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51 Articles found on Wednesday, 28 October 2009
New uranium mine will destroy Goanikontes
28-10-2009
THE desert scenery east of Goanikontes in the Namib Desert would be irreversibly destroyed by a new uranium mine and the ‘sense of place’ lost forever, experts who undertook an environmental impact
readLarge equipment for Otavi cement plant
28-10-2009
THE Ohorongo cement factory has received a kiln and two mill cylinders for the cement plant, which is being constructed on the Farm Sargberg north of Otavi.Due to the huge dimensions of the shipment,
readBank of Canada chief raps banks over bonuses
28-10-2009
MONTREAL - Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney delivered a blunt rebuke to the global financial industry on Monday, saying it had shown insensitivity over high compensation and calling on it to get on
readChinese communist official warns cadres on morals
28-10-2009
BEIJING - Chinese communist cadres are being told to scorn prostitutes and avoid “vulgar” places of entertainment, in the latest bid to boost decaying morality and rein in corruption.Li Yuanchao, head
readSouth African opposition condemns policy shift
28-10-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African opposition party COPE accused the government on Monday of bowing to pressure from left-leaning unions and shifting economic policy towards more socialist agendas.Mvume
readLabour broking set to be banned in SA next year
28-10-2009
AMENDMENTS to the Labour Relations Act proscribing labour broking were likely to be passed by SA parliament early next year, National Assembly labour portfolio committee chairwoman Lumka Yengeni said
readBody Bags to Die For
28-10-2009
Time for crazy ideas! How about “designer suicide jackets” with built in wiring but without explosives (optional extra?) which would become the rage with teenagers or “body bags to die for” made from
readGuinea’s September massacre pre-planned – HRW report
28-10-2009
DAKAR – The killing of more than 150 people at an opposition rally by Guinean security forces on September 28 was premeditated, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.The bloody crackdown has drawn broad
readMadonna launches Malawi school construction
28-10-2009
LILONGWE – Madonna launched the construction of a multi-million dollar girls’ school she is building in Malawi on Monday and pledged to build similar schools in other countries if the project
readIran seeks changes in uranium plan
28-10-2009
TEHRAN – State television said yesterday that Iran will agree to the general framework of a UN-drafted plan to ship enriched uranium out of the country for processing, but will seek “important
readChadian official killed in attack on aid vehicle: UNHCR
28-10-2009
GENEVA – A vehicle bearing the UN refugee agency logo was attacked on Saturday by armed bandits who killed a Chadian government official onboard, the agency said yesterday.“UNHCR is deeply shocked and
readPM to apologise to abused ‘Forgotten Australians’
28-10-2009
SYDNEY – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will make a formal apology to hundreds of thousands of child-abuse victims known as the “Forgotten Australians” next month, officials said yesterday.Rudd will
readSearch for UK couple missing in Somali pirate area
28-10-2009
MOGADISHU – A British couple who set sail in a yacht from the island nation of Seychelles have likely been hijacked by Somali pirates in the waters off East Africa, a Seychelles coast guard official
readAmnesty: Israel withholds water from Palestinians
28-10-2009
JERUSALEM – Amnesty International is accusing Israel of pumping disproportionate amounts of drinking water from an aquifer it controls in the West Bank, depriving local Palestinians of their fair
readAl Qaeda-linked group claims Baghdad bomb attacks
28-10-2009
DUBAI – An al Qaeda-linked group has said it carried out the twin suicide bombings that killed 155 people in Baghdad on Sunday and revived doubts about security in the run-up to Iraq’s elections in
readFrench court fines Scientologists
28-10-2009
PARIS – A Paris court yesterday fined the French branch of the Church of Scientology a total of 600,000 euros (N$6,6 million) after finding it guilty of fraud but allowed the group to continue
readSA, Lesotho among top 10 in gender equality
28-10-2009
GENEVA - Two southern African states – South Africa and Lesotho – have leapt into the top 10 ranking countries where women face the least discrimination, the World Economic Forum said yesterday.South
readTigers fast dying out despite campaigns
28-10-2009
KATMANDU – The world’s tiger population is declining fast despite efforts to save them, and new strategies are urgently needed to keep the species from dying out, international wildlife experts said
readAavalwa memanguluko yena ewi
28-10-2009
AAGUNDJUKA mboka ya valwa moNamibia lya manguluka ota ya yelutha ewi lyawo okugwedha ko komadhiladhilo noshowo kiinima mbyoka yu uvithe aaleli noshigwana sha pumbwa okutala nomeho omanene.Shika
readNambinga a indila oshigwana sha Namibia shi ka hogolole RDP
28-10-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi sho RDP pOdibo moHangwena mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, gumwe gwomaaleli mOngundu yo RDP, omusamane Jeramia Nambinga okwa indile koshigwana sha Namibia shi ka hogolole nawa
readYatatu ta ya tamanekelwa eyako lyooshowa
28-10-2009
OMUNAFAALAMA gwopOtjiwarongo nayakwawo yaali oye li natango mondjedhililo konima sho ya holoka mompangu yamengestrata, sho ta ya tamanekwa kutya oya yaka ooshowa ndatu moshikunino shuunsthitwe sha
readAaRiemvasmaak ota ya kala muka
28-10-2009
OMULELI gwopamuthigululwakalo gwaaRiemvasmakers elenga Johannes Mangani okwa ti okwa pandula epangelo lya South Africa sho lya ti olyi ilongekidha oku ya taamba nokuya kwatha opo ya vule okushuna
readOmbaanga Onene tayi kondjitha iifekela
28-10-2009
OMBAANGA yaNamibia ota yi kondjitha eholokepo lyiimaliwa yiifekela, nonando pethimbo ndika iimaliwa yatya ngaaka ota yi adhika iishona momahupilo ga Namibia.Ombaanga oya ti okwiinyenga kwiimaliwa
readOngwediva City ya pewa omizalo dhetanga lyokoompadhi ku Sand of Armas
28-10-2009
OMUNANGESHEFA, Andreas Armas mwene gwOngeshefa yedhina of Armas, omasiku ga zi ko okwa gandja omagano gomizalop dhetanga lyokoompadhi kOsipana yEtanga lyokoompadhi yedhina Ongwediva City Football
readHaimbili a topola omikanka dhesindano
28-10-2009
OMUKULUNTU PITITHI gwa Trans Namib, Titus Haimbili okwa topolele aalongwa 571 yoposikola ya Elifas #Goseb Primary po Usakos omikanka dhesindano.Haimbili ngoka a li omupopi pethimbo ndyoka sho enongelo
readSkorpion zinc ota li landwapo kuyalwe
28-10-2009
EHANGANO lyAnglo American ota li landitha po omina yalyo yozinc muumbugantu waNamibia. Elandithopo ndika ita li ka guma iilonga yomina ndjika.Pankundana ota ku tiwa Skorpion Zinc olyo ehangano limwe
readEhangano lyaanafaalama lyakundathana egameno momikunda nomofaalama
28-10-2009
ONGUNDU yehangano lyaanafaalama NAU oya tsakanene nomutamaneki ndjai, Martha Imalwa oshiwike sha yi.Ongundu ndjika oya tseyithile Imalwa uutile wayo kombinga yegameno momikunda noshowo moofaalama.
readTop riders for African cycling
28-10-2009
THE Namibian Cycling Federation has announced strong squads that will represent Namibia at the upcoming African Continental Road Cycling Championships in Windhoek next month.Namibia has two teams in
readZim sink Bangladesh
28-10-2009
DHAKA – A sparkling all-round display by Elton Chigumbura led Zimbabwe to a five-wicket victory over Bangladesh in yesterday’s opening one-day international.The medium-pacer picked up three for 27 as
readFergie accepts charge
28-10-2009
LONDON – Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has accepted a charge of improper conduct following his comments on the fitness of referee Alan Wiley.Ferguson criticised Wiley following his
readSix boxers victorious in Swaziland
28-10-2009
SIX Namibian amateur boxers fought their way to victory after they competed against Swaziland in an international boxing tournament in that country last weekend.Eric Kalenga beat his Swazi counterpart
readFistball season ends on a high
28-10-2009
A SUCCESSFUL year concluded for Namibian fistball last Saturday when the National Cup was hosted at the SFC Sport Club in Swakopmund, the same place on which the fistball world converged in January to
readFlanker Smith dropped from Cup
28-10-2009
TOKYO – Australia coach Robbie Deans on Tuesday dropped veteran flanker George Smith and three others from the Wallabies starting line-up for the fourth and final Bledisloe Cup clash against the All
readSMSes Of Wednesday 28 October 2009
28-10-2009
* THE ECN’s varying figures of the estimated voters, including the erroneous unregistered deaths, for the Nov ‘09 elections, smack of a trick used in semi and state service to deliberately
readBrother’s gunshot killing was an ‘accident’
28-10-2009
A WINDHOEK resident who is charged with murdering his older brother with a shotgun claimed at the start of his trial in the High Court in Windhoek this week that the fatal shooting was an accident.The
readParty manifestos: Education
28-10-2009
THE silly season, or politics of promises, as others know it, has seen different political parties making a myriad of promises to Namibian voters over the past couple of months.With less than five
readWomen demand change for their votes
28-10-2009
NAMIBIAN women from all walks of life have made it clear that political parties will have to earn their votes, and will be held accountable for the promises they make.This message was communicated to
readNam’s first desalination plant ready
28-10-2009
HISTORY will be made today at 10h00 when President Hifikepunye Pohamba will switch on the main pump of Areva’s Trekkopje Project Desalination Plant north of Wlotzkasbaken.“Our baby has been growing
readPhones fall silent in southern Namibia
28-10-2009
PHONE communications in the southern part of the country were disrupted yesterday morning due to a fibre-optic cable break 40 kilometres outside Keetmanshoop.A Telecom worker said the breakdown had
readNappa speaks out on forced sterilisation
28-10-2009
THE Namibia Planned Parenthood Association (Nappa) has spoken out against the forced or coerced sterilisation of women, and has called for respect of women’s rights to health, including sexual
readCommunity policing yields results: Kanime
28-10-2009
THE Windhoek City Police’s new strategies of containing crime are starting to yield results, as the force is now making arrests and recovering stolen goods daily.City Police Chief Abraham Kanime’s
readAccidents claim 6
28-10-2009
ROAD safety is becoming a major cause of concern with the festive season approaching.Between Friday and Sunday last week, the Police recorded nine road accidents in which six people died and 17
readGive a Christmas gift with a difference this year
28-10-2009
THE N/a’an ku se Lodge and Wildlife Sanctuary outside Windhoek has come up with a unique Christmas drive. People can buy a Christmas gift via the Internet for either the San community or one of the
readRock lobster future looks bleak
28-10-2009
THE rock lobster industry at Lüderitz is on the verge of collapse unless drastic steps can be taken before the start of the new season next month. During the 2008-2009 season, market prices for
readPolitical tensions flare
28-10-2009
A GROUP of about 300 Swapo members and supporters at Outapi are yesterday alleged to have prevented RDP mobilisers from campaigning at Outapi and in the Omusati Region in general. Nicanor Ndjoze,
readNoteable Quotes
28-10-2009
I BEGAN to become disenchanted when I saw so much injustice. – Fidel Castro’s sister Jaunita Castro in her memoirs where she describes why she turned against the Communist system in her home country
readBig Brother Africa 4: Psycho Nights, The Sequel!
28-10-2009
EISH BBA nation, just when you thought it was safe to put away your tissues, snot en trane hit the Big Brother house on Monday with the force of a Highveld electric storm.On hearing that bedmate
readBig Brother Africa 4: 'Zulu Boy' Says Salagathle
28-10-2009
HE was the white boy who speaks IsiZulu. His music tastes were more rap, hip-hop, R&B and kwaito than rock and heavy metal. He had the rhythm of a township tsotsi rather than the posh accent of the
readTop riders for African cycling
28-10-2009
THE Namibian Cycling Federation has announced strong squads that will represent Namibia at the upcoming African Continental Road Cycling Championships in Windhoek next month.Namibia has two teams in
readZimbabwe PM leads cabinet boycott
28-10-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and ministers drawn from his MDC party yesterday boycotted a cabinet meeting led by President Robert Mugabe for the second time in as many
readSA’s strong rand a worry, Gordhan
28-10-2009
CAPETOWN – South Africa’s government is concerned about the strong rand currency and would have liked to intervene more assertively in the market through accumulating reserves, Finance Minister Pravin
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