor General’s
readConjoined twins to be separated
04-03-2009
AN attempt to separate the conjoined Dawis twins, Celestine and Celestiaan, who were born at Swakopmund in October last year, will be made in Cape Town in June.According to State Paediatrician Dr
readColonial oxen ‘as big as elephants’: Ilonga
04-03-2009
BEFORE Independence the cattle bred in this country were bigger than now, according to Deputy Labour Minister Petrus Ilonga. He was contributing to a debate on unemployment in Parliament yesterday,
readAcacia floods again
04-03-2009
THE unsolved problem of inadequate storm-water drainage in the Acacia housing development in Windhoek’s Dorado Park has once again led to flooding.The storm-water canal is narrower in Mountain Thorn
readFlood relief urgently needed
04-03-2009
THOUSANDS of children in the North are unable to attend school, people cannot reach clinics and hospitals and pensioners are unable to collect their monthly payouts. Others are cut off from the
readCricket’s future at risk
04-03-2009
LAHORE – Former Pakistan cricket greats condemned yesterday’s brazen attack on the Sri Lankan team, fearing the country will lose the chance to host the 2011 World Cup.Eight people were killed and
readGunmen attack Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan
04-03-2009
LAHORE – At least a dozen men attacked Sri Lanka’s cricket team with rifles, grenades and rocket launchers yesterday ahead of a match in Pakistan, wounding seven players, an umpire and an assistant
readWeather, economic crisis rain down on construction industry
04-03-2009
THE construction industry is facing challenges from both the weather and the global financial crisis. According to the president of the Construction Industry Federation of Namibia (CIF), Renate
readKatie tells mag what’s cooking in her marriage
04-03-2009
KATIE Holmes hasn’t had time to talk lately. Not only is she a full-time mom to two-year-old Suri, but she recently wrapped a stint on Broadway and is now filming her new comedy, ‘Extra Man’.But for
readIndia reign in New Zealand wet
04-03-2009
NAPIER – The strike power of Virender Sehwag, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina delivered India a 53-run win in a rain-marred opening one-day international against New Zealand yesterday.It was the
readRay and Boby-Jo in Oanob wins
04-03-2009
ENTHUSIASTIC participants who competed at the annual Pointbreak Open-Water Swim at the Oanob Dam at the weekend were rewarded with sunny skies and clear, warm water.There were more than 80 entrants
readRibery blasts mates
04-03-2009
BERLIN – France international midfielder Franck Ribery has criticised his Bayern Munich team-mates over on-pitch tactics, the German media reported on Tuesday. “I complained to the coach (Jurgen
readUnited in clean-sweep bid
04-03-2009
LONDON – Manchester United can take another step towards an unprecedented clean sweep of five trophies in one season with a victory in tonight’s Premier League clash at Newcastle.Sir Alex Ferguson’s
readNewspaper Cup on track
04-03-2009
THE annual The Namibian Newspaper Cup will return to Windhoek over the Easter Weekend and will once again feature all 13 regions battling it out for the glittering trophy and handsome prize money at
readGhana face mean Senegal
04-03-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The deadliest attack comes face to face with the meanest defence when Ghana and Senegal clash today in the African Nations Championship semi-finals.Ghana scored six goals in the
readSocio-Economic Dialysis
04-03-2009
The less temperate are aware of kidney and liver function after Friday night excesses and that copious intakes of water speed recovery; such is the price of inspired mental stimulation thus derived.
readUS moves to bailout AIG insurer yet again
04-03-2009
WASHINGTON – A new definition of desperate times: Even as the government threw a stunning new US$30 billion lifeline to American International Group on Monday, the beleaguered insurance giant
readCabinet approves Uirab to head NamPort
04-03-2009
CABINET has approved the appointment of Gerson Adolf Bisey Uirab as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Namibia Ports Authority (NamPort) for a period of five years.Following the resignation of
readThe murky mix of bailout money and bank profits
04-03-2009
WASHINGTON – Ask a bailed-out bank about its Las Vegas retreat, its corporate jet or its evening in Beverly Hills and you’ll probably get a response like this: Oh that? That wasn’t taxpayer money.But
readIran signs deal to supply crude oil to Kenya
04-03-2009
NAIROBI - Iran will supply Kenya with four million metric tonnes of crude annually as part of a range of deals signed last week, Kenyan officials said yesterday.The agreed supply from Iran, the
readDubai launches Islamic goldbacked security
04-03-2009
DUBAI - A Dubai-based commodities exchange yesterday launched a sharia-compliant tradeable security backed by gold, the first of its kind, which will be traded on the Nasdaq Dubai stock
readGM crisis creates headache for Germany
04-03-2009
BERLIN - General Motors’s fight to stay alive is creating a storm in Germany, with the fate of Opel putting Chancellor Angela Merkel between a rock and a hard place six months before elections.The
readFears of jobs ‘bloodbath’ in SA
04-03-2009
CAPE TOWN - Every day at dawn, Terence Sipholo makes his way to the Cape Town street corner where he and scores of unemployed men wait hopefully for an offer of casual work to put food on the table.It
readJennifer Hudson: Performing’s ‘like therapy’
04-03-2009
CHICAGO – Jennifer Hudson says she’s found getting back to work to be a healing force in her life.“I’m just glad to be back and be back to work again. Just doing what I love to do is like therapy,”
readPaparazzi seek proof of Chris Brown-Rihanna reconciliation
04-03-2009
LOS ANGELES – Celebrity photographers are jostling for proof of the apparent reconciliation of singer Chris Brown and Rihanna, whose stormy relationship has fascinated and stunned fans and
readShake-up puts Raul Castro stamp on Cuba
04-03-2009
HAVANA – President Raul Castro cast aside prominent figures linked to older brother Fidel Castro on Monday as he replaced eight ministers in a shake-up that firmly put his stamp on the Cuban
readUS to ‘vigorously’ promote peace
04-03-2009
JERUSALEM – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday the new US administration will vigorously pursue the creation of a Palestinian state, stressing that movement toward Palestinian
readSpace for a hippo?
04-03-2009
CAPE TOWN – South African environmental authorities are looking for homes for hippos, putting out a plea on Monday for people to offer their premises to a hippopatamus that has moved into a water
readObama releases Bush-era secret terror memos
04-03-2009
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s administration lifted the veil further on previous “war on terror” methods, as it ruled out the use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique because it
readSA frees businessman in Zuma scandal
04-03-2009
DURBAN – A businessman convicted in a corruption scandal involving presidential front-runner Jacob Zuma was granted parole on medical grounds yesterday. Outraged opposition parties accused the ruling
readSwapo mum over fate of councillors
04-03-2009
THE Mayor of Windhoek and three City Councillors who Swapo summarily booted last week are still waiting for reinstatement letters they were promised on Friday when Swapo made a sudden U-turn on the
readOshinima hOokansela yane otashi ka kundathanwa
04-03-2009
AAWILIKI yatatu aakuluntu yopashigwana yo Swapo, otashi vulika ya ka kuutumbe oshiwike shika ya ka kundathane oshinima shOokansela yopaati mu Muni gwa Venduka, mboka ya kuthwa iipundi yawo oshiwike
readRadio crackdown ‘undemocratic’
04-03-2009
THE National Society for Human Rights says the cancellation of the ‘National Chat Show’ on NBC National Radio is “undemocratic, unreasonable and unfair” as well as a politically motivated move to
readOonakulwa aakulu otaya ka kwathelwa: Tjiriange ta ti
04-03-2009
P ETHIMBO ta popitha oshigwana shomUukolonkadhi pegumbo lyElenga enene lyUukolonkadhi tatekulu Daniel Shooya pOnesi mOshitopolwa sha Musati mEtitano lyeti 20 Febuluali 2009 Oministeli yOonakulwa
readYatano ya sa moshiponga shohauto
04-03-2009
AANTU yatano,mwa kwatelwa uunona uyali – oya si moshiponga shohauto shi nyanyaleka sho ohauto moka ya li ya yi idhenge mumwe netoloko, ookilo 15 kuumbangalantu wa Kalkrand omutenya gwOmaandaha.Komanda
readVieira gwa Guinea a dhipagwa
04-03-2009
BISSAU – Okangundu kaantu ya homata u Guinea-Bissau oka dhipaga Omupresidende gwoshilongo, Joao Bernardo ‘Nino’ Vieira, pegumbo lye, konima ashike yoowili tadhi yalulwa sho omukondjithi gwe omunene a
readNBC Chat Show banned
04-03-2009
AS debate heats up ahead of this year’s elections, the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation has pulled the plug on its popular ‘National Chat Show’ with immediate effect.Acting NBC Director General
readOokaansela yo Swapo mOnooli naya uvithwe ko kutya Opolotika oshike: Shailemo
04-03-2009
AMUSHANGA gwORDP mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto omusamne Ismael Shailemo okwa ninga eindilo kaawiliki aakuluntu yo Swapo kutya naya longe Ookaansela dhimwe dho Swapo moNooli kutya opolotika oshike, noku ya
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