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67 Articles found on Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Veterans receive mobility aids
18-05-2010
MORE than 20 veterans of the liberation struggle living in the Caprivi, Kavango and Ohangwena regions received medical appliances from the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs last week.Wheelchairs, crutches
readTrucker dies in inferno
18-05-2010
A TRUCK driver from Upington in South Africa burned to death when the truck he was driving smashed into a rock and caught fire. The crash happened on Sunday morning on the B1 road between Karasburg
readSwanu gears for regional and local elections
18-05-2010
THE oldest political party in Namibia, Swanu, has decided to stand for the upcoming regional and local elections in all 13 regions and to solidify its youth league, elders’ council and women’s league
readSPYL condemns power hike
18-05-2010
THE Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has condemned the Electricity Control Board’s approval of an 18 per cent increase in NamPower’s bulk power price and called for the decision to be reversed.The SPYL
readRP still uses office at Parliament despite boycott
18-05-2010
THE Republican Party, despite boycotting Parliament pending the outcome of the election challenge court case, is still making use of parliamentary facilities such as its office there. The Namibian
readPohamba to visit Moscow
18-05-2010
WINDHOEK – President Hifikepunye Pohamba will depart for Moscow this week at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.A joint press release issued by the Embassy of the Russian Federation
readRichter starts ‘clean sweep’ at Rehoboth Town Council
18-05-2010
OPERATION clean-up seems to be in full swing at the Rehoboth Town Council – first the George Dax regime was dealt a blow and now the acting CEO, Jeffrey Kasupi, is out too.Following the election of a
readKamwi promises clean sweep
18-05-2010
THE Ministry of Health and Social Services has been “hanging in the air” for the past 20 years because of the absence of legislation guiding the operations of this ministry.Consequently, Health
readKutenhoas connected to national grid
18-05-2010
RESIDENTS of Kutenhoas in the Berseba Constituency were connected to the national electricity grid on Friday.Commissioning the power supply to the tiny village, Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy
readMassive claim against Zim govt
18-05-2010
THE Zimbabwean Government will have to fork out at least US$70 million – close to N$530 million – should a renewed claim by three applicants against President Robert Mugabe’s government and its
readN$11 000 skimmed from credit card
18-05-2010
FRAUDSTERS last week used a cloned Visa debit card to purchase goods totalling N$11 000 at Rundu and Katima Mulilo before their fraudulent actions were uncovered and the card blacklisted. According
readA prayer against earthquakes
18-05-2010
“GOD, give Namibia a second chance...” So prayed Pastor Pascal Hakizimana at a “national prayer” that was organised in Windhoek on Saturday – an attempt to turn around a recent earthquake prediction
readAranos Village Council without chairman
18-05-2010
THE Aranos Village Council is without a chairman after Swapo Party representatives dominating the council failed to agree on the chairmanship.Three of the five councillors represent Swapo, while the
readCivil servants frustrated by Government ‘system’
18-05-2010
SOME professional and competent civil servants are leaving the civil service because they are being frustrated by the system, a Swapo MP in the National Council alleged yesterday.Margareth
readDanger Ashipala buried
18-05-2010
RETIRED Commissioner of Police Michael Danger Ashipala, who died on May 9 at his house in Windhoek’s Academia suburb at the age of 62, was buried with full Police honours at his home village of
readNotable Quotes
18-05-2010
It seems that the councillors need time to sort out their personal problems. The interest of the community is not prevailing. – Magistrate Alweendo Venasius during a council meeting on the election
readTennis vets impress in PE
18-05-2010
THE Namibian veterans’ tennis team finished fourth at the Interprovincial Tournament held in Port Elizabeth on May 2 to 8.The Namibian team competed in the 45-and-over age category and was initially
readNew Athletics club for Katutura
18-05-2010
VETERAN Namibian road runners Willem Andries and Willem Rooi recently established a new athletics club in Katutura.The club focuses mainly on road running and marathon running, but track-and-field
readNew basketball committees for Caprivi, Omusati
18-05-2010
THE Namibian Basketball Federation (NBF) continued to restructure basketball administration in the country as it established two new regional committees in Caprivi and Omusati on Saturday.The two
readVuvuzelas will lift Bafana: Robson
18-05-2010
VUVUZELAS are going to become Bafana Bafana’s 12th man during next month’s World Cup finals.That’s the view of Thailand head coach Bryan Robson, whose side were on the wrong end of a 4-0 thrashing at
readSouth Korea beats Ecuador in warm-up
18-05-2010
SEOUL – Lee Sung-ryeol and Lee Chung-yong scored in the second half to give South Korea a 2-0 win over Ecuador in a friendly at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Sunday.South Korea started brightly and had
readBribery allegations anger Russian officials
18-05-2010
LONDON – A bleak day for English football ended with 2018 World Cup bid badly damaged, the FA in chaos and chairman David Triesman forced to resign after a newspaper sting in which he is taped
readAfrica hopes World Cup will change continent’s image
18-05-2010
JOHANNESBURG – It’s billed as ‘Africa’s World Cup’, and countries across the continent are hitching their stars to the tournament, hoping to change the image of a region often perceived in degrees of
readSpoilers win Khomas league
18-05-2010
OKAHANDJA-BASED Spoilers Football Club were crowned the winners of the Khomas Region Second Division on Sunday.Following a close title race for the league honours, Spoilers won the title with a
readLeague title is Barca’s consolation prize
18-05-2010
MADRID – Barcelona’s 20th Spanish league title came as some consolation in a season where retaining the Champions League at the home of archrival Real Madrid looked to be the top priority.Barcelona
readNadal beats Federer in Madrid Masters final
18-05-2010
MADRID - Rafael Nadal won a record 18th Masters title by beating Roger Federer 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the Madrid final on Sunday.Nadal reversed the result of the 2009 final – the last time the pair had
readCentury stand from Pietersen, Kieswetter
18-05-2010
BRIDGETOWN – England won the World Twenty20 in magnificent style with a 111-run partnership from South Africa-born batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Craig Kieswetter setting them up for a seven-wicket win
readOondohotola ina dhi thaneka ekanka aniwa
18-05-2010
EHANGANO lyoondohotola lya Namibia olya ti omipopyo kutya oondohotola oya thaneka okuninga ekanka kombinga yoondjambi dhawo oshinima kaashi shi shopankuluntu na itashi kwatha sha.Ehangano olya popi
readDanger Ashipala a fumvikwa pOmaandi
18-05-2010
KOMUFALA kwali gwOpolisi a tseyika nawa Michael Danger Ashipala, ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe mOvenduka mOsoondaha yeti 9 Mei 2010 konima yuuwehame nomepipi lyomimvo 62 okwa fumvikwa momukunda gwawo
readPape a simaneke omakwatathano giilongo
18-05-2010
OMUKALELIPO guukumwe waEuropa moNamibia okwa simaneke elongelokumwe lyiipindi pokati kehangano lye na Namibia.Elizabeth Pape okwa ti konyala etata lyiilandithomwa ya Namibia okuya pondje yoshilongo
readOofabulika mbali dhiizalomwa tadhi egululwa moWindhoek
18-05-2010
OKABINETE oka zimine opo oodola oomiliona 30 dhi longithwe okutunga oofabulika ndatu dhopokati dhokuhondja iizalomwa moWindhoek nomOngwediva.Elalakano lyoofabulika ndhika olyo okukwathela konyala
readOmahooli taga gwedhwa ishewe oshiwike shika
18-05-2010
ONDANDO yomahooli otayi gwedhwa ishewe olutitatu nuumvo metitatu lyoshiwike shika.Egwedhelo ndika olyo etitatu lya taalela aalongithi yomahooli giiyenditho omumvo nguka.Etseyitho lyegwedhelo ndika
readOmulongo 19 mboka ya kengelele Social Security ya geelwa
18-05-2010
AAKENGELELI 19 mboka ya kengelele okommissi yegameno lyonkalonawa yaaniilonga [Social Security Commission] omumvo 2006 oya geelwa nokufutithwa iimaliwa nenge ngele oya nyengwa ya kale mondjedhililo
readA tumwa kondjedhililo omimvo 16 sho a kwatonkonga
18-05-2010
OMUKALIMO gwomomukunda Koes, Hendrik Awaseb [50] okwa pewa egeelo lyomimvo 16 konima yekumba mompangu yopashitopolwa moKeetmanshoop metitano lya ziko, sho a monika ondjo yekwatonkonga lyomunona
readOshilando sha Keetmanshoop kashina “meya”
18-05-2010
EHOGOLOLO lyameya poshilando sha Keetmanshoop olya kalekwa sigo okomeho sho aahogololwa mboka ya li ya ulikwa kaapena ngoka a mono omawi ogendji ge vule ga mukwawo.Aaulikwa yaali, Basil Brown, na
readOlwiidhi lwa rift valley moNamibia
18-05-2010
AANIIMUNA oyendji ya Namibia oya taalela ekanitho enene molwaashoka ita ya vulu okulanditha onyama nenge iimuna pondje. Shika osha landula eholokepo lyuuvu wolwiidhi lwedhina rift valley mboka wa
readChannel 7 mOshiwambo ya yandja ooN$24 180
18-05-2010
ORADIO Channel 7 yOshiwambo oya yandja oshitimulongo sho N$ 14 180.00 kofikola yEembolo novapofi yEluwa Special School mOngwediva, neeN$ 10 000 kounona voulipwedi womOsenda ya Dr Aupa Indongo
readSMSes for Tuesday 18 May 2010
18-05-2010
SMS Of The Day WHY does Cabinet approve N$30 million for new garment factories when existing Ramatex plants stand empty? – Robin Tyson Food for Thought ARE people like Dave Smuts
readBanning The Namibian Is Like Targeting The Agent
18-05-2010
THE Government ban on advertising in The Namibian came from a particular set of circumstances and the Government needs to appreciate the fact that the approach that brought about the ban may have been
readObserving World Health Day 2010
18-05-2010
ON April 7, we commemorated the founding of the World Health Organisation with World Health Day. This year’s theme – ‘Urbanisation and Health – Urban Health Matters’ – is relevant even here in
readNo Malema visit on the cards
18-05-2010
TALKS between the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) and the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in South Africa to get ANCYL president Julius Malema to visit Namibia have fallen flat.Beating about the bush until
readThai protest leader seeks ceasefire
18-05-2010
BANGKOK – An aide to Thailand’s prime minister says a ‘Red Shirt’ protest leader has called him and proposed a cease-fire between ‘Red Shirt’ fighters and troops.Korbsak Sabhavasu says he received a
readAl Qaeda plotting to target World Cup - report
18-05-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South African police were making inquiries regarding the veracity of a report that a Saudi army officer was arrested in Iraq yesterday for an alleged al Qaeda plot targeting World Cup
readZim PM accuses outsiders in party violence
18-05-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s prime minister said on Sunday outsiders were stirring up trouble in his party at a delicate time in the country’s politics.Morgan Tsvangirai, speaking at a news conference after a
readSA rail strike leaves millions stranded
18-05-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A strike by rail workers in South Africa left two million commuters stranded yesterday just 24 days from the kick-off of the World Cup, in which the rail network is expected to play a
readDog needs Viagra for heart condition
18-05-2010
HUNTINGTON – A New York animal shelter is seeking donations of Viagra to treat a pit bull with a heart condition.Staff members at the Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center in Huntington, on
readNato unveils draft of new mission statement
18-05-2010
BRUSSELS – Nato must win the war in Afghanistan, expand ties with Russia, counter the threat posed by Iran’s missiles, and assure the security of its 28 members, according to its new mission statement
readAfghan passenger plane crashes with 44 on board
18-05-2010
KABUL – An Afghan passenger plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, crashed yesterday in a mountainous northern region where poor weather was hampering efforts to locate it, officials
readNamibian First Lady on BBC
18-05-2010
BBC World Service’s interactive radio programme for Africa, ‘Network Africa’, has been granted rare access to State Houses in five African countries for exclusive interviews with the First Ladies of
readHeavy metal legend Dio dies
18-05-2010
LOS ANGELES – Heavy metal purist Ronnie James Dio, a powerful voice of the groups Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Dio, has died, his wife announced on his website. He was 67.“Today my heart is broken,
read‘Dreamgirl’ to play Winnie Mandela amid legal threats
18-05-2010
CANNES, France – Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is to star in a biopic of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie, whose lawyers have already contacted the filmmakers threatening
readChina stands firm on currency ahead of talks with US
18-05-2010
BEIJING – China defended again its exchange rate policy yesterday and said its trade surplus would likely slump this year, just days ahead of talks with the United States on commerce and other
readChavez asks Venezuelans to tweet on speculators
18-05-2010
CARACAS – President Hugo Chavez urged supporters to use Twitter to blow the whistle on currency speculators on Sunday and announced that police raids on illegal traders would continue as Venezuela’s
readTrans Hex enters Angolan diamond venture
18-05-2010
TRANS Hex Group has been granted a 33 per cent stake in a venture that produce diamonds in Angola’s Lunda-Norte province. A contract converting its prospecting accord for the Luana concession had been
readBHP wants tax rise to exclude existing projects
18-05-2010
SYDNEY - The chairman of BHP Billiton yesterday called for proposed Australian tax reform targeting mining companies to apply only to new projects.In a sign that Australia’s biggest mining company may
readNo Algerian offer yet for Orascom assets
18-05-2010
ALGERIA is willing to buy Orascom Telecom’s Algerian unit but has not made the Egyptian firm an offer and wants Orascom to clearly state its intention to sell, the Algerian finance minister
readExecutive pay rises ‘must set example’
18-05-2010
WORKERS who demand wage increases that are well above inflation cannot be asked to be prudent if executives continue to reward themselves with handsome increases.Bobby Godsell, the chairman of
readAgri SA stunned by black shareholding scheme proposal
18-05-2010
COMMERCIAL farmers union Agri SA said it was stunned by suggestions that farmers should transfer up to 40 per cent of their farm value to black shareholders as part of a new land reform scheme, Agri
readSoaring prices take shine off Indian gold
18-05-2010
MUMBAI – Soaring prices scared Indians off buying gold at the weekend when the nation celebrated a key Hindu festival that is considered an auspicious time to buy the precious metal.India is the
readGreece to probe US banks’ role in crisis
18-05-2010
GREECE may investigate US investment banks and their role in the run-up to the Greek debt crisis which has shaken faith in euro zone economies, Prime Minister George Papandreou said in comments
readAngola real estate investors eye lower-cost housing
18-05-2010
LUANDA - Angolan real estate - once one of the world’s most expensive - now holds more promising investment prospects away from the top end of the market, according to real estate consultancy Colliers
readMeatco seeks names for board
18-05-2010
THE Namibian Meat Corporation (Meatco) will hold its annual general meeting early next month and it is giving members a chance to nominate candidates from three different agricultural sectors to serve
readSouth Africa pumps GM maize onto African markets
18-05-2010
IN the last four months, South Africa has ‘dumped’ almost 300 000 metric tons of genetically modified (GM) maize onto Kenya, Mozambique and Swaziland, an organisation in that country has alleged on
readAustria offers soft loan to Namibia
18-05-2010
AUSTRIA has offered Namibia a soft loan of five million euros (about N$47 million) for the transport sector for projects to be identified during official talks that started in Windhoek
readLand grab dispute in Kaokoland
18-05-2010
GOVERNMENT’S intervention in tribal land conflicts in the Caprivi Region recently raised questions in the Kunene Region on Government’s continued silence about their local land dispute with settlers
readMeat exports resume, South still quarantined
18-05-2010
SOUTH Africa yesterday lifted its ban on meat imports from Namibia, but the Hardap and Karas regions remain quarantined because of an outbreak of Rift Valley fever on farms there.Until yesterday, no
readWoman burnt to death
18-05-2010
A DECISION to leave the Roman Catholic Church cost Thekla Steenkamp her life.At the age of 61 and after more than 39 years of a marriage from which eight children were born, Steenkamp’s husband
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