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53 Articles found on Tuesday, 27 July 2010
NUNW race hots up as Nevonga takes on Kaaronda
27-07-2010
NATIONAL Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) Secretary General Evilastus Kaaronda’s job could be hanging in the balance after intense lobbying, from senior unionists, to replace him.With little more than
readGovernment concedes defeat on Stock Theft Act sentences
27-07-2010
GOVERNMENT and the Attorney General conceded in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday that the severe sentences prescribed by the Stock Theft Act are unconstitutional. Four years and seven months
read‘Comrades’ in slander suit
27-07-2010
TULIAMENI Kalomoh, special advisor of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, yesterday denied that he had lunch with opposition politicians Libolly Haufiku and Kauku Hengari last year and that Government
readBetter outlook for food security
27-07-2010
ABOVE average harvests for the 2009-10 crop season are expected in the north central regions, following significant improvements in rainfall performance in the second part of the season, the latest
readBusiness confidence bounces back in June
27-07-2010
BUSINESS confidence in June seems to have perked up with three of the four indexes of the IJG Business Climate Survey back in the green. “After a rather dismal May, the IJG Business Climate Index
readMore war documents on the way
27-07-2010
LONDON – The release of about 91 000 secret US military documents on the Afghanistan war is just the beginning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promised yesterday, adding that he still has thousands
readMandela crash case postponed
27-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The case against the 23-year-old man accused of killing Nelson Mandela’s great granddaughter in a car crash was postponed to August 27 by the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court
readWanderers beat Suburbs in close encounter
27-07-2010
WANDERERS beat Western Suburbs 39-37 in an exciting MTC Rugby Premier League match at Suburbs Park on Saturday to strengthen their title aspirations. The victory saw Wanderers moving up to second
readSMSes for Tuesday 27 July 2010
27-07-2010
SMSes Of The Day n PLEASE all of you debating BIG: you all consider the poor a problem. Why do you not recognise them as an asset to the nation? The answer to their situation is not with you - it is
readCorporal punishment: Discussion calls for effective alternatives
27-07-2010
C HILDREN need discipline. Firm discipline. Consistent discipline. Discipline to help teach them the difference between right and wrong. But children do not need discipline beaten into them. The use
readA Day with Frank Chikane
27-07-2010
T HE momentum towards Namibia fs Independence was characterised by untold atrocities by the South African troops in Namibia, primarily in the Northern Regions. Dr Manas Buthelezi, then president of
readNotable quotes
27-07-2010
Do you want cheap or do you want to create jobs? – Taarah Shaanika, Team Namiba Board Chairperson, accused government, and in particular the Tender Board, of being the “biggest culprits” for giving
readCommercial conservancies
27-07-2010
THE Conservancy Association of Namibia (Canam), which represents 21 conservancies in the commercial farming areas covering about 418 farms or 3,5 million hectares, wants to enter into an agrement
readDemand for milk up
27-07-2010
THE situation of dairy farmers in Namibia was generally regarded ad ‘positive’ during a management meeting of the Dairy Producers Association (DPA) last week at Gobabis due to increased demand for
readElla du Plessis pupils demonstrate
27-07-2010
A secondary school in Khomasdal yesterday almost came to a standstill after pupils decided to stay away from classes. They will soon write their mid-year examinations.The group of students held
readEgg production at Rundu drops
27-07-2010
EGG production at a chicken-farming project in the Sauyemwa informal settlement on the outskirts of Rundu has gone down considerably since the incubator at the project stopped working sometime last
readDomestic workers fight for rights
27-07-2010
DOMESTIC workers across Namibia are fired up to revive a domestic workers union, negotiate minimum wages and fight to improve their general working conditions. Average wages of full-time domestic
readCentral Stats Bureau pulls up its socks
27-07-2010
THE crippling shortage of timely statistics in Namibia is receiving high-level attention and should be alleviated when the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), currently under the wing of the National
readVillagers demonstrate against appointed headman
27-07-2010
VILLAGERS of the Rughongo and Diyana areas situated east of Rundu on Saturday demonstrated against the appointment of a senior headman without their support. The chief of the Hambukushu Traditional
readThe long walk to truth
27-07-2010
FRIEDA TUNGULU, the Caprivi secession war widow, put in a formal request last week to the Namibian Police (NamPol) to locate the missing bodies of her late husband and brother who died during the
readCBS pulls up its stats socks
27-07-2010
THE crippling shortage of timely statistics in Namibia is receiving high-level attention and should be alleviated when the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), currently under the wing of the National
readHambukushu leader orders renaming of Shadikongoro village
27-07-2010
THE leader of the Hambukushu Traditional Authority, Fumu Ervin Munika Mbambo has ordered that the Shadikongoro village be renamed the Rudhiva village. Mbambo was speaking during the controversial
readRegional research centre on climate change
27-07-2010
PLANS are afoot to establish a centre in southern Africa to research methods to cope with climate change in the region. The Regional Science Centre for Southern Africa is being spearheaded by
readPensioners get backdated increases in August
27-07-2010
AS FROM August the almost 200 000 registered Namibian pensioners can line their pockets with an extra N$50 from their pension grants as promised in April this year.Peter Mwatile, Permanent Secretary
readHold-up of operators at borders costly
27-07-2010
THE second spate of foreign tour hold-ups at Namibian borders because of a delay in the issuing of temporary work-visas has forced the tourism and business sector at Swakopmund to take the matter up
readGrowth is key to African development
27-07-2010
KAMPALA – Africa can become a new source of dynamism in the global economy if it bases its poverty reduction strategies on continuous and sustained growth, the former Prime Minister of the United
readEuro stocks mixed amid stress-test doubts
27-07-2010
LONDON – Scepticism over European banking-sector stress tests, which have cleared all but seven European lenders, cast a shadow over the continent’s stock markets yesterday. The results of the tests,
readBlackBerry poses risks, UAE warns
27-07-2010
DUBAI – The BlackBerry, made by Canada’s Research In Motion, is open to misuse that poses security risks to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which said on Sunday it would seek to safeguard its
readIran investing billions in refineries
27-07-2010
TEHRAN – Iran is investing US$46 billion in building new oil refineries and upgrading its existing facilities, Deputy Oil Minister Alireza Zeighami said in a report posted on the ministry’s
readHayward leaving behind daunting tasks at BP
27-07-2010
NEW YORK – For BP, removing Tony Hayward is just the beginning. The departure of the man who became the vilified public face of the Gulf oil spill changes very little for BP. His successor still
readTwo UK banks eye Nedbank
27-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – British banks’ plans to take over the South African banking group Nedbank are well advanced, if one is to believe the British media. On Friday the possibility was again raised when the
readBiggy and the All-Starves!
27-07-2010
ETSE! The cameras almost stopped rolling when Biggie’s All Stars decided to pull a DIVA on him this past weekend. And here I was thinking that divas only existed in Obamaland, you know, the likes of
readUS, Norway pledge aid to rebuild Somalia
27-07-2010
KAMPALA – The United States and Norway have pledged reconstruction aid to Somalia’s transitional government, an African Union official said yesterday on the sidelines of the AU summit in Uganda.The
readWoman describes Darfur ‘nightmare’
27-07-2010
KHARTOUM – An American aid worker abducted by gunmen in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur yesterday described the “nightmare” of her situation in a telephone call to AFP.“In the past it was okay,
readZim gay rights activist cleared of porn charges
27-07-2010
HARARE – A Zimbabwean gay rights activist was found not guilty of pornography charges after a police raid in May on his group’s offices, his lawyer said yesterday.. The trial came as President Robert
readSA editors rebuff media tribunal idea
27-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South African editors yesterday vowed to resist attempts to institute a state-appointed media tribunal and rejected legislation that they said restricted public access to
readAl Qaeda beheaded French hostage
27-07-2010
GAO – Executed French hostage Michel Germaneau was beheaded by Al Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a local official in northern Mali said overnight on Sunday.“Yes, it’s true, after the failure of
readRussia’s 1st black office bearer
27-07-2010
NOVOZAVIDOVO – People in this Russian town used to stare at Jean Gregoire Sagbo because they had never seen a black man. Now they say they see in him something equally rare - an honest
readKhmer Rouge cadre jailed for mass murder and torture
27-07-2010
PHNOM PENH – The first Khmer Rouge commander to face a United Nations-backed tribunal was sentenced to 35 years in prison yesterday for overseeing 14 000 deaths in the 1970s, but he’ll serve about
readOmathaneko gaRehoboth molwomahupilo
27-07-2010
K ONYALA oompito dhiilonga yaantu 1000 ota yi vulu okweetwa po ngele omina onkulu ya Swartmodderdam yongopolo pondje ya Rehoboth oya shunwa miilonga. Pahapu dho muwiliki gwokulipo gwa Rehobotho,
readYambidhidheni iilongomwa noongeshefa dha Namibia
27-07-2010
E PANGELO lya Namibia na unene ewilikongundu lyokugandja iilonga yepangelo nenge shoka ha tu ti ootendela oya takelwa omunwe omwiinayi shoka aniwa ha ya ambidhidha omahangano gaakwiilongo kombanda
readKongalend ta gandja omikuli
27-07-2010
E HANGANO lyiimaliwa lyedhina Kongalend Financial Services ndyoka lyiishangitha nehangano lyewiliko lyomahangano giimaliwa lya Namfisa omumvo 2007, ota li kala nokugandja omikuli omishona itaa li
readNamugongo a hala okuza mondholongo
27-07-2010
O MUNIILONGA nale mUuministeli wOmidhiingoloko nomatalelopo okwa hala ompangu yopombanda li talulule egeelo lyondholongo yoomvula hetatu ndyoka a li a pewa konima yiiwike ihamano ngashingeyi.Sackey
readOshikango nashi kale sha yela; Haingura ta indile
27-07-2010
P ETHIMBO ta tula miilonga oshikonga shokuwapaleka Helao Nafidi, unene tuu ondoolopa ya Shikango mOhangwena olyomakaya ga zi ko, Omupeviminista gwUuhaku nIilonga yOnkalonawa, Petrina Haingura okwa
readOmuniilonga gwopeshina ta kongwa
27-07-2010
O POLISI ota yi kongo omuniilonga gwopeshina lyiimaliwa , ha longele poshitaasi shokunwetha omahooli sha Eureka mepandaanda lyEmanguluko moVenduka. Omuniilnga nguka gwedhina Selma Nakaziko ota ku
readNamibia a tonata kombinga yolwiidhi lwa Congo
27-07-2010
U UMINISTELI wUUndjolowele owa li wa tumu ongundu yaaniilonga yuundjolowele ko faalama yedhina Arabi metitano oku tala kutya onkalo oyili ngiini mpoka. Ongundu ndjika oya tuminwe hoka konima sho
readOmpango yuufuthi wiimuna mekonakono
27-07-2010
O MAGEELO omadhigu gondholongo ngoka taga uthwa kompango yokukondjitha uufuthi wiimuna ngoka ha ga pewa aafuthi yiimuna konima sho ompango ndjika ya lundululwa omumvo 2004, oga yi koshiyelekitho
readYoung Warriors lose to Black Satellites
27-07-2010
NAMIBIA’s national Under-20 football team lost by 4-0 to Ghana in their Orange African Youth Championship Qualifier played at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana on Sunday.With the return leg set
readAmbunda ready for world title: Tobias
27-07-2010
PAULUS ‘The Rock’ Ambunda’s trainer believes the WBO Africa bantamweight champion is ready for a world title fight after coming through a “tough” continental test on Saturday.South African challenger
readLohmann wins ladies golf tournament
27-07-2010
ANGIE Lohmann won the inaugural Absa Ladies Golf Tournament held at the Windhoek Country Club over the weekend.Lohmann won the Individual Stableford competition on Saturday with a total of 41 points
readOosthuizen fourth as Johnson wins
27-07-2010
SWEDE Richard S Johnson sunk a 30-foot birdie putt at the last hole to claim the Scandinavian Masters title in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday as British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen narrowly failed to
readContador wins third tour, Armstrong bows out
27-07-2010
PARIS - Spaniard Alberto Contador claimed his third Tour de France title on Sunday as seven-times champion Lance Armstrong made his final exit from the race.The 27-year-old Contador stayed safe
readUnder threat
27-07-2010
Vuma (right), a calf of a rhino cow killed by poach- ers for her horn, is being cared for by game reserve employees at the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve near Muldersdrift in South Africa. The calf was
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