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53 Articles found on Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Development bank heads north
04-08-2010
ONGWEDIVA – The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) will open a branch in Ongwediva within the next month, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Nuyoma has said. Nuyoma broke the news on
readAfrica Business Briefs
04-08-2010
Angola bourse dragging heels LUANDA – Angola’s much-delayed bourse start date has been pushed back again to 2011, the national regulator has said, in the latest set-back for investors looking to tap
readChasing the dots ... No Offence Is The Best Form Of … ? (1)
04-08-2010
MAJOR General Ndaitwah (MGN) in his article in The Namibian, July 16, in defence of Defence is much appreciated. MGN is to be praised for opening up a portal for discussion. So I shall discuss.In
readOkakarara trade fair grows big
04-08-2010
THE days of one big trade fair a year in the country, like the Windhoek Show, are over and as the Ongwediva trade fair appears to slowly overtake the event in the capital city, some regions like
readSouth African experts warn about ‘rand tax’
04-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The implementation of a tax on short-term speculative flows should be carefully considered, Absa Capital said in its emerging markets research report on Tuesday.Their comments follow
readBlackBerry crackdown will affect visitors too
04-08-2010
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Arab Emirates’ looming crackdown on BlackBerry services will extend to foreign visitors, putting the government’s concerns over the smart phones in direct
readTokyo’s oldest listed person, age 113, is missing
04-08-2010
TOKYO – A 113-year-old woman listed as Tokyo’s oldest person is missing, officials said yesterday, days after the city’s oldest listed man was found dead and mummified.Fusa Furuya, born in July 1897,
readKenyan leaders appeal for peace ahead of vote
04-08-2010
NAIROBI – Leaders in Kenya called on the country yesterday to carry out a peaceful referendum, as police said they were better placed to deal with any post-vote violence than during the 2007-08
readPorn site airs at Indonesia’s parliament
04-08-2010
JAKARTA – Indonesian lawmakers and journalists got a shock when an online porn video blazed across dozens of computer monitors outside the press room at Parliament.Witnesses say it took security
readSA retirement home blaze toll climbs to 22
04-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Four more people have died after a fire ripped through a South African retirement home, bringing the toll to 22, officials said yesterday, as investigators examined debris to find the
readSelebi jailed for 15 years for graft
04-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A judge yesterday jailed South Africa’s former police chief and the ex-president of Interpol, Jackie Selebi, for 15 years for accepting bribes from organised crime.Judge Meyer Joffe
readOshipotha shopenzela yaTCL omumvo ta guya
04-08-2010
OSHIPOTHA moka aaniilonga yehangano lyoomina lya Shomeya [TCL], taya pula ya futwe iimaliwa yawo yopenzela aniwa ya kuthilwe moshiketha shopenzela, otashi tsikile oku pulakenwa mOmpangu yopombanda
readAaNamibia ya longithwa ku America taya ithanwa
04-08-2010
AALONGWA mboka ya longwa okupitila meyambidhidho lyIilongo ya Hangana yAmerica otaya hiwa opo ya ye koshigongi shawo metitano.Oshigongi shika shaamboka ya li yi ilongo moshilongo shoka mokupitila
readPohamba a hala omakwatathano giilonga geli nawa
04-08-2010
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa indile omahangano gopaumwene ga pungule moshilongo nokweetapo oompito dhiilonga noshowo oku gandja uunongo nontseyo noku tala woo kutya aaniilonga oya mona
readEdhina lyaPolytechnic ota li tokolwa kokabinete
04-08-2010
MINISTA yelongo okwa londodha enongelo lyopombanda lya Polytechnic ya Namibia opo kaa yi iluke ongo enongelo lyopombanda lya Namibia lyuudhindoli nuutechnologi. Abraham Iyambo okwa lombwele aailongi
readAaniimuna yokomikunda momauliko pokati kiitopolwa
04-08-2010
AANIIMUNA yokomahala gaayehe oya thaneka omauliko giimuna pokati kiitopolwa shOmaheke nOtjozondjupa mu Kotoba nuumvo.Omaulikilo ngaka oga uvathanwa konima yomimvo ndatu dhoonkundathana kombinga
readEpangelo lya yi moshipala omatalelopo
04-08-2010
OOMPANGO dhimwe moshikondo shuutalelipo otadhi tidha po aatalelipo. Ndika olyo edhiladhilo lyo muwiliki gwehangano lyomatalelopo lya Taleni Africa.Willie du Toit okwa ti oshipumbiwa kutya aahingi
readOndando yiihakautu ya londa
04-08-2010
OMPUMBWE yiihakautu mo South Africa oya eta oondando dhiihakautu dhi ye pombanda moNamibia konyala nooperesedna 25 oshiwike sha yi.Ondando yiihakautu oya tegelelwa ishewe yi londe nooperesedna 25
readOshitaasi shopolisi poGrunau
04-08-2010
EINDILO lyethimbo ele lyaakalimo yopo Grunau ota li ka gwanithwa mbala shopwa ningwa etokolo kutya okalando hoka ota ka pewa oshitaasi shopolisi.Ota ku tiwa shika otashi vulika shika ningwe meni
readUupapa wokomakutsi giimuna uupe
04-08-2010
AANIIMUNA moofaalama dhiipindi ota ya ka tula uupapa uupe kiimuna yawo okuza mu Kotoba nuumvo nuupapa mboka hawu longithwa ngashiingeyi otawu ka kuthwa mo melongitho.Uupapa woludhi olwo tuu ndoka
readSmokey vies for Pan-African title
04-08-2010
JOSEPH ‘Smokey’ Hilongwa and Doctor Ntsele will fight for the vacant WBA Pan African flyweight title on August 28, according to promoter Kinda Nangolo.The diminutive Namibian flyweight champion
readNational enduro series heating up
04-08-2010
THE fifth of seven motorcycle enduro racing events in the Bank Windhoek National Enduro Series will take place this Saturday. The Aranos Enduro will start at 07h00 at the hall of the Aranos Farmers’
readCraven second in Richmond GP Road Race
04-08-2010
NAMIBIAN cyclist Dan Craven finished second in the Richmond Grand Prix Road Race 16 seconds behind Rapha Condor Sharp team-mate Kristian House in North Yorkshire, England, on Sunday.The race had an
readLouw wins Tabor ETU Junior European Cup
04-08-2010
NAMIBIAN triathlete Abraham Louw won the Tabor ETU Junior European Cup in a time of 57:09 in the Czech Republic on Saturday.Louw was the first out of the water after he swam the 750 km in eight
readJunior Squash quality rises
04-08-2010
THE national junior squash championships took place on Saturday at the Wanderers Squash Courts in Pionierspark, with top honours contested in the u/12 to u/19 for boys and girls age groups. Over 40
readBaggio in for Italian renaissance
04-08-2010
ROME – Roberto Baggio, one of Italy’s finest players ever, is set to return to football, joining Italy’s football federation (FIGC) after the national team’s disastrous exit from the World Cup, the
readNetherlands, Spain fined for World Cup final misbehaviour
04-08-2010
ZURICH – The Netherlands and Spain have been fined by Fifa for their players’ poor discipline in a bad-tempered World Cup final.Fifa said Tuesday the Dutch federation must pay 15 000 Swiss francs
readTjitendero gets basketball hot seat
04-08-2010
KERI Tjitendero was elected as the new president of the Namibia Basketball Federation (NBF) during the recently held national basketball congress.Tjitendero, the son of the late Speaker of Parliament,
readSMSes for Wednesday 4 August 2010
04-08-2010
* I’M not surprised at the violent crime rate in Namibia when it seems to me that we knowingly or unknowingly take part in a culture of violence every day. Whether it is hooting aggressively at other
readLindsay Lohan released from jail after 13 days
04-08-2010
LOS ANGELES – Actress Lindsay Lohan was released from jail early on Monday after serving 13 days of a 90-day sentence for violating her probation on a 2007 drunk-driving charge, media reported.Lohan
readWhich came first, the chicken or the egg?
04-08-2010
THE universally debated question about which came first, the chicken or the egg has found its way into reality television. Never mind the fact that for centuries the world’s wisest philosophers have
readPohamba urges traditional authorities to resolve their problems peacefully
04-08-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has urged traditional authorities to make positive contributions towards resolving problems concerning traditional matters in a peaceful and amicable manner.The President
readClose to 1 million pleged for Ongwediva Trade Fair
04-08-2010
This year’s Ongwediva Trade Fair will be held from August 27 to September 4, it was announced at a fundraising dinner at Ongwediva on Saturday evening. This year is the tenth anniversary of the annual
readEtosha rhino shot outside park
04-08-2010
A RHINO that escaped from the Etosha National Park and was seen at Onanke village in the Oshikoto Region has been shot and killed by Nature Conservation officials.Oshana Police Commissioner
readPosition of opposition on coalition unclear
04-08-2010
OPPOSITION parties held a new round of talks behind closed doors in Windhoek last week about forming a coalition for the upcoming regional and municipal elections, but those who attended remain
readNigerian stowaways tell their story
04-08-2010
“THERE is no hope in Nigeria. Anywhere else would be better than Nigeria.”This was the common answer of five Nigerian nationals who took on a perilous voyage of 3 500 km from the port of Lagos
readNapwu stands by its general secretary
04-08-2010
THE Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) on Friday came out in defence of its general secretary, Peter Nevonga.The Napwu leadership said it stood by Nevonga despite reports that he was accused of
readAnxiety grip Kenya’s Rift Valley farms over vote
04-08-2010
BURNT FOREST, Kenya – Naomi Kamau, her three children and another woman faced a group of screaming armed men wielding machetes within minutes of President Mwai Kibaki being declared winner of a
readWhy is land in Kenya a perennial flash point?
04-08-2010
NAKURU, Kenya – Every five years since 1992, political violence has struck parts of Kenya’s Rift Valley at election time as deep-rooted grievances over land boil over.Here are some questions and
readPassion drives communal farmers to farm with Hoodia
04-08-2010
AMID an uncertain market future for Hoodia gordonii, passion and hopes of a market recovery drive communal farmers at Satco farm in the South to continue cultivating the indigenous plant. It is
readThree-year-old boy drowns in hippo attack
04-08-2010
A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy drowned in the Okavango River while a 17-year-old girl narrowly escaped death after a hippopotamus attacked their canoe on Friday at Mupini village.The village is 20 km west of
readGrootfontein murder accused in court
04-08-2010
JOSEPH Zacharias Nugab(28), the man accused of murdering Theresia Garises (30) at Grootfontein, appeared in court yesterday. Nugab allegedly stabbing Garises 12 times in the early hours of Saturday
readCouncillor investigated by traditional court
04-08-2010
THE Swapo regional councillor for Olukonda constituency in the Oshikoto Region, Phillemon Ndjambula, could find himself on the wrong side of the traditional courts after he was accused of allegedly
readUsakos N$ 125 000 cheque theft probe falls flat
04-08-2010
CLOSE to three weeks after a N$125 000 cheque belonging to the Municipality of Usakos was stolen, an internal investigation into the matter seems to have fallen flat.The stolen cheque was cashed in
readCash stolen in Keetmans Agra burglary
04-08-2010
THIEVES have stolen a large sum of money after breaking into the Agra Co-operative Keetmanshoop branch. Police Deputy Commissioner Sidney Philander said the burglary happened between Saturday and
readWanderers, Falcons surge ahead
04-08-2010
WANDERERS and Reho Falcon continued to set the pace at the top of the MTC Premier League with crushing victories over the weekend.Wanderers thrashed Kudus 78-25 at their home ground in Pionierspark,
readCommunal farmers should see farming as business
04-08-2010
THE days when farming in communal areas was regarded as an activity on subsistence level are over and communal farmers must see it as a business with surplus crops to be sold, Agriculture Minister
readDeadly flooding spreads to Pakistan’s heartland
04-08-2010
KOT ADDU – Floodwaters that devastated Pakistan’s mountainous northwest surged into the heartland yesterday, submerging dozens of villages along bloated rivers whose torrents have killed at least 1
readShaduka gets his judgement date
04-08-2010
AFTER a trial of 12 days on a charge in which he is accused of having murdered his wife, businessman Lazarus Shaduka can expect to hear the verdict on his case in the High Court in Windhoek on August
readACC probes Tjingaete
04-08-2010
FORMER Auditor General Fanuel Tjingaete is at the centre of an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigation following allegations that he received kickbacks.ACC director Paulus Noa yesterday
readRapists prey on the young
04-08-2010
NEARLY one out of every seven victims whose rape was reported by the Namibian Police in its daily crime bulletins last year was ten years or younger.The youngest was a three-year-old girl from Outapi.
readCelebrating diversity
04-08-2010
The International University of Management has been hosting an annual cultural festival since 1997. This year’s cultural week kicked off in Windhoek yesterday with different cultural groups performing
readNotable Quotes
04-08-2010
Roll out the red carpet for every tourist. – Managing Director of Taleni Africa Tourism Holdings, Willie Du Toit, said that some rules on how the tourism sector should be run are chasing away
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