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60 Articles found on Friday, 22 May 2009
Boxing bonanza on cards
22-05-2009
NAMIBIAN lightweights Martin Haikali and Peter Malakia could hog the limelight ahead of their more senior counterparts when they fight it out for the vacant Namibian lightweight title tonight.Malakia
readUS terror suspects wanted jihad
22-05-2009
NEW YORK – Four men arrested after planting what they thought were explosives near a synagogue and community centre and plotting to shoot down a military plane were bent on carrying out a jihad
readBanks defend themselves
22-05-2009
IN a recent article in The Namibian headlined ‘Banking inquiry reveals shocking fees’, a South African expert was quoted as saying that some bank charges seem to have no basis in actual services
read2003 Was A Wasted Opportunity For Swapo’s Politics Of Succession, But Now There Is Another Chance
22-05-2009
I AM currently reading the ‘The Black Swan: The Impact of the highly Improbable’, by the incisive financial derivatives expert and provocative public intellectual Nassim Nicholas Taleb, in which he
readSri Lanka: The Case For UN Intervention
22-05-2009
MENTION Sri Lanka and what comes to some people’s minds is probably cricket. But this country is not just about cricket. It has been a war theatre for almost a quarter of a century.One of Asia’s
readSharapova comeback curtailed
22-05-2009
WARSAW – Maria Sharapova’s comeback from injury came to an abrupt halt when she was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Ukraine’s Alona Bondarenko in the quarter-finals of the claycourt Warsaw Open yesterday.The
readEthiopia’s New Climate of Fear
22-05-2009
THE European Union, the United States, and other major donors will pump about $2,5 billion into Ethiopia this year, a sum that does not even begin to include the cost of medicines, famine relief, and
readNoteable Quotes
22-05-2009
HE has been very aggressive and antagonistic. – South Africa’s High Commissioner Eunice Komane commenting on the South African-resident Angolan businessman, Jose Joqim, who had been sleeping outside
readRobbery victim wanted
22-05-2009
THE Police are looking for someone who was the target of an attempted robbery at Windhoek’s ‘Lovers’ Hill’ lookout point about a month ago.The owner of a white Citi Golf that was targeted in an
readTransNamib worker hit by train
22-05-2009
A TRANSNAMIB employee was hit by a train in Windhoek on Monday morning, sustaining serious head injuries, the Police reported yesterday. Police say Eliaser Max (53) had been cutting grass along the
readWorld Sports Briefs
22-05-2009
Rugby Former England captain Martin Corry will bid farewell to professional rugby by captaining the Barbarians for their upcoming matches against England, at Twickenham on May 30, and Australia, in
readRapes and robberies
22-05-2009
POLICE are investigating the alleged rape of a five-year-old girl at a village in Okalongo, northern Namibia. She was allegedly assaulted by her 27-year-old cousin. The man is still being sought. The
readBondelswarts leadership issue a bundle of trouble
22-05-2009
DISAGREEMENTS over leadership between different Bondelswarts factions are toppling the clan into disunity.The row over leadership at Warmbad centres around Josef Christiaan, the acting chief, who some
readChanged line-ups for Super 14 semis
22-05-2009
WELLINGTON – None of the four teams remaining in rugby’s Super 14 is likely to have the luxury of naming an unchanged team for semi-finals in New Zealand on Friday and South Africa on
readLegal processes delay Oranjemund town plan
22-05-2009
TOWN proclamation plans for Oranjemund are being delayed by legal processes around the handing over of Namdeb infrastructure to Government, says Namdeb’s Hilifa Mbako.“We know residents are anxious to
readBlunder sees Home Affairs bypass new policy, do good
22-05-2009
THE Ministry of Home Affairs was forced to temporarily override its own policies on Wednesday after it ran out of Emergency Travel Certificates (ETCs), and instead issued passports to irate travellers
readIyambo tours decrepit cells
22-05-2009
STANDING to free up space in their cramped cells, prisoners surged to the bars as Safety and Security Minister Nickey Iyambo, surrounded by a Police guard detail, toured the cell-lined corridors of
readHome users won’t pay peak tariffs – for now
22-05-2009
ONLY large corporate customers will pay the City of Windhoek’s new ‘time-of-use’ electricity tariffs from July 1.Existing electricity meters in homes are unable to record the exact time at which
readTV Highlights
22-05-2009
FRIDAY, MAY 22 SuperSport on DStv Basketball: SuperSport Wheelchair Series — 20:00 on SS 6 Cricket: * IPL T20, semifinal 1, Centurion — 15:00 on SS 2. Highlights semifinal 1: 20:30 on SS 2
readDoëseb new NPL chairman
22-05-2009
THE owner of Eleven Arrows Football Club has been appointed as the interim chairman of the Namibia Premier League following, the resignation of Hendrik Dawids on May 14.The NPL media officer Meke
readNewcastle United on brink of relegation
22-05-2009
LONDON – Newcastle will be relegated for the first time in 20 years if it loses at Aston Villa on Sunday in another bleak end to the Premier League season for the teams in the northeast of England.Two
readFootball Fixtures
22-05-2009
MTC Namibia Premier League Friday, May 22 20h00: Black Africa v Hotspurs, Independence Std. Saturday 23 May 15h00: Chief Santos v Tigers, Oscar Norich Std. 15h00: Oshakati City v Mighty
readBok squad named
22-05-2009
NAMIBIAN rugby coach John Williams on Wednesday announced a strong Namibia Invitation squad to face the Springboks in a historic match at the Hage Geingob National Rugby Stadium next Friday.The
readOkufaula omahogololo kashi shi oshimbuluma
22-05-2009
Omusimanekwa, pendje ompito ndi tye sha moshifo shika kombinga yokuhogolola nomahogololo. Shika oshe etithwa kepulo handi li tsakaneke olundji mokati koshigwana shetu, unene tuu mumboka haya kutha
readMuluzi ota yambidhidha Tembo
22-05-2009
NGOKA a li nale Omupresidende gwa Malawi, Bakili Muluzi – ota yambidhadha okandindate yongundu yompilamena yi li momahogololo gOpaupresidende nOmupresidende, Bingu wa Mutharika.John Tembo okwa li
readEpukululo lya simana
22-05-2009
mOshifo shetu shomEtitatu lyoshiwike shika, otwa li twa shanga mo kutya oshigongi shOswapo shoka tashi ka popithwa kOmupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, otashi ka ningilwa pOkapale kEtanga, ano
readKatjiuongua ina shuna ko Swanu
22-05-2009
GUMWE gwomaanapolitika ya Namibia ya tseyika nawa, Moses Katjiuongua, nguka omasiku ga zi ko a zi mo mongundu yo Congress of Democrats, okwa ti ye ndjoina ongundu yo South West African Union
readNamukuwa a hahalwa nekatana e ta kuthwa iimaliwa
22-05-2009
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila momukunda Olukulo mOmbalantu moshitopolwa sha Musati otayi ti kutya okakadhona koomvula omilongombali (20) lwaampoka Hilda Namukuwa Simon, komatango gEtine lya zi ko oka li
readVision 2030 – A Political Illusion Or Socio-Economic Reality?
22-05-2009
I wish to use this platform and opportunity as my contribution to the political, economic, and social discourse in Namibia. Particularly important as political parties are campaigning and voters
readIn Concert With Ngurare
22-05-2009
I WAS happy to read a letter in the Friday edition of The Namibian titled ‘Call to empower the youth in rural areas’ by Dr. Elijah Ngurare of the Swapo Youth League. I want to agree with the
readSPYL Praise For Hengari
22-05-2009
I READ your Friday 15 May 2009 edition with keen interest especially the column of Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari, a PhD fellow in political science at the University of Paris- Panthéon Sorbonne, in
readIn Search Of Lost Passport
22-05-2009
MY name is Mbongeni Hlathikhulu Mlilo, a Zimbabwean national studying at the University of Namibia (UNAM).I lost my passport somewhere between Katima Mulilo and Windhoek between 7-16 January 2009..
readOur Taxes For Free Burials
22-05-2009
IT is time for elections again - a time when those who want to be in power start to communicate with their families with the aim of lobbying them to vote for them, These types of people, before the
readWhen Adults Hijack The Youth Agenda
22-05-2009
AS if by instinct, humans have recognised from the days of creation that there are certain abilities, competences and wisdom that are materially influenced or are crucially dependent on age.
readMuluzi says president will win election
22-05-2009
LILONGWE – An important Malawian opposition leader acknowledged President Bingu wa Mutharika had won an election yesterday and vowed to support the new government. Wa Mutharika is leading by a wide
readBangladesh river pollution threatens millions
22-05-2009
DHAKA – It was once the lifeline of the Bangladeshi capital. But the once mighty Buriganga river, which flows by Dhaka, is now one of the most polluted rivers in Bangladesh because of rampant dumping
readMyanmar slammed over Suu Kyi trial
22-05-2009
YANGON – Army-ruled Myanmar faced more pressure yesterday to stop the “outrageous” trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as legal experts called for a UN probe into the regime’s human rights
readAussie PM blasts bureaucrats’ benefits
22-05-2009
CANBERRA – Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has questioned why taxpayers are funding weight-loss courses for well-padded public servants.Official documents released this week showed the government
readIndonesia air force in spotlight
22-05-2009
MAGETAN – Indonesia has vowed to ground all of its C-130 Hercules planes if investigators determine that mechanical problems caused a crash that killed 99 people, putting a spotlight on its
readZimbabwe education short of cash
22-05-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s mid-year schools examination had been postponed for a month due to lack of funding by international donors, the education ministry announced on Wednesday.And the results from last
readGabon’s Bongo seriously ill in Spanish clinic
22-05-2009
MADRID – President Omar Bongo of Gabon, Africa’s longest-serving ruler, is seriously ill in a hospital near Barcelona, a Spanish Foreign Ministry source said yesterday.Concerns over the health of the
readCatholic Church shamed by Irish abuse report
22-05-2009
DUBLIN – After a nine-year investigation, a commission published a damning report on Wednesday on decades of rapes, humiliation and beatings at Catholic Church-run reform schools for Ireland’s
readOld Mutual to increase Nedbank stake
22-05-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African insurer Old Mutual has entered into a share swap deal with Nedbank to increase its stake in the country’s fourth-biggest bank by 1,2 per cent.Nedbank, majority-owned by
readWarning: pyramid scheme
22-05-2009
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN) is warning all Namibians that a new pyramid scheme is making the rounds. Called ‘Millionaires List’, the scheme promises participants that they will become millionaires
readGovernment interventions must go further, says Mboweni
22-05-2009
MONETARY policy has its limitations. This was the message on Monday from Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni and deputy governor Xolile Guma.In a speech to the Road Freight Association convention in
readSA farmers moot civil suit over Sasol price fixing
22-05-2009
SASOL could face civil action from Grain SA and agricultural union TAU SA before the end of the year as farmers demand compensation for Sasol’s price-fixing activities because they had suffered the
readSaudi is immune to the global financial crisis
22-05-2009
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich economy is immune to the global economic meltdown and the nation is pushing ahead with several key projects, said the minister of transportation Wednesday.Speaking at
readAfrica hunger crisis still tied to politics
22-05-2009
ST. LOUIS - Agricultural experts looking at Africa’s enduring problems with food shortages and famine say hunger is unlikely to be solved there unless political stability returns to allow investment
readZim central bank operations illegal: Biti
22-05-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s central bank has been operating outside the law, in the process undermining and weakening the country’s banking and financial system, according to Finance Minister Tendai Biti.Biti
readConsumers to get more protection
22-05-2009
NAMIBIAN consumers can look forward to new laws that will protect their interests. Consumer protection will no longer be a dirty word in Namibian business circles, as two bills are in the pipeline to
readConsumers to get more protection
22-05-2009
NAMIBIAN consumers can look forward to new laws that will protect their interests.Consumer protection will no longer be a dirty word in Namibian business circles, as two bills are in the pipeline to
readWB says Opec curbs hurting Angola economy
22-05-2009
LUANDA – Angola’s economy will perform better in 2009 if the country does not comply with its Opec oil production target, the World Bank said yesterday. Senior World Bank economist Ricardo Gazel
readDRC plans new power law for electricity sector
22-05-2009
CAPE TOWN - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) plans to pass a new law this year to pave the way for the liberalisation of its energy sector over the next five years.The new law will serve as the
readZim tax holidays to attract investors
22-05-2009
CAPE TOWN - Zimbabwe plans to use tax holidays and other incentives to court foreign investors in its energy sector, which has experienced severe shortages, the energy minister said on
readSMSes for Fri 22 May 09
22-05-2009
* WE are scheduled for elections later this year, but I don’t see any effort from various parties in terms of attracting the electorate. I want to see televised debates between party leaders. I want
readPohamba reads riot act to PSes
22-05-2009
GOVERNMENT has to perform better and a large part of that responsibility rests with the Permanent Secretaries in Ministries, but often civil servants leave their “jackets hanging on chairs and
readAngolan drug mules admit guilt
22-05-2009
FIVE Angolan nationals who were arrested in mid-April after they were caught carrying cocaine into Namibia in their intestines all pleaded guilty to drug-dealing charges in the Windhoek Magistrate’s
readBoN cuts interest rates
22-05-2009
THE global economic storm has forced the Bank of Namibia (BoN) to throw consumers yet another lifeline – it is lowering rates by half a percentage point a month earlier than planned.Wednesday’s
readOn Taxis And The Crime Wave
22-05-2009
SENIOR Police and traffic officials have now confirmed what many suspected for some time now – that increasingly taxis are being used as getaway vehicles in the commission of crimes in and around the
readPolitical Perspective
22-05-2009
THERE doesn’t seem to be much point in bemoaning the fact that there’s currently no ministerial responsibility, because I find it difficult to recall if there ever was any in our country. Defined by
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