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59 Articles found on Tuesday, 20 July 2010
New vehicle sales take off
20-07-2010
NEW vehicle sales in Namibia are moving out of first gear, with the 12-month cumulative figure for June increasing by 8,1 per cent year-on-year (y/y) after more than a year of negative growth.Simonis
readIncreased capping for Internet usage
20-07-2010
AFRICAONLINE, formerly MWeb Namibia, will double the amount of internet usage (capping) for the majority of users of its WiMax internet from August 1, the company said. The increase in usage comes at
readNam invests to be a key regional export route
20-07-2010
WINDHOEK – Namibia plans to invest more than US$1 billion over the next decade in transport routes linking southern Africa with its Walvis Bay port to give mineral producers in the region a viable
readAfrica Business Briefs
20-07-2010
Good tourism vibes post-World Cup JOHANNESBURG – A survey released by market research company African Response found that 96 per cent of World Cup visitors to South Africa said that they would
readHuge orders for Boeing, Airbus
20-07-2010
FARNBOROUGH, England – Boeing Co kicked off the Farnborough International Airshow yesterday with an order for 30 777-300ER jetliners from Emirates airline – and predicted significant new plane orders
readInvestors worry about seepage at capped BP well
20-07-2010
LONDON/HOUSTON – Investors fretted about possible seepage from BP’s capped Gulf of Mexico well yesterday and speculation grew about assets the company may sell to pay multibillion-dollar costs for its
readPoultry farming a success
20-07-2010
THE poultry-farming project at the Mashare Agricultural Development Institute (Madi) in the Kavango Region is booming and coping with the demands of the local communities, officials said. Madi Chief
readInvestment conference for agri business
20-07-2010
THE Ministries of Agriculture and Trade and Industry will together with the Namibia Manufacturers’ Association (NMA) host an agriculture investment conference in September.“It is the first ever
readWeaner auctions start this week
20-07-2010
THE annual season for auctioning of weaner calves is starting again countrywide today and it is expected that thousands of calves will change ownership.“Weaner calf auctions last year saw over 12 500
readEkwatho scheme big success
20-07-2010
MEATCO’S Ekwatho financing scheme to help farmers raise slaughter oxen is proving to be successful after contributing nearly N$20 million to the corporation’s revenue since its inception in 2007.
readBig Brother Africa 5: From The Strapline
20-07-2010
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen:* Feel it, it is here! C it, it is here!! * Feel them, they are here. * I’m feeling
readBig Brother Africa 5: Let the fun and games begin!
20-07-2010
KENAKO Africa ... rise and shine! BBA5 has arrived. It’s ayobaness in Big Brotherville as all the action, all the drama and all the juicy titbits start to unfold faster than you can say Netman.
readKenya cops arrest 2 bomb suspects
20-07-2010
NAIROBI – Kenya’s police spokesperson says officers acting on a tip have arrested two men with bomb-making materials in the country’s capital.Eric Kiraithe says the suspects - one of them a pastor -
readBin Laden’s family stranded in Iran
20-07-2010
DUBAI – A son of Osama bin Laden said on Sunday on Al-Arabiya television that 20 members of the al Qaeda chief’s family are stranded in Iran as Tehran is refusing to discuss their fate with Saudi
readClinton calls for efficient use of AIDS donor funds
20-07-2010
Vienna – Former US president Bill Clinton has called for more efficient use of funding in the fight against Aids to ensure that people who need it actually get it.Clinton made the comments yesterday
readKenya: ‘No-Sex-Month’ to Slow Down Spread of Aids
20-07-2010
NAIROBI – Kenyans may consider holding a national “no-sex” month to slow down the spread of HIV and maintain the current momentum which has seen a drop in new infections.This is one of the innovative
readNamibia’s Leadership Succession Challenges
20-07-2010
THERE is every reason to argue that no political and social formations in the country have found a winning formula for leadership succession or better still, for leadership development. The challenge
readLabour In Crisis: The NUNW And The Basic Income Grant
20-07-2010
THE decision by the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) to part ways with the Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition is regrettable because it affects the
readKomufala gwoondholongo ta konenenwa
20-07-2010
OKOMMISSI yokukondjitha uulingilingi[ ACC] ota yi konakona komufala gwoondjedhililo, Evaristus Shikongo, aniwa omolwelongitho nayi lyoonkondo dhe.Omuwiliki gwa ACC, Paulus Noa okwa koleke kutya
read14 mompangu pOutapi meyakopo lyiitungitho pOkalongo
20-07-2010
AANTU ayehe kumwe ye li 14, aalumentu omulongonayaali naakiintu yaali, oya holoka mOmpangu ya Mangestrata pOutapi mEtitano lya zi ko 16 Juli 2010 shi na sha neyako lyiitungitho yoshipangelo oshipe sha
readPohamba a hala oombaanga momake gaaNamibia
20-07-2010
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa indile ombaanga ya Namibia opo yi endeleleke oku tula oombaanga dhomo Namibia miikaha yaa valelwamo.Pohamba okwa uvaneke ta ka yambidhidha ombaanga yoshilongo
readOmukadhona omuSudan omuuliki gwiizalomwa eyamo Namibia
20-07-2010
OMUKADHONA omuuliki gwiizalomwa dhingi omvalele ya Sudan okwa talelepo Namibia pehulilo shiwike.Alek Wek okwa li moshilongo oku kala petokolo lya hugunina lyegandjo lyoomapapa kaathaneki yiikwa
readOshipotha sha Boois mu Auguste
20-07-2010
OSHIPOTHA moka gavena gwa Karas ta tamanekelwa uulingilingi osha undulilwa komilongo 20 ga Auguste nuumvo. Esiku ndyoka omuwiliki gwa Karas ota ka tseyithilwa kutya uunake iihokolola ye ta yi ka
readOmbaanga ya Namibia konima yomimvo 20
20-07-2010
OMBAANGA ya Namibia metitano oya dhana oshituthi shomimvo 20 dhethikamepo lyayo.Aayenda mboka ya li poshituthi shevalo lyombaanga pohotela ya Safari moWindhoek oya kwatelamo, omukokoliperesidende, Sam
readChairperson’s post heads Premier League agenda
20-07-2010
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) chairperson and the executive committee member positions are expected to be the highlight of its annual general meeting this Saturday.However, current chairman Johnny
readSpoilers and Winter Roses promoted to First Division league
20-07-2010
OKAHANDJA’s Spoilers Football Club (FC) and Gobabis-based Winter Roses FC were promoted to the Southern Stream First Division League at the weekend.Spoilers qualified with nine points after the
readPirates win Open title at Cazadores tournament
20-07-2010
COASTAL Pirates from Swakopmund won the Open division at the Cazadores Inline Hockey Tournament in Windhoek over the weekend but there was some tough competition in the other categories which were
readGoal-line technology off Fifa’s Cardiff menu
20-07-2010
LONDON – FIFA will not be discussing goal-line technology when football’s rulers meet in Wales this week, contrary to indications by Fifa president Sepp Blatter.Blatter had announced that the
readFootball Transfer Rumours
20-07-2010
Barcelona Barcelona have agreed to sign Sevilla midfielder Adriano Correia for up to 13.5 million euros ($17.5 million), subject to medical checks, the La Liga champions said on Friday. Real Madrid
readWerder Bremen ready for Ozil offers
20-07-2010
BERLIN – Werder Bremen are ready to listen to offers for their German international playmaker, Mesut Ozil, the club’s sporting director Klaus Allofs admitted on Sunday.The German first division side
readOosthuizen rides SA wave to British Open triumph
20-07-2010
ST ANDREWS, Scotland – An outrageous 200-1 long shot he might have been, but looking back, all the omens were there this week for Louis Oosthuizen to play the best golf of his life and win the British
readSMSes for Tuesday 20 July 2010
20-07-2010
* THOSE with Government tenders should be compelled to create X number of jobs. Food for Thought * WHY can we not have our own Idols music show as well? It’s fun and exciting and it would
readTrustco withdraws from Sevens rugby
20-07-2010
THE envisaged international sevens rugby tournament will no longer be held in Namibia after the sponsor, Trustco Group International (TGI), pulled the rug from under the Namibian Rugby Union (NRU).
readTriple murder trial heads to key point
20-07-2010
THE trial of the two men accused of murdering three people during a robbery in Windhoek’s Kleine Kuppe area early in 2004 could reach a pivotal point in the High Court in Windhoek today.What could be
readProgress on SADC transfrontier park
20-07-2010
FIVE SADC countries involved in the transboundary conservation project known as the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KaZa-TFCA) say all the project’s institutional structures are in
readSuspect on the loose
20-07-2010
THE Police need the help of the public in tracing Festus Vilho (27), who is wanted in connection with a case of robbery with aggravating circumstances dating back to August 27 2007. Vilho has failed
readOkahandja residents 7 months in arrears with municipal bills
20-07-2010
RESIDENTS owe the Okahandja municipality N$13 million in outstanding water and electricity bills and they are on average about 202 days in arrears, the Auditor General has reported.“I am unable to
readMunyama trial to continue today, Theodor to hear his fate
20-07-2010
SIXTEEN days in the High Court in Windhoek, close to 700 pages of court records, and still the end is not in sight.Ruben Prinz, a former Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) general manager, could
readLocal choir wins gold at world competition
20-07-2010
A GOLD medal won by the Voices of Namibia choir in China yesterday morning will hopefully have culture sceptics “bite their tongues”. So said choir coordinator Rolf Hansen about the victory of this
readLocal authorities make voices heard
20-07-2010
LOCAL authorities have called on the Local Government Minister to declare a moratorium on the suspension of town chief executive officers.They also called on local authority councils to call back all
readKunene rhinos moved to conservancies
20-07-2010
A MAJOR black rhino translocation to communal conservancies in Kunene Region started yesterday but the Ministry of Environment would not disclose how many animals would be given to these rural
readKasaona is conservationist of year
20-07-2010
THE son of one of the first community game guards in the Kunene Region is the Cheetah Conservation Fund’s 2010 Conservationist of the Year.John Kasaona was presented with the award at the Cheetah
readFormer postmaster sentenced for theft from employer
20-07-2010
A FORMER Nampost employee, who was the postmaster at Arandis, was sentenced in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for stealing about N$42 000 from the company.Simon Mbarandonga, who was 39
readEducation For All Week launched
20-07-2010
TO demonstrate its commitment to the global education for all (EFA) goals set for 2015, the Namibian Government has made significant investments in education, Education Minister Abraham Iyambo said at
readDigital television in scope at workshop
20-07-2010
THE Ministry of Information and Communication Technology held a one-day consultative workshop on migrating to digital television broadcasting in Windhoek yesterday. The workshop was held to develop a
readChaos at Grootfontein district Swapo meeting
20-07-2010
A MEETING set to re-elect Swapo’s Grootfontein district leadership turned into tribal name-calling against a facilitator of the election process.The confrontation between the facilitator and some of
readNamibia gets ‘spaced out’ in the Namib
20-07-2010
A SPACE Science and Technology Exhibition Hall was officially opened at the China Space Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C) Station near Swakopmund on Friday.This is a first for Namibia and the aim
readErongo electricity consumers can have their say
20-07-2010
A SERIES of public consultative meetings will take place as from next week in the Erongo Region where representatives of the Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (Erongo RED) will address the
readDesalinated water speeds up Trekkopje mine progress
20-07-2010
WITH a steady water supply from the Erongo desalination plant now available, the operations team are able to commence with the wash sequence on the MIDI heap leach pad at Trekkopje Mine. This is the
readRössing’s expansion close to realisation
20-07-2010
In order to remain competitive Rössing Uranium has focused on extending and expanding its current operations to enable the mine to continue to operate profitably for the long term. One such expansion
readHangana unveils plant upgrades
20-07-2010
THE Hangana hake company at Walvis Bay has for the umpteenth time in a period of three years realised a cost-cutting initiative to increase its product quality – setting a high standard for Namibian
readCoastal communities give input in enviro plans
20-07-2010
BY the end of this year Swakopmund, Henties Bay, Oranjemund and Lüderitz will have their own custom-made Environmental Management Plans (EMP) in place to ensure “sustainable environmental management”
readSaintfiet a worried man
20-07-2010
BRAVE Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet is sitting with a dilemma. With less than two months to go till Namibia’s first match in their 2012 AFCON qualifying campaign, most of his first choice players are
readUranium output up in second quarter
20-07-2010
NAMIBIA’S two uranium mines, Paladin Energy’s Langer Heinrich and Rio Tinto’s Rössing, produced 2,4 million pounds of uranium oxide during the second quarter of this year, four per cent more than the
readChina seals oil port after spill
20-07-2010
BEIJING - One of China’s biggest ports, Dalian, shut yesterday after an pipeline explosion triggered a major offshore oil spill, forcing a refinery to cut processing and importers to divert cargoes
readSmokers can relax for now
20-07-2010
MANY Namibians are baffled by the Tobacco Products Control Act that was passed by Parliament in April. Smokers and restaurant and club owners are unsure whether the smoking police are already on the
readGovt settles with Gam farmers
20-07-2010
THE Cabinet decision not to pay proper compensation for the confiscated livestock of 32 farmers from the Gam area who moved their animals across a veterinary boundary into the Nyae-Nyae Conservancy in
readCoining it
20-07-2010
A special N$10 coin, bearing the image of Founding President Sam Nujoma, has been minted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Bank of Namibia (BoN). This was a one-off gesture and only five
readNotable Quotes
20-07-2010
We don’t accept this concept of no-go areas, we will fight it to the bitter end until the last drop of blood. – RDP president Hidipo Hamutenya said on Sunday that members of his party who won seats in
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