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48 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Serial rapist gets 20-year jail term
05-05-2010
A WINDHOEK resident convicted of the violent rape of two women in the city’s Goreangab Dam area in late 2005 and September 2007 was sent to prison for an effective 20 years on Friday.Not only had Buzi
readOkahandja CEO quits
05-05-2010
THE Okahandja Town Council’s Chief Executive Officer, Regina Alugodhi, resigned late last week, a day after she was suspended. The latest development at the town is said to have left the town council
readBIG to-do over Pohamba snub
05-05-2010
THE Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition under the chairmanship of Bishop Zephania Kameeta is expected to meet soon to decide how to respond to scathing remarks made by President Hifikepunye Pohamba
readThe Hitman gears up for Acosta
05-05-2010
NAMIBIA’s World Boxing Association lightweight champion Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses will defend his crown against Miguel Acosta Acosta of Venezuela on May 29.Moses was initially scheduled to face Acosta
readSub-Saharan Africa recovery strengthens
05-05-2010
KAMPALA – Sub-Saharan Africa will grow by up to 4,2 per cent in 2010 after expansion of 1,7 per cent last year, helped by booming telecoms and commodity sectors, a senior World Bank official said
readConnecticut man from Pakistan held in Times Square case
05-05-2010
NEW YORK – A US citizen who had recently returned from a five-month trip to his native Pakistan, where he had a family, was arrested at a New York airport on charges that he drove a bomb-laden SUV
readSMSes for Wednesday 05 May 2010
05-05-2010
SMS Of The Day n 10 000 HOURS of hard work and deliberate practice leads to exclusive perfection! So, my fellow Namibians, we need to pull up our socks now that May Day has passed, and look forward
read‘Rude behaviour’ leads to murder
05-05-2010
A MAN was stabbed to death at Henties Bay on Friday night, allegedly for ‘behaving rudely’.Erongo’s Crime Investigation Coordinator, Chief Inspector Chris Kalimbula, told The Namibian that Sydney
readARM to exit Otjikoto gold project next month
05-05-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Diversified South African miner African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) plans to divest from its Otjikoto gold project in Namibia by June and finalise development of a copper project in Zambia
readAlgeria ready to buy Orascom’s Djezzy
05-05-2010
ALGIERS – Algeria’s government is prepared to buy Orascom Telecom’s Algerian unit, Djezzy, Algerian state radio quoted Telecommunications Minister Hamid Bessalah as saying.The radio station on Monday
readPrices, jobs in focus as manufacturing improves
05-05-2010
NEW YORK – Factories worldwide cranked up production last month, offering hope a recovery in the US is firming up ahead of a key jobs report this week but raising more concerns about inflation in
readWorld to stay reliant on fossil fuel until 2050
05-05-2010
SINGAPORE – The world will remain heavily reliant on fossil fuels for the next 40 years, Shell’s chief executive said yesterday, as a massive US oil spill cast a cloud over the industry.Despite the
readZim, China in US$400m power plant deal
05-05-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe has signed a US$400 million agreement with China’s Sinohydro to expand its Kariba hydro-electricity plant at a time when rolling power cuts are threatening to dim the country’s
readShoestring SA forces need more cash
05-05-2010
CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s military is woefully underfunded, and a lack of personnel and new equipment may hamper its peace-keeping commitments in Africa, Minister of Defence said Lindiwe Sisulu
readChasing the dots... Planning and Pothole Polemics
05-05-2010
EVERY rainy season is the same! The drive from Windhoek’s Northern Industrial Area, onto the highway and come off at the weighbridge exit, is like dodgems at a fair driving round the potholes. All the
readFuel retailers want transaction breather
05-05-2010
THE HIGH transaction costs that service station retailers are burdened with when clients pay for fuel with credit or debit cards are being addressed by the Payment Association of Namibia (PAN) as part
readLindsay fires back on gun photo
05-05-2010
LOS ANGELES – Lindsay Lohan on Thursday defended as ‘art’ a photo of herself holding a gun to her mouth that sparked alarm about the former A-list actress whose life and career have spiralled downward
readViewer vote silences Siobhan
05-05-2010
LOS ANGELES – Siobhan Magnus may have been eliminated from ‘American Idol’ this past week but the 20-year-old with the big wail says she hopes to launch a career on records, in movies, on stage or
readHome Affairs Ministry deports nearly 1 500 foreigners
05-05-2010
DURING the past financial year 1 418 illegal immigrants had to leave Namibia, while about the same number of people obtained Namibian citizenship in that period.Introducing the N$174,2 million budget
readSerial stock thief jailed for 10 years
05-05-2010
A FIFTH conviction on a charge of stock theft earned a Windhoek resident a stint of ten years behind bars last week.A long criminal record going back as far as 40 years did Salomon Aib (56) no favours
readPut labour hire in the grave where it belongs: Kaaronda
05-05-2010
THE National Union for Namibian Workers (NUNW) Secretary General, Evilastus Kaaronda, says the union disagrees with the Supreme Court’s ruling that labour hire should continue and it will continue to
readPM wants party funding scrutinised
05-05-2010
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has called on political parties to account for Government funding.Angula said the Office of the Auditor General should be asked to come up with measures on how political
readN$360m for Nam foreign missions
05-05-2010
FROM THE PARLIAMENT CHAMBERS THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs needs N$505,4 million in the new fiscal year, of which N$180,5 million will be used for the development budget and the remaining N$324,9
readOliha yaanona yepipi pokati koomimvo 15 no 17
05-05-2010
M OSHITOPOLWA sha Shana mwa totwa Oliha yEtanga lyokoompadhi lyaamati yepipi li li pokati koomvula omulongonantano noomvula omulongonaheyali, nOliha ndjika, tayi yambidhidhwa kOngeshefa yIitungitho
readAlgeria ina hala MTN a lande Orascom
05-05-2010
E PANGELO lya Algeria ina li hala ehangano lyoongodhi dhopeke lya Orascom li landwepo kehangano lyoongodhi dhopeke lya South Africa lyedhina MTN. Ehangano ndika olyo, enene lyoongodhi menenevi
readOkommissi yokukondjitha uulingilingi ya kundathanwa
05-05-2010
I ILYO iitotimpango moshigongi shopashigwana oya li ya kundathana kombinga yaa hingi yiiyenditho yoominista, mboka aniwa ha ya shonekwa kokommissi tayi kondjitha uulingilingi.Shika aniwa ohashi
readAanona 600 yomekondjo ya kutwa moNDF
05-05-2010
U UMINISTELI wEgameno owa tula miilonga aaniilonga aape yeli 1 600 omumvo gwayi. Mumbaka omwa kwatelwa aagundjuka aaNamibia mboka ya valelwa mekondjo ye li 600.Minista Yegameno, Charles Namoloh okwa
readOshikako ilonga sha Boois sha lelepekwa
05-05-2010
E WILIKONGUNDU lyehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia[NBC] olya lelepeke oshikako shiilonga shomuwiliki gwokulipo gwehangano ndyoka noomwedhi mbali.Ewilikongundu olya lelepeke oshikako
readOohamushanga aakuluntu aape
05-05-2010
O MUPRIMA ,Nahas Angula okwa ulike oohamushanga aakuluntu mepangelo aape ye li ya ne, na okwiinyengitha aakulu ye li ya tano.Gumwe gwo mwaamboka ya li ya tegelelwa oku pewa iilonga mbika oye
readOrlams lament history distortion
05-05-2010
DISTORTION of history by some tribesmen regarding themselves as intellectuals is what fuels “division and hatred” among the Nama-Herero Vaalgras tribe known as Orlam.“The distortion of history is
readNew acting judges on way to High Court
05-05-2010
A LONG-SERVING magistrate and three experienced legal practitioners are part of the latest batch of lawyers to be appointed as acting judges of the High Court.Two members of the Society of Advocates
readNDF officer alleges Police brutality
05-05-2010
A CAPTAIN in the Namibia Defence Force claims that he was beaten and kicked in the groin by the City Police over the weekend.David Shidinifa (43) alleges that the City Police also robbed him of cash
readNBC extends acting DG’s contract
05-05-2010
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has extended the contract of its acting Director General, Yvonne Boois, by two months.The NBC board made that decision because their term of office ended on
readMan in court for girlfriend’s grisly shotgun murder
05-05-2010
A MURDER suspect is expected to appear in the Otjiwarongo Magistrate’s Court today after his girlfriend, Eleide Tsaes (39), was shot and killed on Monday morning.According to a Police spokesperson at
readAfrican states push for UN ban on female circumcision
05-05-2010
DAKAR – Lawmakers from 27 African countries gathered in Dakar on Monday for a two-day conference to push for a UN ban on female genital mutilation as a breach of human rights.International activists
readKim Jong Il to meet Chinese leaders
05-05-2010
BEIJING – Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was expected to meet top Chinese officials yesterday during a visit to his country’s main backer that comes amid growing tensions over the North’s
readWHO online snake guide aims to counter anti-venom shortage
05-05-2010
GENEVA – The World Health Organisation yesterday launched an online snake guide in a bid to overcome a shortage of anti-venom for poisonous snake bites, which kill at least 100 000 people a year.An
readZimbabwe promises wide-ranging media reforms
05-05-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s information minister says the country will implement wide-ranging media reforms that could bring in independent media outlets that would break the government’s hold on the
readReporters Without Borders names press ‘predators’
05-05-2010
PARIS – Media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders on Monday put Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao on its annual list of press freedom “predators.”The
readProteas, Afghans in T20 shootout
05-05-2010
THE Proteas play a straight shoot-out against Afghanistan at the Kensington Oval, Barbados, today to decide which of the two teams accompanies India through to the Super 8 round of the ICC World
readBrilliant Nadal wins again
05-05-2010
ROME – Rafael Nadal breezed to a fifth Rome Masters title in six years and then revealed that he is losing none of the fire that has seen him dominate clay tennis since 2005.The 23-year-old world
readTucna wants to be on tender boards
05-05-2010
WALVIS BAY – The Trade Union Congress of Namibia (Tucna) wants to represent its affiliates on all public bodies.The President of Tucna and the Namibian Seamen and Allied Workers’ Union (Nasawu),
readYouth coaches begin training
05-05-2010
THE highly anticipated Fifa Grassroots Football Coach workshop started on Monday at the Safari Hotel. The workshop is a prelude to the FIFA Grassroots Festival that begins on Friday and provides boys
readAfrican players shine in Europe
05-05-2010
IVORY Coast World Cup captain Didier Drogba maintained his remarkable goal run with the first as Chelsea won 2-0 at Liverpool to move within one victory of the English Premiership title. Aruna Dindane
readChelsea, United win to take race to final day
05-05-2010
LONDON Chelsea stayed top of the Premier League with a 2-0 victory at Liverpool on Sunday, while Manchester United made sure the title race went to the last day with a 1-0 win at Sunderland.Didier
readRundu fisherman scoops annual fishing bonanza
05-05-2010
RUNDU-based fisherman Stephen Erasmus was declared the overall winner of the 11th Crockango Angling Fishing Bonanza that ended at Rundu on Monday.The 32-year-old Erasmus walked away with the grand
readMini world cup at Sam Nujoma
05-05-2010
THE Namibia Football Association’s (NFA) Youth Development Through Football (YDF) Programme, in conjunction with the South African High Commission, is hosting a mini world cup tournament at the Sam
readNFA, MTC at loggerheads over stadium
05-05-2010
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) has labelled MTC’s permanent branding of the Sam Nujoma Stadium as “destructive” to football in the country.The ongoing advertising saga surrounding the stadium
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