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54 Articles found on Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Swakop’s ‘mystery’ cheetah traced
11-08-2010
IT APPEARS that the cheetah caught in Swakopmund on Monday was released a month ago near Sossusvlei – about 250 km south of Swakopmund. T he cheetah was transported from the S wakopmund SPCA to
readSuspect admits city carjacking
11-08-2010
ONE of the two men accused of staging a carjacking in Klein Windhoek near the end of 2008 pleaded guilty to charges of robbery and motor vehicle theft in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court this week.“It
readOmaheke passes first inspection
11-08-2010
GOBABIS, the Omaheke Region’s capital and the host of next year’s The Namibian Newspaper Cup, received a vote of confidence following preliminary inspections by the organisers on Monday.“Gobabis is
readNFA top-brass candidates revealed
11-08-2010
THE contenders for the Namibia Football Association’s (NFA) presidential elections have been announced.In the hat are incumbent president John Muinjo, Ranga Haikali and former NFA vice president
readMetropolitan Schools reach semi-finals stage
11-08-2010
WINDHOEK High School (WHS) once again dominated the Metropolitan Schools Rugby Board Trophy League with eight of its teams reaching the semi finals which are due to be played at the Hage Geingob
readBolt takes rest of 2010 off
11-08-2010
Usain Bolt is calling it quits for 2010, cutting his season short because of tightness in his lower back less than a week after losing in the 100 meters to American rival Tyson Gay.Bolt’s manager,
readWorld Masters Squash Championships
11-08-2010
A NAMIBIAN contingent of 11 masters squash players will depart for Cologne in Germany next week to compete at the World Masters Squash Championships The global championships will take place from
readNamibia to battle South Africa
11-08-2010
THE men’s national inline hockey team will engage South Africa on Friday and Saturday in an attempt to qualify for the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Inline World
readO’Neill quits Villa before kick-off
11-08-2010
BIRMINGHAM – Martin O’Neill surprisingly quit as manager of Aston Villa on Monday, just five days before the start of the Premier League season.Although Villa gave no reason for the sudden departure,
readDe Villiers cleared of misconduct in bias row
11-08-2010
CAPE TOWN – South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has been cleared of misconduct by Tri-Nations organisers over comments he made suggesting New Zealand had favourable treatment because they were the
readBafana to come to Pitso’s party
11-08-2010
NEW Bafana Bafana head coach Pitso Mosimane has asked his players to come to the party when they face Ghana in a friendly international at Soccer City tonight. It will be Mosimane’s first match in
readSports stars to be honoured
11-08-2010
THE process of honouring the best Namibian sportspersons of the year began in Windhoek yesterday.The annual Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) and the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) Sports
readSMSes for Wednesday 11 August 2010
11-08-2010
SMSes Of The Day IT saddens me to know that women can throw away that cute bundle of joy. There are so many facilities, please make use of them and no obstacle in life stays forever.
readSchools hit by 4 diseases
11-08-2010
NORTHERN Namibians, currently hit by outbreaks of measles, German meas-les, mumps and hepatitis A, were yesterday warned to remain calm.According to the Ministry of Health and Social Services, there
readSADC defence organ now includes mediation
11-08-2010
THE regional defence and security mechanisms of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have added a new function –mediation to help with conflict prevention and resolution.Lieutenant
readRecord N$6,4m heist suspect still at large
11-08-2010
CLOSE to three months after N$6,4 million was stolen in a cash-in-transit heist, the manhunt for the alleged kingpin, Simson Matias, has not yielded any results.Matias’s employer, G4S, which earlier
readPohamba to appoint next regional governors
11-08-2010
REGIONAL governors will in future not be elected by the regional councillors of the 13 political regions in Namibia, but will be appointed by the Head of State. The term of office of the incumbent
readOmunona a umbilwa mokandjugo
11-08-2010
OPOLISI poHentiesbay oya kwata po omukiintu omugundjuka gwoomvula 18 metamaneko lyokuholeka oluvalo .Omugundjuka nguka okwa holokele mompangu yamengestrata moShiwakopo omolwa oshiningwanima
readOonakusa mombesa ya tseyithwa
11-08-2010
OMADHINA goonakusa mboka ya sile moshiponga shekandomo lyombesa popepi no Kalkfeld mehulilo shiwike lya piti oga tseyithwa.Oonakusa oyo Elias Nghidimbwa [44], Theopolina Shimbilinga[39], Frans Anyemba
readOmunona menongelo nondjembo
11-08-2010
OMINISTA Yelongo oya uvaneke ta yi ka konakona ehokololo lyondjembo ndjoka ya kanene aniwa penongelo limwe lyopevi moVenduka.Abraham Iyambo okwa ningi euvaneko ndika konima sho aniwa omunon gumwe
readEtotongwe mOmbundu ya Kiiyala
11-08-2010
ETOTONGWE etsezi olya li lya talelepo omukunda gwa Vineta moshilando sha Shiwakopo omaandaha.Oshinamwenyo shika osha monikwa kaakalimo noshowo kaatungi mepandaanda lya Flamingo popepi nomunkulofuta
readRDP a mweneke oonkundathana noompilameno
11-08-2010
OONKUNDATHANA pokati koongundu dhompilameno okulongelakumwe okukondjitha ongundu ta yi pangele Swapo odha ehamekwa sho ongundu yo Rally for Democracy and Progress RDP ya ti kutya yo ita yi kala we
readOmunasikola a dhipagwa kumukwawo
11-08-2010
OPOLISI pEenhana mOhangwena ota yi konakona eso lya Sylvanus Nghifikepunye[17], gwopenongelo lya Haimbili Haufiku, ngoka ta ku tiwa aniwa okwa tsuwa komunasikola omukwawo molyomakya
readOmunambelewa omukuluntu mOshana iikala uulingilingi
11-08-2010
OMUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu melelo lyoshitopolwa sha Shana okwa ekelehi omipopyo kutya opena uulingilingi, konima sho kwa ulikwa kutya ehangano hali wilikwa komukadhi oha li longo iilonga ta yi futwa
readMo SADC omuna omashongo pa Salomao
11-08-2010
OSHITOPOLWA shuumbugantu wAfrica oshinombili nengungumano lyopapolitika , kakele komahala gamwe gamwe po moka natango muna omuyenye gwokwaanambili ta yi hunga.Mbika ongaashi Zimbabwe, Lesotho,
readNamibian woman arrested in Zambia
11-08-2010
LUSAKA – The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Zambia has arrested a 34-year-old Namibian businesswoman for allegedly trafficking in pure grade cocaine weighing over 1 kg.DEC Public Relations
readLawmakers demand Lockerbie bomber medical files
11-08-2010
LONDON – Scottish lawmakers yesterday demanded that their government publish full details of the medical advice that led to the release from prison of the Lockerbie bomber almost a year ago.Opposition
readProtect resources, Zim army told
11-08-2010
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday urged the military to protect Zimbabwe’s natural resources, as investigators look into worries that soldiers are involved in “blood diamond” trade.“My
readKagame set for landslide in Rwandan presidential vote
11-08-2010
KIGALI – Rwandan President Paul Kagame headed for a landslide victory yesterday after early results of a presidential election gave him a seemingly unassailable lead, sparking wild celebrations in the
readVacuuming cat causes a scare
11-08-2010
BERLIN – A cat home alone in Germany apparently turned on the vacuum cleaner, frightened itself half to death and wound up being attended to by emergency services.Police in the Bavarian city of
readNappy used in traffic beef
11-08-2010
CONNELLSVILLE – State police said a woman wiped a dirty nappy on the window of another woman’s vehicle during a dispute in a traffic jam as both were leaving the Fayette County Fair.Jessica Hollis,
readChina probes claims of formula, baby breast link
11-08-2010
BEIJING – China is investigating parents’ claims that a brand of milk powder has caused a small number of babies to grow breasts, the health ministry said yesterday.The China Daily newspaper and
readWHO says swine flu over
11-08-2010
GENEVA – The H1N1 pandemic is over and the global outbreak turned out to be much less severe than was feared just over a year ago, the head of the World Health Organisation said yesterday.“We are now
readCold front
11-08-2010
Lorito Otto, Rico Swartbooi and Stanley Eiseb from Moria Grace Trust in Katutura dressed in their only warm clothes yesterday as the latest cold front reached Windhoek.
readYoung woman pleads guilty to attempted murder
11-08-2010
MARTHA Shilongo (18) appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of attempted murder after she was linked to the dumping of a newborn baby girl in a squatter-camp pit latrine
readOld State House now residence of Prime Minister
11-08-2010
THE old State House in Robert Mugabe Avenue has become the official residence of Prime Minster Nahas Angula, Cabinet has resolved.The big estate with a large garden and a swimming pool, which dates
readJail term for corrupt cop
11-08-2010
A FORMER Police officer who was convicted of corruption after agreeing to destroy a stock theft case docket is staying in prison after scoring only partial success with an appeal against his
readEviction upsets disabled people at Keetmanshoop
11-08-2010
PEOPLE with disabilities at the Keetmanshoop Disability Resource Centre (DRC) have reacted with outrage to a recent notice to vacate an accommodation block at the centre.Expressing her anger at the
readInvestors still prefer money-market funds
11-08-2010
SECOND-QUARTER unit trusts statistics released by the Association of Unit Trusts in Namibia (AUTN) continue to show that investors prefer to remain in fixed-income funds, predominantly in money-market
readUS fears another recession
11-08-2010
CHICAGO – There is a “significant” chance the US economy will slip back into recession in the next two years although a reversal is unlikely in the next few months, researchers at the San Francisco
readNo Offence Is The Best Form Of … ? (2)
11-08-2010
DISCUSSION continua, on Major General Ndaitwah’s (MGN) article “In defence of Defence” – The Namibian, July 16. Supporting good governance, discipline, transparency and accountability together
readBanking, oil reforms to unlock Nigeria’s potential
11-08-2010
LONDON – Nigeria’s banking and oil sector reforms are turning sub-Saharan Africa’s second-biggest economy into one of the world’s most attractive frontier markets, fund managers at London-based Silk
readZambia sees bright future for copper mining
11-08-2010
LUSAKA – Zambia, Africa’s leading copper producer, said yesterday that it expects a strong performance by the mines over the long term due to rising metals prices and has urged mineworkers’ unions to
readSA state workers stage mass one-day strike
11-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa public sector unions representing more than a million workers staged a one-day strike yesterday, threatening an extended labour stoppage this week that could deal a blow to
readA look at SA’s ‘strike season’
11-08-2010
SOUTH Africa public sector unions representing more than a million workers staged a one-day strike yesterday, threatening an extended labour stoppage that could cripple commerce in Africa’s largest
readWhatever happened to the eurozone crisis?
11-08-2010
PARIS – What a difference a few weeks make.In early June, doomsayers were predicting the demise of the euro after a 110 billion euro (US$145,2 billion) bailout for Greece and a US$1 trillion financial
readMutual’s profits up, warns of tough times
11-08-2010
OLD Mutual Namibia managed to grow operating profits during the first six months of this year by 1,6 per cent compared to the first half year of 2009, the company has said.Announcing the interim
readNotable Quotes
11-08-2010
HAD it been a candidate with no controversial history like Paulus, maybe the opposition might have won Okahandja. – A member of an opposition party told The Namibian on condition of anonymity.
readConservancies report to Parliament
11-08-2010
LACK of co-ordination between different ministries at times stagnates conservancy development.This is one of the concerns raised by conservancy members in northern Namibia to the Parliamentary
readAction needed against gender-based violence
11-08-2010
GENDER-BASED violence in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) remains “very high” and member states must put “more robust efforts” in place to deal with it, the head of the region’s
read4 million in the region need food aid despite maize surplus
11-08-2010
ABOUT four million people in southern Africa, including Namibia, depend on food aid although the region has recorded a production surplus of cereals and maize. Briefing media ahead of the annual
readNot Strapped For Comment!
11-08-2010
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen:* Today’s (Sunday) eviction (of Lerato) was worse than the officiating in the 2010
readIn the land of football, NBA tries to make inroads
11-08-2010
DAKAR – On a rectangle of dirt separating two arms of a congested highway, a game of football is under way - just as it is every day in cities throughout Africa. Not far away, a team of coaches from
readSupermodels from Mars
11-08-2010
PARANOIA and suspicion is rising in the BBA house with some housemates noticing that something seemed amiss with Monday’s nominations. With extra votes coming in from the Barn – unknown to other
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