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53 Articles found on Wednesday, 13 May 2009
N$26 million off-grid power project for Tsumkwe
13-05-2009
THE Tsumkwe settlement near the Botswana border in the Otjozondjupa Region will receive a N$26 million solar power system to provide reliable and cost-efficient electricity supply, the project
readNo Egypt for Warriors?
13-05-2009
THE Brave Warriors are unlikely to play against 2008 African Nations Cup champions Egypt on May 26 in Cairo. The Warriors technical staff will decide today if they will still play against Egypt or
readQuantum plans to revive Zambian copper plant
13-05-2009
LUSAKA – Canada’s First Quantum Minerals plans to restart copper production at its closed Bwana Mkubwa processing plant once it receives the go-ahead to open a new mine in central Zambia, the company
readMPs brainstorm global crisis
13-05-2009
NAMIBIA needs to get its foot in the door to ensure it gets a chunk of the globally pledged financial aid and assistance to recover from the world’s economic crisis.“We have a choice: we can stay home
readOver 1,3 milion flee fighting in Pakistan
13-05-2009
MARDAN -istan – Pakistani commandos dropped from helicopters behind Taliban lines in the Swat Valley yesterday in a widening offensive that the military said has lifted the number of refugees in the
readChinese acquire stake in One Africa TV
13-05-2009
SHENZHEN Media, a state-controlled Chinese multimedia group, has acquired a 36,75 per cent stake in local private television station OneAfrica TV through acquiring Telkom South Africa’s 75 per cent
readNigeria detains senior lawmakers in power scam
13-05-2009
ABUJA – Two senior Nigerian lawmakers in charge of investigating graft in the power sector were detained by police late Monday in connection with a US$41 million scam involving electricity
readBanking inquiry reveals shocking fees
13-05-2009
“WE have come to the conclusion that generally banks in South Africa operate not as a cartel but rather as oligopolists that maximise their profits by avoiding outright price competition...”This was
readManuel squashes fears of overlaps in economic cluster departments
13-05-2009
THE minister in charge of the newly created National Planning Commission, Trevor Manuel, has dismissed widespread concern that the new arrangement of economic cluster ministries was a recipe for
readLenders agree US$15 billion Africa boost
13-05-2009
DAKAR - International lenders agreed Monday to pump an extra US$15 billion at least into Africa over the next two to three years to help it get over the global economic downturn.“We plan to increase
readChasing the dots ... Digital Doo-Doo!
13-05-2009
WORLD governments are stupid! Trillions of dollars into financial toilets only to see the not-so-stupid financial world flush these funds straight to their own accounts then to lend sparingly at
readNamPower supplies Ohorongo village
13-05-2009
POWER was switched on at the proposed site of the Ohorongo cement company on Farm Sargberg near Otavi on April 23.Since the beginning of 2009, Ohorongo Cement had been using diesel generators to
readSt Lucia thanks Amy for the buzz
13-05-2009
CASTRIES, St Lucia – St Lucia’s top tourism official was disappointed British singer Amy Winehouse cut short her performance at the St Lucia Jazz Festival last week because of heavy rain, but he
read3 ‘Titanic’ stars throw a lifeboat to final survivor
13-05-2009
LOS ANGELES – ‘Titanic’ stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet and the film’s director James Cameron have responded to a challenge and donated US$30 000 to support the last survivor of the Titanic
readDoor opens for Ndour documentary
13-05-2009
LOS ANGELES – Shadow Distribution, a Waterville, Maine-based independent distributor, has acquired North American rights to Chai Vasarhelyi’s ‘I Bring What I Love: Youssou Ndour’, a music-filled
read‘Terminator’ scoop: Bale vsa naked Schwarzenegger!
13-05-2009
LOS ANGELES – The future of mankind comes down to a cockfight. Two of them, actually, or so the star and director of ‘Terminator Salvation’ told reporters at the weekend.In round one, franchise
readSomali pirates using London contacts, says Spanish radio
13-05-2009
MADRID – Somali pirates are planning attacks on shipping using detailed information telephoned through by contacts in London, according to an intelligence report cited by Spanish radio on Monday.The
readAstronauts check Atlantis, chase Hubble
13-05-2009
CAPE CANAVERAL – Shuttle Atlantis is racing after the Hubble Space Telescope a day after taking off on a daring repair mission.Yesterday, the seven astronauts were due to spend the entire day
readCourt to rule on Muluzi’s third term
13-05-2009
BLANTYRE – Malawi’s constitutional court will rule on Friday on the eligibility of ex-president Bakili Muluzi to run for president for a third time in next week’s elections, a court official said
readNoteable Quotes
13-05-2009
WE are no longer in the era of preventing people from publishing their ideas. – All People’s Party president IgnatiusShixwameni challenging other political parties to national debates in the run-up to
readAccused Nazi guard arrives in Germany to face charges
13-05-2009
MUNICH – Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk arrived in Germany from the United States yesterday to face charges he helped kill 29 000 Jews in 1943, raising the prospect of Germany’s last
readChina remembers deadly quake
13-05-2009
BEICHUAN – Chinese President Hu Jintao led the nation in a minute’s silence yesterday at the epicentre of the powerful Sichuan earthquake that flattened homes and communities one year ago.At 0628
readEighth time lucky for Kailash?
13-05-2009
NEW DELHI - An Indian man who fathered seven daughters has not washed for 35 years in an apparent attempt to ensure his next child is a boy, newspapers reported. Kailash “Kalau” Singh replaces bathing
readSL hospital attack kills 49
13-05-2009
COLOMBO - A mortar shell struck the only functioning medical facility in Sri Lanka’s northern war zone yesterday, throwing bloody bodies into the dirt outside and killing 49 people, a government
readSwine flu virus could still mutate - WHO
13-05-2009
GENEVA - The new H1N1 flu virus could still mutate into a more virulent form and spark an influenza pandemic that could be expected to circle the globe up to three times, the World Health Organisation
readShigwana i shangitha omolu omahogololo
13-05-2009
OMBELEWA yi na sha nOmahogololo mo Namibia otayi lombwele oshigwana shikiinyolithe nokumona uukalata womahogololo omolu omahogololo gOpaupresidende nogIilyo yOshigongi shOpashigwana ngoka taga ka kala
readNatango pwa totwa opaati ompe
13-05-2009
ONGUNDU yopapolitika ompe yedhina Christian Poeple’s Organisation (CPO), oya li ya tseyithwa pambelewa mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko mOvenduka.Ndjika oyi li opaati ontine tayi totwa mu Namibia muule
readNakudhipga aantu yaali i igandja
13-05-2009
OMULUMENTU ngoka a li ta kongwa kOpolisi ya Malinda shi na sha nedhipago lyaantu yaali, okwi igandja ye mwene kOpolisi mOsoondaha.Salmon Nakale (30) okwa li ta kongwa shi na sha nomadhipago gaakiintu
readRDP youth league urges youth to vote
13-05-2009
THE RDP youth league has called on Namibian youth not to be fazed by acts of political intimidation, and to get registered and head to the polls come November.During a visit to The Namibian, RDP Youth
readmOhangwena tse otwiiyunganeka nawa: Shikongo ta ti
13-05-2009
AMUSHANGA gwo RDP moshitopolwa sha Hangwena, Timoteus Shikongo, okwa ti yo yoRDP mOhangwana oyi unganeka nawa notaya longo uusiku nomutenya mokudhanga iilyo yongundu yawo, opo ya ka mone omawi ogendji
readKatjiuongua ditches CoD
13-05-2009
VETERAN politician Moses Katjiuongua resigned from the Congress of Democrats yesterday.Katjiuongua said he does not see a future for him in the CoD, nor does he see the CoD as a viable and credible
read‘Struggle kids’ told to respect the law
13-05-2009
RESPECT the law and don’t betray your elders was the message of a Swapo youth leader to the ‘Children of the Liberation Struggle’ camping out at the party’s Oshana head office on Monday. “Most of all
readOpolisi otayi kongo natango Aanamibia
13-05-2009
OPOLISI ya South Afrika oya ti kutya oyi li natango tayi kongo aafekelwa yAanamibia ye li 12 , shi na sha omateyo gomagumbo nomayugo mOkapa.Pethimbo ndika, Opolisi oya kwata po aalumentu yAanamibia
readWorld Sport Briefs Aussie Rules
13-05-2009
AUSTRALIA’S rugby league players were warned yesterday to stop abusing women or get out of the game, after group sex scandals were exposed on national television.National Rugby League chief executive
read‘Struggle kids’ not special: Ithana
13-05-2009
SWAPO has expressed shock and dismay at the “unbecoming and counter revolutionary tactics” used by the ‘children of the liberation struggle’ who occupied a bridge and clashed with the Police at
readBritish GP could skip a year
13-05-2009
LONDON – Britain could be without a grand prix in 2010 if Donington Park is not up to scratch in time, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said yesterday.‘If the work at Donington is not finished in
readSpanish tickets fox local resident
13-05-2009
PERHAPS looking to add a certain elegancia (Spanish for flair) to the dour world of parking lots, Hosea Kutako Airport has truly gone cosmopolitan by presenting customers with tickets in Spanish.Local
readIndia’s IPL fans miss exiled heroes
13-05-2009
NEW DELHI – A new shopping mall on the outskirts of New Delhi is the closest that fans of the city’s IPL cricket team get to attending a home game this year.In an open-air square between fashion shops
readWilliams sisters should play more: Navratilova
13-05-2009
HONG KONG – Tennis legend Martina Navratilova yesterday said that Serena and Venus Williams needed to play more tournaments, but insisted people were too quick to criticise the women’s tour.The winner
readNetball Results
13-05-2009
Khomas Netball Region First Division Civics’ 40-36 African Stars UNAM 47-12 Orlando Pirates Second Division
readFlu meds and masks ordered
13-05-2009
ANTI-VIRAL medicines and surgical masks valued at close to N$2,5 million have been ordered, and public and traveller information leaflets are being finalised, as the Namibian Government works to
readRonaldo set to go
13-05-2009
CRISTIANO Ronaldo and Manchester United have both signed agreements with Real Madrid regarding the Portuguese winger’s transfer to the Spanish side, a newspaper reported yesterday.Under the
readRonaldo set to go
13-05-2009
CRISTIANO Ronaldo and Manchester United have both signed agreements with Real Madrid regarding the Portuguese winger’s transfer to the Spanish side, a newspaper reported yesterday.Under the
readDefender Toromba transfer listed
13-05-2009
NAMIBIAN international defender Hartman Toromba, who plies his trade for South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) outfit Free State Stars, is among eight players on the club’s transfer list.The
readHitman’s world title fight to come to Namibia
13-05-2009
NAMIBIA’S WBA lightweight champion, Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses, is bringing the championship title fight to Namibia in June, it was announced yesterday. The fight will be organised by Nestor
readTickets for Springbok match now on sale
13-05-2009
TICKETS for the much-anticipated rugby match between Namibia’s Welwitschias and South Africa’s Springboks will go on sale today, the NRU announced yesterday. The match will be played at the Hage
readSmses for Wed 13 May 09
13-05-2009
* WHY is the price of food going up? Please! The cost of food must go down. People will die of hunger. Then when the people die there will be no next generation. Work will be not there and the country
readNam a world leader in cleanliness
13-05-2009
NAMIBIA has retained its place as one of the top five least polluted countries in the world in the latest Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum (WEF).Although ranked fifth
readNamfisa hearing likely to drag on
13-05-2009
THE disciplinary hearing of Namfisa CEO Rainer Ritter may take longer than expected.This was conveyed to The Namibian by Namfisa’s instructing attorney, Profysen Muluti, who said although the hearing,
read18-year jail term given for rape of 80-year-old woman
13-05-2009
TO the end, 30-year-old Okahandja resident Verikaye Kapuire claimed yesterday that he was not guilty of raping an 80-year-old woman when he violently had sexual intercourse with her in her house in
readProwealth pyramid starts to crumble
13-05-2009
INVESTORS who fear they lost millions of Namibia dollars that was supposed to be invested on their behalf by asset management company Prowealth Asset Managers have started taking legal action in an
readAochamub too costly for the NBC
13-05-2009
MTC’s Corporate Communications boss Albertus Aochamub will not be taking over the reins at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), the State broadcaster revealed yesterday.Aochamub, who was the
readSwapo to Haimbili’s rescue
13-05-2009
THE Swapo Politburo has instructed Transport Minister Helmut Angula to ensure that suspended TransNamib Chief Executive Officer Titus Haimbili returns to work, authoritative sources indicated to The
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