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38 Articles found on Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Chinese tenders slammed
25-08-2010
THE Namibian Government should invest more in local SMEs instead of awarding tenders to the Chinese who are strong because their government throws all its weight behind them. So said a participant
readRegional Council official shown the error of his ways
25-08-2010
ABRAHAM Mbarandongo, the Chief Control Officer of the Kunene Regional Council, was sentenced to 2 000 hours of periodical imprisonment after being found guilty on charges of assault with intent to
readCowboy builders warned
25-08-2010
GOVERNMENT yesterday threatened “bad [foreign] employers” in the construction industry that they risk losing their work permits and public tenders if they continue to ignore the labour law and exploit
readMan kills himself after attempt on wife’s life
25-08-2010
AN Oshakati West resident, Reinhold Thomas Uugwanga (53), who allegedly tried to kill his wife but failed, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree with a wire on Monday night. A family
readRepo rate likely to remain stuck at 7%
25-08-2010
BANK of Namibia (BoN) Governor Ipumbu Shiimi is expected to continue the central bank’s neutral rate stance today by maintaining a repo rate of 7,0 per cent, a poll by The Namibian has shown.All four
readBig Brother Africa: The Egos Have Landed!
25-08-2010
EGO is certainly one thing that’s not lacking in the BBA All Stars house! Some are stuck with a pervading sense of sour grapes because their almighty egos have been bashed and bruised, while for
readSix MPs among 32 killed in Somali hotel carnage
25-08-2010
MOGADISHU – Two extremist insurgents disguised as government soldiers went on a shooting rampage in a Mogadishu hotel yesterday, killing 30 people, including six MPS, before blowing themselves up.
readSMSes for Wednesday 25 August 2010
25-08-2010
SMS Of The Day n STRUGGLE kids. Well done Government for putting your foot down! Now keep that foot down!Food for Thought n CAN someone tell me – do lawyers tell lies? When they defend a client in
readBrave Warriors to play India in September
25-08-2010
THE Namibian Brave Warriors have been approached to play a friendly against India on September 18. According to www.kickoffindia.com, “The Indian team is currently training in Portugal in preparation
readNotable quotes
25-08-2010
WE were sleeping. (It was) maybe around 23h00. Later, I heard something and when I woke up, I saw the car standing at my kid’s bed. – Elizabeth Ngwedha, said after a bakkie crashed into her shack in
readReverse osmosis and mineral water
25-08-2010
Another issue in the global bottled water industry, that particularly affects consumers, is the fact that there are distinct types of bottled water on sale. The main types are mineral water and
readThe slippery slope of bottled drinking water
25-08-2010
The bottled water industry in Namibia is booming, but it appears to be a somewhat murky business. The industry is now demanding strict regulations and increased monitoring in order to protect itself
readSuspect claims sex move led to killing
25-08-2010
THE death of former coastal newspaper editor Awie Brand, who was killed in his restaurant at Walvis Bay in June 2008, resulted from uninvited sexual overtures that Brand made to a young former
readPolice act on trafficking report
25-08-2010
POLICE at Rundu have made a U-turn and returned a four-year-old San girl to her 14-year-old aunt, just a day after removing the toddler. The action came after The Namibian published a report stating
readOutjo magistrate sends warning to criminals
25-08-2010
TWO Windhoek residents, who travelled 500 kilometres to pull of a robbery at a bottle store in Kamanjab, were arrested and sentenced to three years in prison by an Outjo magistrate one day after their
readLight aircraft crash-lands near Maltahöhe
25-08-2010
A PIPER PA 28 light aircraft with registration number V5 –EYS crash-landed on a gravel airstrip at the farm Urusis in the Maltahöhe district just minutes after take-off on Sunday afternoon. The plane
readEhafo still in limbo
25-08-2010
THREE years and months after the Ehafo Board of Trustees accepted a Government proposal to take over the welfare organisation, Government has not yet put its hands on Ehafo property.When the deal was
readDeadly call of nature
25-08-2010
WHEN he answered a call of nature in the early hours of Sunday morning, Gobabis resident Paul Gamseb did not know that his throat would be slit behind the bush. It is alleged that Johannes Haoseb (29)
readAgra celebrates 30 years
25-08-2010
THE largest agricultural supplier in Namibia, Agra, celebrated its three decades of existence yesterday with huge birthday cakes cut at most branches at the same time.“Agra has established itself as a
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
25-08-2010
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: * One love Africa, may the best housemate win
readBidvest delivers solid results
25-08-2010
NSX newcomer Bidvest Namibia looks set to entrench its position with local investors as results announced yesterday confirm projections made by the diversified services company at the time of its
readZimbabwe warming up to Libya
25-08-2010
HARARE – The son of longtime Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi is coming to assess Libyan investment opportunities in Zimbabwe, an indication the two estranged rogue states are mending relations.Tourism
readChasing the dots ... Closing The Energy Loop
25-08-2010
ENERGY thinking on energy in Namibia appears frozen in time. Each component isolated in a neat little box based on existing industrial and organisational structures that reflect that all basic motive
readNedbank deal shows confidence in SA
25-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – HSBC bank’s offer to buy a controlling stake in Nedbank was a vote of confidence in South Africa’s economic progress, the country’s Treasury has said.“HSBC’s interest in Nedbank is a
read20kg baby shocks China doctors
25-08-2010
BEIJING – Doctors in central China are puzzled over a 10-month-old baby boy who weighs 20kg, about as much as a normal child of six years, but is otherwise healthy, state media reported.The infant,
readPolish man, shot in head, notices five years later
25-08-2010
BERLIN – A Polish man living in Germany went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head because he was drunk when it happened.Police in the western city of
readElin divorces Tiger Woods after endless sex scandals
25-08-2010
WASHINGTON – Tiger Woods and Swedish model wife Elin Nordegren have officially divorced, their marriage “irretrievably broken” by a blistering sex scandal that has left the world number one golfer’s
readRelief for Chilean miners
25-08-2010
COPIAPO – Rescuers are lowering capsules containing rehydration tablets, glucose and oxygen down a long hole to 33 miners who surprised the world by staying alive while trapped a half-mile underground
readOshigongi oshinene shAanafaalama pOnalusheshete
25-08-2010
E LENGA enene lyOshikandjo Onalusheshete muuzilo wOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, tate Eino Johannes Shondili Amutenya, okwa tseyitha kutya meti 4 Septemba 2010 otaku ka kala oshigongi oshinene
readOfamili yomulongwa a dhipagelwa mEenhana ya ninga ehololomadhilaadhilo
25-08-2010
O FAMILI naakwanezimo yamwe yomunasikola a dhipagelwa mOseko yOpombanda ya Haimbili Haufiku pEenhana moshitopolwa sha gwedhina Sylvanus Nghifikepunye gwoomvula 17 a zile komukunda Oshuulu popepi
readPolytechnic ota kala Polytechnic
25-08-2010
O POLYTECHNIC ya Namibia itayi lukululwa yi ninge Ounivesiti yUutekonolondji. Okabinete oka tokola oshiwike sha zi ko kutya oshiputudhilo dhika enongelo ndika nali ethe okulongitha edhina
readEpenda lya Namibia mekondjitho lyo HIV-AIDS
25-08-2010
O MULUMENTU OmuNamibia, Augustinus Matyayi, okwa pewa epole nuumvo kEpangelo lya Amerika omolu iilonga yuupendafule e yi longo mekondjitho lyomukithi omudhipagi gwo HIV-AIDS.Oshiketha
readUunona wa valelwa mekondjelomanguluko 60 wa tidhwa ko ko Berg Aukas
25-08-2010
U UNONA wa valelwa mEkondjelomanguluko wu li omilongo hamano (60) womuunona 321 wa valelwa mekondjelomanguluko tau adhika koBerg Aukas popepi nOshaanda moshitopolwa sha Otjozondjupa, wa tidhwa ko
readNew buyer in frame for Liverpool
25-08-2010
RENOWNED deal-broker Keith Harris claims an overseas buyer is considering making an offer of between £400million and £500million for Liverpool. The former Football League chairman, who has had a hand
readHanekom, Lohman take golfing honours
25-08-2010
THE first-ever Absa Club Championship golf tournament, held at the Windhoek Golf Club over the weekend was won by Francois Hanekom and Angie Lohman. The two-day event - first played in 1933 - is
readSnyman wins gold in Zimbabwe
25-08-2010
NAMIBIA finished the African States Bowls tournament on a high note over the weekend when Graham Snyman won the gold medal in the men’s singles category, while Diana Viljoen won the silver medal in
readWorld sports in brief
25-08-2010
Nadal installed as top seed for US Open NEW YORK – World number one Rafael Nadal was installed as the top men’s seed for the US Open on Monday as the Spaniard bids to complete a career grand slam.
readCity thrash Liverpool
25-08-2010
MANCHESTER – Manchester City recorded its biggest victory over Liverpool in 73 years on Monday, winning 3-0 in the Premier League as the owner who funded the team’s massive spending spree watched his
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