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55 Articles found on Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Will World Cup attract human traffickers?
16-06-2010
CAPE TOWN – A fierce debate has erupted over claims that the 2010 Soccer World Cup will fuel the trafficking of women from African and other countries to South Africa for sexual exploitation during
readWalvis faces budget deficit
16-06-2010
THE more than N$1,6 million deficit that the Municipality of Walvis Bay has budgeted for the 2010/ 2011 financial year will be financed out of surpluses from previous years.So said the chairperson of
readBlack Africa honour their best
16-06-2010
BLACK Africa Sport Club recently awarded their top football and netball performers, with Da Costa Angula and Yvonne Kotjipati scooping the Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year honours.Da Costa has
readKaizer Chiefs inspect Namibia
16-06-2010
REPRESENTATIVES of South African premiership glamour football club Kaizer Chiefs were in Namibia to conduct inspections of the facilities ahead of their planned pre-season tour.Speaking to The
readPremier League clubs get paid
16-06-2010
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) has paid the outstanding prize money due to 11 of the 12 top-flight clubs for the 2009/2010 league campaign.NPL chief executive officer (CEO) Mathew Haikali informed
readParaguay get boost from holding Italy
16-06-2010
PARAGUAY did tragic teammate Salvador Cabanas proud by holding defending champions Italy 1-1 in their World Cup opener, with coach Gerardo Martino saying it illustrated their potential.The South
readItaly make slow start, Dutch tame Danes
16-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Defending champions Italy made an unconvincing start to the World Cup with a drab 1-1 draw against Paraguay on Monday after Holland joined fellow giants Argentina and Germany as
readLast-gasp All Whites snatch historic point
16-06-2010
RUSTENBURG, South Africa – A stoppage time equaliser by defender Winston Reid saw New Zealand claim the first World Cup point in their history with a 1-1 draw with Slovakia yesterday.The All Whites,
readPowerful Spain aim to breach defensive Switzerland
16-06-2010
EUROPEAN champion Spain will be one of the last two teams in action in the opening flight of group matches, a position the perennial World Cup underachiever also hopes to be in at the end of South
readMoment of truth for Bafana
16-06-2010
IT is game on as Bafana Bafana face their moment of truth when they meet tough-as-teak Uruguay at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on tonight in what promises to be a colossal second Group A clash.Both
readDominant Ivory Coast hold sluggish Portugal to draw
16-06-2010
PORT ELIZABETH – Portugal got their World Cup finals off to a stuttering start with a goalless draw against a spirited Ivory Coast yesterday, a match that saw the return of Didier Drogba only 11 days
readSMSes for 16 June 2010
16-06-2010
SMS Of The Day HOUSING has been a problem for all Namibians, including those who had a housing allowance because in Namibia the lawmakers have given the right to the banks to decide who will
readPohamba reads riot act to PSes
16-06-2010
MORE co-ordination and teamwork among permanent secretaries and their Ministries, and adherence to the letter and spirit of the Public Service Act, were some of the demands made by President
readPohamba pushes for less red tape
16-06-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has demanded less red tape in Government and faster administrative processes, friendlier and more efficient service from all public institutions when dealing with the
readOmulongwa a tulwa mondholongo
16-06-2010
OMUKIINTU omugundjuka okwa holoka mompangu ya mengestrata poRundu ta tamanekelwa okuholeka evalo.Wamunyima Mumbu[23] okwa holokele komeho ga mengestrata ,William Kasitomo konima sho a kwatwa aniwa sho
readTaku kongwa yina yokahanona katoolwa mokuti
16-06-2010
OPOLISI mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otayi kongo yina yokahanona okakadhona hoka ka tolelwe mokuti meti 2 Juni 2010, konima ashike sho opo ka valwa.Omupopiliko gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena
readKano Smith omukalelipo gwa Namibia moMichigan
16-06-2010
OMUNAMBELEWA pitithi gwa Barden International moNamibia, Audley Kano Smith okwa ulikwa omukalelipo gwesimaneko gwa Namibia moshilongo shaMichigan mu Febuluwali nuumvo.Smith okwa pewa iilonga mbika
readOlusheno talu gwedhelwa uule womimvo ntano ta dhiya
16-06-2010
ONDANDO yolusheno ndoka ha lu longithwa kaalongithi yolusheno olundji ota dhi ka gwedhelwa nooperesenda 20 uule womimvo ndatu sigo ntano ta dhi landula. Uuyelele mbuka owa gandjwa kehangano lyoku
readShaduka a hokolola meyaho lyomukadhi
16-06-2010
INANDI vula okushitaamba, omutima gwandje ka gwa li tagu vulu okushi zimina, onda li nda haluthwa, nonda piyagana.Nguka ogo omukalo nakufekelwa edhipago lyomukadhi, Lazarus Shaduka a ulike, konima sho
readOmufuthi gondjigilile a pewa omimvo ntano
16-06-2010
OMUFUTHI omukulu ngoka a pelwe nale omageelo lwomulongo nalumwe gwedhina, Alfeus Nafuka okwa tumwa kondholongo omimvo ntano mompangu yamengestrata ya Swakopmund.Omayono ga Nafuka gonale ongaashi,
readOshinano okuza ko Walvibay tashi utha ondando yomahooli
16-06-2010
ESHUNOPEVI lyondando yomahooli moshilongo ashihe otali ikwatelele koshinano okuza koWalvisbayu hoka oko haku ziilile omahooli agehe ngele ta ga falwa kiilando noshowo kiitopolwa yi ili no yi ili
readNBC popepi no ku mona omuwiliki
16-06-2010
OLUKONGO lwomuwiliki omupe gwehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia[NBC] olwa ya komeho, na ngashingeyi opena aawiliki yatatu momahangano ya tulwa momusholondondo gomapulo.Oonzo popepi no NBC
readHuman trafficking in Nam a reality
16-06-2010
HUMAN TRAFFICKING violations in Namibia are a reality that requires increased attention and efforts by Namibians in order to identify trafficking and punish traffickers.According to the 2010 Annual
readHome Affairs under fire in Pastor’s permit dispute
16-06-2010
THE Ministry of Home Affairs has been accused of practising double standards in the way work permits are approved.The criteria used by the immigration board have also come under the spotlight.
readHalaal and caviar home comforts at the World Cup
16-06-2010
PORT ELIZABETH – Halaal for the Algerians, tubs of caviar for any wandering WAGS - South Africa is pushing the boat out to ensure its VIP World Cup guests don’t feel homesick.Algeria, first round
readDiamond thief to hear his fate in Keetmanshoop court today
16-06-2010
A FORMER Namdeb bus driver will be sentenced today after he was found guilty in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court for stealing seven unpolished diamonds worth N$708 679 from his employer on June 25
readCapacity, indiscipline hamper education
16-06-2010
ABOUT 19 000 pupils in the Swakopmund education circuit have to make do with just over 600 teachers.This circuit as well as the entire Erongo Region’s biggest challenge is to change the negative
readBaby dumping trial postponed
16-06-2010
THE trial of a Swakopmund schoolgirl accused of murder and concealment of birth, after the body of a baby boy was found at a local school last year, will start in November.Regional Magistrate Gaynor
read200 000 people live in shacks: Shixwameni
16-06-2010
MOST of the working class in Namibia – about 200 000 people who are building the country’s wealth which is enjoyed by only a few – are living in shacks, have to walk up to 15 kilometres to work, earn
read‘Human trafficking’ in spotlight tonight
16-06-2010
Ye-Ting Woo, the highly acclaimed Assistant US Attorney for Seattle in the Terrorism and Violent Crime Unit, will be speaking on ‘Global Trends in Human Trafficking’ at the Polytechnic of Namibia in
readNotable Quotes
16-06-2010
I could not accept it, my heart could not accept it, I was shocked and I was confused. – This was how businessman and murder suspect Lazarus Shaduka on Monday described his emotional state upon
readTravolta donates to Mandela Children’s Fund
16-06-2010
John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston donated R70,000 to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund on Saturday, during their visit to South Africa, and spent some time singing and dancing with children the
readFootball-loving princes head to SA just in time for England – Algeria game
16-06-2010
It will be their first official overseas tour together and football-loving princes William and Harry could hardly have planned the trip any better.The Royal brothers have a series of official duties
readSinger Jason Mraz visits Ghana to help end slavery
16-06-2010
While Shakira, the Black Eyed Peas and other top musicians are in Africa to help kick off the World Cup, singer Jason Mraz was on the continent for another reason: to help free slaves.The 31-year-old
readAupindi eyes China to boost flagging tourism
16-06-2010
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) Managing Director Tobie Aupindi has said the local tourism sector is focusing on China as an emerging tourism market.“As a friendly country of Namibia, China’s vast
readFifa to scrutinise Dutch beer babes’ miniskirts
16-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Fifa lawyers will decide whether orange miniskirts worn by a group of young Dutch women at a Netherlands match was ambush marketing by a beer company, the football body said
readNam seeks closer ties with Vietnam
16-06-2010
FISHERIES and Marine Resources Minister Bernhard Esau has expressed the hope that Vietnam will soon send specialists to Namibia to help it develop aquaculture.During his talks with Vietnamese Minister
readHow much oil gets into the world’s oceans?
16-06-2010
WASHINGTON – Oil gushing from the broken BP wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico over the last 54 days may well have exceeded the amount of oil expected to enter North American ocean waters in a normal
read‘No banker’s bonus should exceed salary’
16-06-2010
BRUSSELS – European lawmakers have demanded that no banker be paid more bonus than salary, a radical position that could soon result in tighter pay controls for an industry blamed for triggering
readBrazil to lead agriculture boom as Europe imports
16-06-2010
ROME –The rising economies of Brazil, China, and India will see strong growth in their agricultural sectors in the next decade as output remains stagnant among big importers in Western Europe,
readPouring Water on Troubled Oil
16-06-2010
LIFE is always about choices especially when, as a column writer, views are expressed publicly and necessarily fairly briefly. Support for a particular individual, in this case President Obama,
readCrisis measures valued at over a trillion dollars
16-06-2010
GENEVA – The legacy of emergency measures undertaken by G20 governments to lift economies out of the global recession stood at over a trillion dollars in May, international agencies have
readAfghan mine sector sparkles but problems abound
16-06-2010
WASHINGTON – Afghanistan has rich mineral deposits, from iron ore and copper to precious stones, but their potential is stifled by war, bad infrastructure and deep investor caution.Experts say
readNamibia should have cashed in on World Cup
16-06-2010
NAMIBIA could have benefited much more from the 2010 Fifa World Cup that kicked off in South Africa last week, independent economist Klaus Schade said yesterday.In an interview with Nampa , Schade
readPolice arrest 178 in global credit card scam
16-06-2010
MADRID – Police have arrested 178 people in Europe and the United States suspected of cloning credit cards in an international scam worth over 20 million euros, Spanish police said yesterday.Police in
readLandslides kill at least 58 in Bangladesh
16-06-2010
DHAKA – Landslides triggered by heavy rain in southeast Bangladesh buried dozens of houses and an army camp yesterday, killing at least 58 people, officials said.The landslides hit villages in the
readAmerican on mission to kill bin Laden arrested
16-06-2010
PESHAWAR – An American armed with a pistol and a 40-inch (102-centimetre) sword was detained in northern Pakistan and told investigators he was on a solo mission to kill Osama bin Laden, a police
readIreland expels Israeli diplomat over forged passports for attack
16-06-2010
DUBLIN – Ireland announced yesterday it’s expelling an Israeli diplomat as punishment for the alleged Mossad use of forged Irish passports to assassinate a top Hamas official in Dubai.Israel has
readZimbabwe blames EU for holding up talks
16-06-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s foreign minister yesterday accused the European Union of delaying a new round of talks meant to assess progress in meeting long-delayed political and human rights reforms.“It seems
readKenyan politicians arrested over hate speech charges
16-06-2010
NAIROBI – Kenyan police have arrested two members of parliament and an assistant minister on charges of hate speech, an official said on Tuesday in the increasingly turbulent run up to an August 4
readVuvuzela filter for quieter SWC
16-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – An online company has begun marketing an “Anti Vuvuzela Filter” that promises to silence the sound of the controversial plastic trumpets that have become the trademark of the Soccer
readBP to burn off captured oil, gas
16-06-2010
PASS CHRISTIAN – BP won permission to start burning oil and gas piped up from its broken seafloor well as part of a pledge to more than triple how much crude it stops from spewing into the Gulf of
readGovernor faces graft charges
16-06-2010
KARAS Governor Dawid Boois is set to appear in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on corruption charges, after a housing subsidy scandal dating back to 2004 returned to haunt him.Boois’s first court
readFirst big freeze of season hits Namibia
16-06-2010
NAMIBIANS are bundled up against freezing temperatures and cold winds that arrived late last week in the south and have now made their mark on the rest of the country.Temperature readings show that
readOil industry turns down Namcor fuel
16-06-2010
NAMIBIA is not facing an immediate fuel shortage because local oil companies are once again refusing to accept a consignment of petrol that Afroneft is trying to sell to Namcor, the Namibian Oil
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