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62 Articles found on Friday, 6 August 2010
Schools in rugby quarters battle
06-08-2010
THE quarter-finals of the 2010 Metropolitan Rugby Boards Trophy start in Windhoek today.The 19th edition of the prestigious annual schools’ rugby league will feature over 700 players playing in 30
readShikongo goes to Youth Olympics
06-08-2010
THE Namibia Football Association’s top referee, Rainhold Shikongo, will be officiating at the Youth Olympics Fifa Football tournament in Singapore when the competition starts on August 12.Shikongo,
readMartin Haikali to defend African lightweight title
06-08-2010
MARTIN Haikali will defend his WBO African lightweight title against Sydney Maluleka from South Africa in an International Boxing Bonanza at the Kuisebmond Hall in Walvis Bay tomorrow.This will be
readChina in Liverpool bid
06-08-2010
LONDON – China is funding a bid to buy Liverpool Football Club, as Beijing seeks to extend its rapidly growing global influence into the world of British sport, a report said yesterday.As speculation
readInjured Powell pulls out of Stockholm 100m showdown
06-08-2010
NEW YORK – Jamaica’s Asafa Powell has pulled out of today’s 100 metres showdown with triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt and American Tyson Gay in Stockholm because of injuries, his management company
readAll Blacks to keep up pace in Tri-Nations
06-08-2010
WELLINGTON – The All Blacks are aiming to sustain a trend-setting start to the international rugby season when they face Australia in Christchurch tomorrow, a win away from clinching the Tri-Nations
readNPL anticipates new ‘partners’
06-08-2010
NAMIBIA’S premier football division is poised to welcome its new ‘partners’ into the domestic game, its chief executive officer, Mathew Haikali, said yesterday. Following last month’s revelations by
readSMSes for Friday 6 August 2010
06-08-2010
readGovernment buys resettlement farm for N$10m
06-08-2010
THE Lands and Resettlement Ministry has acquired a 50 098-hectare farm in the Hardap Region following protracted negotiations with a Swedish-based landlord.The farm Neue //Haribes with its
readPre-election violence threatens Rwanda’s economic gains
06-08-2010
KIGALI - Just before noon on Saturday June 19, a black BMW carrying Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa and his wife Rosette turned into the driveway of their home in Melrose, a smart suburb in a wealthy
readAanafaalama yokomahala gaayehe ngeshefeni
06-08-2010
UUNAMAPYAnuuniimuna momahala gaayehe nawu talikeko ongo ongeshefa ndele haku wu longa ashike opo oonakulonga yiimonene iipalutha ngaashi ookuku ya kala haya longo.Minista Yuunamapya nuuniimuna, John
readNapwu ota yambidhidha amushanga gwe
06-08-2010
EHANGANO lyaniilonga yepangelo[Napwu] ota li popile amushanga gwalyo, Peter Nevonga.Ewiliko lya Napwu olya ti ota li yambidhidha Nevonga nonando nguka otaku kundanekwa aniwa a longitha oonkondo dhe
readUufuthi wotjeke pUsakos natango tawu landulwa
06-08-2010
KONYALA iiwike itatu ya piti konima sho otjeke yoodola 125 000 ya muni gUsakos ya li ya yakwapo, ekonakono lyomeni lyewiliko lyoshilando shoka olya manithwa.Otjeke ndjoka ya yakwa oya shendjwa
readAanangeshefa mOkalongo ya indile epangelo
06-08-2010
OMUNASHIPUNDI gwOshitayi shEhangano lyAanangeshefa mOkalongo mOmusati, Mukwaita Shanyengana, okwa indile epangelo li endelelithe ehumokomeho lyOmweelo gwa Kasamane oshoka ogwa simana mekwatathano
readEgumbo lya Aina mOndangwa lya pipo
06-08-2010
OMUKIINTU gwoomvula 25, Aina Modestus gwomolukanda Shinimeshiivula mOndangwa okwa kanitha oshindji sho egumbo lye lya halakanithwa po komulilo Osoondaha ya zi ko. Osheeti shomulilo , otaku tiwa
readOkommissi yomathaneko kokule na Nepru
06-08-2010
OKOMMISSI Yomathaneko yopashigwana oyi ikaleke kokule nomipopyo kutya ehangano limwe ha yi longo nalyo oha li gandja oombumbo.Pahapu dhomuwiliki gwomapendulepo, Susan Lewis okommissi oyina
readOongundu dhompilameno ina dhi tsa kumwe
06-08-2010
OONGUNDU dhompilameno natango dha kundathana konima yomiyelo kombinga yokulongelakumwe momahogololo ngoka giitopolwa niilando taga ka kala ko meti 26 sigo 27 ga Novemba nuumvo.Mboka ya li poshigongi
readOshigongi shaaAanafaalama yaMangetti
06-08-2010
OMUNASHIPUNDI gwEhangano lyAanafaalama ya Mangetti omusamane, Ismael Shailemo, okwa tseyitha kutya mOlyomakaya oku na oshigongi oshinene shAanafaalama yomEhangano lyAanafaalama ya Mangetti, tashi ka
readWindhoek Is A Dull Social Space: The City Council Must Reverse This Trend
06-08-2010
IF it were up to me, I would have gone to Pyongyang in reclusive North Korea in order to pierce through what motivates our political class to shape what ought to be inspiring edifices around our
readDancing In The Dark
06-08-2010
OUR country can truly be said to be ‘dancing in the dark’, because the lack of statistics, or the flawed and incomplete nature of those that are available, puts us in a weak position when it comes to
readThe Draft Land Bill: What Will It Mean For Women?
06-08-2010
MUCH has been written about the proposed new Land Bill, but the debate has not yet looked at gender issues. The Legal Assistance Centre would like congratulate the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement
readDealing With The Symptoms Rather Than The Causes
06-08-2010
ON March 9 1990 an open-air ceremony was held on the steps of the then colonial Tintenpalast administration building where all 72 members of the Constituent Assembly, led by its chairman, Hage
readPolitical Perspective
06-08-2010
IN spite of our commitment to democratic principles, and an inalienable Bill of Human Rights, Namibia is becoming an increasingly violent society. Why should we therefore be surprised, or act
readOkahandja municipality questions CEO
06-08-2010
IN the most recent attempt to get her talking, Okahandja chief executive officer Regina Alugodhi will apparently be grilled by fellow council members on her return to office despite the fact that she
readNamdeb survives to learn from recession
06-08-2010
NAMDEB is rising from the ashes of its N$414 million loss in 2009 and is hoping to shine until at least 2050.So said its managing director (MD), Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi, in Windhoek yesterday.
readNamibian meat exports affected by dropping Euro
06-08-2010
EXPORT prices for Namibian beef have been adversely affected by the depreciation of the Euro, and beef prices in Europe have also declined on the back of lowered disposable income levels, according to
readFootball Needs Creative And Visionary Leadership
06-08-2010
THE football bosses and their administrators have lost total focus and direction when it comes to the effective running of football in the country, not to mention the failure to review and maintain
readOn ‘New World’ Journalism
06-08-2010
WITH great interest I read Robin Tyson’s editorial about the New World Journalist that is created through technology. With the new ages of technology comes an information overload. When you do not
readNo Death, So Give Them Life
06-08-2010
EVERY time a heinous crime, such as the murder of a defenceless person takes place, some Namibians call for the return of the death penalty.It is easy to understand why one advocates for the
readOn People And Predators
06-08-2010
IT is a complete shame that we’re hearing about lions and other predators being killed in various ways in Namibia. I’m personally surprised by the way the conservation and tourism industries react to
readIllegal Vendors Scare Tourists
06-08-2010
ON Wednesday 28 July 2010 late afternoon around 16h00 in Strand Street, Swakopmund, I witnessed Sergeant Pelican from Swakopmund Police station rescue tourists from illegal makalani vendors who are
readContribution To A Peaceful Alternative
06-08-2010
I AM sad and shocked to read about the latest murders in our society and wish relatives and friends all the strength they need to digest these acts of horror.To see demonstrating children, with
readWhere’s The Conscience Of Our Democracy?
06-08-2010
WHEN a poor person in Namibia commits a small crime s/he is without hesitation sent to jail. Thus far, we have seen with sadness that when a member of the elite commits the most unimaginable crime
readA Small, But Big Aspect Of BIG
06-08-2010
RECENT discussions on the proposed Basic Income Grant (BIG) have attracted a variety of sweeping statements: about creating dependency, about productive workers being exploited by the lazy, about
readKiller hippo shot dead
06-08-2010
THE hippopotamus that killed a three-year-old boy and injured a 17-year-old schoolgirl in the Okavango River last Friday, was shot dead by officials of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) on
readHeat wave bakes 18 states from Texas to New York
06-08-2010
NASHVILLE – A dangerous heat wave baked a large swath of the United States yesterday from Texas to New York with high humidity making temperatures feel well over 100. Football players moved practice
readDumped PM enters Oz election campaign
06-08-2010
CANBERRA – Kevin Rudd, the Australian prime minister dumped by his own party, said yesterday he will campaign for the woman who replaced him, in a rare show of unity for a government that appears
readZim plane alert was exercise: official
06-08-2010
HARARE/LONDON – An accident reported at Harare airport yesterday was actually an exercise and no aircraft were involved in any incident, a Zimbabwean aviation official said.Civil aviation authorities
readNew constitution coming for Kenya as ‘No’ team concedes
06-08-2010
NAIROBI – Kenyans overwhelmingly backed a new constitution to replace a British colonial-era draft that inflated the powers of the president, preliminary results announced yesterday showed. A leading
readNaomi Campbell admits receiving gift of diamonds
06-08-2010
THE HAGUE – Supermodel Naomi Campbell yesterday admitted receiving a gift of rough diamonds, in testimony sought by war crimes prosecutors trying to link ex-warlord Charles Taylor to the illegally
readRussian fires toll hits 50, animal home in danger
06-08-2010
MOSCOW – Wildfires were raging dangerously close to a shelter housing hundreds of dogs and retired circus animals, animal activists said yesterday, as the death toll from weeks of blazes across Russia
readNot Strapped for Comment!
06-08-2010
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen: * K aone … cover that body, it ’ s even making my cat cry! L o L … . * The
readTurning the pages
06-08-2010
Caught the titles of books being read by a couple of housemates.* Code is burying his head in ‘The Secret’, a best-selling 2006 self-help and spirituality book written by Rhonda Byrne and based on
readMr O and Young Kay to kick it this weekend in Biggie’s world
06-08-2010
WHILE the housemates cluck up a feathered storm back in the BBA All Stars house and the Barnmates – Hannington and Sammi – spend some quality time with the lovely ladies in their lives, Biggie has
readAir Nam flights to Ghana paying off
06-08-2010
THE expansion of Air Namibia’s services to Ghana is bearing fruit, the national airline’s acting manager of corporate communications and marketing, Hellena Kapiya-Nathinge, has said.Air Namibia
readEurozone data stronger than expected
06-08-2010
FRANKFURT – Third quarter euro zone economic data has been surprisingly strong so far but the European Central Bank still expects the bloc’s economic recovery to be moderate and uneven, President
readSaudis brace for BlackBerry ban
06-08-2010
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – Smartphone users in Saudi Arabia were bracing yesterday for a suspension of BlackBerry services but many other Saudis welcomed the ban, saying the devices are corrupting the
readANC: Long process for mulled tax
06-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Proposals by South Africa’s ruling ANC for the introduction of a tax on capital inflows to curb the rand’s strength will be subject to a long process of consultation, party
readRegulator settles trading case involving hoaxes, suicide
06-08-2010
NEW YORK – A US regulator has reached a US$6,5 million settlement of civil insider trading charges relating to hoax takeover news allegedly issued last year by a Kuwaiti financier who later committed
readAfter 107 years in Milwaukee, Harley could leave
06-08-2010
MILWAUKEE – It’s the roar that made Milwaukee famous – the distinctive throaty rumble of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. But that much-loved racket could be rumbling away to another state if the company
readZuma, Medvedev discuss Kudu and Eskom
06-08-2010
KUDU gas was on the agenda when South African President Jacob Zuma visited his Russian counterpart in the Kremlin this week. Moscow Times yesterday quoted South African Trade Minister Rob Davies
readNotable Quotes
06-08-2010
DON’T remember the way she died, remember the sweet spirit of this young, bright mind. – Pastor Areseb told mourners during the memorial service of Magdalena Stoffels held at her former school,
readKamwi urges two-year breastfeeding
06-08-2010
THE Minister of Health and Social Services says human breast milk is the safest, most natural, most readily available and most nutritious food a mother can give her newborn baby.Dr Richard Kamwi said
readRDP wants Caprivi treason trial to end
06-08-2010
THE Caprivi treason trial should be speedily brought to an end so that those found innocent, who have languished in prison for the past eleven years, could be released, an opposition party has
readTimeline of events in Rwanda since 1994 genocide
06-08-2010
April 6 1994 - Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundi President Cyprien Ntaryamira killed in a rocket attack on their plane. Habyarimana’s death triggers 100-day orgy of violence,
readKoës strangler Both remains free on bail
06-08-2010
KOËS killer Berendt Both, who has admitted that he murdered a woman by strangling her while attempting to rape her, will remain a free man until the scheduled delivery of the verdict in his trial in
readLate first division set for DC hearing
06-08-2010
THE belated conclusion of the troubled Northern Stream First Division (NSFD) 2009/10 season can only be realised after a disciplinary committee hearing next week.The league’s administrator Bennet
readYoung Warriors to play for honour
06-08-2010
NAMIBIA’s under-20 football coach will be satisfied with a win over champions Ghana in the return leg of their 2011 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Under-20 Youth Championship qualifier
readGood luck Marisa!
06-08-2010
Marisa Maloney (16), Miss Teen Namibia 2010, is leaving today to participate in the Miss Teen World contest in Texas, USA. In the contest 57 countries will be represented and the crowing event will
readHands joined to improve justice
06-08-2010
“THE perpetrators of crimes must swiftly be brought to justice.“Our women and children must not only be told that they are protected but must feel that they are protected. The innocent must know that
readNWR pockets still empty
06-08-2010
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) is still waiting on Government to throw it a lifeline to save it from drowning in financial ruin.Last month The Namibian reported that NWR had requested an urgent
readGIPF charges DCP borrower
06-08-2010
THE GOVERNMENT Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) board of trustees has laid criminal charges against at least one of the companies that benefited from the failed Development Capital Portfolio
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