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54 Articles found on Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Ugandan court bars photos, names of gays in paper
03-11-2010
KAMPALA – Uganda’s high court has ordered a controversial newspaper to stop publishing the names and photographs of people it says are gay, ruling that the publication is violating their right to
readGirlfriend stabbed during an ‘alcoholic blackout’
03-11-2010
AN OKAKARARA man, Nahson Muvangua (31), accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death and setting her alight, claimed to have had a blackout after a drinking spree.Muvangua pleaded not guilty to murder
readDemocrats fear loss in poll
03-11-2010
WASHINGTON – US voters headed to the polls early yesterday in key elections widely expected to hand President Barack Obama’s Republican foes control of the House of Representatives and, with it, broad
readMicro-lending business booming in Namibia
03-11-2010
CASH-STRAPPED Namibians last year borrowed N$847 000 from micro-lenders, nearly 24 per cent more than in 2008, the latest annual report of the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority
readMental checkup for triple murder suspect
03-11-2010
THE mental state of alleged triple killer Ernestus Aibeb is now set to be examined before he will be tried for the murder of two small children and their babysitter at Outjo in May last year.Aibeb
readJudges refuse to bow to RDP pressure
03-11-2010
JUDGE President Petrus Damaseb and Judge Collins Parker will not succumb to pressure to rush judgement in the November 2009 election case.The message from the High Court in Windhoek was clear
readKaaronda marches on alone
03-11-2010
THE secretary general of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) is increasingly finding himself out of favour with the highest echelons in Government, and even his trade union affiliates are
readBlack Africa aim for the top
03-11-2010
BLACK Africa will get a chance to lead the log when they face defending champions African Stars tonight in a Round Seven Namibia Premier League (NPL) encounter at the Sam Nujoma Stadium at 20h00.Black
readSMSes for Wednesday 3 November 2010
03-11-2010
SMS Of The Day PLEASE Government employees, especially at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. It doesn’t mean that if it’s pay day that you don’t have to work. You are here to serve the
readNotable Quotes
03-11-2010
A person that lowers himself to that level should be castrated and put before a firing squad. – SWAPO Party Youth League secretary, Elijah Ngurare calling for unusual punishment for the murderer of
readVote for the Channel O Awards!
03-11-2010
Vote for our Namibian artists at the Channel O Best Music Video Awards. Both Gazza and Fishman are nominated in the Most Gifted Kwaito Video category – Gazza for ‘Shukusha’ and Fishman for ‘Let’s Hook
readBig Brother Africa: From You To Us!
03-11-2010
Messages sent by SMS or on our Big Brother Africa e-mail address:• I’VE known Munya’s mother’s family for as long as I can remember. They’ve never been related to the Mugabes. I’m closer in relation
readAfrica’s MTV Contenders!
03-11-2010
THE nominees for the MTV 2010 Africa Music Awards (Mama) were announced at a star-studded event in Lagos on Monday night.East African artists continued their positive nominations run with five
readVM6 Lights Up The Stage
03-11-2010
A CAPPELLA at its freaking best! That’s what the smooth-voiced gentlemen of Namibian classical group, Vocal Motion Six (VM6), delivered over the weekend. Performing to a full house at Nice
readElenga enene lyUukwanambwa mOndonga lya hulitha
03-11-2010
ELENGA enene lyOshikandjo shUukwanambwa muuzilo wOndonga mOshikoto, Filippus Shilongo shUukule, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina Shilongo shaAndreas okwa mana oondjenda mOshipangelo sha Shakati Omaandaha
readOonkatu okukeelela iiponga yiihauto
03-11-2010
NAMIBIA okwa kanitha aantu ye vule omathele 400 nuumvo miiponga yiiyenditho. Shika minista gwiiyenditho niilonga Erkki Nghimtina okwe shi luku uuvu wa geya, sho a popitha oshigongi kombinga
readKatali omuhiki hiya
03-11-2010
UUMINISTELI wOomina Noonkondo otawu ka ninga oshigongi nomalelo giilando noshowo omahangano gokwaandjaganeka olusheno miitopolwa kuyele omumvo ta guya.Minista Yoomina noonkondo Isak Katali okwa ti oya
readTa kongo ekwatho mepango lyomunona
03-11-2010
OMUKALIMO gwomOndjengo mEngela mOhangwena, Albertina Hambeleleni Fillemon okwa pumbwa eyambidhidho okuza moshigwana omolu okamatyona ke Immanuel Vitalis gwoomvula ne ngoka a valwa omunuulema koompadhi
readNa dhipagwe nondjembo
03-11-2010
AMUSHANGA gwewawa lyaagundjuka yo Swapo, okwa ti nakudhipaga nokukwatonkonga omunona omushona poKaiti na ningilwe egeelo lya yooloka kaapogoli ngaashi nguka.Okwa thaneke kutya omuntu ngoka tii tula
readIthana a tindi okutidhwa kwa Kazenambo
03-11-2010
MINISTA yUuyuki, Pendukeni Ivula Ithana okwa ekelehi omipopyo tadhi ti okwa li a hala minista yaagundjuka omaudhano noohedhi, Kazenambo Kazenambo aniwa a tidhwe miilonga.Okwa ti omipopyo ndhoka kadhi
readAafekelwa ya kwatwa meteyo lyoPepa mOshakati
03-11-2010
AALUMENTU yatatu, taku tiwa kutya Aazambia, ya kwatwa po kOpolisi ya Shakati shi na sha neteyo lyOpepa yopOmatala mOshakatiuninginino ongulohi yOlyomakaya ga zi ko.Opolisi mOshakati otayi ti kutya
readOmufekelwa medhipago lyomunona mompangu
03-11-2010
MUFEKELWA medhipago noshowo ekwatonkonga lyomunona gwomimvo ne po Kaiti okwa holoka mompangu ya Mengestrata poshilando shoka omaandaha. Easter Michael Rooi[ 29], ina pulwa a tye sha noshipotha
readRDP ta dhiladhila okuboikota omahogololo ga Novemba 2010
03-11-2010
EIDHIDHIMIKO lyoongundu dhompilameno kombinga yiizemo yoshipotha shomahogololo ga Novemba 2009 ota li shonopala. Konyala ongundu yimwe oya tilitha kutya yo ota yi kiikutha mo momahogololo giitopolwa
readZulu edition for the Sunday Times in SA
03-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG - The Sunday Times, South Africa’s biggest weekend paper, will be introducing a Zulu edition, Business Day reported yesterday. Sunday Times editor Ray Hartley said the 32-page Zulu
readZambia grants Chinese mine managers bail
03-11-2010
CHOMA – A court in Zambia yesterday agreed to free on bail two Chinese managers accused of attempted murder for shooting and wounding 11 coal miners during a protest over pay and working
readVIP check-in for deceased
03-11-2010
SINGAPORE – Funerals are normally sombre affairs but at the Nirvana Memorial Garden in Singapore mourners could be forgiven for thinking they had strayed into a luxury hotel with a mystical Asian
readRussian teen survives flight in landing gear
03-11-2010
MOSCOW – A 17-year-old foster child survived a 50-minute flight hidden in a plane’s landing gear in Siberia, Russian investigators said yesterday.The stowaway crawled into a space above the wheel of
readFlash floods strand thousands in Thailand
03-11-2010
BANGKOK – Thailand battled yesterday to rescue thousands of people stranded in their homes after flash floods - several metres deep in places - swept through a southern city, cutting power and
readGurthro is Player of the Year
03-11-2010
Gurthro Steenkamp was on Monday named as the SARU Player of the Year for the 2010 season.The Vodacom Blue Bulls prop captured the crown at the end of a fabulous domestic season during which he helped
readNtini hangs up his boots
03-11-2010
South African fast bowling great Makhaya Ntini yesterday announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.“It’s been a happy journey, but all things come to an end,” said Ntini, who
readSKW youth soccer awards
03-11-2010
SKW honoured its young soccer players when the annual Youth Awards of the SKW Soccer Division were held together with the opening of the club’s new beach soccer pitch on Saturday evening.Werner Barder
readTries galore at 2010 Tri-Nations
03-11-2010
The 2010 Tri-Nations had the highest average of tries per game in more than a decade and saw a dramatic reduction in tactical kicking, according to an International Rugby Board (IRB) report released
readAC Milan need big-game mentality to stop Real Madrid at San Siro
03-11-2010
MILAN - For a club with so much prestige, AC Milan are struggling to win the important matches and tonight’s Champions League visit of Real Madrid will be as big as it gets this season unless they
readNational Gymnastics Championships
03-11-2010
The Namibia Gymnastics Federation’s National Championships will be held at the Excelsior Gymnastics Club at the Windhoek Showgrounds over the weekend. The Level 1 to 3 categories will be held from
readHarry Simon ready for exhibition bout
03-11-2010
FORMER World Boxing Organisation (WBO) lightweight and middleweight champion Harry Simon is ready for his upcoming exhibition bout against four opponents at the Kuisebmond Stadium in Walvis Bay on
readFifa Grassroots Festival in Oshakati
03-11-2010
THE second Fifa Grassroots Course and Festival will take place in Oshakati from 8 to 13 November.The first festival brought together 800 children in Windhoek and organisers are hoping to have another
readSA mining audit results disturbing
03-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A senior South African official said the country’s mining sector is rife with problems including illegal drilling, rights sold on without permission and companies having competing
readBoN clamps down on TVI, H&C
03-11-2010
What is a pyramid scheme? “This type of illegal practices are characterised by a very few individuals at the top of the structure enticing and encouraging close family members and friends to recruit
readBoost your productivity
03-11-2010
We live in a demanding and distracting world. Being productive can sometimes feel like an impossible feat. Here are three ways to get more done without burning out:1. Keep one to-do list. Include
readA billion to harvest wind
03-11-2010
UNITED Africa Group (UAG) on Monday night got its second wind when it signed agreements with Japanese and South Korean companies to build a wind power park of more than N$1 billion near Lüderitz.UAG’s
readMobile phone users buy affordable airtime
03-11-2010
MOBILE phone users who are not on contract now have another service provider. Known as Vertex Mobile, this company launched in Windhoek on Monday is involved in the selling of airtime. The
readPupkewitz adds building equipment to its stable
03-11-2010
THE Pupkewitz Motor Division has added heavy construction equipment to the range of products it offers.This addition follows the company’s appointment as the sole agent of Volvo construction equipment
readChasing the dots ... Scream Namibia To Team Namibia
03-11-2010
THIS week’s column nearly did not happen. Not writer’s block or a lack of will or ideas. It was that the tide of words that flowed kept breaking my self-imposed principle that I remain critical but
readArmed robbers at large
03-11-2010
AT LEAST three robbers are on the run after they stole more than N$100 000 in an armed robbery in Windhoek yesterday morning.At about 11h30 yesterday morning, the men shot a G4S security guard in the
readWindhoek backtracks on squatters
03-11-2010
THE City of Windhoek has apparently backtracked on its decision to forcibly remove squatter shacks at the so-called 8ste Laan settlement at Otjomuise.The municipality claims the residents have
readUukwanambwa headman Uukule dies of cancer
03-11-2010
THE well-known senior headman of the Uukwanambwa Traditional district in Ondonga area, Filippus Uukule, died of cancer in the Oshakati State hospital during the early hours of Monday this week.Uukule,
readUnidentified virus infection hits Karas Region
03-11-2010
A TOTAL of 90 people, most of them schoolchildren, have been treated at the Keetmanshoop State Hospital for a yet unidentified virus infection. The patients complained of headaches, runny noses, sore
readSwapo welcomes two southern party-hoppers
03-11-2010
JOSEF Rooi, who was known as “the Kapia of the South” before he quit Swapo in 2007 to join the Rally for Democracy and Progress, has rejoined Swapo. Former Keetmanshoop mayor Arnold Losper, who was
readScrap education system, Matjila suggests
03-11-2010
THE mess that the education sector is in cannot be rectified on a piecemeal basis, education specialist Andrew Matjila says.For him the only way out of the dire straits is to completely abolish the
readRural poor to benefit from resources
03-11-2010
A PROTOCOL on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) that will see Namibian rural communities benefiting fully from biological resources in their environments was adopted at the just-ended international
readLoader driver saves the day
03-11-2010
A FRONT loader whose brakes apparently failed caused havoc in Windhoek’s Nelson Mandela Avenue yesterday morning. The front loader was moving down the sharp incline past the South African High
readOnce-tame animals rediscover their wild side
03-11-2010
THE Harnas Wildlife Foundation has successfully managed to release tame predators at the Life Line release site at Harnas near Gobabis. The most comprehensive goal for the Life Line project is to
readOnce-tame animals rediscover their wild side
03-11-2010
THE Harnas Wildlife Foundation has successfully managed to release tame predators at the Life Line release site at Harnas near Gobabis. The most comprehensive goal for the Life Line project is to
readNamibia races to cut down maternal deaths
03-11-2010
AN estimated half a million women die each year following complications during pregnancy and childbirth, a report launched in September 2010 showed.The report, ‘Trends in Maternal Mortality’, an
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