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45 Articles found on Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Govt to get active on climate change
28-04-2010
CABINET has decided to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Environment to manage the effects of climate change in Namibia, Environment and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced.“By
readChasing the dots ... Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
28-04-2010
IT was fantastic. Did Iceland, so financially bust, decide to burn down “the warehouse” and claim the insurance? Whatever, they let off one hell of a volcanic bang, melted a glacier, and sent megatons
readMinisters brainstorm SADC power crisis
28-04-2010
SOUTHERN African Energy Ministers are meeting in Luanda, Angola tomorrow to review the power situation in the region in an effort to ensure that supply and demand are evenly matched.According to a
readSacu ponders FTA with East Africa
28-04-2010
THE Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) is in the process of initiating a study of a possible free trade agreement (FTA) with the East African Community (EAC).In a recently published tender
readFinal report on uranium rush in Erongo out next month
28-04-2010
THE expected increase in uranium mines in Namibia’s Erongo Region will necessitate the establishment of a special office to manage the Strategic Environmental Management Plans (SEMP) in the expected
readTunisian journalist freed after 6 months in prison
28-04-2010
TUNIS – A prominent Tunisian journalist who had criticised his government was freed yesterday after serving a six-month prison sentence, his wife said.Taoufik Ben Brik was convicted last year on
readChina wants telcoms to inform on clients
28-04-2010
BEIJING – China is poised to pass a law requiring telecommunications and Internet companies to report any revelation of state secrets, potentially forcing businesses to collaborate with the country’s
readBakiyev charged over massacre
28-04-2010
BISHKEK – Kyrgyzstan’s interim government said yesterday it had charged the country’s ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev with “mass killing” and has formally prepared an extradition request.Belarus
readUK parties eye social issues to break poll deadlock
28-04-2010
LONDON – Britain’s main political parties turned their focus to crime, health and childcare yesterday as they tried to pull ahead of their rivals in the country’s tightest general election in
readGirl lucky to be alive after deadly sting
28-04-2010
SYDNEY – A 10-year-old Australian girl who survived being stung by the world’s most venomous creature, the deadly box jellyfish, may have rewritten medical history, an expert said yesterday.Schoolgirl
readHollywood sign saved!
28-04-2010
LOS ANGELES – The Hollywood sign, a beacon to stars and star-struck alike, has been saved from urban sprawl under a land conservation pact announced Monday after a donation by Playboy founder Hugh
readRwandan leader takes stage at NY film fest
28-04-2010
NEW YORK – The tall thin man strode to the stage at the Tribeca Film Festival and fielded a few questions about one of the main subjects of the documentary just screened – himself: Rwandan President
readOshipotha shaafendelithi sha keelelwa
28-04-2010
ETOKOLO lyompangu yopombanda lya gandjwa meni lyethimbo ehupi ongula yomaandaha olya mweneke edhiladhilo lyaaniilonga yiifendela lyokwiiteka miilonga uule wethimbo lyaashiwike.Omupanguli, Naomi
readSACU na popye newi limwe koonkundathana dhomahupilo
28-04-2010
OMUPERESIDENDE gwa South Africa okwa londodha kutya onakuyiwa yehangano lyoompale lyuumbugantu wAfrica oyi li moshiponga, unene tuu ngele itayi manitha oshinima shoonkundathana dhina sha neuvathano
readOshidhano shoongombe dha Shailemo mOlyomakaya
28-04-2010
OMUNAFAALAMA gwomOndangwa, Ismael Shailemo noku li omunashipundi gwEhangano lyaanafaalama ya Mangetti, okwa tseyitha kutya mOlyomakaya ngaka twa thinda otaka kala noshidhano shoongombe pOfaalama ye
readOmalaria moNamibia otaga kondololwa nawa
28-04-2010
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigwana poHelao Nafidi moshitopolwa sha Hangwena mEtitano lya zi ko moshiithanene shokudhimbulukwa esiku lyOmalaria mUuyuni, Ominista yUuhaku nIilonga yOnkalonawa, Richard Kamwi,
readCraven second in CiCLE Classic
28-04-2010
DAN Craven put in a display of grit and determination to clinch second place in the East Midlands CiCLE Classic in England on Sunday. After puncturing twice in the last 30 km of the race, Craven dug
readNamibian pugilists conquer Zone Six
28-04-2010
NAMIBIA’S boxers returned home with the top prize from the Zone Six Boxing Championships in Vereeniging, South Africa, held between April 21 and 24.. Led by their captain Tobias Munihango, the
readBafana banking on Mphela
28-04-2010
OFFENBACH AM MAIN, Germany – Goal-starved 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa hope Katlego Mphela can rediscover his predatory instincts when they face Jamaica in a warm-up game here today.Bafana Bafana
readNo empty seats at World Cup, FIFA promises
28-04-2010
DUBAI – There will not be any empty seats at this year’s World Cup in South Africa after a recent surge in ticket sales helped sell out about 40 matches, FIFA said yesterday.“There will not be any
readDurban World Cup stadium ‘Sky Car’ grounded again
28-04-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A ‘Sky Car’ that takes visitors to the top of the 106-metre arch over Durban’s new Moses Mabhida World Cup stadium has been grounded for the second time in two months, officials said on
readKlazinga is Player of the Year
28-04-2010
PACE bowler Louis Klazinga was named Namibia’s Cricket Player of the Year at Cricket Namibia’s annual awards ceremony on Saturday evening.Klazinga, who beat the other finalists, all-rounder Craig
readOmitara sport day a success
28-04-2010
NAMIBIA Street Athletics held a successful sport day at the Omitara settlement on Saturday.Winners of the day’s events included Gabriella Hamases who finished first in the girls’ 60m junior section
readDTS volleyball series sizzles
28-04-2010
THE second of seven tournaments in the 2010 DTS Maerua Superspar Volleyball Series took place on Saturday in trying, windy conditions.Eight women’s teams took part in the two-a-side double elimination
readSMSes for Wednesday 28 April 2010
28-04-2010
* WHY is it that being accused of belonging to another political party is displayed even by the national broadcaster as a crime? Why can an individual not take up the issue with the relevant
readTaxi fares up 10%
28-04-2010
THOUSANDS of Namibians will have to fork out more for taxi and bus fares from Saturday.Magnus Nangombe, president of the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta), yesterday confirmed that bus and taxi
readSuspended Keetmans CEO back in office
28-04-2010
JUST two days after being suspended, the Keetmanshoop Town Council CEO, Paul Vleermuis, has been reinstated. Deputy Mayor Simon Petrus Tiboth confirmed the CEO’s reinstatement, but could not say what
readReply to SMS from the Ministry of Health and Social Services
28-04-2010
* MY concern is about national HIV testing day which I heard will be only one day. Do these people from MOHSS really think and care for the nation? One day is nothing especially for us who live in the
readSaara explains spending on defence
28-04-2010
THE debate on the National Budget in the National Assembly officially ended on Tuesday, with Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila giving her response, explaining defence spending and stating
readPresident rejects ‘money for nothing’
28-04-2010
THE Basic Income Grant (BIG) encourages people to do nothing. This was the scathing response by President Hifikepunye Pohamba to a question from an opposition politician in Parliament yesterday about
readPoly students asked to halt name petition
28-04-2010
EDUCATION Minister Dr Abraham Iyambo has urged students of the Polytechnic of Namibia who are opposed to the institution’s proposed name change to stop their petition.Making a short off-the-cuff
readPohamba again calls for stability
28-04-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has once again called on Namibians to maintain unity, peace and stability, and to exercise tolerance, mutual respect and national reconciliation.“I wish to make a clarion
readNamibia made progress on malaria: Kamwi
28-04-2010
HEALTH Minister Richard Kamwi says Namibia has made tremendous progress in the fight against malaria in the last decade.Addressing a World Malaria Day event at Helao Nafidi in the North on Friday,
readMedia Ombudsman visits Karas Region
28-04-2010
NAMIBIA’S Media Ombudsman, Clement Daniels, met journalists and community members in the Karas Region on Friday. The gathering’s aim was to explain the functions of the Media Ombudsman.Daniels
readMalema to visit
28-04-2010
THE controversial African National Congress Youth League (Ancyl) President, Julius Malema, may visit Namibia soon.His Namibian counterpart, Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) Secretary Elijah Ngurare,
readHuman security deteriorating: NSHR
28-04-2010
THE general human security situation in Namibia continued to deteriorate last year, the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) says in its latest report.It claims that hunger, poverty, inequity,
readEU network tackles HIV-AIDS pandemic
28-04-2010
SOUTHERN Africa’s, including Namibia’s, overall stability and prosperity hinges significantly on its success in the fight against HIV-AIDS.This was one of the conclusions drawn at the fifth annual
readCabinet moves towards removing ‘Red Line’
28-04-2010
CABINET has approved the marketing of meat and meat products south of the veterinary cordon fence from small Government-owned abattoirs in the Northern Communal Areas.However, it is going to be a
readClubs bemoan Cup venue
28-04-2010
FOLLOWING the announcement of the venues for the Leo NFA Cup quarter-final matches, African Stars and Cymot SKW have openly expressed their disapproval of the venue for their clash this Friday. The
readPlaying it safe eats into SBN profits
28-04-2010
THE global credit crunch suppressed Standard Bank Namibia’s appetite for risk last year, which spilt over as constraint growth in loans and advances and resulted in the bank’s performance taking a
readApartheid laws still haunt SA
28-04-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Apartheid laws, like the group areas act, may have disappeared from the statute books but its effects lingered, President Jacob Zuma said yesterday.“Our people still have to daily
readAbortion debate must continue – Ombudsman
28-04-2010
THE increased occurrence of girls and young women dumping their newborn babies in plastic bags and toilets should re-open the debate on providing safe, legal abortions, the Ombudsman has said.
readKavango camp at loggerheads with chief
28-04-2010
RELATIONS between the owner of a well-known and award-winning tourist camp near the Popa Falls on the Okavango River and the traditional authority of the local community appear to have hit rock
readLoad caused fatal crash
28-04-2010
AN official investigation into the plane crash in which three people were killed in Windhoek in mid-November last year has been concluded with a finding that the crash was caused by overloading and a
readNotable Quotes
28-04-2010
The stike is illegal and all strike actions must be ended. – Deputy Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein speaking in Parliament on Monday, April 26 on the planned strike action by Namibian customs
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