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47 Articles found on Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Govt loyal to Chinese, not workers
24-08-2010
WORKERS and employers alike yesterday accused Government of being more loyal to Chinese than to Namibians on the first day of the Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union’s (Manwu) conference on
readShaduka guilty
24-08-2010
NOT guilty of murder – but convicted on a charge of culpable homicide instead. This, as well as a conviction on a charge of attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice, is the verdict in
readRunaway bakkie kills child, destroys shacks
24-08-2010
THE Police are hot on the heels of a man who allegedly drove into three shacks in Otjomuise in Windhoek on Saturday, killing a six-year-old girl. At about 23h00 on Saturday, the man lost control of
readBrave Warriors Afcon opponents withdraw
24-08-2010
MAURITANIA has withdrawn from the Gabon-Equatorial Guinea 2012 Orange Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced. Mauritania was in Group F,
readMutual confirms Nedbank talks with HSBC
24-08-2010
LONDON-BASED HSBC, one the world’s largest banks and financial services institutions, is in talks to buy up to 70 per cent of South Africa’s Nedbank, the holding company of Nedbank Namibia, in a
readEight killed on hijacked Philippine tourist bus
24-08-2010
MANILA – A 12-hour hostage stand-off on a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed yesterday, with officials saying at least seven Chinese tourists were dead along with the disgruntled ex-policeman
readLocal food is lekker
24-08-2010
THE Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) has launched a campaign to encourage Namibians to buy more locally produced fruit and vegetables. The campaign is undertaken jointly with the organisation Team
readBig Brother Africa: I Kissed A Girl And … !
24-08-2010
YEBO, YES! Another week gone, yet another housemate off to the barn. This time, it’s Yacob and at the moment, he is a man with loads of complaints. Yakka Yakka was initially in a jolly mood on Sunday
readNotable quotes
24-08-2010
IT is very, very important. Because knowing you have HIV is bad enough. – Lead post-donation counsellor for the Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia, Augustinus Matyayi, who was recognised as a “hero”
readThe Road To Food Security
24-08-2010
RECENTLY, I was on a road in the Southern Choma District of Zambia to meet with Rosemary Pisani, a smallholder farmer and mother of eight who struggled to feed her children prior to joining a farmer’s
readRemembering Namibia’s Heroes
24-08-2010
EACH year we commemorate and celebrate national heroes in their different capacities and better still, in their own rights. Some we celebrate in high public profile, some in their traditional
readSMSes for Tuesday 24 August 2010
24-08-2010
SMS Of The Day n The dumping of ‘struggle kids’ smacks of stalinist type labour camp tactics.Food for Thought n POLICE, Home Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Services, what is the official
readFirst auction pen opened in Kavango
24-08-2010
THE first auction pen facility in the Kavango Region was opened on Friday at Nepara village, 160 kilometres west of Rundu in the Mpungu Constituency. The auction kraal, built at a cost of N$3,2
readNico Weck to Meatco
24-08-2010
Nico Weck was recently appointed as chief financial officer for the Meatco group. He joined Meatco on 1 July 2010 after being with PriceWaterhouseCoopers for the past 20 years, the company announced
readBig Brother Africa: In case you missed it!
24-08-2010
Just a quick update on some of the main happenings since Thursday night. * Ghanaian housemate Sammi has left The Barn and gone home. After complaining of not feeling well, he was diagnosed with
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
24-08-2010
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:* Kaone I still know what you did to Meryl … *
readFrom sleepy backwater to Africa’s Singapore
24-08-2010
KIGALI – Rwanda’s capital is changing from a sleepy backwater where most things closed at 9:00 pm to a future Singapore with gleaming office blocks and all-night shopping.Ten years ago, ordering a
readZimbabwe’s ‘new’ farmers finally start to blossom
24-08-2010
MAPINGA – Douglas Mhembere had only a plastic bag in hand when he took over a farm eight years ago under Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s land reforms.“I arrived here with nothing, just buns and a
readPolice deployed as strike escalates
24-08-2010
DURBAN – Police fired rubber bullets at striking healthcare workers at the staff gate of Addington Hospital yesterday morning, hitting several.“We were at the gate when they shot us. We did not
readSAfrican tourism increased by half at World Cup
24-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The South African government says that the country’s hotel industry saw a World Cup increase in business of more than 50 percent. The government statistics department said Monday that
readInsufficient water for uranium mines in Erongo
24-08-2010
THERE is not enough groundwater in the central Namib to supply uranium mines, so all these mines must in future use desalinated water for their operations, a study on future uranium mining in the
readHospital needs urgent attention
24-08-2010
THE Lüderitz State Hospital is dilapidated and needs urgent work, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social and Community Development said at a meeting with the Karas regional
readHerero chief still demands German reparations
24-08-2010
THE Namibian and the German governments should not sweep the reparation issue and the call for dialogue between Hereros and Germany under the carpet,Chief Alfons Maharero said at Okahandja during the
readFour German tourists robbed at Jakkalsputz
24-08-2010
FOUR German friends touring Namibia were robbed of nearly all their belongings at the Jakkalsputz campsite near Henties Bay last week. The value of all the goods stolen is estimated at about N$60
readFilm, book on communal land registration
24-08-2010
GOVERNMENT intends to issue all users of communal land with certificates of ownership by February 2012, Lands Minister Alpheus !Naruseb said last week. That, he said, was the deadline for the
readKenyan court sentences 2 TB patients to 8 months
24-08-2010
NAIROBI – A court has sentenced two tuberculosis patients who skipped their medications to spend eight months in prison to avoid spreading the deadly disease among the public, a senior health official
readAl Qaeda frees 2 Spaniards in Mali
24-08-2010
BAMAKO – Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al Qaeda affiliate have been set free and were en route yesterday to the capital of neighboring Burkina Faso, a Spanish official
readCanine lifeguards doggie paddle to the rescue
24-08-2010
CIVITAVECCHIA – They leap from helicopters or speeding boats, bringing aid to swimmers who get into trouble off Italy’s popular beaches. For these canine lifeguards, the doggie paddle does just fine.
readChina’s nine-day traffic jam stretches 100km
24-08-2010
BEIJING – Thousands of vehicles were bogged down yesterday in a more than 100-kilometre traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China’s growing road congestion woes.The
readNo musical instruments for Pope
24-08-2010
LONDON – Pilgrims attending the large public events during Pope Benedict’s visit to England and Scotland next month have been issued a long list of do’s and don’ts including a ban on musical
readPakistan probes mob lynching
24-08-2010
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has launched a probe into the brutal lynching of two young brothers by a mob which was captured in graphic video footage, triggering a public outcry.Local television broadcast the
readChina may ease up on death penalty
24-08-2010
BEIJING – China, which executes more people each year than any other country, said yesterday it is considering dropping capital punishment for economic crimes. A draft amendment to the country’s
readUlenga calls for unity at Keetmans
24-08-2010
COUNCIL of Democrats (CoD) president Ben Ulenga has urged party representatives in the Keetmanshoop Town Council to unite for the sake of socio-economic growth at the town.“The people of Keetmanshoop
readRDP calls for probe into ECN man’s death
24-08-2010
THE RDP opposition party has called for an official investigation into the recent death of an election official, Hezekiel Kandoloma Shigwedha, who died in a horrific motor accident “under suspicious
readPohamba opens new road in Omaheke
24-08-2010
ALTHOUGH the keynote speaker, President Hifikepunye Pohamba, arrived more than two hours late by air, the Epukiro-Eiseb-Gam gravel road is now officially open. Pohamba opened this road at the Gam
readParents of murdered boy blame school
24-08-2010
THE parents of a boy who was stabbed to death by a fellow pupil at the Haimbili Haufiku Senior Secondary School have lashed out at the principal and management of the school, saying they were aware
readAndjamba na Kamati ya tumwa ishewe pondje
24-08-2010
O MUSAMANE Ndali Che Kamati, Martin Andjamba na Raphael Dinyando, mEtitano ltya zi ko oya li ya ulikwa kOmupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, ya ka kalele po Namibia kiilongo yopondje.Dinyando okwa
readOmimvo 10 dhomauliko giipindi pOngwediva
24-08-2010
E THIMBO lyomumvo ishewe uuna ndoka oompito dha holoka kutya opamahupilo, ongeshefa, elongo nenge omainyanyudho taga etwa komauliko giipindi gokomumvo ga Ngwediva. Omaulikilo ngaka otaga tameke
readOshipotha sha Boois sha ya kOmpangu yopashitopolwa
24-08-2010
O SHIPOTHA shoka sha ningilwa Ngoloneya yoshitopolwa sha Karas, Dawid Boos, otashi ka pulakenwa mOmpangu yopashitopolwa po Keetmanshoop momasiku 29 ga Novemba.Boois okwa ningilwa oshipotha shelongo
readOtala Combined School ya pandula unene
24-08-2010
O MUKULUNTUSIKOL gwOsikola Otala Comb Shool mOndonga mOshana, Kanisius Sheyanale pamwe netonatelonongelo, aalongosikola, aalongwa naavali yawo oya pandula noonkondo komayambidhidho agehe ngoka ya
readAfrika na longele kumwe miikwamalusheno
24-08-2010
I ILONGA yokudhiga olusheno melongitho lyomeya oya pumbwa okuningwa melongekumwe. Omugandjimayele gwOmbaanga yUuyuni moshitopolwa sha Africa, Vahid Alavian okwa popi ndhika ta ti melongelokumwe
readMario Academy’s Cape tour
24-08-2010
THREE teams from the Mario Nailenge Football Academy will on Sunday embark on a five-day tour of Cape Town to play Ajax Cape Town and Santos’ juniors. The two Cape sides are renowned for having some
readSoweto derby for semis
24-08-2010
ORLANDO Pirates captain Lucky Lekgwathi could not resist a huge grin after the new-look Buccaneers were paired against their arch rivals Kaizer Chiefs when the draw for the two-legged MTN8 semi-final
readUnited thrown a lifeline as they collect 6 points
24-08-2010
THE MTC Rugby Premier League was thrown a curveball this weekend when most of the teams played their last matches of the season before the semi-finals on September 4.United, who had been ruled out of
readMilan admit Ibrahimovic interest for first time
24-08-2010
MILAN – AC Milan will try to sign forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Barcelona but the chances of landing the Swede look remote. “We will try but it’s difficult,” Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani
readCritics say Boks are in trouble
24-08-2010
THE world champion Springbok rugby team are not in good health and the South African Rugby Union will be bonkers if Peter de Villiers, the fake coach, should remain in charge. That much is the opinion
readUS leave Pan Pacs on a golden high, Australia so-so
24-08-2010
CALIFORNIA – With Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps and Jessica Hardy leading the way, the United States sounded an ominous warning for next year’s world swimming championships by dominating the Pan Pacific
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