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46 Articles found on Monday, 23 August 2010
Boois corruption case goes to Regional Court
23-08-2010
THE corruption case against Karas Governor Dawid Boois will be heard in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court on November 29. That is where more serious cases are prosecuted.Boois again briefly appeared
read60 ‘struggle kids’ kicked out
23-08-2010
SIXTY of the 321 ‘children of the liberation struggle’ at the Ministry of Youth’s camp at Berg Aukas have been expelled and dumped at flood relocation centres at Ekuku village north of Oshakati.A
readGovernment says ‘no’ to Polytechnic
23-08-2010
THE Polytechnic of Namibia will not be allowed to change its name to the University of Science and Technology. Cabinet last week denied the request, warning the Polytechnic to refrain from using the
readChelsea, Arsenal, Newcastle hit opponents for six
23-08-2010
LONDON – Chelsea, Arsenal and Newcastle United crushed their Premier League opponents 6-0 in ruthless displays over the weekend. Newcastle’s Andy Carroll and Theo Walcott of Arsenal each grabbed a
readWheat prices not yet a threat to inflation, says FAO
23-08-2010
MILAN – World wheat price rises are not yet sufficient to trigger global food inflation, an economist at the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said on Friday, even though they almost doubled
readOz PM vows stability in poll crisis
23-08-2010
MELBOURNE – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard vowed yesterday to keep the country stable after a fierce voter backlash produced a rare hung parliament, raising fears of political paralysis and
readBig Brother Africa: Beer today, gone tonight!
23-08-2010
MERYL sobbed. Sheila bawled. Munya cried. Jen swore. Paloma preached. Yacob hissed. It was ‘The Crying Game’ meets ‘The Unforgiven’, ‘The Return of the Mummy’ and ‘Girls, Interrupted’!! Oops, nearly
readSMSes for Monday 23 August 2010
23-08-2010
SMS Of The Day n Why doesnt the NBC send out invoices for its licence renewals as it used to do? Surely all those records of licence holders cannot have been lost?Food for Thought n HON Prime
readNotable quotes
23-08-2010
THEY are afraid that he could come after them if he is re-elected. – A union insider told The Namibian that the animosity towards NUNW secretary general Evilastus Kaaronda emanated from the fear that
readGarden of Hope
23-08-2010
On Saturday morning former President Sam Nujoma launched the community gardening project of the Khomasdal North Constituency at the Otjomuise Project School.Nujoma donated a trophy that will be
readCocaine lands Nigerian in prison for 8 years
23-08-2010
A NIGERIAN national who admitted that he smuggled just over a kilogram of swallowed cocaine into Namibia early this year was sentenced to an effective prison term of eight years on Friday.Drug dealers
readCocaine lands Nigerian in prison for 8 years
23-08-2010
A NIGERIAN national who admitted that he smuggled just over a kilogram of swallowed cocaine into Namibia early this year was sentenced to an effective prison term of eight years on Friday.Drug dealers
readClaims of corruption filed against regional councillor
23-08-2010
A CORRUPTION complaint has been filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission against Karasburg Constituency regional councillor Paulus Efraim. ACC director Paulus Noa said last week his office was
readAnd triplets make eight...
23-08-2010
A YOUNG woman from Rosh Pinah in southern Namibia became a mother for the sixth time recently – this time of triplets. The 31-year-old Regina Nathanael’s three daughters were born in the Katutura
readA Namibian HIV-Aids hero
23-08-2010
A LOCAL hero to a number of people living with HIV in Namibia, Augustinus Matyayi, received widespread recognition this year when the US government recognised him as a “hero” in the battle against the
read‘Children are Dying Needlessly’
23-08-2010
CAPE TOWN – By the time Thandi Khumalo* brought her seven-month-old daughter to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, help came too late. The infant had developed acute diarrhoea and
readAfrica Business Briefs
23-08-2010
Court rules against strikers JOHANNESBURG – The Labour Court granted the South African government an interdict on Saturday prohibiting workers in essential services from participating in the public
readHSBC Holdings seen frontrunner to buy Nedbank – Financial Times
23-08-2010
HONG KONG – HSBC Holdings Plc has emerged as the frontrunner to buy a controlling stake in Nedbank, South Africa’s fourth-largest bank, in a deal that could be announced as early as today, the
readJapan considering new stimulus to revive recovery
23-08-2010
TOKYO – Japan’s economy may get another lifeline soon. Faced with meagre growth and a strong yen, the country’s leaders are moving toward injecting more stimulus measures to fight a sharp slowdown in
readCrafting a sparkling future at The Peace Jewellery Collection
23-08-2010
RICKY /Khaxab’s previous jobs as a painter, 3D animator and manager of a local restaurant proved useful for starting his business The Peace Jewellery Collection as they blended creativity and business
readAfrican banks resist pressure to boost lending
23-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – With elections looming in many African countries, banks are likely to feel increasing political heat to cut sky-high lending costs but are unlikely to unleash growth-boosting cheap
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
23-08-2010
A selection of some of the weird and wonderful messages, warts and all, from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen: * Who died and made
readPohamba a hala iinima ya SADC mbala miilonga
23-08-2010
O MUNASHIPUNDI shehangano lyomapendulepo lyuumbugantu wAfrica, omuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa indile iilyolongo yi endeleleke engongopo noshowo etulomiilonga lyiilonga nokulonga pathimbo.
readPwa kwatwa yaali miitungitho mOkalongo
23-08-2010
O POLISI mOmusati oya tseyitha kutya natango pwa kwatwa yaali shi na sha neyako lyiitungitho yOshipangelo mOkalongo. Mboka ya kwatwa po ngashiingeyi otaku tiwa kutya oyo,Martha Iiyambo gwoomvula 39
readEtokolo lya Shaduka onena
23-08-2010
O MUNANGESHEFA, Lazarus Shaduka ngoka ta tamanekelwa edhipago lyomukadhi Selma Shaimemanya[33]mo 13 ga July 2008 moVenduka ota tegelele a uve etokolo lyompangu nena [omaandaha].Shaduka okwa holokele
readNatau ta endelele
23-08-2010
T RANSNAMIB okwa ti oonkundathana pokati ke nehangano lyaaniilonga lya NATAU inadhi teka po.Omupopyo nguka ogwa landula kuuyelele mboka wa pewa aaniilonga komukalelipo gwawo, Albert Engelbrecht
readMetcalfe to return to court
23-08-2010
LAWYER Richard Metcalfe will have to make a second appearance in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on November 5. This follows his appearance in this court on a charge of malicious damage to property
readLocal Authorities to be re-graded
23-08-2010
EIGHT local authorities will be regraded – four of them degraded – before the November local and regional elections. According to an internal memorandum from the Minister of Regional and Local
readUS slams Zambia
23-08-2010
LUSAKA – The United States questioned Zambia’s commitment to fighting corruption on Saturday after authorities said they would not appeal a court’s refusal to allow recover funds from former President
readMubarak’s son for Egypt president?
23-08-2010
CAIRO – Posters have sprouted up around Egypt promoting President Hosni Mubarak’s younger son as the country’s next leader, in the most overt campaign yet for a controversial father-son succession in
readEgypt steps up hunt for stolen Van Gogh painting
23-08-2010
CAIRO – Egypt has stepped up the search for a Van Gogh painting valued at more than 50 million dollars stolen from a Cairo museum, an official said yesterday, as two Italians arrested over the theft
readPakistanis use stones, sandbags to stave off flood
23-08-2010
HYDERABAD – Workers placed sandbags and stones to strengthen river levees in flood-ravaged Pakistan’s south as the rising water threatened new areas yesterday. Three towns in the Thatta district were
readOmunambelewa omukuluntu poKaiti pevi
23-08-2010
E WILIKO lyoshilando sha Kaiti olya tula pevi omunambelewa omukuluntu melelo pevi ta futwa ondjambi ye yuudha omaandaha oshiwike sha yi. Paul Vleermuis okwa tulwa pevi koshigongi sheendelelo. Mu
readTrafficking in San children alleged
23-08-2010
POLICE at Rundu have been accused of refusing to register a human trafficking case. A 14-year-old San girl went to the Rundu Police station yesterday morning to lay a charge of human trafficking but
readTourist murder trial waits for more DNA evidence
23-08-2010
THE trial of the two men accused of carrying out a deadly attack on a German tourist couple west of Windhoek three years ago is set to continue in early December with two more witnesses who should
readEto’o brace gives Benitez a winning start
23-08-2010
Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto’o scored twice to help get Rafael Benitez’s era at the treble winners off to a perfect start with a 3-1 triumph over AS Roma in the Italian Super Cup at the San Siro on
readMessi hat-trick leads to Super Cup
23-08-2010
MADRID – Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to lead Barcelona to a 4-0 victory over Sevilla on Saturday and a 5-3 aggregate win in the Spanish Super Cup. The Argentine forward had a quiet World Cup in
readNamibia struggles in hockey Tri-Nations
23-08-2010
NAMIBIA struggled to turn home advantage into positive results during the first two days of the Tri-Nations hockey tournament. With Botswana not taking part in this year’s competition, Namibia has
readWindhoek High make it four in a row
23-08-2010
WINDHOEK High School’s (WHS) U/19 team won the Metropolitan Boards Trophy for the fourth year in a row with an exciting 35-13 victory over Dr Lemmer of Rehoboth on Saturday evening.The match was still
readMighty Gunners return to premier league
23-08-2010
MIGHTY Gunners won the Northern Stream First Division (NSFD) on Saturday to make a swift return to the Namibia Premier League (NPL). The Gunners finished the league on 49 points, three points ahead
readAquilani set for year’s loan to Juventus
23-08-2010
LONDON – Liverpool put Alberto Aquilani out of his Anfield misery on Saturday when they agreed to loan the Italian international to Juventus for the remainder of the season. Aquilani joined Liverpool
readGallas first to play for Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs
23-08-2010
LONDON – France defender William Gallas will become the first player to appear in the league for London rivals Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur following his move across north London
readAll Blacks aim at record winning streak
23-08-2010
SOWETO, South Africa – Rampant New Zealand can turn their attention to creating a record winning streak after clinching the Tri-Nations title with a dramatic 29-22 triumph over South Africa on
readSome media critical of Electoral Commission
23-08-2010
PRIVATELY owned print media wrote rather critically about the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) during election time last year and some of them were allegedly “hell-bent on demonstrating that the
readRegional race heats up at Otjiwarongo
23-08-2010
THE stakes are growing higher at Otjiwarongo ahead of this year’s regional and local government elections. The Namibian has learned that tension is growing at the town after it emerged that three
readPohamba makes three new ambassadorial appointments
23-08-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba on Friday announced the appointment of three senior diplomats to head Namibia’s foreign missions. Ending months of speculation about ambassadorial postings, Pohamba
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