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61 Articles found on Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Local businessmen head for Ghana
23-11-2010
AIR Namibia will celebrate the first anniversary of its Windhoek-Accra route by flying a high-level local business delegation from Windhoek to Ghana.The business trip, organised in conjunction with
readMajor economies slump in the third quarter
23-11-2010
PARIS – Leading world economies grew for the sixth quarter in a row in the three months to September, but expansion slowed down sharply from the second quarter, an OECD indicator showed yesterday.But
readLeaders want Pan-African stock exchangeLeaders want Pan-African stock exchange
23-11-2010
CAPE TOWN – African political and business leaders have called for the breaking down of trade barriers and a Pan-African stock exchange to create “engines of investment” as the continent enters what
readUse the social platform
23-11-2010
More and more companies are introducing social networking tools to help employees connect. However, these should not be considered ‘work versions’ of Facebook or Twitter. These platforms are intended
readLister flies NBL flag in November
23-11-2010
GWEN Lister, editor of The Namibian, has been voted the NBL Ambassador for November. Lister joins various other worthy Namibians in the Namibia Breweries’ hall of fame: conservationist Marlice van
readRelocated San people to start farming
23-11-2010
MAZANA – A group of 108 San community members in the Kavango Region are being assisted to start crop farming during the coming rainy season.The San people, most of whom are from the Mazana and Kambowo
readPolitics sell veggies at rallies in Kavango
23-11-2010
RUNDU – The Ndonga Linena irrigation project in the Kavango region’s Ndiyona Constituency has taken a unique business approach, marketing their produce at political rallies.Products such as
read‘Put local produce in shops’
23-11-2010
GOVERNMENT will continue to provide agricultural extension services to farmers, including subsidised ploughing services and seeds in order to boost productivity, President Hifikepunye Pohamba has
readAgriculture Diary
23-11-2010
Agra lectures • November 24 – Functional efficiency of beef cattle (practical demonstration) offered by Kiep Lepen. All lectures are held at the Agra/Bank Windhoek Ring, Windhoek Showgrounds from
readExport abattoirs shut shop for the season
23-11-2010
MEATCO has announced the dates of the seasonal closing of its abattoirs.The abattoir in Windhoek will close on December 21 and open again on January 3 next year. The abattoir in Okahandja has already
readNew vaccine against Rift Valley Fever
23-11-2010
A NEW vaccine against Rift Valley Fever, called Kloon 13, has been registered in Namibia.According to the latest newsletter of the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU), dealers have confirmed that the
readMpungu harvest generates thousands for workers
23-11-2010
MPUNGU – The Mpungu Fish Farm at Nkurenkuru in the Kavango Region recently delivered 1,5 tonnes of fish when 26 workers from the cooperative completed the second harvest.The last harvest finished in
readDos Santos reshuffles more ministers
23-11-2010
LUANDA - Oil-rich Angola announced a government reshuffle on Sunday, which saw the dismissal of the ministers of foreign and urban affairs as well as the capital’s governor, state media reported.“The
readMedia want access to ‘ET’ trial
23-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial had a serious, compelling and profound public interest and closing it would undermine the principle of open justice, the Ventersdorp Magistrate’s
readOff with his hand!
23-11-2010
LONDON – Pupils at Islamic schools across Britain are being taught how to chop off a criminal’s hand and that Jews are conspiring to take over the world, A BBC investigation found yesterday.Up to 5
readMeet Peach Japan’s newest police dog
23-11-2010
TOKYO – Meet Japan’s newest police dog – all 3 kg of her. In what is a first for Japan and perhaps the world, a long-haired Chihuahua named ‘Momo’ – ‘Peach’ – passed exams to become a police dog in
readBieber wins 4 AMAs, including artist of year
23-11-2010
Usher was in tears after losing two awards at the American Music Awards to Justin Bieber, including favourite entertainer of the year, the top AMA honour.But Usher wasn’t upset about his loss – far
readState Governance: Do the Rules Obtain Always?
23-11-2010
THE Namibian newspaper on Thursday November 18 carried an SMS write-up that read like this: “I was driving 220 kilometres an hour coming from Windhoek but still cars were overtaking me.Wow, our
readCarbon footprint or eco-jackboot?
23-11-2010
I ATTENDED a hospitality industry conference recently in Johannesburg where there was a discussion about the UK’s green ‘tax’ called an Air Passenger Duty (APD).This green tax came into play in
readA geelwa shinene meyako lyokawe
23-11-2010
OMUNIILONGA nale gwehangano lya Karibib Construction okwa pewa egeelo kompangu yoshitopolwa ya Kaiti mokuyaka uuwe wu li 93 inaawu hongwa wongushu yoodola 86 895 pomina ya Namdeb mu January
readErongo RED lya indile Ombaye yi landithe
23-11-2010
EWILIKONGUNDU lye Erongo RED olya thaneke kutya muni gwa Mbaye na landithe po iipambuliko ye mehangano ndyoka kaaniipambuliko mboka ya hupa mo.Erongo RED momushangwa kiikundaneki olya ti
readAantu yaheyali ya fumvikwa mombila yimwe mOshakati
23-11-2010
OMIDHIMBA heyali dhaakwashigwana ya manene oondjenda mOshipangelo shepangelo sha Shakati omvula ya zi ko nopetameko lyomvula ndjika, ndele inadhi ilwa ko kOofamili yawo ye ke dhi fukmvike ngeno
readOmukadhona gwoomvula 18 adhipagwa nombele
23-11-2010
OKAKADHONA koomvula 18 Sarah Heita oka si eso lyombaadhilila nolinyanyaleka noonkondo sho ka ponokelwa komulumentu gwoomvula 27 noku ka teta omunino nombele, sha ningilwa momukunda Okanenge popepi
readLongitheni oondjila nawa ngele hasho oKrismesa omondholongo
23-11-2010
OMUKULUNTU gwopolisi okwa londodha aalongithi yondjila ya longithe oopate nawa ngele hasho aapogoli oye na ompito oku ka dhimbulukilwa oKrismesa nenge omumvo omupe konima yomakumba.Leitenanda Ndjayi
readOmupashiwani OmuNew Zealand a lalekwa mo moshipangelo
23-11-2010
OMUPASHIWANI OmuNew Zealand tate Hanso Hasso Weichbrodt gwoomvula 68 ngoka pamwe nomukuluakdhi gwe meme Borm Jan Gesa Weichbrodt gwoomvula 63 ya ponokelelwe nokuyugwa koombotsotso momukunda
readChelsea, Arsenal, Bayern out to shake off home blues
23-11-2010
PARIS – After suffering a domestic dose of the jitters, Chelsea, London rivals Arsenal and German giants Bayern Munich will seek solace in strong Champions League form tonight.Chelsea and Bayern are
readNorth Star shines on youth
23-11-2010
JULIUS Charles Kashihakumwa and Fritz Gariseb have established a football club in Windhoek North in a bid to keep youth off the streets and out of trouble.Both are qualified teachers at Van Primary
readDominant Federer downs Ferrer
23-11-2010
LONDON – Roger Federer underlined his determination to finish the year on a high as the world number two cruised to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Spain’s David Ferrer in his opening match at the ATP World
readWIN N$1 000 in CASH!
23-11-2010
You don’t have to go 12 rounds to stand a chance of scoring a cash KO with The Namibian! N$1 000 in cash is up for grabs this week ahead of the international Lightweight clash between The Hitman and
readWorld doping conference set for South Africa
23-11-2010
MONTREAL - Johannesburg will host the fourth world anti-doping in sports conference in 2013, it was announced here on Sunday at a meeting of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).The conference in
readWelwitschias lose to Portugal on tour
23-11-2010
THE Welwitschias’ preparation for the 2011 International Rugby Board (IRB) World Cup kicked off poorly when they lost to Portugal on Saturday.The match, played at the Estádio Universitário in Lisbon,
readKainos tennis academy comes to Namibia
23-11-2010
FORMER South African tennis professional Piet Norval’s renowned Kainos Tennis Academy has branched out to Namibia. Norval was in the country over the weekend to finalise the merger of his academy with
readSMSes for Tuesday 23 November 2010
23-11-2010
* THUMBS up to Avbob and Ministry of Health for burying unclaimed bodies from Oshakati State Hospital. Keep up the good work. Food for Thought * CHRISTOF Maletsky please do us a favour and run the
readSwapo pledges support to Saharawi people
23-11-2010
THE Swapo Party Women’s Council (SPWC) has condemned the Moroccan government for what it called the continuing injustice and flagrant human rights violations against the Saharawi people of Western
readSwapo investigates prostitution
23-11-2010
THE Swapo Party Secretariat has tasked the party’s Women’s Council to investigate Youth Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo’s prostitution comments in Parliament and allegations of Namibian students studying
readDisplaced pensioners await relief efforts
23-11-2010
DESPERATE, tired and confused, 65-year-old Katriena Dreyer sits on a mattress in a classroom she shares with other pensioners and children following a massive hailstorm that struck the village late on
readRDP slams Geingob’s ‘enemy’ statement
23-11-2010
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has expressed shock at a recent statement by Swapo vice-president Hage Geingob that the RDP was “in bed with the former enemy” – the Republican Party
readProwealth chief’s estate held liable
23-11-2010
THE personal estate of the late founder and chief of the bankrupt Prowealth group of companies, Riaan Potgieter, can now be targeted in an attempt to recover the tens of millions of dollars that
readPresident calls on opposition to ‘accidentally’ vote Swapo
23-11-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has called on opposition party members to ‘accidentally’ vote for Swapo in the upcoming regional and local authority elections. “It does not matter which party you
readGroot Aub murder details unfold
23-11-2010
GROOT Aub resident Loretta Kruger died as a result of eight broken ribs and blood on the brain and kidneys – allegedly sustained at the hands of her lover and not as a result of suicide.These were the
readMayors become full-time appointees
23-11-2010
MAYORS and executive members of management committees of local authorities will become full-time salaried positions as of next year.This was announced by the Minister of Regional and Local Government,
readKatiti in N$500 000 default
23-11-2010
FORMER CEO of the Walvis Bay municipality and a major shareholder in a real estate company, Augustinus Katiti, has failed to honour a N$500 000 High Court order that he was supposed to pay in two
readHosea Kutako Airport bomb scare ‘not a German exercise’
23-11-2010
THE bomb scare at Hosea Kutako International Airport last week was not part of a German security exercise, says Germany's ambassador to Namibia.“There was no such thing as a German security exercise
readState cardiac unit on the up and up
23-11-2010
NAMIBIA'S cardiac unit at the state hospital has been a hive of activity since the first Namibian cardiac team performed an open heart operation in October.On October 19 the cardiac team led by
readMore emphasis on youngsters during ‘Swakopmunder Musikwoche’ 2010
23-11-2010
PARTICULAR emphasis will be given to youngsters at this year’s annual ‘Swakopmunder Musikwoche’ (Swakopmund Music Week). For the first time the popular music event will involve children and young
readOmaruru hospital now a District State Hospital
23-11-2010
OMARURU’s hospital is now officially a District State Hospital and the Erongo’s fourth of such kind.The last phase of a N$30 million upgrade process, which started in 2003, was recently completed
readWalvis Mayor treats elderly to early Xmas party before the elections
23-11-2010
THERE was hardly room enough to accommodate all the senior citizens attending the annual Mayoral Senior Citizens Christmas Party in Walvis Bay recently.The Civil Centre was packed, forcing many old
readWalvis Bay harbour container terminal expansion starts
23-11-2010
NAMPORT’s Terminal Optimisation Program for Berths 1 to 3 at the Walvis Bay harbour has started and is said to represent the most important infrastructural improvement on the container terminal since
readNamibia’s sand-skier now official Guinness World Record holder
23-11-2010
“THE fastest speed sand skiing is 92,12 km/h (54,24 mph) by Henrik May (Namibia) in Swakopmund, Namibia, on 31 May 2010,” it says on an authentic Guinness World Records Certificate recently delivered
readBig plans with kiddies’ traffic simulator in Walvis Bay
23-11-2010
A MAJOR project to increase awareness of traffic rules and safety is planned around Walvis Bay’s ‘unused’ traffic simulator for children.The simulator has been around for about two decades and was
readLanger Heinrich Open Day on December 1
23-11-2010
PEOPLE interested in mining and its effect on society and the environment are invited to attend a Langer Heinrich Uranium ‘open day’ on December 1 at the Conference Hall of the Rossmund Golf Club
readChaotic X-mas party for Swakop children
23-11-2010
WHILE Swakopmund Mayor, Germina Shitaleni, with the best of intentions and lots of effort, brought an early Christmas Party to thousands of Swakopmund children on Friday, the event was spoiled by
readSwakop’s new municipal office branded by ‘old’ council
23-11-2010
TO make sure their names are ‘immortalised’, the ‘old’ Swakopmund council have unveiled the stone plaque (bearing their names) of the new – unfinished N$70 million municipal complex on Friday.“This
readTop German trainer visits Nam
23-11-2010
TOP German sport personality, Lothar Kannenberg recently visited Namibia to explore areas of youth development and talent identification.Kannenberg runs an academy for troubled youth in Diemelstadt
readGrape farmers want to cut out middleman
23-11-2010
A GROUP of small-scale grape farmers at the Orange River Irrigation Project (ORIP) believe they will make more profit by selling directly to local fruit companies.They are planning to sell this year’s
readNew Zealand braces for deaths amid mine rescue
23-11-2010
GREYMOUTH – Rescuers said yesterday they feared possible deaths after a blast at a New Zealand colliery left 29 men missing, as the mother of one 17-year-old said she was preparing for the worst.The
readCop in court over airport bomb scare
23-11-2010
THE officer in command of the Namibian Police’s aviation security unit at Hosea Kutako International Airport appeared in court yesterday as a suspect in connection with the bomb scare at the airport
readYoung girl’s throat slit in Okanenge cuca shop
23-11-2010
THE Police at Ondangwa are investigating a case of murder after an 18-year-old girl, Sarah Heita, had her throat slit at Okanenge village near Ondangwa in the Oshikoto Region late Saturday afternoon.A
readTwo die after eating dead donkey liver
23-11-2010
TWO people are reported to have died last Thursday after they ate donkey meat at Okalumbu village in Oshikoto Region.More than 15 other villagers who consumed the same meat from the donkey which died
readBrother confesses to sister’s murder
23-11-2010
THE brother and a close relative of Thobeka Loretta Somi (35), accused of raping and murdering Somi in her home in Rosh Pinah last Tuesday, made their first appearance in the Lüderitz Magistrate’s
readNotable Quotes
23-11-2010
They do it at risk to keep us all safe. Thank you for the sacrifice you have made. – Chief Executive Officer of the City of Windhoek, Niilo Taapopi speaking at an awards ceremony honouring the
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