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62 Articles found on Friday, 19 March 2010
New dawn for Athletics Namibia
19-03-2010
ATHLETICS Namibia received N$125 000 from Bank Windhoek to host a national track and field event, which will bring together an expected 350 athletes from all 13 regions in Namibia on Wednesday.Given
readTerry not to blame, says guard
19-03-2010
LONDON – Chelsea captain John Terry was not to blame for driving into a club security guard, the wounded official said as the footballer was set to visit him Thursday.England centre-half Terry was
readBarcelona, Bordeaux into Champions League quarter finals
19-03-2010
LONDON – Inspired by the brilliance of Lionel Messi’s two goals, defending champion Barcelona beat Stuttgart 4-0 on Wednesday to power into the Champions League quarterfinals as Bordeaux defeated
readAnglers get ready for fish festival
19-03-2010
THE most prestigious angling event on the Namibian calendar and one of the most sought-after events in southern Africa, the Crockango Angling Bonanza in association with Aliboats and Yamaha, kicks off
readBoxing put Namibia on world map: Kaperu
19-03-2010
Namibia Boxing Federation (NABF) Secretary-General Joe Kaperu said boxing as a sports code has undoubtedly put Namibia on the world map since the country’s independence in 1990.Speaking to Nampa on
readSports stars to illuminate the Independence Day celebrations
19-03-2010
NAMIBIA’S boxers, footballers and rugby players are tasked with illuminating the Independence Day celebrations this weekend. On Friday night, the Welwitschias will want to kick-start the celebrations
readFrom heavyweight to featherweight: Tyson races pigeons
19-03-2010
NEW YORK – Former world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson will take flight on Animal Planet with a new sport known as pigeon racing.The network this week announced a new reality show that will pit Tyson, a
readBolt to compete in 300 metres at Golden Spike
19-03-2010
PRAGUE – Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt will compete in the rarely contested 300-metre race for the first time at the traditional Czech Golden Spike meet in May.Organisers said Wednesday that Bolt,
readHurricanes culled for Bulls confrontation
19-03-2010
WELLINGTON – The Wellington Hurricanes have axed five players, including All Blacks scrumhalf Piri Weepu, from today’s starting line-up in a desperate bid to halt the Northern Bulls’ rampant charge at
readDimba wins blitz chess tournament
19-03-2010
UNAM student James Dimba was crowned the new Independence Blitz Chess Tournament (IBCT) Champion at the UN Plaza last weekend. Mubasen /Hochobeb won the under-10 section, as Nicola Tjaronda checked
readBudget quote of the day
19-03-2010
“They must focus on nationwide decentralisation. They should look at developing all the small towns and not just Windhoek. The Government should also make our economy more investor friendly and find
readMinemakers to list on NSX
19-03-2010
PHOSPHATE miner Minemakers Ltd, owner of marine phosphate projects in Namibia, plans to list on the Namibian Stock Exchange in May, Business Day in Australia reported yesterday.Minemakers said the
readBig bonuses for US state bank auditors
19-03-2010
WASHINGTON – Banks weren’t the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank
readAppetite for chocolate returning
19-03-2010
ZURICH – Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Spruengli is confident its strong brand and recent investment will restore growth to long-term levels, after subdued consumer demand and high cocoa prices hit 2009
readTwenty years of booming tourism
19-03-2010
NAMIBIA’S unique landscape, rich cultural diversity and efficient service providers ensure that the country is increasingly becoming the favoured destination for many regional and overseas
readEurozone back into trade deficit
19-03-2010
BRUSSELS – The eurozone flipped back into a trade deficit of 8,9 billion euros (US$12,1 billion) in January, after posting a 4,1-billion-euro surplus in December, official data showed yesterday.The
readWorld Bank sees Africa economies rebounding
19-03-2010
NAIROBI – Sub-Saharan African economies will rebound this year, growing by about 3,8 per cent, but their recovery will be slower than in other developing nations because of a reliance on commodities,
readAfrican oil output to double by 2014
19-03-2010
AFRICAN oil production capacity will continue to grow at a significant rate in the medium-term and production capacity is anticipated to reach 7,4-million barrels a day by 2014, an analyst has
readPeru coffee farms in tax trouble in cocaine zone
19-03-2010
LIMA – Coffee and cocoa farmers from a turbulent cocaine-producing region of Peru say the country’s tax agency is unfairly fining their cooperative, and putting at risk their exports of high-quality
readNew virus targets Facebook
19-03-2010
BOSTON – Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook’s estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive
readRecession slang
19-03-2010
NOT much good has come out of the recession from which we seem to be slowly emerging. But at least it’s left us with some new slang to bandy about, the most popular probably being “staycation” — that
readLawyer fights ban on cussing jogger
19-03-2010
PORTSMOUTH – The attorney representing a jogger accused of yelling at police and citizens during his runs through Portsmouth, New Hampshire said an order barring his client from the city while he is
readClinton in Moscow for Mideast, nuclear arms talks
19-03-2010
MOSCOW – United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top
readSomali pirates attempt attack on Dutch warship
19-03-2010
NAIROBI – These Somali pirates picked the wrong ship to hijack. Troops aboard the Dutch warship HNLMS Tromp fired warning shots on Wednesday off the coast of East Africa as suspected Somali pirates
readAirline crew face jail over sexy texts
19-03-2010
DUBAI – Two Emirates airlines cabin crew have been ordered jailed for three months in Dubai over sexually explicit text messages, the latest in a string of indecency cases against foreigners, a
readIraq race neck-and-neck
19-03-2010
BAGHDAD – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi were neck-and-neck yesterday, with updated results showing their blocs in a tight race to be the largest faction in the Iraqi
readSudan and Darfur rebels sign ceasefire
19-03-2010
DOHA – Sudan’s government and a collection of Darfur rebel groups have signed a ceasefire, opening the way for political negotiations ahead of a full peace agreement.Government representative Ghazi
readWomen still unequal to men
19-03-2010
MANY challenges still have to be overcome with regard to gender equality, as women and girls still suffer from domestic violence, rape and under-representation at decision-making level, Swapo Member
readDeputy PM bids farewell
19-03-2010
THE grande dame of Namibian politics and part of the ‘Tanganyika group’, Dr Libertina Amathila, yesterday bade farewell to Parliament in a moving speech and had words of wisdom for the new Parliament
readHIV gave her courage
19-03-2010
FOURTEEN years ago, when she was pregnant with her second child, a son, Magdalena Ndjuao discovered that she was HIV positive. Since then, her life has been subjected to the ultimate tests of courage,
readGermany and Namibia sign N$170 m deal
19-03-2010
GERMANY and Namibia signed a technical cooperation agreement for 17 million euros (about N$170 million) on Friday, which will be used for land management support, ground water research, HIV-AIDS
readGoliath faction splits over Karools
19-03-2010
THE recent elevation of the former Secretary of the Goliath faction /Hai-/Khaua tribe, Thomas Karools, to the throne has opened cracks of division.The controversial appointment of Karools in the
readChief’s kidney problem solved
19-03-2010
CHIEF Angelina Ribebe of the Shambyu Traditional Authority in the Kavango Region is in Cape Town, where she is receiving a kidney transplant costing about N$350 000, 95 per cent of which is covered by
readNA amends Constitution
19-03-2010
THE Anti-Corruption Commission will soon be anchored in the Namibian Constitution after Parliament on Wednesday adopted a bill to amend the supreme law of the country.Other changes are to increase the
readWalvis harbour gets own Police station
19-03-2010
THE Namibian Ports Authority (NamPort) and the Namibian Police (NamPol) signed a co-operation agreement in Walvis Bay on Wednesday, paving the way for more intense policing in the harbour
readStrangler on the loose with trial postponed
19-03-2010
KOËS strangler Berendt Both remains free on bail after his trial on charges of murder and rape was postponed for close to three months in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.Both’s trial is scheduled
readSPYL to be a thorn in new MPs’ flesh
19-03-2010
COMPANIES in Namibia, especially those dealing with natural resources, should be forced to give 51 per cent of their ownership to Namibians as part of a new policy of “guided empowerment”, the Swapo
readQuorum for parliamentarians unchanged
19-03-2010
THE National Assembly on Wednesday concluded its debate on a motion to reduce the number of Members required in the House to vote on laws and other decisions, but the quorum remains unchanged at 37
readNamibia Farmworkers Union to target charcoal industry
19-03-2010
THE charcoal sector in Namibia, which produces charcoal from invading bush species and provides jobs to over 4 000 people, will come under close scrutiny by the Namibia Farmworkers’ Union (Nafwu) over
readA Significant Milestone
19-03-2010
IT is with great pride that the staff of this newspaper joins all other well-wishers in congratulating the Namibian nation on two decades of independence!We are fully aware of the tough times the
readAt 20 We Need To Entrench Democratic Governance
19-03-2010
I AM not too sure if many Namibians are waiting impatiently for the new Government to be inaugurated. I am also not too sure if they have high expectations from their elected officials. Be that as it
readIs The Law Stupid?
19-03-2010
IT was first a circus (basically people playing law) then it turned into a carnival when the ‘landmark verdict’ was announced. And the ‘winning’ parties went euphoric. I am referring to the case that
readStop the struggle-era rhetoric
19-03-2010
ON March 21 some 45 years ago Luther King Jnr began a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Five years earlier, in South Africa’s Sharpeville, apartheid forces mowed down 72 people and outlawed the
readPolitical Perspective
19-03-2010
WHEN someone recently bemoaned Namibia for being a democracy without democrats, I couldn’t help thinking of an Africa without Africans. Not literally, of course. But while the ‘African’ drum is
readBeware When The Poor Know Their Rights
19-03-2010
NAMIBIA is blessed with abundant natural resources, namely minerals, fish, wildlife etc, yet has a high poverty rate. The fact is that 90% of Namibian are poor, most of them are living in rural areas
readNamibia Must Promote Secularism
19-03-2010
THE religious violence in Nigeria and Egypt is of real concern. This demonstrates again that religion could be manipulated in the battles for land and other resources. The state of Israel is another
readFormer Flier Gets Rebuff
19-03-2010
I WAS most interested to read your article re: Air Namibia and the reported state of affairs. It may be of interest to know the following.I joined Air Namibia in 1989 I worked my way through the
readStop The Hatred Before It’s Too Late
19-03-2010
MUST we as Namibians pick up on the silliness of the USA and start calling ourselves: Afrikaner–Namibian, Oshiwambo–Namibian, Nama–Namibian etc? Or must we go back to the time when a number on your
readPeace Has Its Price
19-03-2010
NAMIBIA is hovering at a very dangerous point in its political life with the “ups and downs” of democracy as a result of the lingering questions surrounding the presidential and parliamentary election
readDon’t Disregard Our Rights
19-03-2010
I COULDN’T believe my eyes! Mr Prime Minister, is it not the democratic right and, indeed patriotic duty, of every civil-minded individual of our Republic to question, probe and investigate every
readMagistrate dismisses Mbok bail bid
19-03-2010
A BAIL application by Cameroonian-born businessman Antoine Mbok, who was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission two weeks ago, ended in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday with Mbok
readTjiriange a laleke oparliamende
19-03-2010
MINISTA gwOonakulwa aakulu, Ngarikutuke Tjiriange okwa laleke iilyo yoparliamende metitatu omanga inaa ya moshipundi shevululuko ongo omutotimpango noshilyo shokabinete ka Namibia.“Otandi pandula
readOmunambelewa pomukunda gwa Stampriet
19-03-2010
OMUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu gwomukunda gwaStampriet, Catherine Haimbodi a thigi po ombelewa ye.Otaku hokololwa kutya Haimbodi okwa ningile esiku hakala mosheenditho she eshi thikamitha poombelewa dhelelo
readAanafaalama ya Khomas ohaya futu ondjambi yopetameko
19-03-2010
EHANGANO lyaaniilonga yomoofaalama lya Namibia[Nafwu] olya ti oli uvite ombili kutya konyala aanafaalam 71 yiipindi mboka lyatelelepo moshitopolwa sha Khomas ohaya futu aaniilonga yawo ondjambi ndjoka
read6000 Liquor a kwashilipaleka uudhano wEtanga noodola10,000
19-03-2010
ONGESHEFA ya 6000 Liquor, tayi adhika mOndangwa oya kwashilipaleka uudhano wetanga lyokoompadhi waakuluntu nooN$10,000, tau ka kala ko mehuliloshiwike lyomasiku 20 sigo 22 Maalitsa 2010, tau ka
readHaimbili a yelekwa ko ACC
19-03-2010
OKOMMISSI yokukeelela Uulingilingi[Anti Corruption Commission] oya yeleke omukuluntu pitithi gwehangano lyokututa omitsalo lya Namibia, TranNamib, omusamane Titus Haimbili.Okommissi ndjika oya yeleke
readUukumwe woompilameno konyala wa dhimi
19-03-2010
ETOPOKO olya holoka muukumwe woongundu dhompilameno, ndhoka dha li tadhi kondjitha iizemo yomahogololo gomumvo gwayi. Oongundu omugoyi odha li dha fala Okommissi Yomahogololo ya Namibia kompangu
readSnub exposes legal loophole
19-03-2010
OPPOSITION Rally for Democracy and Progress MPs-in-waiting who opted to boycott this morning’s swearing-in ceremony will at best lose their wages for the days they stay out. Political analysts say the
readGourmet treats for Zuma and friends
19-03-2010
Government will spare no expense when it rolls out the proverbial red carpet for its high-profile international guests this weekend, during which champagne costing N$1 000 a bottle will be served at a
readDTA joins RDP in boycott
19-03-2010
THE DTA of Namibia made a u-turn last night, joining the Rally for Democracy and Progress in their boycott of today’s swearing-in ceremony at the National Assembly. “We have consulted our members
readSMS Of The Day 19 March 2010
19-03-2010
TO my fellow people! Please let’s enjoy our Independence celebrations in peace, love and harmony. After all that’s what we wanted and fought for. Food for Thought Right way from the start A THOUGHT
readNotable Quotes
19-03-2010
The Namibian youth should not tell us that they do not want to be reminded of history, but if you do not want to remember history, you are empty and shallow. – Veterans’ Affairs Minister Ngarikutuke
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