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53 Articles found on Thursday, 15 July 2010
Workshops spread word on gender violence
15-07-2010
WOMEN and other victims of gender-based violence have become more aware of their rights and know where to report such crimes.This is one of the findings of a series of workshops on gender-based
readPoor discipline threatens Northern Stream First Division
15-07-2010
POOR discipline and unsporting behaviour are threatening to derail the Northern Stream First Division football league from meeting its date of completion.Three matches in the past two weeks have had
readTorres diagnosed with groin injury
15-07-2010
MADRID – Liverpool striker Fernando Torres may miss the start of the season after the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced yesterday that he has a groin injury.The RFEF said in a statement
readDutch team gets parade
15-07-2010
AMSTERDAM – Determined not to let defeat spoil a good party, some 700 000 fans turned out to welcome the Dutch soccer team home from the World Cup in a parade through Amsterdam’s canals on
readSpain reach summit of FIFA world rankings
15-07-2010
PARIS – World Cup winners Spain replaced Brazil at the top of the most recent Fifa World Ranking released on Wednesday.Vicente Del Bosque’s side climbed one place to the top of the ranking after
readWindhoek gears for Heroes Cup
15-07-2010
THE second edition of the SCORE Cup of Heroes was launched yesterday under the theme ‘Celebrating diversity – a single bracelet doesn’t jingle’.Sports Coaches’ OutReach (SCORE) is a non-profit,
readDevelopment cycling in Okahandja
15-07-2010
THE Okahandja Cycling Club will host its third development race on Saturday at the Okahandja Golf Club.The race is part of a series of five development races that the Okahandja Cycling Club has been
readHenry signs for New York Red Bulls
15-07-2010
NEW YORK – French football star Thierry Henry has signed for New York Red Bulls on a long-term deal, the US club announced yesterday.The 32-year-old striker is expected to make his debut for the Red
readSchleck defiant as battle begins
15-07-2010
SAINT JEAN DE MAURIENNE, France – Andy Schleck promised a duel of epic proportions with Alberto Contador in the Pyreneean stages of this year’s Tour de France after defiantly taking the race lead
readThe best and worst from the 2010 Fifa World Cup
15-07-2010
THE first World Cup on African soil has passed but its legacy will resonate for years to come.Six years of preparation and anticipation culminated in a whirlwind month of colour, noise and festivity;
readSMSes for Thursday 15 July 2010
15-07-2010
SMS Of The Day CAN you believe this? One of my patients disappeared from the ward without being discharged the day before the World Cup began. He only returned to the ward yesterday to
readSchool raffle postponed
15-07-2010
THE Karundu Primary School at Otjiwarongo has postponed the drawing of the winner of their car raffle.The winners can win a Toyota Yaris, a computer and printer, microwave oven, washing machine or
readRDP slams street- naming ‘manipulation’
15-07-2010
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has blasted what it terms certain people manipulating the Windhoek City Council in renaming streets.The party called for the City’s Streets and Place
readIilonga yoshigwana olunzo lwiilonga
15-07-2010
OKABINETE oka ti opo okwaa na iilonga hoka kwa geya nayi moshilongo ku hulithwepo, iilonga yopashigwana oyi na oku talika ongo ompito yimwe okweeta po oompito dhiilonga.Iilonga ngaashi omatungo
readUumbanda kombinga yolwiidhi lwiimuna
15-07-2010
OSHIKONDO shuundjolowele wiimuna muuministeli wUunamapya osha londodha kutya otashi vulika olwiidhi lwiimuna lu indjipale pethimbo lyomuloka twa taalela.Elondodho ndika olya ningwa konima sho
readOotekisa nadhi kale monkalo ombwanawa
15-07-2010
Aahingi yamwe yootekisa moshilongo oya ninga eindilo kooyene yootekisa ndhoka haya hingi, ya kale haya tula ootekisa dhawo monkalo yi li nawa, ano yi li kopate, na haku ethela onkalo yootekisa momake
readOmulumentu a dhipagwa molwiimaliwa
15-07-2010
OLUGODHI kombinga yondjambi inaa yi futwa olwa fala meso lyomugameni gwomaliko moWindhoek etiyali.Otaku hokololwa kutya nakusa okwa li omuniilonga gwokugamena omaliko mehangano lyedhina Superior
readOpolisi ya Musati ya kwata aafekelwa 10 mOkalongo
15-07-2010
OPOLISI ya Musati mewiliko lya Komanda yayo Komufala gwOpevi gwOpolisi Simion Shindinge, oya kwata po aalumentu ye li 10 shi na sha neyakopo lyiitungitho yOshipangelo sha Kalongo, shoka sha li nale
readNamibia, Botswana take hands on traffic
15-07-2010
TRUCK traffic on the Trans-Kalahari Highway has increased by close to 830 per cent over the past four years.This has necessitated urgent interventions by traffic authorities in Namibia and
readKavango cops to investigate kidnapping rumours
15-07-2010
THE Kavango Regional Police Commander, Commissioner Olavi Auanga, yesterday launched an investigation into the alleged kidnapping of three villagers from this region.Auanga yesterday afternoon said it
readTerreblanche suspect granted bail
15-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A prosecution official says a suspect in the killing of a white supremacist in South Africa has been granted bail.Chris Mahlangu was released on N$500 bail Wednesday by a magistrate.
readSA court delays sentencing Selebi
15-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A South African court on Wednesday postponed the sentencing of former Interpol president Jackie Selebi to August 2, to allow time to call for more witnesses.Johannesburg High Court
readAfrican troops parade through Paris
15-07-2010
PARIS – Troops from 13 African nations marched in Paris on Wednesday, marking half a century of independence from colonial rule as part of a French parade that has drawn criticism from human rights
readCourageous Njawe dies in US car crash
15-07-2010
Cameroonian and African media giant Pius Njawe, renowned for his fearless journalism, was killed in a car accident in the US on Monday, July 12. Njawe (53) became West Africa’s youngest editor and
readMissing Rwandan opposition figure found dead
15-07-2010
KIGALI – The body of a senior Rwandan opposition politician has been found near his abandoned car, his political party and police said on Wednesday.The Democratic Green Party’s vice president, Andre
readUN’s internal watchdog faces leadership vacuum
15-07-2010
UNITED NATIONS – The leader of the agency that is supposed to root out corruption in the United Nations stepped down on Wednesday with no successor in sight, adding to fears that the UN is becoming
readSuicide bomber involved in Uganda blasts: official
15-07-2010
KAMPALA – A suicide bomber carried out at least one of the two bomb attacks that killed 76 people as they watched the World Cup final in Kampala, and several arrests have been made, a minister said
readHausiku calls for land reform patience
15-07-2010
THE land reform process in Namibia was not a short-term issue and would take another ten years or more, but the concerns of the landless should be addressed “timeously” so that a situation similar to
readFlute lessons in an informal settlement
15-07-2010
IN the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Okahandja Park informal settlement about ten young men and women gather twice a week to learn how to play the flute.Annegret Trubenbach-Klie recently moved to
readEsau ‘impressed’ with first day’s seal cull
15-07-2010
THE Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Bernhard Esau, for the first time experienced a day in Namibia’s annual seal cull at Cape Cross Seal Reserve on Tuesday, which started two weeks later
readBiodiversity talk tonight
15-07-2010
DIANA Thompson will present an illustrated talk tonight on the Biodiversity Action Day held at the beginning of May at Brandberg.The year 2010 is the international year of biodiversity (the genes,
readThatching grass season open
15-07-2010
PEOPLE in the Uukwambi tribal area can now start harvesting thatching grass, as their traditional authority has given the green light.The chairperson of the Uukwambi Traditional Authority, Chief
readWetland bird count
15-07-2010
THE Namibia Bird Club will do a wetland bird count in and around Windhoek tomorrow and SaturdayThe bird count will be conducted at the farm Monte Christo, the Avis Dam, Friedenau Dam, Hoffnung Dam and
readLet’s conserve the soil
15-07-2010
SOIL is a major support system of human life and welfare, says soil scientist Marina Coetzee from the Polytechnic of Namibia.In a recent talk on ‘Soil Conservation and Food Production’ as part of
readUndoing the damage of mining and prospecting
15-07-2010
AS more trucks drive through the Namib in search of uranium deposits and more mines are opened to extract it from the ground, young scientists at the Gobabeb Training and Research Centre (GRTC) are
readJail-rapper Lil Wayne to release EP in Sept
15-07-2010
NEW YORK – Lil Wayne fans awaiting new music while he’s in jail can rest easy.On September 27, the rapper’s 28th birthday, his manager will release an EP called ‘I’m Not a Human Being’. Cortez Bryant
readCruz, Bardem marry in the Bahamas
15-07-2010
NEW YORK – It’s a match made in Oscar heaven: Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have gotten married.Cruz’s representative Amanda Silverman confirms the couple were married at the beginning of July at a
readSean Paul to headline BBA All Star launch!
15-07-2010
All eyes will be certainly be trained on the Big Brother Africa house this Sunday as M-Net launches the ‘All Star’ season of the show with a performance by none other than Jamaican dancehall superstar
readElephants take over a cemetery
15-07-2010
THE town of Nkurenkuru, some 140 kilometres west of Rundu in the Kavango Region, came to a standstill on Monday morning as a herd of 13 elephants raided the town’s cemetery and caused some
readExpensive food on its way, warns SA
15-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Poor weather and higher input costs have lifted food prices in South Africa by up to 205 per cent – in the case of tomatoes – with further increases expected later this year, farmers’
readBig spenders flash Visa at World Cup
15-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Payment card group Visa said yesterday spending by its foreign clients visiting South Africa in the lead-up and during the Fifa World Cup totalled R2,4 billion.The figure excludes
readCup close opens new woes for SA’s state firms
15-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s state-owned firms are under fire from a disgruntled public for making unionised workers and the newly rich richer and leaving management in shambles while doing little to
readFACTBOX: Troubles at SA’s SOEs
15-07-2010
ESKOM • The utility that supplies 95 per cent of South Africa’s electricity has been struggling to raise the R461 billion it needs to build new power plants to meet fast rising demand. • The
readUnions call for higher standards
15-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa can never be the same again and must maintain the standards achieved during the World Cup, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said yesterday.“The bar has been set
readTelkom CFO to leave, shares tumble
15-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Telkom said its chief financial officer would resign in October, increasing concern about the troubled fixed-line operator’s future and sending its shares tumbling more
readEskom, unions finalise wage deal
15-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Eskom trade unions have signed a wage deal after “marathon meetings”, the National Union of Mineworkers (Num) said yesterday.“The National Union of Mineworkers (Num), together with two
readInflation continues downhill roll
15-07-2010
ANNUAL inflation in June dropped to its lowest level in more than four years, falling for the fifth month in a row and settling at 4,3 per cent.This places Namibia amongst the five countries with the
readNotable Quotes
15-07-2010
No one should doubt our resolve to sell our diamonds. We have to remain rooted in the reality we are the sole guarantors of our economic emancipation. – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says that
readBid for acquittal in Omaheke murder trial
15-07-2010
THE second man on trial over the murder and robbery of 4x4 trail mapmaker Jan Joubert in a remote part of the Omaheke Region four years ago wants to be found not guilty straight after the close of the
read10 arrested for stolen building materials
15-07-2010
POLICE in the Omusati Region have arrested ten people in connection with the theft of a large quantity of building materials meant for the building of the new Okalongo Health Centre at
readFuel smuggling uncovered at Oshikango
15-07-2010
POLICE at Oshikango are investigating a number of cases of fuel smuggling from Angola.Chief Inspector Ruben Hangombe revealed this to the Minister of Safety and Security, Nangolo Mbumba, during the
readCompany boss charged over ex-guard’s death
15-07-2010
THE security company owner arrested after a former employee was shot dead at his business premises in Windhoek on Tuesday is facing a seven-week stay in Police custody following his first court
readCatering cartel in the soup
15-07-2010
THE South African outfit, Independent Site Management Services (ISS), which clinched a multimillion-dollar school hostel catering contract with the help of the Swapo Party Women’s Council (SPWC), has
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