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50 Articles found on Friday, 20 August 2010
One year in jail for breast groping
20-08-2010
SWAKOPMUND Magistrate Bernhard Tjatjara and State Prosecutor Seradine Jacobs showed no mercy to Petrus Shuudifonya (36) yesterday by sending him to prison for a year for groping a woman’s breast
readShaduka trial verdict shifted to Monday
20-08-2010
BUSINESSMAN Lazarus Shaduka will have to wait an extra four days to hear the verdict in his High Court murder trial. Shaduka returned to the High Court in Windhoek yesterday for what was scheduled to
readPension scandal, BIG hot potatoes on NUNW agenda
20-08-2010
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) leadership is embroiled in a serious fight over whether the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) scandal and the Basic Income Grant (BIG) should be
readSalvage unit
20-08-2010
To make a living, Khomasdal resident David Rooinasie has come up with a trolley to collect scrap metal on the streets. He sells the junk to a scrapyard in Khomasdal and says he earns enough to buy
readViolence erupts during South Africa strike
20-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Police fired rubber bullets at protesting teachers throwing bricks and stones and nurses tore down a gate at a hospital as a nationwide civil servants’ strike for higher wages
readAgra conversion to public company delayed
20-08-2010
THE final stage of converting the Agra co-operative into a company, which was set for the beginning of this month to coincide with its 30th anniversary, has been delayed, Agra announced
readFrance sends 93 Gypsies back home to Romania
20-08-2010
PARIS – France was deporting nearly 100 Gypsies, or Roma, to their native Romania yesterday as part of a very public effort by conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to dismantle Roma camps and sweep
read‘World-class’ Ambunda’s stock rises
20-08-2010
WORLD Boxing Organization (WBO) Africa bantamweight champion Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda has broken into the top-five bracket of the boxing organisation’s global rankings and has been named the best
readSMSes for Friday 20 August 2010
20-08-2010
SMS Of The Day n AS a previously-advantaged tour guide I want to appeal to all lodge owners: please pay your guides a decent wage. Some get paid in a month what I get paid in a day and they are good
readNotable quotes
20-08-2010
IT’S a simple one. The President is a simple man. – NCCI Chief Executive Officer Tarah Shaanika explained to The Namibian that the Mont Blanc pen the NCCI gave to President Hifikepunye Pohamba as a
readPolitical Perspective
20-08-2010
ONE of the positives about an environment of free speech and opinion is that people can complain; this is one of the rights they exercise vigorously, and complain they do. Which is good. However, it
readPolice’s Protest Ban Designed To Stifle Rights
20-08-2010
MY sincere apologies to the oppressed people of Swaziland and thousands of others from countries such as Zimbabwe who came to Namibia with the hope of getting their voices heard through a peaceful
readThe Chinese Miracle: A Cautionary Tale
20-08-2010
WILL the 21st century belong to China? For a while, perhaps – but only in the sense that it was said to belong to Japan in the 1980s. Looking back now, that seems ridiculous, but at the time
readLiving normally in an abnormal space
20-08-2010
I HAVE been in a state of involuntary transit in Windhoek for the past week. It has been turned into a nightmare. I am stuck in Windhoek because my luggage has gone missing in Luanda, the capital of
readNamibia’s SADC Test
20-08-2010
SEVERAL presidents and leaders of government of countries in the Southern Africa Development Community unsurprisingly pussyfooted around the controversial issue of Zimbabwe this week.If SADC’s new
readBEE Versus TESEF
20-08-2010
I WRITE this opinion piece in reaction to Job Shipululo Amupanda as published in The Namibian of August 10 2010. I agree with much of his argument and want to add my own contribution to the BEE and
readWhat's In A Name?
20-08-2010
RECENTLY a German Namibian daily newspaper and an English Namibian weekly proudly announced a three million Namibia dollar revamping of a popular former entertainment spot in Windhoek.The new,
readDon't Take Water From Our Rivers
20-08-2010
WITH the growing population at the coast and the increase in mining activity there has been an ever increasing demand for water. Yet the fresh water resources at the coast are limited. The reserves of
readTo BIG Or Not To BIG
20-08-2010
THESE days most people argue for the BIG initiative to be implemented in Namibia. Most Namibians know the value of N$100, when reading the SMS pages of The Namibian.Sometimes I get the impression that
readThe Youth And Values
20-08-2010
THE article of Alfredo Hengari is very important and very well done but one should be allowed to mention that there are at least two main thoughts that are opposed to his approach: one is the liberal
readTime To Promote Schools Which Perform
20-08-2010
ON the 2nd August 2010 I visited Vooruit Primary School in Otjiwarongo, one of the best schools in Otjozondjupa Region, in order to register my daughter for 2011 admission.Knowing that the early bird
readSADC Leadership Should Be Prepared To Serve
20-08-2010
IT is distinctive to witness SADC leaders converge in Windhoek to touch base with one another on vital issues of human importance.Far and wide, most members in the corridors of power in SADC agree
readThe System Has Failed Us
20-08-2010
THE public discussions around the tragic death of Magdelena Stoffels merely scratched the surface of the deeper conditions which confront women in this country.The impression of Magdalena was of a
readChad eases press restrictions
20-08-2010
NDJAMENA – Chad on Wednesday abolished jail sentences for journalists for defamation and other press offences as the national assembly voted overwhelmingly to back legislation easing press
readECN starts supplementary registration
20-08-2010
THE supplementary voter registration for the November regional and local elections will kick off countrywide on Monday and will continue until September 6. The elections will take place on November 26
readDNA links suspects to tourist’s murder
20-08-2010
DNA tests done in Canada are linking both suspects accused of robbing and murdering a German tourist in the Khomas Hochland about three years ago to scenes connected to their alleged crimes.The
readChinese retailers at Rundu under fire
20-08-2010
RUNDU – Most people working for Chinese retail businesses at Rundu are poorly paid, with some being paid as little as N$350 per month without employment contracts, Kavango Chief Labour Inspector
readMarch 2012 target for Ruacana
20-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The fourth turbine at NamPower’s Ruacana hydropower station would be commissioned in late March 2012, NamPower senior manager for strategic planning John Langford said this week at the
readPrivate sector jumps in to rebuild Angola
20-08-2010
LOCAL business united this week at launch of the Namibia Angola Housing Initiative (NAAHI) to help build infrastructure in the neighbouring country.Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI)
readProcurement of local goods must increase
20-08-2010
THE procurement of locally manufactured goods, especially in the building sector, is supposed to increase from six to 60 per cent, according to Works Minister Erkki Nghimtina.“The construction
readFour arrested in Usakos cheque theft
20-08-2010
FOUR people, including a municipal worker, are behind bars following the theft of four cheques from the Municipality of Usakos recently. Moreover, the Erongo Regional Police managed to recover N$127
readBig Brother Africa: Messages from You to Us
20-08-2010
Messages sent by SMS or on our BBA e-mail address: • What is real about BBA. So you prefer to miss vital issues discussed on our talk shows and documentaries. Stop being selfish and buy a DStv. •
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
20-08-2010
A selection of some of the weird and wondeful messages, warts and all, from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen: * Malawi, why not Mzamo? This Code is truly
readBig Brother Africa: Who needs potty training, then?
20-08-2010
YOU think I’m going to defend Meryl today, right? Dayum right!! Eish, I’m that predictable. Really think our girl deserves more props than she often gets. It was about time someone told it like it is
readKeharanjo faction welcomes court order
20-08-2010
THE young chief of the Ovambanderu community, Keharanjo Nguvauva, has welcomed the High Court order granted to a rival faction last week, which stated that no one may use the offices of the
readKeetmans council tit-for-tat continues
20-08-2010
LAWYERS representing Keetmanshoop Town Council CEO Paul Vleermuis have written to mayor Arnold Losper, demanding the immediate reversal of their client’s suspension. The legal firm Lorentz Angula Inc
readKenyan jailed for trying to sell albino in Tanzania
20-08-2010
DAR ES SALAAM – A Kenyan man has been sentenced to a total of 17 years in prison for trying to sell an albino man to witchdoctors in Tanzania, local media reported yesterday.The magistrate’s court in
readVuvuzela in Oxford dictionary
20-08-2010
LONDON - The vuvuzela, the horn instrument which became the sound of the soccer World Cup in South Africa, has won an entry in the latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English, due to be
readMandela charity’s ex-chief cuts ties over diamonds
20-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A trustee of a Nelson Mandela charity said he will leave the organisation after being caught up in a scandal involving a supermodel, a warlord and rough diamonds. The Nelson Mandela
readUupwidhi wa falitha omulumentu kondholongo
20-08-2010
O MULUMENTU gwomimvo 32 Jacques Burger okwa tumwa kondholongo omimvo ndatu sho a yaka iinima yomukiintu ngoka a li a kolwa ye okwa ka kothela mehala lyokuthikameka iiyenditho lyo Pick and Pay ya
readEkunku lya H1N1 lya igidhwa lyopathimbo
20-08-2010
E KUNKU lyiingulu nenge H1N1 kali shiwe uuvu mboka tawu kwayula ngaashi lya tamekele, nongashingeyi olya talika ko, ongo ekunku lyopethimbo ngaashika omakunku omakwawo.Minista Yuundjolowele Richard
readOomono dha vudhwa mo pOshadikongoro
20-08-2010
O PROJEKA yokutekela poShadikongoro mOkavango ota yi vudha mo oomono adhihe ndhoka ya li ya kuna omimvo mbali dha piti nelalakano lyoku longa omahooli giimeno godiesela. Iilonga mbika yi li ookilometa
readAanangeshefa ya ningile Peresidende Pohamba oshituthivalo
20-08-2010
K ONYALA aanangeshefa yevule ethele iilyo yehangano lyiipindi noofabulika lya Namibia [NCCI] oya li pegumbo lyepangelo nokuhalela omuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba omayambeko sho a gwanitha omimvo
readNam could become largest uranium producer
20-08-2010
THE envisaged higher uranium production in Namibia would catapult the country from fourth place to the largest producer in the world, a new study on this sector reveals.Assuming all other countries’
readWomen’s health an urgent priority
20-08-2010
THE deteriorating state of women’s health worldwide has become “an urgent priority” for the World Health Organisation (WHO).In order to address these concerns, the WHO said there was an “urgent need
readTraditional leaders in Omaheke need more fuel
20-08-2010
THE five recognised traditional chiefs in the Omaheke Region have complained to the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration, Elia Kaiyamo, that the fuel for their government-sponsored vehicles
readWigan braced to face deadly Didier Drogba
20-08-2010
LONDON – Having opened the defence of their Premier League title with a 6-0 thrashing of West Bromwich Albion last week, Chelsea now face the team they beat 8-0 to secure the crown three months
readHougaard, Van der Merwe to start for Boks
20-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG - Scrumhalf Francois Hougaard and lock Flip van der Merwe will make their first starts in a much-changed South Africa side for the Tri-Nations rugby test against New Zealand in Soweto
readNadal, Federer, Murray, Djokovic advance at ATP event
20-08-2010
CINCINNATI - Top-ranked Rafael Nadal, number two Roger Federer, third-ranked Novak Djokovic and Britain’s fourth-ranked Andy Murray all won on Wednesday to advance at the ATP Cincinnati
readCan anyone stop Bayern title defence?
20-08-2010
BERLIN - With Bayern Munich starting the defence of their Bundesliga title on Friday at home to 2009 champions Wolfsburg, the question on fans’ lips here is can anyone stop their march to the
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