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54 Articles found on Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Botes back for Warriors
20-05-2009
FORMER Namibian captain Henrico Botes, will make a welcome return to the Brave Warriors squad against the Democratic Republic of Congo in Windhoek on June 6.Botes, who turns out for Platinum Stars in
readJapan confirms dozens more swine flu cases
20-05-2009
OSAKA – Japan confirmed dozens more swine flu cases overnight bringing its tally to 176, health officials said yesterday, as the government considered scaling down quarantine checks at airports while
readBoN: Banks charge too much interest
20-05-2009
BANK of Namibia (BoN) Governor Tom Alweendo believes there is no reason why local commercial banks should charge consumers a prime lending rate that is so much higher than the repo rate of the central
readHuge government spending an increasing worry to most Ugandans
20-05-2009
KAMPALA – When President Yoweri Museveni paid for a 48-million-dollar new private jet using public funds, but without parliament’s prior nod, it did not come as a surprise to many
readNoteable Quotes
20-05-2009
SWANU is the ultimate home of all those who have the interests of Namibians at heart. – Swanu President Usutuaije Maamberua welcoming founder member Moses Katjiuongua back to the party after leaving
readRape and murder suspects choose silence
20-05-2009
THE four men in the dock are accused of crimes that were nasty and brutish: kidnapping, gang rape and, finally, murder. During the night from May 13 to 14 2005, it is alleged, they pulled Theresia
readSA businessman down and out in Windhoek
20-05-2009
THE security entrance of the South African High Commission served as sleeping quarters for an Angolan businessman last Wednesday night, after thieves reportedly stole his passport over the
readNam prepping for H1N1 flu outbreak
20-05-2009
A NATIONAL preparedness and response plan for the H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu, will be finalised by the end of this week. The plan, which outlines the nature and characteristics of the virus
readTrees for Africa
20-05-2009
A FOUNDATION responsible for facilitating the creation of cross-border conservation areas has established a unit that will help SADC countries in their response to climate change. The Land Use Change
readGobabeb gears for tourism
20-05-2009
THE unusually lush desertscape around the Gobabeb Training and Research Centre, set on the banks of the Kuiseb River in the spectacular Namib-Naukluft Park, is not the only positive change experienced
readMiss Namibia finalist withdraws
20-05-2009
ROBYN Siebers (18), one of the top 10 contestants in the 2009 Miss Namibia contest, has withdrawn from the competition, the National Director of Miss Namibia, Conny Maritz, has announced. She has been
readMoses says he’s not with Swanu
20-05-2009
VETERAN politician Moses Katjiuongua says he has not joined the Swanu party, although Swanu welcomed him last week after his recent resignation from the Congress of Democrats (CoD).“I have not joined
readHardap, Sankwasa take their tussle back to court
20-05-2009
LIKE a failed marriage that just can’t get past the point of a final divorce, the rocky relationship between the Hardap Regional Council and its Chief Regional Officer, Sankwasa James Sankwasa, made a
readBig Brother will be watching you in Windhoek – soon
20-05-2009
THE Police in Windhoek will soon gain a new ally in the form of surveillance cameras that will be put up at various places in the city. According to Mayor Matheus Shikongo’s recently released annual
readGam farmers face civil suit
20-05-2009
THE Legal Assistance Centre is assisting the Nyae-Nyae Conservancy and its community in suing farmers from the Gam area for up to N$537 700 in damages. The farmers invaded the protected area,
readTurtle deaths ‘should be investigated’
20-05-2009
WITH three dead leatherback turtles having washed ashore at the coast since last week, calls are being made for an investigation to be launched into the occurrence. The Senior Technical Advisor of
readGowaseb new NBC Acting DG
20-05-2009
THE Namibia Broadcasting Corporation’s Board of Directors yesterday announced the appointment of Mathew Gowaseb as Acting Director General (DG) from May 26 until further notice.Acting Chairperson of
readCounting the cost of May holidays holidays
20-05-2009
PUBLIC holidays in May will cost Namibia nearly N$1 billion. Based on the preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) figures for 2008 recently released by the National Planning Commission, the four
readShortage of manpower hampering PG’s office
20-05-2009
THE slow grind of the wheels of justice can not be expected to improve while the legal system is over-burdened with petty criminal cases and there are only eight senior state prosecutors to deal with
readGono appeals for PM’s protection
20-05-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s embattled central bank chief Gideon Gono, who reigned over world-record hyperinflation, has urged Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to defend him against political attacks.Gono, a
readBankers to meet SARB
20-05-2009
South African bankers are trying to set up a meeting with the country’s Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni to discuss his request that they reconsider the margins between their lending rates and the
readBanks ‘throttling’ economy
20-05-2009
LARGE commercial banks in South Africa are throttling the economy while the housing market threatens to collapse and millions of consumers are in debt, debt counsellors Consumer Assist said
readChasing the dots... Performance Fraud
20-05-2009
THE political silly season approacheth. We will suffer prospectus onslaught where promises of action are made, achievements and failures magnified depending on which side you are on, personal and
readManagers take pain as firms aim to keep productive workers
20-05-2009
SENIOR and middle management are feeling the bite of the economic downturn as companies slash costs by cutting posts and perks at the top, in order to retain workers and so maintain
readNdebele returns Mercedes
20-05-2009
TRANSPORT Minister S’bu Ndebele on yesterday decided to return the top of the range Mercedes Benz he received as a gift, though President Jacob Zuma said he was entitled to keep it.“I have decided to
readEurope tries to ease African EPA fears
20-05-2009
THE European Union (EU) is not motivated by commercial self-interest in seeking economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with Namibia and other African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries, Dr Elizabeth
readOil hits six-month high above US$60
20-05-2009
LONDON - Oil rose to a fresh six month high above US$60 a barrel yesterday as unrest in key producer Nigeria and a US refinery outage kindled concerns over oil fundamentals after weeks of equity-led
readGlencore buys total 400 000 barrels fuel in Asia for Africa
20-05-2009
SINGAPORE - European trader Glencore has snapped up two more cargoes of 92-octane fuel in the Singapore cash market, bringing its total for end-May early-June loading to 400 000 barrels since May 7 to
readBrazil firm buys 50% in Nam oil exploration
20-05-2009
THE Namibian dream of striking oil might have moved a step further to reality after local oil exploration company Enigma Oil & Gas Exploration yesterday signed an agreement with Brazil’s Petrobras Oil
read‘High School Musical’ star aims for ‘breakout’ role
20-05-2009
LOS ANGELES – Vanessa Hudgens has left ‘High School Musical’ to make a movie about music – at a high school. The key difference: ‘Bandslam’, due in theatres in August, is being released by the new
readConventional wisdom fails in Indian vote
20-05-2009
NEW DELHI – For months, the pundits had been predicting a long, chaotic political season: India’s two main parties would stumble weakly from the elections, forced to try and rope together dozens of
readNo swine flu vaccine available for months
20-05-2009
GENEVA – Drug manufacturers won’t be able to start making a swine flu vaccine until mid-July at the earliest, weeks later than previous predictions, the World Health Organisation said yesterday. It
readTiananmen ‘hooligan’ released
20-05-2009
BEIJING – The last-known prisoner jailed on the charge of hooliganism after protesting the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement has been released ahead of the 20th anniversary of
readMalawi votes for president in latest round of feud
20-05-2009
BLANTYRE – Voters were choosing yesterday between re-electing Malawi’s president or replacing him with a candidate backed by his predecessor – in the latest round in a five-year feud that has
readPakistan deals with 1.5 million refugees
20-05-2009
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan was racing yesterday to help refugees fleeing a military offensive against the Taliban in a northwestern valley – an exodus of some 1.5 million of a speed and size the UN said
readSpeaker steps down over expense scandal
20-05-2009
LONDON – The powerful speaker of the British House of Commons resigned yesterday because of a backlash over excessive expense claims by lawmakers, marking the first time in three centuries a speaker
readMyanmar junta trying to speed up Suu Kyi trial: party
20-05-2009
YANGON – Myanmar’s ruling junta is apparently rushing the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, a party spokesman said yesterday as police told the court how they arrested a US man who swam to the democracy
readSnyman qualifies for 2009 FEI World Champs
20-05-2009
NAMIBIA’S Silvia Snyman was one of the riders who participated in the 2008 FEI Show Jumping Challenge, which was held last year in Windhoek. With the remarkable result of four clear rounds in two
readStreets are good but stadiums better
20-05-2009
MONACO – World athletics chief Lamine Diack said he enjoyed seeing Olympic champion Usain Bolt win a rare street race over 150 metres, but affirmed that stadiums remain the future of the sport.
readCyclists compete in north
20-05-2009
GROOTFONTEIN was whipped into a frenzy when cyclists from Windhoek, Outjo, Rundu and Oshakati turned up for a ‘first of its kind’ in Namibia, the Karstland Double Century. A route that stretched over
readSuper 14 expansion plan features more local derbies
20-05-2009
SYDNEY – The Super 14 competition will be expanded to 15 teams from 2011 and feature more local derbies under a compromise plan unveiled by the South African, New Zealand and Australian rugby boards
readPirates avoid Arrows
20-05-2009
PREMIERSHIP giants Orlando Pirates and Eleven Arrows avoided each other for the semi-final clashes of the Cell One NFA Cup held in Windhoek yesterday.Pirates will instead meet another great side in
readAli against Rambo
20-05-2009
THE Namibian welterweight title will be up for grabs on Friday, as Ali Nuumbembe and Frans Hantindi square up as part of the Boxing Bonanza at the Country Club on Friday.Nuumbembe’s South African
readSmses For Wed 20 May 09
20-05-2009
SMS Of The Day * DO not assume that all foreigners are rich tourists. There is a large group of us who are here as volunteers, and we are treated very poorly. Some Namibians try to trick us, lie to
readKatjiuongua a shuna ko Swanu
20-05-2009
GUMWE gwomaanapolitika ya Namibia ya tseyika nawa, Moses Katjiuongua, nguka omasiku ga zi ko a zi mo mongundu yo Congress of Democrats, okwa shuna kongundu yo South West African Union
readOshigongi oshinene shaanangeshefa mOngwediva
20-05-2009
OMBELEWA yEhangano lyAanangeshefa moNamibia oya tseyitha kutya mEtitatu lyoshiwike tashi ya, ano meti 27 Mei 2009, otaku ka kala oshigongi oshinene shOkumumvo shAanangeshefa aashona naamboka yopOkati,
readOhauto yi idhenge megumbo
20-05-2009
OFAMILI yimwe oya li ya zi koshakapalu sho ohauto yimwe yo Toyota, yi na onomola ya Liindili- oyi idhenge megumbo limwe molukanda lwa Tseiblaagte mo Keetmanshoop ongula onene yOlyomakaya.Mwene
readMuluzi ita vulu okuya momahogololo
20-05-2009
BLANTYRE – Ompangu yi na sha niikwakotampango mu Malawi mOlyomakaya oya ningi etokolo kutya ngoka a li nale Omupresidende gwa Mali, Bakili Muluzi, ita vulu okuya momahogololo gOpaupresidende ngoka
readOmukokolipresidende otaka ninga oshigongi oshinene kOhangwena
20-05-2009
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila kOmbelewa yOmukuluntu gwoSwapo mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, ano ya tate Nestor Shuukwanyama, otayi ti kutya Omukokoliperesidende tatekulu Sam Nujoma mOlyomakaya ngaka twa
readPresidende Pohamba otaka popitha oshigongi shoSwapo pOluno
20-05-2009
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila mOmbelewa ymukuluntu gwOswapo moshitopolwa sha Shana, ano yomusamane Erastus Uutoni, otayi ti kutya Omupresidende gwoshilongo Hifikepunye Pohamba, ngoka wo e li Omupresidende
readPresidende Pohamba otaka popitha oshigongi shoSwapo pOluno
20-05-2009
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila mOmbelewa ymukuluntu gwOswapo moshitopolwa sha Shana, ano yomusamane Erastus Uutoni, otayi ti kutya Omupresidende gwoshilongo Hifikepunye Pohamba, ngoka wo e li Omupresidende
read3 ya sa moshiponga shohauto
20-05-2009
NDALAIVA naafalelwa yaali oya si sho oshihauto moka ya li, sha gu ko kopate nokukandoma omutenya gwOlyomakya ga zi ko. Oshiponga shika osha ningilwa mongalama yopokati ka Helmeringhausen na Bethanie.
readKaura ota popitha oshigongi sho DTA mOshakati
20-05-2009
OMUPRESIDENDE gwo Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) ya Namibia omusamane Katuutire Kaura mOsoondaha ndjika twa thinda yeti 24 Mei 2009 otaka popitha oshigongi oshinene sho DTA shoka tashi ka
readOyendji ya shuna komagumbo
20-05-2009
OYENDJI yomoonakutembudhwa pomahala gawo komeya gefundja kuyele nuumvo mOshakati, mOndangwa nomomidhingoloko ya shuna komagumbo gawo, ashike opu na yamwe natango inaya shuna, molwashoka omagumbo
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