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55 Articles found on Thursday, 11 November 2010
DRC cops face murder charges
11-11-2010
KINSHASA – Eight senior police officers will appear before a military court on murder charges tomorrow following the death of a leading Democratic Republic of Congo human rights activist, court
readSA skipper home safely, hostages still missing
11-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A South African man rescued from a yacht hijacked by pirates arrived home safely while two hostages held in Somalia by unidentified parties remain missing, the foreign ministry said
readMorocco detains 163 after police raid on refugee camp in W Sahara
11-11-2010
RABAT – Moroccan authorities said yesterday 163 people were detained following a police raid on a refugee camp in Western Sahara but denied knowledge of the alleged disappearance of an anti-Moroccan
readHandling surprise criticism
11-11-2010
Criticism is tough to take, especially when it is unexpected. Unforeseen negative feedback can be unsettling, but also incredibly valuable.Next time you are blindsided by what someone has to say about
readKenolKobil plans Southern Africa expansion
11-11-2010
NAIROBI – Kenya's KenolKobil plans to open an office early next year in Zimbabwe, having registered a company in Mozambique, and has begun scouting for business opportunities in both countries, it
readRural mobile expansion set to drive mobile telecoms growth
11-11-2010
CAPE TOWN – Mobile telecom expansion into rural Africa where fewer than one in ten people has network coverage was tipped yesterday as a key driver of future cellular market growth on the
readSA lobbies for another IMF seat
11-11-2010
PRETORIA – South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has said he would press for an additional seat for Sub-Saharan Africa on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). At a press
readEU wants to conclude trade round
11-11-2010
BRUSSELS – The European Union (EU) says it hopes the Doha round of negotiations to boost world trade can be finished by the end of next year. Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht says that the EU will
readG20 in war of words on trade
11-11-2010
SEOUL – Bad blood between the world's 20 biggest rich and emerging nations spilled over yesterday on the eve of a summit devoted to rebalancing the lopsided global economy.Ill-tempered pre-summit
readWorld moving towards Bretton Woods III: Zoellick
11-11-2010
SINGAPORE – The global economy is moving towards a new monetary system with gold emerging as a preferred alternative to existing asset, World Bank president Robert Zoellick said yesterday.“There’s
readSimon’s Windhoek exhibition cancelled
11-11-2010
Harry ‘Onkuwo’ Simon’s planned exhibition bout next month in Windhoek has been scrapped in favour of a sanctioned bout, the former two-time WBO world title holder’s manager Anita Tjombe said
readSarkozy’s new law: French retire at 62, not 60
11-11-2010
PARIS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s reform raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 became law yesterday, a victory for the conservative government and a defeat for unions that waged massive
readRussian jailbirds to get sunbeds
11-11-2010
MOSCOW – One of Russia’s most notorious prisons will soon install sunbeds to improve the health of its inmates, its head said on Tuesday.Styled as a brick fortress, the 19th century Butyrka prison in
readMyanmar gets ready for Suu Kyi’s release
11-11-2010
YANGON – Preparations are under way for the expected release of Myanmar’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, officials said yesterday, after the army’s proxies claimed a landslide election
readOmundaungilo ogwa pumbwa omeya noonkondo, Naholo ta ti
11-11-2010
PETHIMBO ta popitha Oshigongi sho Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) mOmundaungilo mOhangwena osoondaha ya zi ko (07/11/2010), omuwiliki gumwe gwoRDP, Festus Naholo okwa pe epangelo lyOswapo
readAafuthi ya kwatwa niimaliwa ya yakwa
11-11-2010
OMUWILIKI mositola, nomgameni gwomaliko nehala aniwa oye li mongundu yoonakufekelwa eteyo lyongeshefa ya Woermann Brock Hyper mo Khomasdal. Oya kwatwa sho konyala oodola 7 300 giimaliwa mbyoka ya
readIilongomwa ya Namibia ta yi ulikwa mo Berlin
11-11-2010
OMUPEVI minista gwIipindi nOofabulika,Tjekero Tweya oku li koNdowishi naanangeshefa 19 mboka ta ya ulike iilongomwa yawo pomauliko gedhina Import Shop Berlin gonuumvo.Omauliko ngaka ogo omanene
readEtumwalaka lya Telecom lyaa uvitikeko kaaniilonga nawa
11-11-2010
OMUWILIKI gwa Telecom Namibia, Frans Ndoroma okwa gandja etumwalaka lyaa uvitikeko nawa kaaniilonga yehangano, kutya opena yamwe ta ya kanitha iilonga nenge ahawe, ongo oshitopolwa she lundululo
readOodola dhiikengelela dha monikwamo
11-11-2010
OPOLISI ya Hangwena oya kwata po aantu yaali shina sha nekengelelo nuufuthi.Omufekelwa gumwe Flora Kubes[28] omuniilonga gwokomeho polodge ya Para Maila pOshikango ngoka a holokele mompangu ya
readIifuta momapogolo melongitho lyoondjila
11-11-2010
ONDANDO yokupogola nokutaaguluka oompango dhomoondjila oya tegelelwa yi ka londe noonkondo ngele omathaneko ngoka ga ningwa oga ziminwa,unene tuu mokuzimina ondjo molwa epogolo lyontumba.Ngele
readEhololo madhiladhilo lyaaniilonga yepangelo lya kalekwa manga
11-11-2010
OSHINIMA shokuholola omadhiladhilo sha li sha thanekwa kaaniilonga yomepangelo metitatu osha kalekwa okathimbo.Ekaleko lyehololomadhiladhilo olya ningwa konima yoonkundathana pokati kongundu
readKandjeke komutse gwekonakono lya GIPF
11-11-2010
OMUYALULI NDJAYI gwomambo giimaliwa yepangelo, okwa ulikwa a kwatele komeho ekonakono lyekano lyiimaliwa yoshiketha shoopenzela dhaaniilonga yepangelo GIPF.Junias Kandjeke okwa ulikwa omaandaha
readDune Sevens draw closer
11-11-2010
THE first-ever Best of Africa Dune Sevens Rugby Championship is edging ever-closer.The Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) will host the tournament from November 18 to 20 at the Jan Wilken Stadium in Walvis
readMartins, Strauss off to Germany
11-11-2010
TWO Namibian hockey players will be playing in the German league for the next five weeks in preparation for the 2011 Indoor World Cup which is due to be held in Poznan, Poland from February 8 to
readZimbabwean boxers ready for Namibian international boxing bonanza
11-11-2010
THE four Zimbabwean boxers scheduled to fight in Windhoek on November 25 will leave their country early to have enough time to rest and adapt before the fights.The four boxers, Tinashe Mutota from
readDHPS win coastal Table Tennis Championships
11-11-2010
DEUTSCHE Höhere Privatschule (DHPS) won the annual FNB Coastal School Table Tennis Championships this past weekend.The youthful and talented DHPS team consisting of Jakob Machleidt, Mats Gladow and
readLearning curve for Namibian softball
11-11-2010
NAMIBIA’s return to softball’s international arena “provided the necessary experience for a youthful team” said Namibia Softball Association president, Mervin Beukes. Following a seven-year absence
readGymnastic season ends
11-11-2010
THE Excelsior Gymnastic Club hosted the season-ending Bank Windhoek National Artistic Gymnastics Competition for men and women last weekend. Almost 200 gymnasts, from eight clubs from all over
readSMSes For 11 Thur Nov 2010
11-11-2010
* I WONDER what is wrong with Namibians? Our nation is becoming less vigilant and finally mute on issues of national concern. Many of the recent practices by our Government are similar, if not worse
readVerdasco and Berdych keep ATP finals hope alive
11-11-2010
PARIS – Fernando Verdasco and Tomas Berdych reached the Paris Masters third round on Tuesday to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the season-ending ATP finals.Spain’s Verdasco, who arrived in
readCrisis-hit Pakistan face tough South Africa test
11-11-2010
DUBAI – Pakistan will hope to put a series of on- and off-field problems behind them and build under new captain Misbah-ul-Haq when they play the first Test against South Africa starting here
readSMSes Of The Day 11 November 2010
11-11-2010
* I WONDER what is wrong with Namibians? Our nation is becoming less vigilant and finally mute on issues of national concern. Many of the recent practices by our Government are similar, if not worse
readLula gives 1st ARV factory to Africa
11-11-2010
MAPUTO – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday visited what is set to become Africa’s first public factory for anti-HIV drugs, closing his last official visit to Africa with a focus
readYeager wows Namibians
11-11-2010
BRIGADIER General Chuck Yeager on Tuesday told a group of enthralled Namibian admirers that it was relatively quiet when he broke the sound barrier, except for his own “sigh of relief”.At an informal
readRestaurant killing verdict reserved
11-11-2010
WALVIS Bay restaurant murder suspect Ephraim Kariko can expect to hear the verdict in his High Court trial on November 23.The final arguments on the judgement that is to be delivered in Kariko’s trial
readTelecom’s Switch still running
11-11-2010
TELECOM’S mobile network Switch and its Angolan venture Mundo Startel are not white elephants, MD Frans Ndoroma says.As “an integral part”of the company’s operations Switch will not be affected much
readPohamba wants shack dwellers to be supported
11-11-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba said Government this year increased its financial support to the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) with N$3 million. He said this brought the total allocated
readPolice warn against ‘remote theft’
11-11-2010
THE Police in Oshana Region are warning people to be on the lookout for criminals using remote-control devices to prevent car owners from locking their doors. Commissioner Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa
readOutjo stands up to stock thieves
11-11-2010
FED up with the escalation in stock theft, some Outjo residents decided to strengthen the Police’s hands.This came after close to 320 wild animals, more than 50 sheep and goats and 117 cattle were
readStandard Bank pension heads to court
11-11-2010
THE fight between Standard Bank’s retirement fund and a local forensic investigation firm could be headed to court after the two parties could not break the deadlock. Both parties accused each other
readIs ‘Damara unity’ for real?
11-11-2010
THE annual ≠Nûkhoen (Damara) King’s Cultural Festival at Okombahe – supposedly a festival of ‘unity’ – was held last weekend, and was rather a disappointing show of disunity.This festival is
readRoad accidents fuel poverty: MVA report
11-11-2010
WITH only six weeks to go before the end of the year, 452 people have already died on Namibian roads.During the whole of 2009, there were 525 fatalities on the road – just 73 more than at the start of
readG4S crash not a foiled robbery
11-11-2010
THE accident in which a G4S cash-in-transit vehicle overturned in Windhoek yesterday was not a foiled robbery, the Police have said.Lunch-hour traffic in Hosea Kutako Avenue turned into chaos when the
readCase closed in shebeen shooting murder trial
11-11-2010
THE prosecution in the triple murder trial of former Katutura State Hospital nurse Jeckonia Hamukoto wrapped up its case against Hamukoto yesterday.Less than a week after Hamukoto’s trial started
readSADC Tribunal in limbo
11-11-2010
SADC heads of state have been accused of acting unconstitutionally by effectively suspending the work of the SADC Tribunal.The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) in Johannesburg says the SADC
readAbused Swakop pigs’ future still in balance
11-11-2010
THE pigs from the Richtenhoven Pig Farm on the Swakop River are currently receiving good care from the Swakopmund SPCA until consensus is reached about whether most of them should be destroyed due to
readA look at the bad side of renewable energy
11-11-2010
WE all have the same viewpoint that renewable resource technology is environmentally friendly.It is said to pose no harm or threat to the natural environment or human health. According to HA Strydom,
readNotable Quotes
11-11-2010
We want to tell Government that we will not let this matter die without those culprits being brought to book, never. – Committee spokesperson Cynthia Malgas speaking on the cancellation of a planned
readKendra Wilkinson:I’m A ‘Single Mom’
11-11-2010
Kendra Wilkinson does her best to make long-distance love work with husband Hank Baskett, but it’s not all nude sexts and romantic reunions. Kendra told Life & Style all about her decision to move out
readJennifer Aniston to appear in reality TV show?
11-11-2010
JENNIFER Aniston is set to be the subject of a reality TV show.The former ‘Friends’ actress – who has dated stars including Vince Vaughn, John Mayer and Paul Sculfor since divorcing Brad Pitt – has
readTwilight leads People’s Choice nods
11-11-2010
LOS ANGELES – The ‘Twilight Saga’ might just eclipse the competition at the 2011 People’s Choice Awards.The nominations were announced on Tuesday, and the vampire love story and its stars racked up
readJennifer Aniston to appear in reality TV show?
11-11-2010
JENNIFER Aniston is set to be the subject of a reality TV show. The former ‘Friends’ actress – who has dated stars including Vince Vaughn, John Mayer and Paul Sculfor since divorcing Brad Pitt –
readBanks fare ‘moderately’ better this year
11-11-2010
THE performance of banks improved “rather modestly” during the first half of the year, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) said in its latest financial stability report, with after-tax income increasing by 3,3
readKing Tut relics going home from NY
11-11-2010
CAIRO – Egypt’s antiquities council said yesterday that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has agreed to send back treasures believed to have been taken from the tomb of the legendary pharaoh
readNotable Quotes
11-11-2010
We want to tell Government that we will not let this matter die without those culprits being brought to book, never. – Committee spokesperson Cynthia Malgas speaking on the cancellation of a planned
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