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47 Articles found on Monday, 14 June 2010
What’s in a name?
14-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Nicknames are a big part of popular culture in most countries, particularly in sports, but most still hold tight to formalised names when it comes to anything official. Not so the
readTeachers’ union supports self-regulation
14-06-2010
THE Namibia National Teachers’ Union (Nantu) continues voicing misgivings about a Government directive extending the working hours of teachers. At the opening of the Nantu school committee workshop in
readWho’s saying what at the World Cup:
14-06-2010
I’m flattered to hear that Usain Bolt wants my shirt. I’m just sorry that I don’t have his speed... and that he’s a Manchester United fan. – England and Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard. Apart
readSlovenia record first finals victory
14-06-2010
POLOKWANE, South Africa – Slovenia recorded their first ever World Cup finals victory here on Sunday with a 1-0 win over 10-man Algeria in their Group C clash.Captain Robert Koren scored the only goal
readMessi mesmerises as English team bungle
14-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Lionel Messi mesmerised Nigeria in a magical display to confirm Argentina as one of the World Cup favourites but a goalkeeping bungle against the United States set England off to a
readFifa probes 8 000 no-shows
14-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Fifa is investigating whether transport and ticket distribution systems failed after at least 8 000 seat-holders failed to attend the World Cup match between South Korea and Greece in
readSaadane wants more African coaches
14-06-2010
ALGERIA coach Rabah Saadane hopes that more African national teams will soon start working with coaches from the continent. Africa is hosting its first World Cup, but Saadane is the only coach from
readHomesick holders turn base into little Italia
14-06-2010
IRENE, South Africa – World champions Italy have made their South African World Cup base a real home from home thanks to a plentiful supply of pizza, pasta, prosecco and even Italian plug
readStores run out of ‘vuvu-stopper’ earplugs
14-06-2010
CAPE TOWN – The vuvuzela trumpet might be synonymous with South African fans, but not everyone can stand the din and Cape Town shops report they are running out of “vuvu-stopper” earplugs.Vuvuzelas
readIndomitable lions stalk toothless Japan
14-06-2010
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa – Cameroon’s Treble-winning striker Samuel Eto’o has Japan in his sights as the “Indomitable Lions” launch their World Cup bid on today against a misfiring Japan.Paul Le
readSMSes for 14 June 2010
14-06-2010
SMS Of The Day THE showpiece of the beautiful game is on our continent, Africa, for the first time. Let us rise in unison and say ‘Yes We Can!’ Food for Thought LAWS have to be
readRural electrification too slow: MP
14-06-2010
A MEMBER of the National Council has called on the Ministry of Mines and Energy to increase its budget for rural electrification.Dorothy Kabula (Swapo) said it had taken many years for the programme
readNotable Quotes
14-06-2010
I can’t recall any senior members of the party who regards these demonstrations as wrong. Is this not hypocrisy at its best? - Former Rehoboth Mayor George Dax hits back at media reports quoting
readHOPE/USAID ya talulula shoka sha ningwa po
14-06-2010
EHANGANO lyAamerica lyokukwathela pahumokomeho lyOpaigwana, lya tseyika nawa USAID, ano United States Agency for International Development, ndyoka hali kwathele wo nAanamibia, unene aagundjuka
readEpangelo lya nkondopeke egandjo lyoonzapo dhomavalo
14-06-2010
AANAMBELEWA Yuuministeli wUundjolowele nIikwameni oya gongalele pOtjiwarongo omasiku ngaka ya kundathane nkene taya hwepopeke egandjo lyoonzapo dhomavalo kaanona mboka opo ya valwa moshilongo.Pahapu
readHangala ta indile edhikopo lyounivesiti yuudhindoli nuutechnologi
14-06-2010
UUMINISTELI Welongo owa indilwa opo wu konakone ngele otashi vulika putotwe enongelo lyopombanda lyuudhindoli nuutechnologi moshilongo.Eindilo olya ningwa komunangeshefa, Leake Hangala, pethimbo
readNamugongo a pewa egeelo lyondholongo molwuulingilingi
14-06-2010
OMUKULUNTU gwopevi mUuministeli womudhingoloko, nomatalelopo, ngoka a monikile ondjo metamaneko lyiilonga yuulingilingi okwa pewa egeelo lyomimvo hetatu mondholongo.Sackey Namugongo [58] okwa pewa
readGumwe a sa moshiponga sheidhengo mumwe
14-06-2010
OMUFAALELWA gumwe okwa si sho ohauto yawo yokatekisa yiidhemge mumwe nembakumbaku muuninginino wOshakati mondjila onene ya Shakati nOkahao, pokati kUukwangula nOshakati komatango gEtitano lya zi
readUudhano wekopi lyuuyuni wetanga lyokoompadhi owu li metifa
14-06-2010
OMAVUVUZELA oga tameke okwiigidha muule menenevi lyAfrica sho uudhano wekopi lyuuyuni wetanga lyokoompadhi wa tameke moSouth Africa metitano lyayi. Uudhano mbuka wotango tawu dhanenwa mushimwe
readAantu ye na uulema oya pumbwa okunkondopekwa
14-06-2010
OMWAALU omushona gwaantu ye na uulema ogwa nyanya momapandaanda goshilando sha Swakopmund ongula yetine oshiwike sha yi okudhimbulukwa esiku lyuulema lyopashigwana.Sho a popi peha lyomuPrima, Nahas
readMines, NamWater agree on second desalination plant
14-06-2010
SIX uranium mining and exploration companies have signed an agreement with NamWater to build another desalination plant at the coast.According to a statement by NamWater, the companies that agreed to
readKeetmans mayor finally sworn in
14-06-2010
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) representative on the Keetmanshoop Town Council, Arnold Losper, vowed to take stern action against those guilty of corruption when he was finally sworn in as mayor on
readIyambo meets coastal veterans
14-06-2010
WAR veterans need counselling for post-traumatic stress disorder, medical aid and at least N$3 000 per month. These were some of the requests that a handful of veterans directed to the Minister of
readRwanda buries 79 from 1994 genocide
14-06-2010
KIGALI - Rwandan authorities have buried the remains of 79 people killed during the 1994 genocide, a few days after the bodies were found, Radio Rwanda said yesterday.The remains were interred on
readMandela girl’s funeral being finalised
14-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG - The funeral arrangements for Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter, Zenani, are still being finalised, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said on Saturday.“Funeral arrangements will be announced by
readTable Mountain tragedy hits World Cup party spirit
14-06-2010
CAPE TOWN - Fresh tragedy tinged the World Cup yesterday with the news a teenaged supporter plunged to his death on Cape Town’s Table Mountain while a group of journalists were involved in a crash
readObama reaches out to UK
14-06-2010
LONDON - US President Barack Obama told British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday he had “no interest in undermining” the value of BP following the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Cameron’s
readSearch for flood victims goes from frantic to grim
14-06-2010
LANGLEY – The search for nearly two dozen people who disappeared after flash floods swept through a popular campground in Arkansas went from desperate to grim on Saturday, after teams that scoured
readMobs burn villages, slaughter Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan
14-06-2010
OSH - Kyrgyz mobs burned Uzbek villages, slaughtered their residents and stormed police stations seeking to loot more weapons yesterday as ethnic rioting engulfed new areas in southern Kyrgyzstan.The
readGovernment moves closer to subsidising water for the poor
14-06-2010
A GROUP of experts has presented findings on possible future subsidisation of water tariffs for poor households, a plan that was mulled some three years ago.Although thousands of water points have
readFurther mental checks for murder suspect
14-06-2010
MURDER suspect Natangwe Ipinge Ngatjizeko, who is charged with killing his mother in a bloody knife attack in her home near the end of 2006, is set to undergo a second period of psychiatric
readHardap has no confidence in Swapo leaders
14-06-2010
THE Swapo Party’s district leadership in Hardap has adopted a vote of no confidence in the party’s regional co-ordinator, Nico Mugenga, and its national information and mobilisation officer, Jerry
readFuel price drops
14-06-2010
CONSUMERS start the week with a double dose of good news: Not only will they get their first fuel price breather for the year, but the latest inflation figures also show that the price monster is
readNamugongo gets 8 years
14-06-2010
THE high price of corruption was driven home to former Ministry of Environment and Tourism Deputy Director Sackey Namugongo on Friday, when he was sent to prison for an effective eight years.Having
readFonteintjie fish farm struggles to stay afloat
14-06-2010
THE Fonteintjie community fish farm at Keetmanshoop has been struggling to stay afloat after it started operations in 2006, says Fisheries Ministry technician Peter Simasiku.According to Simasiku, the
readFNB denies nepotism claims
14-06-2010
THE First National Bank (FNB) has denied nepotism claims levelled against a senior manager, Elmarie Cilliers, who heads the bank’s asset finance institution, Wesbank.A source within Wesbank had
readWorld Cup Concert
14-06-2010
Thousands of people rocked Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Thursday night, singing in harmony at the official World Cup concert on the eve of the world’s most watched sporting event.US group the Black
readZimbabwe to lift diamond export ban
14-06-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s government will soon lift its ban on diamond exports and expects to trade more than four million carats from the controversial Marange fields, state media reported yesterday.Mines
readEU leaders try to convince markets over euro crisis
14-06-2010
BRUSSELS – European Union leaders will make a new attempt this week to convince financial markets they can contain a debt crisis by agreeing how to tighten economic policy coordination and strengthen
readOECD reports signs of slowing growth
14-06-2010
PARIS – Economic recovery seems to be slowing in most advanced economies, the OECD said on Friday according to its index of leading indicators, adding that signals of a slowdown have also appeared in
readMoody’s declares European banks safe
14-06-2010
PARIS – European banks are strong enough to withstand any sharp losses on their holdings of government debt issued by Greece, Portugal, Spain and Ireland, a leading credit agency said on Friday.Rating
readSave human ‘capital’, says Pope
14-06-2010
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI told European banking and development officials Saturday to keep families’ needs paramount as they devise solutions to the continent’s financial crises.Economy and
readFrance plans billions of spending cuts
14-06-2010
PARIS – France joined other European nations in announcing Saturday an austerity plan that would involve 45 billion euros (US$54,5 billion) in spending cuts over the next three years.Prime Minister
readIt’s relaxing work at Afriserenity
14-06-2010
WHEN 33-year-old Mariane Akwenye was a young girl, she knew that one day she would become a businesswoman like her mother – and that self-belief came true in 2008 when she quit being a pilot and
readOrascom talks continue, Leo still for sale?
14-06-2010
CAIRO – Egypt’s Orascom Telecom is still negotiating the sale of some of its African assets, a newspaper reported yesterday, reviving hopes for a possible deal after failed talks with South Africa’s
readCash transfers transforming lives of the poor in SADC
14-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – When Letesia Mbewe was nominated as a beneficiary in a cash transfer pilot project in Zambia’s Chipata district, she had no idea the project would change her life and that of her three
readBicycle network grows beyond expectations
14-06-2010
THE Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BEN Namibia) began five years ago with the aim of providing bicycles to HIV-AIDS outreach volunteers, particularly those in rural areas walking long
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