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48 Articles found on Thursday, 5 March 2009
LLD lays off 77 workers
05-03-2009
DIAMOND cutter Lev Leviev Diamonds has laid off 72 per cent of its workforce, citing the global financial crisis as the reason.The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Kombadayetu Kapwanga, yesterday
readA deep-rooted African dysfunction
05-03-2009
WHAT other can it be than a deeply ingrained corrupt mentality if every man, woman and child who crosses your path thinks only of fleecing you because you are foreign and don’t know better than they
readWorks decentralises maintenance function
05-03-2009
GOVERNMENT will transfer 1 089 civil servants responsible for maintenance services from the headquarters of the Ministry of Works and Transport to all 13 regions.They will be assigned on April 1 in
readKeetmans residents owe Town Council millions
05-03-2009
RESIDENTS owe the Keetmanshoop Town Council millions in unpaid water and other municipal service bills. The Council’s Chief Executive Officer, Paul Vleermuis, yesterday revealed that residents’ unpaid
readOne guilty of student murder
05-03-2009
THE two men accused of robbing, gang-raping and murdering a student of the Polytechnic of Namibia in northern Namibia near the end of August 2006 heard in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday that one
readSwapo keeps Walvis politicians guessing
05-03-2009
WALVIS Bay Swapo office bearers King Mandume Muatunga and Loth Vatilifa, who have been suspended from their positions as town councillor and district information and mobilisation officer respectively,
readEtosha warning
05-03-2009
THE northern entry gate to the Etosha National Park has been closed to the public until further notice due to heavy rains. The road to the King Nehale Gate, which is a few kilometres west of Oshivelo,
readRoads in the South closed because of rain
05-03-2009
SEVERAL roads in the Karas and Hardap regions have become impassable because of the rain. Roads Authority spokesman Audrin Mathe yesterday said the DR 212 road between Noordoewer and Rosh Pinah and
readSwakop on its way to the sea
05-03-2009
THE Swakop River yesterday broke through the manmade barrier of three-metre-deep sand pits that normally block its route to the sea.This is the first time in nine years that the river has managed to
readSpeaker Gurirab tours war-torn Gaza
05-03-2009
THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab, is on a week-long visit to the Gaza Strip and other Arab countries in his capacity as the new president of the International Parliamentary Union
readNoteable Quotes
05-03-2009
UNRULY callers shall be stringently cut off from air. – Acting NBC Director General Andrew Kanime on how the corporation will deal with ‘abuse’ of the the airwaves during call-in programmesIT proves
readBurger, Blaauw in Super 14
05-03-2009
NAMIBIAN rugby players in South Africa continue to perform at the top level, with Jacques Burger at the Vodacom Blue Bulls and Wikus Blaauw at the Stormers currently playing in the Super 14. Burger
readPakistan arrests suspects in Sri Lanka team attack
05-03-2009
LAHORE – Police detained several suspects in the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Pakistan, but said yesterday they had made no progress in tracking the group of gunmen that wounded seven players
readWorldwide food costs drop, but not for SA
05-03-2009
WHILE food prices are declining worldwide as economies contract, South Africa and by extension Namibia, is losing much of the benefit because of rand weakness over the past six months.Marius Nel,
readSMSes for Thu 05 Mar 09
05-03-2009
* POLITICAL parties, especially Swapo and the RDP, need to stop hate speech and do as the Americans were doing last year – informing the nation how they want to change the country for the better.
readChilli ‘bombs’, ‘hot fences’ help keep jumbos at bay
05-03-2009
THE USE of dried, crushed chilli peppers to deter elephants is helping communities in the transfrontier area between Kwandu Conservancy in Caprivi and Imusho in Zambia to peacefully co-exist with
readZealand dismiss Kangueehi’s vote
05-03-2009
THE chairman of the Interim Committee of Athletics Namibia (AN), Donovan Zealand, insists that he is still in charge of athletics in the country and has denounced a congress in Otjiwarongo at the
readTyc cuts through squash development
05-03-2009
THIRTY minutes on a squash court supposedly burns 1 000 calories and can leave you struggling to walk for days. It is a game of physical and mental stamina. Compared, at its highest level, to chess,
readFiji seek Sevens title
05-03-2009
DUBAI – Defending champions Fiji will seek to become the sole country to win back-to-back titles when the three-day IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens gets under way today.Fiji have won the four-yearly event
readVictory vital at United
05-03-2009
LIVERPOOL – Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has told his side to forget their faint Premier League title hopes if they fail to win at Manchester United on March 14. Benitez saw his team move to within
readSA bowlers under the spotlight
05-03-2009
DURBAN – South Africa’s bowlers will be under the spotlight in the second Test against Australia which starts at Kingsmead tomorrow.South African captain Graeme Smith blamed the bowlers who he said
readBird Club AGM today
05-03-2009
THE Namibia Bird Club is holding its annual general meeting today.The meeting will taking place at the Scientific Society in Windhoek and will start at 19h30. After the meeting, Maria Diekmann will
readDon’t miss Park Talk
05-03-2009
JACQUELINE Asheeke, the Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of Namibian Tourism Associations (Fenata), will make a presentation at next week’s Park Talk.Asheeke’s talk will be on the value of
readZim aid tight to Gono
05-03-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Western donors who see the removal of Zimbabwe’s central bank governor as a key condition for resuming aid can expect a messy power struggle that could further delay moves to rescue the
readBrown defends handling of financial crisis
05-03-2009
LONDON – Prime Minister Gordon Brown said yesterday that Britain could have been stricter in its supervision of financial markets, but defended his response to the global financial crisis.“We should
readForum calls for Islamic finance
05-03-2009
JAKARTA – Islamic finance and banking must be developed as an alternative to the discredited Wall Street model of doing business, the World Islamic Economic Forum resolved as it wrapped in Indonesia
readSouth African affiliate avoids its American parents’ pitfalls
05-03-2009
FOURTH-QUARTER profit after tax was up 32 per cent to N$179,6 million at American International Group (AIG) South Africa as it continued to underwrite new business, the insurance firm said on
readLocal credit extension favourable despite crisis
05-03-2009
NAMIBIAN banks are continuing to show positive growth in the extension of credit to the private sector, despite the ongoing financial crisis that has seen the collapse of financial institutions in the
readCement producer Holcim profit half amid construction slump
05-03-2009
ZURICH – Holcim, one of the world’s biggest cement-makers, yesterday said its net profit slumped by 53,9 per cent to 1,782 billion francs, as it warned of a further decline in demand this year.The
readArandis entrepreneur blooms
05-03-2009
IN the spirit of all great entrepreneurs, Arandis resident Ellie Nowases saw a gap in the market and took it. And like most great entrepreneurs, she did not succeed at the first try. While still
readChina oil majors covet Tullow Oil
05-03-2009
HONG KONG – Tullow Oil is the latest Africa-focused energy firm to draw Chinese takeover interest, but the US$8 billion oil and gas independent, emboldened by its prospects, has snubbed potential
readDamon moved by plight of Zimbabwean refugees
05-03-2009
MUSINA, South Africa – Matt Damon listened emotionally as a Zimbabwean woman described how she was raped while pregnant during a perilous journey to cross into South Africa from her troubled
readSouth African govt will take over unused farms
05-03-2009
PRETORIA – South Africa’s government will take over farms that were allocated to black people under a land redistribution programme but are not being productively used, Agriculture Minister Lulu
readBritney’s back! And the fans are just loving her
05-03-2009
NEW ORLEANS – Dressed as a sexy ringmaster and directing a colourful cast that included jugglers, acrobats and martial arts dancers, Britney Spears delivered a tightly choreographed, if perfunctory
readWal-Mart customer finds teeth in wallet
05-03-2009
FALMOUTH – A customer shopping at a Wal-Mart for a wallet claims he found something that definitely didn’t fit the bill: human teeth.Police say the man found 10 human teeth on Saturday when he
readRescuers search for missing after German building collapse
05-03-2009
COLOGNE – Workers tried to stabilise the remains of a collapsed building in the German city of Cologne yesterday to resume a search for up to four people feared trapped under the rubble.The
readRobbers steal condoms, cash
05-03-2009
JAKARTA – Indonesian police are scratching their heads after six armed men stole thousands of condoms and birth control pills from a women’s reproductive health office.Local police official Made
readChiluba’s wife imprisoned
05-03-2009
LUSAKA – The wife of Zambia’s former president was convicted on Tuesday of receiving stolen property and money from him and sentenced to 3½ years hard labour.Regina Chiluba was found guilty of
readOctuplet mom had police visits
05-03-2009
CALIFORNIA – Police say they’ve visited the homes of octuplet mom Nadya Suleman several times in the last 14 months to respond to complaints about lost, trapped or poorly cared for children.Suleman
readICC issues warrant for Sudan’s Bashir
05-03-2009
THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir yesterday for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.The decision against
readSir Ted Kennedy
05-03-2009
WASHINGTON – Senator Edward Kennedy, patriarch of one of America’s most fabled political families, has been awarded a honourary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth, the British government said on
readNBC a kutha po Ewi lya Manguluka lyOshiingilisa
05-03-2009
EHANGANO etumimawimombepo lya Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) olya kutha po opolograma moka aantu haya dhenge oongodhi nokugandja omadhiladhilo gawo moshigwana yedhina National Chat Show,
readSwapo Councillors still in dark
05-03-2009
THE four Windhoek city councillors, who are still waiting for their reinstatement letters from the Swapo Party after being suddenly withdrawn by the Swapo Khomas regional executive last week and then
readSwapo ina shunina natango Ookansela ye mElelo lya Venduka iipundi yawo
05-03-2009
MEYA gwa Venduka nOokansela yatatu mElelo lyOshilandopangelo- mboka ya li ya kuthwa iipundi yawo oshiwike sha zi ko, sigo onena oye li ya tegelela oombapila dhawo dhokuya shunina iipundi
readElenga lyAa//Haboben Titus lya hulitha
05-03-2009
ELENGA lyAanama yomuhoko gwAa//Haboben, Hans Titus (69) okwa hulitha kuuvu wiita yanathingo mOshipangelo shEpangelo po Keetmanshoop oshiwike sha zi ko.Aanama yAa//Haboben oye li unena momudhingoloko
readPresidende Pohamba oku li moNooli ta tala uupykadhi womeya nefundja
05-03-2009
OMUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa thikile muumbangalantu woshilongo ohela nedhagadhaga metalelopo lye lyokwiitalela ko ye mwene kombinga yoshiponga shomeya nefundja ndjoka lyi iteyele
readMisa slams NBC ‘Chat Show’ ban
05-03-2009
THE Namibian chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) has expressed surprise at the cancellation of the ‘National Chat Show’ by the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC).Misa
readNorth put on flood alert
05-03-2009
PEOPLE living in low-lying areas in the North have been warned to prepare for evacuation, as the first big wave of the seasonal floodwater from Angola, locally known as efundja, was expected to reach
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