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50 Articles found on Monday, 20 December 2010
Metrics that Truly Measure You
20-12-2010
In measuring your worth, it might be time to invent a new, innovative metric that gets to the heart of the real value you add to your organisation, says Harvard Business Review.Many people find it
readTower on track for Namibia drilling
20-12-2010
Tower Resources says it is on target to drill its first well off the coast of Namibia in the next 16 months.The company said that the next favourable window for drilling would be between October 2011
readPolluted water could hit SA food exports
20-12-2010
South African exporters of fruit and vegetables are in danger of having their products banned by the European Union because they have been contaminated by polluted irrigation water. These are the
readSA labour bill tightens screws
20-12-2010
A raft of new labour law amendments published on Friday include provisions to punish employers who contravene employment equity rules with fines of between two and ten per cent of their annual
readPhilippines in uproar over error-filled peso bills
20-12-2010
MANILA – Geographically-challenged Philippine maps and a rare parrot with the wrong-coloured beak have perturbed the country after the central bank rolled out error-filled new editions of its peso
readStandard signs Kenya power deal
20-12-2010
NAIROBI - Kenya Power and Lighting (KPLC) signed a deal on Friday with Standard Bank Group to develop clean energy projects for sale under the United Nation’s clean energy initiative.Under the UN’s
readHome safe – while you’re away
20-12-2010
When you leave on your end-of-year holiday, you can take some precautions to avoid a nasty surprise on your return. Shehnaz Somers, the head of personal lines underwriting at Santam, offers the
readYoung Spaniards adrift with 40 pct jobless rate
20-12-2010
MADRID – Young Spaniards are adrift in an unemployment market that leaves a staggering 40 per cent of under 25-year-olds searching in vain for a job.Even well qualified young graduates find they are
readSend teddy on a Santa adventure
20-12-2010
ROVANIEMI – A Finnish company is offering teddy-bear owners a chance to send the stuffed animals on their own customer-designed adventures to the Arctic Circle to meet Santa Claus.For between N$802
readObama to sign an end to military gay ban
20-12-2010
WASHINGTON – The United States stood yesterday on the cusp of letting gays serve openly in its military for the first time, as the US Congress sent President Barack Obama a bill to bring about the
readBlushes at Dhaka airport
20-12-2010
DHAKA – Bangladeshi authorities have launched an investigation after a pornographic film was aired on a large display screen at the country’s main airport, a magistrate said yesterday.Hundreds of
readStabbed US tourist’s body found near Jerusalem
20-12-2010
JERUSALEM – The body of a female American tourist, bound and with multiple stab wounds, was found yesterday near a road outside Jerusalem, police said.Her friend, a naturalised Israeli originally from
readUN offered Mugabe retirement: WikiLeaks
20-12-2010
LONDON – The United Nations offered Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe a retirement package and safe haven overseas if he agreed to stand down, according to a US diplomatic cable revealed by WikiLeaks
readWomen’s under-20 football retains bronze
20-12-2010
MATSAPHA - The national under-20 women’s football team retained its bronze medal at the 2010 Zone Six Youth Games in Swaziland.The Namibian team defeated Botswana in the third-place playoff match by
readEngelbrecht wins second gold at Youth Games
20-12-2010
MATSAPHA - Namibian discus gold medallist Charlene Engelbrecht won another gold medal in the shot-put final of the 2010 Supreme Council For Sport in Africa (SCSA) Zone Six Youth Games underway in
readRecord-breaking Lochte targets three more gold
20-12-2010
DUBAI - Ryan Lochte is on the hunt for another three gold medals in a packed final-day evening schedule at the Short Course World Championships here on Sunday.The US star, who already claimed two new
readJetty Mile starts today
20-12-2010
THE Pupkewitz Jetty Mile, sponsored by the Pupkewitz Foundation and hosted by Otb Sport, will take place in Swakopmund today.Swimmers can choose between a one-mile open-water sea swim or a 600m
readPonting says Australia have all the momentum
20-12-2010
PERTH - Australian captain Ricky Ponting says Mitchell Johnson’s stunning four-wicket burst on the second day of the third Test has given his side all the momentum heading into the final two Tests.An
readFootball Results
20-12-2010
Saturday, December 18 English Premier League Blackburn 1 - 1 West Ham Sunderland 1 - 0 Bolton French Ligue 1 PSG
readTP Mazembe coach lauds deserving Inter
20-12-2010
ABU DHABI - TP Mazembe coach Lamine N’Diaye on Saturday lauded Inter Milan after the European champions coasted past his DR Congolese African champions to win the Club World Cup.Inter won 3-0 to land
readTitle race on ice as snow blankets Premier League
20-12-2010
HEAVY snow and freezing temperatures wreaked havoc with the Premier League on Saturday, all but wiping out the fixture list and putting the title race on ice. Arsenal were denied the chance to regain
readMariah is with twins
20-12-2010
Grammy Award winning singer Mariah Carey is expecting twins, her husband Nick Cannon told a US radio show at the end of last week.Cannon said on the 92.3 Now radio show that Carey first told President
readPrince Harry honoured for humanitarian work
20-12-2010
Britain’s Prince Harry has been honoured at a live German television gala for his charity and humanitarian work.The German president’s wife, Bettina Wulff, presented Harry with the Golden Heart
readOmakuyunguto mu Ivory Coast ga fadhukitha po aantu
20-12-2010
BOSSOU, Guinea – Aantu ye li 4,000 lwaampoka mu Ivory Coast, oya thigi po oshilongo okuya kiilonga yopuushiinda ngashi Liberia and Guinea, taya fadhuka po omakuyunguto ngoka ge li
readOmudhimba gwi itsuwa momulonga
20-12-2010
OMUDHIMBA gwokamatyona koomvula 14 hoka ka li ka si omeya mefuta po Henties Bay, ogwa li gwi itsuwa pehekevimunkulofuta – oshinano shookilometa oontshona kuumbangalantu.Inspekata Omukuluntu Chris
readOpolisi ya Ndangwa ya pewa omagano
20-12-2010
OPOLISI ya Ndangwa mOshitopolwa sha Shana oya pandula unene aanangeshefa yomOndangwa sho ya gandja omagano gUunamunate, iipundi, Oolamba noshowo Uumbisikiti nOkila yokutalaleka iikulya niikunuwa.
readLironga Eparu a thigwa pomutenya
20-12-2010
AANTU ye na ombuto yo HIV-AIDS ye li 45 000 lwaampoka, otaya ka mona iihuna kombuto ndjika, molwashoka Epangelo olya hulitha po okugndja omakwathelo kehangano ndyoka lya kala nokukwathela aantu mboka
readPaufupi
20-12-2010
KATMANDU – Aantu ayehe ye li 22 ya li mondhila ya kana oya si sho ondhila ndjika ya gumo mu Nepal. Otaku popiwa kutya ondhila ndjika oya gu mo sho ewawa lyawo lyi idhenge mondungu yopndundu.HERAT -
readOondjambi dhaaniilonga ya NCA dha gwedhelwa
20-12-2010
MONKAMBADHALA okukandulapo ekanka ndyoka ya li ya hala okuninga, Okampani ya Namibia Airprts Company (NAC) oya gwanitha po eindilo yaaniilonga yawo kutya oondjambi dhawo nadhi gwedhelwe noshimaliwa
readHinanifa a kwatwwa oshiwe nepangwe
20-12-2010
EPANGWE lyookilogalama lwaampoka olya kwatwa nomulumentu gumwe, ngoka a li nale pewa egeelo sho a li a kwatwa nepangwe omathimbo ga zi ko.Omuluntu nguka Edward Hinanifa (gwoomvula 45), oku na nee
readSMSes for Monday 20 December 2010
20-12-2010
SMS Of The Day n READERS’ letters: K T Shitumbapo and A Shejavali are right. As long as we can read and discuss these matters; not everything is lost. Keep going; please! Food for Thought * I
readQuarrel over tea triggers murder, suicide
20-12-2010
A FARMWORKER committed suicide after murdering his lover at the farm Manhattan in the Mariental district on Saturday. Police Commissioner Kobus Meyer said Harold //Garoëb (24) took poison and died
readStinkwater farm not communal land
20-12-2010
THE controversy around the ownership of Stinkwater farm outside Dordabis, which the community living there claim to be communal land, was clarified when the Cloete family last week presented legal
readSoftware is key to new radiology equipment of Medical Imaging
20-12-2010
THE new state-of-the-art radiology practice of Medical Imaging at the Roman Catholic Hospital in Windhoek not only takes pride in having the most advanced technology but it also uses special software,
readShootout suspects deny deadly robbery
20-12-2010
THE five men accused of an armed robbery that ended in a deadly shootout with the Police in April last year all pleaded not guilty to a robbery charge in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court last
readRare earths could boost mining sector
20-12-2010
THE global demand for rare mineral elements required for new technologies like hybrid vehicles, wind turbines and electronic devices like Apple’s iPhone and flat-screen television sets could boost
readQuiet weekend at the coast
20-12-2010
NO serious accidents happened at the coast over the weekend and the criminals also appear to be on holiday.According to paramedic services patrolling the coastal routes, no serious accidents were
readOne dead, two injured in crash
20-12-2010
A 24-year-old South African citizen died on Thursday after the vehicle in which he was traveling overturned on the B1 road between Keetmanshoop and Karasburg.Police Commissioner Josephat Abel
readNam boasts advanced radiology technology
20-12-2010
NAMIBIA now has one of the most advanced radiology practices in southern Africa after the new premises of Medical Imaging opened their doors at the end of November in the new wing of Roman Catholic
readNAC, Napwu sign wage deal
20-12-2010
NAMIBIA Airports Company (NAC) employees on Friday got the eight per cent salary increase they had demanded.The Namibian Public Workers’ Union (Napwu) and the company signed the agreement after three
readIzak Dreyer murder suspects still at large
20-12-2010
BY yesterday, the suspects sought in connection with the death of an elderly Uhlenhorst farmer, Izak Dreyer (85), were still at large.According to Hardap Police Commissioner Kobus Meyer, the
readClampdown on crime in Khomas Region
20-12-2010
THE Namibian Police, assisted by the Special Reserve Force, have started with their anti-crime campaign in Windhoek. Their main tools are mobile roadblocks and foot patrols. At the roadblocks drivers
readNamibia’s Olympic football dream over
20-12-2010
THE national under-23 side’s Olympic dream is over, which has left their coach Ricardo Mannetti to rue the countless squandered opportunities against Botswana on Saturday.Trailing 1-0 from the first
readUN won’t quit Ivory Coast
20-12-2010
ABIDJAN – The United Nations peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast rejected isolated leader Laurent Gbagbo’s demand that it pack its bags yesterday, at the risk of provoking a showdown with his hardline
readEconomy grows, inflation slows, imports flow
20-12-2010
INFLATION saw a considerable drop during the third quarter of 2010, according to the latest quarterly report of the Bank of Namibia (BoN).And despite continued jitteriness over the state of the global
readChild labour in Namibia at its worst
20-12-2010
CHILDREN as young as 12 are exploited in prostitution in Windhoek, coastal towns and along the main transport routes, a report released in Washington on Thursday reveals.The 2009 Findings on the Worst
readSmuts to join High Court bench
20-12-2010
ONE of Namibia’s best-known and most highly rated lawyers, Dave Smuts, will be starting a new phase in his career as a judge of the High Court in February.Smuts’s appointment as a permanent judge of
readCourt overturns car washer’s conviction
20-12-2010
THE law under which Windhoek street car washers have been arrested, charged and prosecuted for trying to earn a living does not make it a crime to wash a car on a street, the High Court ruled on
readAll that glitters
20-12-2010
The festive season is here and many people are already on holiday. The streets of Windhoek and many other towns in the country are once again turned into little wonder- lands of Christmas lights. We
readNotable Quotes
20-12-2010
Their versions are so confused and confusing that I find it extremely difficult to get a coherent story. – Judge Ronnie Bosielo commented regarding testimonies of the two girls involved in the Pio
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