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50 Articles found on Monday, 5 July 2010
SA SOEs spend big on World Cup tickets
05-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG - Struggling South African state-owned firms have spent N$110 million ($14.23 million) on World Cup tickets angering trade unions which have accused top executives of selfishness, the
readPM Odinga leaves hospital
05-07-2010
NAIROBI - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga was discharged from hospital yesterday after a six-night stay for a head operation, an AFP reporter said.“I thank all the staff of Nairobi hospital for the
readKenya outraged over parliament’s pay vote
05-07-2010
NAIROBI - Kenyans have expressed outrage after members of parliament this week recommended giving themselves a N$1 347 500 annual pay package, compensation decried as overly exorbitant in a country
readCouncillor promises MTC a cow and calf
05-07-2010
OTJINENE – Otjinene’s Regional Councillor, Esegiel Toromba, has appealed to MTC’s management to erect two more cellphone signal towers to cover all of Otjinene Constituency.He promised to give MTC a
readCongo wins support for debt relief
05-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have set the stage to relieve Congo of a massive US$12,3 billion in debt, most of it dating back more than 20 years to loans
readBelgian EU presidency wants bank tax deal
05-07-2010
MILAN – Belgium, which took over the European Union’s six-month presidency on July 1, wants an EU deal on a bank tax by the end of the year, Finance Minister Didier Reynders said in a newspaper
readNestle to invest millions in Africa in three years
05-07-2010
NAIROBI – Nestle SA , the world’s biggest food group, will invest US$943 million in Africa in the next three years to raise revenues from emerging markets, its chief executive said.Nestle expects
readProtests at seizure of German-owned Zim farm
05-07-2010
HARARE – Germany’s government has said it will cut off aid to Zimbabwe unless illegal and violent occupiers are removed from a farm owned by a German national.In a Friday protest note to the Zimbabwe
readA wide-open welcome at Etuna Guesthouse
05-07-2010
NDAHAMBELELA Nekwaya used to manufacture disposable nappies and linen in Ondangwa but there wasn’t such a great market for it there. And rather than giving up on business altogether, she decided to
readSelebi found guilty of corruption
05-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s former national police chief has been convicted of corruption after a nation beset by crime heard months of testimony about its top cop going on designer shopping sprees
readIn Brief
05-07-2010
18 die in Zimbabwe bus crash HARARE - Police in Zimbabwe say 18 people have died and 30 have been seriously injured in a triple highway accident involving two buses and a truck. Police said at the
readGuinea gives soldiers boost after peaceful election
05-07-2010
CONAKRY - Guinea’s interim president has rewarded the West African country’s army with a batch of promotions for keeping the peace during last weekend’s election, state television and military
readJanet Jackson rocks the stage again
05-07-2010
NEW ORLEANS – It’s been two years since singer Janet Jackson performed on a concert stage and her fans say that’s been two years too long.Jackson marked her stage return on Friday with an opening
readOzzy seeks health clues from DNA
05-07-2010
ST LOUIS – Alcohol and drug abuse has killed too many rock stars to mention, but at 61, Ozzy Osbourne is going strong.Now DNA researchers in St Louis say they’re part of a team working to determine
readNew BBA ‘eye’ revealed
05-07-2010
OK shiny happy Big Brother people, M-Net and Endemol are starting to throw out a teaser or two – actually just one – ahead of the fifth season of Big Brother Africa!They’re giving us a sneak peak of
readAaWindhoek yena oongunga dhamuni
05-07-2010
OSHILANDO sha Windhoek otashi kambadhala okuhupa, unene tuu sho aakalimo yasho yena oongunga dhomafutilo gasho dhoomiliona Pethimbo ewiliko lyoshilando lya tula omutengenekwa mwaalu gwalyo
readIna mu ikwatelela unene kodola yaAmerica
05-07-2010
IIGWANA HANGANO oya thaneke kutya uuyuni owa pumbwa okulongitha iimaliwa yina oonkondo yomaludhi , peha lyokulongitha ashike odola yAmerica ongo oshimaliwa hashi taambwa opendji muuyuni na ishewe
readAaniimuna yoonzi yu uvite nayi kofuto
05-07-2010
OKABINETE oka lunduluka nokweetha ethaneko lyoshikondo sho nyama lya February 2009.Ethaneko ndika olya li tali ti omuniimuna gwoonzi oku na okufuta oodola 40 monzi kehe a tumine pondje yoshilongo.
readNepru noshimaliwa shapumba
05-07-2010
EHANGANO lyomapekaapeko lya Namibia [Nepru] otali longo nuudhigu oku kala miilonga yalyo, unene tuu sho li na eshongo lyo kwaana iimaliwa yokulongitha. Otaku hokololwa kutya onkalo ndjika oya fala
readKombila yElenga Kaimbi Mundjele, kwa tulwa emanya
05-07-2010
ENGATHITHI enene lyAakalimo yomOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati nayalwe yokiitopolwa yimwe, olyomakaya ga zi ko, oya gongalele pongeleki ya Nakayale mOmbalantu mewiliko lyElenga enene lya Mbalantu
readMozambique ta longitha omeya
05-07-2010
OMADHILADHILO ga Mozambique okulonga olusheno natango oga ukithwa kokulongitha omeya ongo omukalo gwo ku dhiga olusheno. Mozambique okwa ti konima ngele omeya oga gwana okulongitha opo ihe oshilongo
readZambia ta tungu oshitaasi oshipe sholusheno
05-07-2010
ZAMBIA okwa thaneka okutunga oshitaasi shimwe oshipe sho kudhiga olusheno omumvo tuuka. Oshitaasi shika otashi ka gandja olusheno koshitopolwa shoomina unene ndhoka dhongopolo.Omuwiliki gwehangano
readOlusheno lwetango po Tses
05-07-2010
OMATHANEKO okutunga ehala lyolusheno lwetango popepi noshilando sha Tses moshitopolwa sha Karas ota ga yi komeho.Ehangano lyokulonga iilongitho yolusheno lwetango lyoko South Africa, lyedhina Solaire
readMEATCO ta edhile uutomeno we pakathimbo
05-07-2010
EHANGANO lyonyama lya Namibia, Meatco, olya ti ota li ka edhila uutomeno walyo uyali uule woomwedhi mbali, pakathimbo okuza ngashingeyi.Okweedhilwa kuutomeno huka otaku ningwa molwaashoka oongombe
readElundululo mompango ta li londeke iifuta
05-07-2010
ELUNDULULO mompango yokukondjitha iilonga iiwinayi [Criminal Procedure Act 1977] ota li ka eta mpoka kutya iifuta mbyoka kwa li ha yi pulwa momapogolo ga talika omashona otayi ka gwedhelwa
readNigerian football leaders fired in team suspension
05-07-2010
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian Football Federation fired its two top leaders yesterday in a bid to appease the West African nation’s president after his threat to suspend its national team from
readMandela meets Ghana after Cup defeat
05-07-2010
NELSON Mandela met Ghana’s soccer team on Saturday following their defeat by Uruguay on penalties in the World Cup quarterfinal. The Mandela Foundation said Ghana, the only African team to reach the
readSuarez gets one-game ban for handball
05-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Uruguay striker Luis Suarez was given a one-match ban by Fifa on Saturday for the controversial last-minute handball which denied Ghana a World Cup semi-final place.The decision not to
readGhana fairytale ends in penalty pain
05-07-2010
THE vuvuzelas were abruptly silenced in downtown Accra on Friday as Ghana’s World Cup party cruelly ended with a penalty shoot-out defeat to Uruguay in a quarterfinal they came within one kick of
readDunga takes rap as Brazil feels pain
05-07-2010
PORT ELIZABETH – Brazil coach Dunga has accepted the blame for the World Cup quarter-final defeat by the Netherlands that brought his four-year reign to a bitterly disappointing end.The man who
readBeaten Maradona to consider future
05-07-2010
DIEGO Maradona admitted on Saturday he was devastated to be out of the World Cup and indicated that he may quit as Argentina coach, but said that he needed time to think about his future. The former
readAustralia beat Namibia
05-07-2010
NAMIBIA lost 5-0 to Australia at the Junior Inline Hockey World Championships to miss out on a chance of winning the second division lower bracket.After qualifying fifth in Group B, Namibia was slated
readSerena happy to keep Wimbledon success in the family
05-07-2010
LONDON – Serena Williams said she was happy to keep the Wimbledon title in the family after defeating Vera Zvonareva to claim her fourth women’s singles crown here at the All England Club.For the
readSMSes for Monday 5 July 2010
05-07-2010
* AFRICA lost the battle but has surely won over the world. The beautiful game is still there for us to enjoy. Africa shall never be the same again. * STOP pointing fingers! Enough blame on
readTen years for Namibian naturalisation
05-07-2010
NAMIBIA’S Citizenship Act of 1990 will soon be amended to change the period for obtaining Namibian citizenship by marriage from two to 10 years.Cabinet granted a request from the Home Affairs Ministry
readOmaheke killer gets 46 years in prison
05-07-2010
SELF-CONFESSED killer Steve Kaseraera is going to prison for 46 years for murdering and robbing ecotourism and 4x4 trail enthusiast Jan Joubert in a remote part of the Omaheke Region four years
readNWR questions millions owed to GIPF
05-07-2010
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts is seeking legal advice about N$3 million that the State pension fund says it owes two former NWR employees. According to NWR, they have questioned the amount GIPF has
readNamdeb workers to vote on strike
05-07-2010
NAMDEB workers are to vote tomorrow on whether to strike in a dispute over pay following the breakdown of wage negotiations last Thursday.Namdeb’s Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia (MUN) branch secretary
readNafau at odds with Heja Lodge
05-07-2010
THE Namibian Food and Allied Workers’ Union (Nafau) has called on all Government institutions that host functions at Heja Game Lodge to boycott this lodge, as it allegedly does not respect its
readLocally invented toilet to improve lives of millions
05-07-2010
IN a global first, German-born Peter Arndt from the Clay House Project in Otjiwarongo has invented a new dry toilet technology which has the potential to drastically improve the lives of not only
readCocaine ‘admissions’ ruled out
05-07-2010
SELF-INCRIMINATING statements made by two men accused of dealing in or possessing close to four kilograms of cocaine in Windhoek almost two years ago will not be admissible as evidence in their
readEvicted cattle herders given grace period
05-07-2010
ILLEGAL cattle herders on land in Western Kavango under the jurisdiction of the Ukwangali traditional authority, who have been moved with their animals to Government farms at Mangetti, have been given
readFantastic Germany crush Argentina; Spain also win
05-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Germany demolished Argentina and Spain beat Paraguay by one goal in a quarter-final of extraordinary drama on Saturday as Europe took revenge on Latin America to dominate the World
readNew trade group may unify continent
05-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – If it works, the East African common market launched on Thursday may be the catalyst to unify the continent’s patchwork of small, piecemeal economies into a mid-century regional giant
readOver 230 deaths in Congo tanker blast
05-07-2010
SANGE - Moaning and badly burned survivors from a massive tanker blast that killed at least 230 people recovered in a crumbling eastern Congo hospital yesterday, two days after the wrecked fuel truck
readBank loses case on ‘pyramid scheme’
05-07-2010
A TSUMEB resident accused of running a multimillion-dollar pyramid investment scheme has won a case in which the Bank of Namibia tried to have him provisionally declared bankrupt.If investors who are
readMetcalfe Attorneys get their butt kicked over advert
05-07-2010
THE Law Society of Namibia will consider lodging a complaint with the Statutory Disciplinary Committee against Metcalfe Attorneys for alleged unprofessional, unethical and untoward conduct.This came
readBoN rejects Absa merger
05-07-2010
FOREIGN shareholders in Namibia’s banking sector were given a stern message about Namibianisation on Friday, when the central bank refused to allow Absa to buy at least 70 per cent of the shares in
read05-07-2010
Above: Uruguay’s Luis Suarez (left) deliberately stops the ball with his hands during the World Cup quarter-final between Uruguay and Ghana on Friday, denying Ghana a sure goal. Ghana missed the
readNotable Quotes
05-07-2010
Under the prevailing socio-economic climate, the city will hardly recoup 50 per cent of the outstanding amount. – The 2010-11 City of Windhoek budget document, the City is struggling with outstanding
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