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60 Articles found on Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Will farm project mean the river runs dry?
19-05-2010
WINDHOEK – A proposed irrigation scheme promises greater food security for Namibia, but should the 10 000-hectare Katondo Farm Project be completed, it could threaten the health of the Okavango
readStudents join debate on free education
19-05-2010
STUDENTS at the University of Namibia (Unam) and the Polytechnic of Namibia (PON) have joined the free education debate and aired their views on issues affecting them on Wednesday.Both institutions’
readState doctors state their case
19-05-2010
THE exodus of doctors from the public sector will continue if the State does not address their salaries and working conditions “as a matter of urgency”.This was said by the executive committee of the
readNamibia gears up for International Rugby Board Nations Cup
19-05-2010
NAMIBIA will on Saturday kick-start its preparations for the International Rugby Board (IRB) Nations Cup slated for Romania from June 4 to 22 this year.The Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) on Tuesday called
readUushona to fight Kotey
19-05-2010
TYSON Uushona will defend his WBO African welterweight title against Philip Kotey of Ghana in Windhoek on May 29.Namibian boxing promoter Nestor Tobias confirmed the fight to Namibia Sport on
readPremier League play-offs before month-end
19-05-2010
The Namibia Premier League play-offs will take place before the end of May this year.Two of four teams competing in the play-offs will secure placement in the elite league. The four teams are Blue
readMixed reception for IRB’s new plans
19-05-2010
ENGLAND – A plan to end the round of increasingly meaningless end-of-season international rugby tours in which top countries try out second and third string players has met with a mixed reception.The
readInjured Tiger adds British Open to his golf schedule
19-05-2010
ORLANDO – Tiger Woods added the British Open to his planned golf schedule in a posting Monday on his website even though there was no update on the neck injury which has him sidelined
readOtjivero endurance club hosts Independence Ride
19-05-2010
THE Independence Ride will be hosted by the Otjivero Endurance Club this Friday and Saturday at Gobabis.The horse riding competition received approximately 50 entries from across the country and will
readRugby coaching course for Keetmanshoop
19-05-2010
THE Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) will host its second coaching course in Keetmanshoop on Friday and Saturday this week.In an interview with Nampa, the NRU’s Development Manager Eden Meyer said the Level
readWorld Cup fans to save power
19-05-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Authorities are asking foreign fans to join South Africans in saving electricity during the World Cup to avoid power cuts, and will broadcast warning messages about consumption on
readReal court special Mourinho
19-05-2010
MADRID – Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini is set to be handed a four-million euro walkaway payment and replaced by Inter Milan’s Jose Mourinho for next season, press reports in Spain claimed
readFIFA aims for swift probe on Triesman comments
19-05-2010
ZURICH – FIFA’s ethics committee will probe former Football Association’s chief Lord Triesman’s alleged claims about rival bidders in the 2018 and 2020 World Cups swiftly, a senior official said
readDomenech trims French squad to 24
19-05-2010
PARIS – Uncapped players Mathieu Valbuena and Marc Planus were retained in France’s World Cup squad on Monday as coach Raymond Domenech dropped six players but kept a doubtful William Gallas.Domenech
readLatest World Cup Group D news
19-05-2010
AUSTRALIA Coach Pim Verbeek has declared he will play his best side against New Zealand in a friendly on May 24, but said Harry Kewell will not be fit enough for selection. The former
readSA, Fifa combat World Cup ticket touts
19-05-2010
SOUTH Africa’s trade minister warned football fans on Monday against purchasing World Cup tickets from touts or other unauthorised vendors, saying buyers could lose their money.“We are concerned that
readVenue bug bites premier league final round games
19-05-2010
BLACK Africa and Orlando Pirates do not want to play their final MTC Namibia Premier League (NPL) match at the much-criticised Khomasdal Stadium.Officials of both clubs disapproved of the venue at the
readSMSes for Wednesday 19 May 2010
19-05-2010
SMS Of The Day IF there is a ban on meat in the South why are the butchers still operational in Mariental? The ban applies to moving meat into and out of the affected areas. Meat sold
readRelocated flood victims refuse to return home
19-05-2010
KAISOSI – Some flood victims who relocated to the golf course in the Kaisosi area on the outskirts of Rundu in January are refusing to return home when the floodwater subsides.The 26 households were
readPublic servants should serve with pride
19-05-2010
A SWAPO MP in the National Council has called on civil servants to do their work with a sense of patriotism and to defend the values of the public service.Stephanus Mogotsi, who is also the Deputy
readPetrol card scam exposed at Keetmanshoop
19-05-2010
FOUR petrol attendants and two Government Garage employees were arrested in connection with a petrol card scam at Keetmanshoop on Friday.They are Cornelius Skrywer (42), Johannes Newaka (38), David
readAaniilonga yepangelo yuuvite nayi komayelo
19-05-2010
AANIILONGA yamwe mboka haya longo nawa iilonga yepangelo oye li po ta ya thigi po iilonga mepangelo oshoka ota ya uvithwa nayi komulandu gwepangelo.Ngaka ogo omadhiladhilo gomutotimpango gumwe megumbo
readOonakulwa aakulu yEkondjelomanguluko ya pewa Iikwathitho kEpangelo
19-05-2010
OONAKULWA aakulu yekondjelomanguluko, pawiliko lyoSwapo, oyendji, mboka ya lemanena miita yekondjelomanguluko, ya za miitopolwa Ohangwena, Caprivi noKavango, mEtitano lyoshiwike sha zi ko, oya
readMeya gwa Rehoboth ta opaleke
19-05-2010
OMUWILIKI omupe melelo lyoshilando sha Rehoboth okwa eta omalunduluko mewiliko sho a pingenepo omukuluntuwiliki gwokulipo melelo lyoshilando shoka, Jeffrey Kasupi.Konima yehogololo lye ongo meya gwa
readEwawa lyaagundjuka yoSwapo lya pangula egwedhelo lyolusheno
19-05-2010
EWAWA lyaagundjuka yoSwapo olya pangula etokolo lyewilikongundu lyolusheno, okupa Nampower egwedhelo lyoperesenda 18 mondando yolusheno olundji okuza mu 1 lya Juli nuumvo.SPYL okwa indile opo etokolo
readOngundu yo Republican Party ta yi longitha ombelewa
19-05-2010
ONGUNDU yoRepublican Party natango ota yi longitha ombelewa yawo pomatungo goparliamende nonando yo oya tinda sigo oompaka okutuma omukalelipo gwayo koshigongi shopashigwana.Oshifo shoThe Namibian
readEwiliko lyomukunda gwAranos ka li na omunashipundi
19-05-2010
EWILIKO lyomukunda gwAranos ka li na omunashipundi. Shika osha ningwa konima sho ongundu yoSwapo ndjoka oyo yi na aawiliki oyendji mewiliko ya nyengwa oku tsa kumwe kutya olye ta ulikwa ongo
readElanditho lyonyama lya tameke
19-05-2010
SOUTH Africa okwa kutha po oondjindikila dhoku landa onyama okuza moNamibia.Oondjindikila ndhika odha kalekwa po natango miitopolwa ashike iyali sha Hardap na Karas. Aaniimuna yomiitopolwa mbika ita
readAakotokeli ya yaka oodola 11 000
19-05-2010
OOMBUDHI odha yaka omuntu gumwe iimaliwa oodola 11 000 sho dha longitha okakalata koongunga kuumbudhi.Oombudhi ndhika odha hokololwa dha landa iinima yongushu yiimaliwa mbyoka moongeshefa poRundu nopo
readOndangwa Airport has water again
19-05-2010
WATER supply to the Ondangwa airport was restored on Friday after the Namibia Airports Company paid the town council N$1 million and agreed to settle its remaining arrears, of about N$6 million,
readNPC reviews its population policy
19-05-2010
NAMIBIA is reviewing its 13-year-old population policy. The National Planning Commission is hosting a two-day national consultative workshop with various ministries, regional councils and United
readNo bail for Stoop murder suspects
19-05-2010
A BAIL application by the three suspects charged with murdering and robbing the father of two of Namibia’s rugby stars of yesteryear, Koos Stoop (Snr), at his home in Windhoek eight and a half months
readLüderitz defies compliance order
19-05-2010
LÜDERITZ Town Council faces a stiff penalty for allegedly defying a Labour Act compliance order to compensate former employee Justus Veii N$62 000 to replace 52 leave days owed to him.Failure to
readKamwi promises clean sweep
19-05-2010
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
readIyambo warns lazy teachers
19-05-2010
TEACHERS, school principals and inspectors who make themselves guilty of drunkenness, lateness, laziness and unjustified absence, and even untidiness, will be dealt with severely by the Minister of
readKorean grannies jailed for fraud
19-05-2010
SEOUL – A group of South Korean grannies has been booked on suspicion of swindling fellow senior citizens out of tens of thousands of dollars for fake arthritis cures, police said yesterday.They said
readScreaming lawmakers elect new Nigerian Vice President
19-05-2010
ABUJA – Nigerian lawmakers approved a Muslim politician as the new vice president of Africa’s most populous nation yesterday, despite the legislative session descending into screaming chaos at several
readTaliban suicide bomb hits Nato convoy, killing 18
19-05-2010
KABUL – A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a Nato convoy in the Afghan capital yesterday, killing six troops, five of them American, officials said. Twelve Afghan civilians also died - many of them
readZimbabwe failing mass eviction victims: AI
19-05-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Zimbabwe’s unity government of failing to provide for victims of a mass eviction blitz five years ago that left 700 000 people destitute.Amnesty
readSwaziland labour activist’s funeral postponed by police
19-05-2010
Ncabaneni – The Swazi government is determined that neither in life nor death will Sipho Jele’s political colours be flown publicly.The 34-year-old died in custody sometime after his arrest on May 1;
readSaudi forces free two German girls kidnapped in Yemen
19-05-2010
RIYADH – Two young German girls held hostage for nearly a year in the rugged north Yemen mountains were rescued by Saudi security forces, but the fate of their parents and an infant brother was
readMalawi judge convicts gay couple
19-05-2010
BLANTYRE – A judge convicted a gay couple in Malawi yesterday of unnatural acts and gross indecency after a trial that drew worldwide condemnation of this southern African country’s colonial-era laws
read‘Big Mike’ misses out – just
19-05-2010
LOS ANGELES – A glum sounding Michael Lynche says that only time will tell if missing the birth of his first child will pay off now that he has lost out on the chance of being crowned ‘American
readArab-American beauty is crowned Miss USA 2010!
19-05-2010
BEIRUT – The Lebanese immigrant who won the Miss USA 2010 pageant comes from a family that stood out for its tolerance in a religiously divided country, relatives said on Monday.Rima Fakih (24) was
readAlmaze beats cancer a second time
19-05-2010
ALMAZE Beukes (14) has been diagnosed with cancer for the second time in her life.She was first diagnosed with osteosarcoma or bone cancer in her right knee in 2008. She had been suffering from pain
readBurglar shot in Prosperita
19-05-2010
A BURGLAR was shot dead in Windhoek’s Prosperita suburb early yesterday morning.Exactly a week earlier, burglars had tried to break into Petzetakis Africa Namibia but they fled when the alarm went off
readChildren want mercy for fire killer father
19-05-2010
“ALL of us forgive our father.” Aroab resident Paul Steenkamp might have murdered the mother of his eight children by dousing her with petrol and setting her on fire, but his children and his late
readNotable Quotes
19-05-2010
(While Government) remains mum on the issue, as if everything is fine, tension is running high between the two communities. – Mbeumuna Muhuka, an Otjikaoko community member, on the brewing land
readUK ex-minister tells successor ‘there’s no money left’
19-05-2010
THE scale of the economic challenge facing Britain’s new government was laid out in a one-sentence letter left by a minister which said: “There’s no money left”, it emerged Monday.David Laws, newly
readPearls, Swine and Windmills
19-05-2010
SO the price of electricity is going to increase enough to cover the cost of hiked South African power, but not enough to finance or attract new investment. I am sad as indecision and lack of vision
read‘Inside Job’ pegs 2008 crisis as heist
19-05-2010
CANNES, France - Charles Ferguson is telling a crime story like no other in history with his documentary ‘Inside Job.’The crime: the 2008 economic meltdown that cost millions their jobs, homes and
readKhodorkovsky declares hunger strike to draw president’s attention
19-05-2010
MOSCOW – Imprisoned Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has gone on a hunger strike to draw attention to what he claims are improper court rulings against suspects charged with white-collar
readChinese tycoon jailed for fourteen years
19-05-2010
BEIJING – An appliance retailer who was once China’s richest businessman was sentenced to 14 years for insider trading and other crimes yesterday, the latest in a series of Chinese tycoons jailed for
readKenya advised to avoid external debt
19-05-2010
NAIROBI - Kenya should avoid relying too heavily on external debt as it seeks to fund its medium-term development plans up to 2012, the International Monetary Fund said.East Africa’s largest economy
readEuropean finance ministers defend currency union
19-05-2010
BRUSSELS - Eurozone finance ministers defended the euro as a “credible” currency, despite its slide to four-year lows against the dollar, as they sought to tame the fears that have gripped financial
readEU warns debt speculators
19-05-2010
BRUSSELS/LONDON - The European Commission ratcheted up pressure on speculators, promising severe treatment for those who gamble on debt default insurance, while the Greek prime minister raised the
readDeep re-thinking required for future of customs union
19-05-2010
THE four smaller countries belonging to the five-member Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) should get more active in negotiating with economic giant South Africa on deeper economic integration and
readSuspected swine flu patient’s ordeal at two State hospitals
19-05-2010
A SUSPECTED swine flu patient was sent from pillar to post at both State hospitals in Windhoek on Friday, as her suspected symptoms caused mayhem and confusion among medical staff.During a daylong
readRift Valley outbreak confirmed
19-05-2010
LABORATORY results have confirmed that Namibia is indeed fighting an outbreak of Rift Valley fever.So said Dr Alec Bishi, a State veterinarian in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry,
readMaize meal up 13%
19-05-2010
ELECTRICITY, fuel and now maize meal – announcements of price hikes for these commodities are what the Namibian consumer has had to stomach the last week.From the end of May, Namib Mills will increase
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