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58 Articles found on Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Streams merge in southern first division
10-08-2010
THE Namibia Premier League Southern Stream First Division (SSFD) will no longer be played in two streams for the new season. The division, for teams campaigning in Namibia’s southern football
readHaikali to launch NFA presidency campaign
10-08-2010
PROMINENT businessman and Black Africa football club owner Ranga Haikali is preparing to launch his public campaign for the post of Namibia Football Association (NFA) president next week. Haikali a
readBayern refuse to release Ribery for FFF probe
10-08-2010
BERLIN – Bayern Munich will not release their French star Franck Ribery to appear before a French Football Federation (FFF) disciplinary commission later this month to explain his national team’s
readBrown, Robinson quit England
10-08-2010
LONDON – Manchester United defender Wes Brown became the second England player on Sunday to retire from international football, dealing another worrying snub to coach Fabio Capello. Just hours after
readUnited too slick for sluggish champions
10-08-2010
LONDON - Manchester United dominated a stuttering Chelsea to claim a deserved 3-1 victory over last season’s Premier League and FA Cup Double winners in a lively Community Shield season curtain-raiser
readBroken Tiger slumps to career all-time low
10-08-2010
AKRON, Ohio – Tiger Woods looked and sounded like a broken man after his final round at the Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday where he carded the worst 72-hole score of his 14-year professional
readUncertainty remains over Maicon’s switch to Real
10-08-2010
ROME – Brazil full-back Maicon’s proposed switch from European champions Inter Milan to Spanish giants Real Madrid is still shrouded in uncertainty as nerazzurri president Massimo Moratti yesterday
readUnam on course to win men’s field hockey title
10-08-2010
UNAM tightened their grip at the top of the Men’s Field Hockey Premier League when they beat DTS 3-1 at the Doc Jubber Hockey Fields on Saturday.In a mainly one sided encounter, Unam had more
readWanderers in top form
10-08-2010
WANDERERS strengthened their position at the top of the MTC Rugby Premier League with a hard-fought 26-15 victory against second-placed Reho Falcon at the Wanderers field on Saturday.Wanderers’ pack
readSMSes for Tuesday 10 August 2010
10-08-2010
SMS Of The Day PROSECUTOR General Martha Imalwa and Minister of Justice Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana forget about being able to map out a unified and coordinated approach in the fight against
readSchool stabbing claims a life
10-08-2010
THE Police at Eenhana in the Ohangwena Region are investigating the death of Sylvanus Nghifikepunye (17) of the Haimbili Haufiku Senior Secondary School, who was allegedly stabbed by a fellow pupil on
readSchool assault case still alive: Police
10-08-2010
FOUR teachers’ insistence that they will only give statements to the Police in the presence of their lawyers has brought an assault investigation against them to a standstill.The parents of a former
readSADC region has ‘hotspots’, Salomao says
10-08-2010
THE southern African region is peaceful and politically stable except for a few hotspots like Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Madagascar and the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is a
readEpangelo lya hala etata lya De Beers Marine
10-08-2010
OONKUNDATHANA okulongulula De Beers Marine Namibia melongelokumwe nepangelo odha ya kokule. Shika osha kolekwa komuwiliki gwehangano lya Namdeb Inge Zaamwani Kamwi.Okwa ti oonkundathana pokati
readABSA natango a hala okupungula muka
10-08-2010
OMBAANGA yokoSouth Africa ya ABSA natango oyina ehalo okupungula momahupilo ga Namibia, nonando eindilo lyawo lyokulandako ehangano lya Capricorn Investment Holding ndyoka olyo yina ya Bank Windhoek
readYa ti kaya li yeshi kutya oyena iingangamithi
10-08-2010
AAKWASHIGWANA yaali Angola mboka ta ya lundilwa kutya oye na sha nokuhumbata okokaine yookilogram 31,1, oya ti yo kayena ondjo oshoka ka ya li yeshi kutya mosheenditho sha wo omuna
readIipumbu a londodha aanafaalama kombinga yomikuli
10-08-2010
OMUKULUNTUPITITHI gwombaanga yuunamapya , okuna omaipulo kombinga yaanafaalama yamwe mboka ta ya hulithapo omikuli dhawo nombaanga ndjoka.Leonard Iipumbu okwa ti oku na uuyelele wolela kutya
readOhorongo Cement ta yi tungu moMbaye
10-08-2010
OFABULIKA yosamende yedhina Ohorongo Cement oya tokola okutunga ofabulika oshona yokulonga osamende petuliloskepa lya Mbaye. Elalakano olyo oku landitha osamende pondje ya Namibia unene kiilongo
readEhangano lyaanafaalama ya Mangetti moshipilili
10-08-2010
EHANGANO lyaanafaalama ya Mangetti oli li moshipilili oshinene sho iilyo yimwe yi imanga kumwe notayi kembadhala yi umbeko koshipundi Okomitiye ndjoka ya kala po nale tayi lelwa komusamane Ismael
readGIPF ta tamaneke ehangano lyoondjuhwa
10-08-2010
OSHIKETHA shopenzela yaaniilonga yepangeloGIPF otashi landula ehangano lyedhina Namibia Chicken Investment, kombinga yoshitopolwa shehehelo lyiimaliwa yehumokomeho nenge Development Capital
readEnda po nawa Maggy
10-08-2010
NAKUSA Magdalena Stoffels okwa fumvikilwe ehulilo shiwike lya piti. Konima yefumviko lye epulo oondika kutya eso lye olya gumu ngiini onkalo yoshigwana sha Namibia?Eso lye olya eta ehulilo lyelongitho
readOshana CRO denies corruption
10-08-2010
THE Oshana Chief Regional Officer (CRO) has dismissed complaints about a conflict of interest after revelations that the CRO’s family company has been doing paid work for the Regional Council.Oshana
readOur Children Are Under Siege
10-08-2010
THEY are exposed and live their lives as if on borrowed time. They have to beg for the right to walk to school, frequent places where the youth must interact for fun, for exposure to life experience
readThe Name Is BEE
10-08-2010
IN his address to his Cabinet, PW Botha expressed that “the fact that Blacks look like human beings and act like human beings do not necessarily make them sensible human beings. H edgehogs are not
readNamcor abandons BP aspirations
10-08-2010
NAMCOR yesterday said it would officially withdraw from the tender process for BP’s assets in Namibia.“This follows a decision by Cabinet not to provide Namcor with funding for the acquisition of BP
readNam must do more for indigenous people
10-08-2010
A LOCAL umbrella body has called on Government to increase efforts to support indigenous communities like the San and Ovahimba in view of the world day of indigenous people’s rights today.“In Namibia
readBear with us
10-08-2010
BILLINGS – A brazen black bear with a late-night hankering for supreme pizza surprised a Montana resident last week, and it’s not the first time the animal has eluded capture.The bear is believed
readCampbell received diamonds promised to her: Agent
10-08-2010
THE HAGUE – Naomi Campbell received a late-night gift of diamonds which Charles Taylor had promised her over dinner just hours before, the supermodel’s former agent testified yesterday at Taylor’s war
readUN says Pakistan floods worse than 2004 tsunami
10-08-2010
SUKKUR – The United Nations said yesterday that massive floods in Pakistan had affected 13,8 million people and eclipsed the scale of the devastating 2004 tsunami, as anger mounted among survivors.The
readGrootfontein residents cry foul
10-08-2010
GRUMBLINGS about unfair treatment of a section of Grootfontein’s residents by Grootfontein council members, including the mayor, have escalated and culminated in protest marches and urgent meetings
readFirst-grader loses gun at school
10-08-2010
THE Minister of Education, Abraham Iyambo, has undertaken to investigate a matter in which a firearm is said to have disappeared on the premises of a Windhoek primary school.Upon enquiry, the school
readEnviro education vital for sustainable living
10-08-2010
ENVIRONMENTAL education is about empowering people to live sustainably within the finite share of the earth’s resources, the head of the SADC initiative for environmental education said on
readUti’s father passes away
10-08-2010
IT’S the type of news you never want to receive. And being in the BBA house doesn’t make a death notice any easier. After confiding in Sheila a couple of weeks ago that he was worried about his
readWho nominated who
10-08-2010
ALLIANCE forming and conspiracy talk doesn’t mean a thing when the Housemates are alone with Big Brother and nominating. These are the decisions they’ve made in week four.Code: Yacob and Sheila Jen:
readEgypt seeks to woo Arab tourists for Ramadan revels
10-08-2010
CAIRO - With its cooler temperatures but more sizzling entertainment, Egypt has long been a prime destination for rich Arab tourists, especially from the Gulf states.This year, however, the
readKaapanda welcomes ICT law expert
10-08-2010
A SHORTAGE of telecommunications law experts in the country has led to the Communications Act not being put into operation speedily, Minister of Information and Communication Technology Joel Kaapanda
readCattle pens in NCA increase marketing
10-08-2010
THE erection of 70 multipurpose crush pens in the Northern Communal Areas (NCA) is already bearing fruit, with cattle in certain areas being sent to the market for the first time in two decades.The
readOkapuka feedlot expands
10-08-2010
THE Okapuka feedlot for cattle just north of Windhoek has been enlarged with six new kraals to increase the standing capacity to 5 000 animals, Meatco has announced. “In an effort to continuously
readHorticulture producers start organisation
10-08-2010
FRUIT and vegetable producers held a meeting at Outapi last week to discuss ways to increase local production. It was organised by the newly formed National Association of Horticulture Producers
readSADC needs billions for infrastructure
10-08-2010
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) requires about N$720 billion for regional infrastructure development, a SADC status report has said.The Infrastructure Development Status Report for
readMugabe lambasts ‘evil’ EU sanctions
10-08-2010
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday accused Western states of wanting to prolong the suffering of Zimbabweans under “evil sanctions” while urging unity to foster the country’s rebuilding.“The
readOminous signs for banking fortunes
10-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – In an inauspicious start to the reporting season, three out of South Africa’s big four banks have failed to meet market expectations.After Nedbank Group and Absa Group reported
readAll systems go for South Africa strike
10-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Some 1,3 million public servants affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the Independent Labour Caucus (ILC) will down tools today.The unions last week
readJapan warns against forex moves
10-08-2010
TOKYO – Japan’s finance minister warned against excessive currency moves yesterday as expectations of US easing edged the yen towards 15-year highs on the dollar, but its rise is seen as too gradual
readReformers gain a toehold in Nigerian corruption fight
10-08-2010
LAGOS – The tale of Nigeria’s banking crisis gets complicated, as matters related to money in this country often do, but it may be best to start with the private jets.Banks essentially loaning money
readDon’t let trade pact trip development
10-08-2010
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) must be careful that its own development agenda does not suffer when negotiating trade pacts, Deputy Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein said
readSA journalists fight proposed media laws
10-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South African journalists launched a campaign on Sunday to fight what they say is an attempt to curtail media freedoms in a nation known for one of Africa’s freest and most open
readKagame expected to win election
10-08-2010
KIGALI – President Paul Kagame is expected to handily win yesterday’s vote after overseeing years of economic and social development in Rwanda despite a recent string of attacks on political opponents
readThe Midnight Crew vs the Borites
10-08-2010
SUNDAY’S eviction of Lerato has got the Midnight Crew – courtesy of a Tatiana HoH swap – sharpening their talons and vowing revenge as though this was not a game and somebody wasn’t simply evicted but
readBus accident victims identified
10-08-2010
THE names of the six people killed in Friday’s bus accident outside Kalkfeld have been released.According to the Police’s public relations’ division, the six deceased are Elias Nghidimbwa (44),
readZim ignoring SADC tribunal remains hot
10-08-2010
A COMMITTEE of justice ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will report to heads of state during the regional summit in Windhoek this weekend about Zimbabwe continually
readTremor hits the South
10-08-2010
WAS it or wasn’t it? Yes, it was! A tremor measuring 3,6 on the Richter Scale was felt in southern Namibia and northern South Africa late last week.According to data provided to the Geological Survey
readNotable Quotes
10-08-2010
IF we cannot walk freely in our streets, how can we be free? The time for meetings, and meetings, and meetings was over and the time for action has arrived. – Former MP Elma Dienda speaking at
readRDP pulls plug on opposition talks
10-08-2010
TALKS between opposition parties to stage a united challenge against the ruling Swapo Party was given a massive blow last week when the Rally for Democracy and Progress confirmed its withdrawal from
readBaby dumped in pit latrine
10-08-2010
A NEWBORN baby girl wrapped in a jacket was found 1,4 metres down a ‘long-drop’ pit latrine in Henties Bay’s Omdel neighbourhood on Sunday. The Namibian learned that a person using the toilet heard a
read‘Wild’ cheetah caught in residential area
10-08-2010
AN adult male cheetah was found roaming in Swakopmund’s Vineta residential area yesterday morning.The animal was spotted by residents and builders in Flamingo Street near the Swakopmund Waterfront at
readTreason trial still in limbo
10-08-2010
THE main Caprivi high treason trial remains suspended while a date for the hearing of a Supreme Court appeal on a ruling given in the trial at the start of March is being awaited.The high treason case
readPolitical Perspective
10-08-2010
THE unemployment situation in Namibia is serious, whichever way one looks at the problem. But I am in agreement with Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob about one thing he said: and that is the
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