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54 Articles found on Thursday, 4 November 2010
Zulu warrior, the lion heart
04-11-2010
IN A staggering feat of survival, Zulu, a boxer dog living at Hobatere Lodge near Etosha, survived an attack by six lions on the weekend, earning a lifetime of admiration and the nickname “Zulu
readWAD plans to curb plague of violence
04-11-2010
A COUNTRYWIDE programme aimed at addressing male violence against women and children was launched in Windhoek yesterday. The programme, Men’s Action against Violence (MAAV) is the brainchild of
readUse water sparingly this coming weekend
04-11-2010
THE growing population of Windhoek is leading to increasing water demand and water infrastructure has to be enlarged to meet the demand.The municipality has announced that limited water supply will be
readSri Lanka beat Australia on record stand
04-11-2010
MELBOURNE – Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga put on a one-day international record 132 runs for the ninth wicket to fire Sri Lanka to a remarkable one-wicket victory over Australia yesterday.The Sri
readShifeta urges NSC to do research on sports
04-11-2010
The Deputy Minister of Youth, National Service, Sports and Culture has called on the Namibian Sports Commission (NSC) to conduct extensive research to find out why some sports codes are ‘doing better
readInter outwitted by Spurs as leaders miss chance
04-11-2010
MILAN – The chinks in Inter Milan’s armour were exposed again by Gareth Bale in Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-1 Champions League win over the holders as all three teams capable of reaching the next stage
readWaldschmidt wins final race in Enduro championships
04-11-2010
Ingo Waldschmidt won the final leg of the Bank Windhoek Namibia Motorsport Federation Enduro Championship in dramatic fashion, after passing Bjorn Bierbrauer with only 3km to go. Waldshmidt took the
readBanyana raring to go
04-11-2010
The Banyana Banyana class of 2010’s squad mix of youth and experience, plus improved physical and mental strength, will be key elements when the take on Nigeria in a CAF African Women Championship
readBrave Warriors friendly match falls through
04-11-2010
THE Brave Warriors will not be playing a friendly this month after it emerged that the Namibian Football Association (NFA) had failed to secure an opponent for November 17, which is a FIFA date for
readNamibia Defence Force wins NFV Cup
04-11-2010
The Namibian Defence Force A team won the Namibia Volleyball Federation Cup 2010 after the finals of the tournament took place at the Unam Hall on Saturday. The heated competition that was played over
readNamibian boxing wins WBO African awards
04-11-2010
NAMIBIA’S recently crowned sportsman of the year, Paulus Ambunda, and boxing promoter Nestor Tobias, who were recently honoured at the World Boxing Organisation’s convention in Columbia, yesterday
readSplinter group shotsdown Berseba unity efforts
04-11-2010
A SPLINTER faction of Berseba’s Goliath clan, led by Thomas Karools, has described as false the claims by Reverend Stephanus Tiboth that the rival Goliath and Isaak factions of the /Hai-/Khaua tribe
readSMSes for Thursday 4 November 2010
04-11-2010
SMS Of The Day ROAD safety will not improve as long as law enforcement does not improve. Food for Thought I KNOW that there are always two sides of a story! However, I do not regard
readPaaltjies jackals confused with ‘pavement specials’
04-11-2010
A FAMILY of black-backed jackals at the ‘Paaltjies’ angling spot near Walvis Bay made news in South Africa after it was thought that they may be a cross between a jackal mother and dog father.They
readKaaronda iikalekelwa kaaleli
04-11-2010
AMUSHANGANDJAYI gwondundahangano yaaniilonga ya Namibia okwii yadha mombuga. Okwa tulwa mombuga sha landula keindilo lye kutya aaniilonga yomepangelo na ya ye komeho nehololomadhiladhilo lya thanekwa
readOshipotha sha Abisai Ndaumbwa ina shi tameka
04-11-2010
HAHENDE ta kalelepo omufekelwa medhipago lyomunafaalama gwomimvo 75 momudhingoloko gwa Kombat okwi ikuthamo mepopilo lyomutamanekwa nguka etiyali oshiwike shika.Abisai Ndaumbwa ota tamanekwa
readOondando dhomitanda oombwanawa
04-11-2010
OSHITOPOLWA shaAgra shiimuna osha manitha okulanditha omitanda nuumvo.Momalanditho ngaka Agra okwa landitha omitanda kumwe adhihe 16 582 kondando yopokati yoodola 14,16 mokilogarama yimwe
readOmusindalongo nguka nagu ethiwepo thilu
04-11-2010
ONKALO moka elongo lili ita yi vulu okwoopalekwa okushininga okuza kushimwe nashimwe. Ngaka ogo omadhiladhilo gomunawino melongo, Andrew Matjila, ngoka a ti shoka sha pumbiwa osho okweethaopo
readOombudhi dha yugu pongeshefa yimwe moKhomasdal
04-11-2010
KONYALA aayugi yatatu oya yaka iimaliwa yi vule oodola 100 000 sho ya ponokele ongeshefa yimwe ongula yetiyali oshilandopangelo.Oshiningwanima shika osha ningwa lwopo tundi 11h30 sho oombudhi dha yaha
readTa ya kundathana
04-11-2010
ELELO lyoshilando sha Venduka ina li tidha po aantu mboka aniwa yi ikuthila evi lyokukala moshitopolwa oshitihetatu nenge 8ste laan momukunda gwa Otjomuise. Muni gwa Venduka omwedhi gwa ziko okwa
readOmpangu ita yi iyutha keindilo lya RDP
04-11-2010
OMUPANGULI peresidende Petrus Damaseb na Collins Parker ita ya kiiyutha kethiminiko indilo opo ya gandje etokolo koshipotha shomahogololo ga Novemba 2009.Ompangu oya popi ya ti yo otayi ka gandja
readKapena oshipotha no muniilonga gwa Israel
04-11-2010
EPANGELO ka li na oshipotha sha sha nomuniilonga omuIsraeli ngoka ta tamanekelwa ekano lyuuwe wongushu yoodola oomiliona 20.Uuwe mbuka owa kana po fabulika yoku teta okawe ya Namgem pOkahandja mu
readOmahangano omatungi ga tila onakuyiwa
04-11-2010
OMAHANGANO gokutunga kutya oondjila nenge omatungo gomuNamibia otaga longo nuudhigu omolwa ethigathanopo ndyoka gewete lyaa thike pamwe ngele tashiya oku mona iilonga tayi zi kepangelo.Oshiholelwa
readNo arrests in Khomasdal armed robbery
04-11-2010
BY yesterday there were still no arrests following the armed robbery in Khomasdal on Tuesday morning.Three men allegedly ambushed G4S security guards at Beukes Spar where the guards went to collect
readKombat panga farm murder trial thrown off the track
04-11-2010
THE withdrawal of the defence lawyer of Kombat area farm murder suspect Abisai Ndaumbwa has thrown the planned start of Ndaumbwa’s trial off its course in the High Court at Oshakati.The trial of
readKaapanda wants responsible reporting
04-11-2010
THE Minister of Information and Communication Technology has appealed for responsible, unbiased and balanced coverage of the upcoming regional council and local authority elections.Joel Kaapanda made
readTen-year-old becomes a mom in Spain
04-11-2010
MADRID - Spain’s press reacted with alarm yesterday to news that a 10-year-old girl had given birth.Newspapers expressed shock at the delighted reaction of the mother of the girl, who reportedly moved
readBaby falls 7 floors into safe arms
04-11-2010
PARIS – A 15-month-old baby girl survived a fall from a seventh-floor apartment in Paris almost unscathed after bouncing off a café awning and into the arms of a passer-by, police said on Tuesday.The
readS Korea fires on N Korea, again
04-11-2010
SEOUL – South Korea’s navy fired warning shots to drive away a North Korean fishing boat at a maritime border yesterday, the second incident in six days, jangling nerves in Seoul ahead of next week’s
readAl Qaeda threatens more attacks on Christians in Iraq
04-11-2010
BAGHDAD – Al Qaeda’s front group in Iraq has threatened more attacks on Christians following a bloody siege at a Baghdad church that left 58 people dead, saying that the “killing sword will not be
readRepublicans win House; Democrats keep Senate
04-11-2010
WASHINGTON - Republicans seized control of the House of Representatives in a piercing rebuke to President Barack Obama, scoring the chamber’s biggest party turnover in more than 70 years. Democrats
readHuman skeletons found
04-11-2010
THE Police are appealing to the public to help identify human remains found on a farm in the Khorixas district this week.Inspector Nuuyi, a Police spokesperson, said a goat herder found the bones on
readGirl burns to death
04-11-2010
A 15-year-old girl was burnt to death in a shack fire in Walvis Bay’s Kuisebmond suburb on Sunday, the Police have confirmed.It is alleged that Jane Neus (15) was alone at home, and while she was
readMedi-Clinic layoff ends in dispute
04-11-2010
THE retrenchment of 24 Windhoek Medi-Clinic employees has landed on the desk of the Labour Commissioner following the alleged refusal of the hospital to bargain with the Namibia Public’s Workers’
readGovt pulls out all stops against demo
04-11-2010
THE Secretary to Cabinet, Frans Kapofi, is the latest Government official to throw his weight behind the Government’s full-scale attempt to stop a planned mass demonstration by civil servants. In an
readCity squatters in legal fix
04-11-2010
A GROUP of Windhoek squatters are finding themselves in a legal tight spot, after a court ruled that while they were occupying municipal land illegally they could not challenge the constitutionality
readGuided walk at Botanic Gardens
04-11-2010
THE Botanic Society of Namibia will stage a guided walk in the Botanic Gardens this Saturday.The walk will start at 08h00 and visitors will be charged N$10,00. Members of the society and
readHelp save our wetlands: /Uiseb
04-11-2010
STRENGTHENED laws and policies that promote the conservation of wetlands would add more weight to efforts aimed at protecting these ecosystems, said a Namibian conservation scientist.Kenneth /Uiseb
readPoisons a threat to farmers
04-11-2010
IT only takes an ill-considered decision of one poison-using farmer to spoil neighbouring farmers’ attempts to promote environmentally sustainable meat production.An immature tawny eagle, found on a
readVote for the Channel O Awards!
04-11-2010
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
readBe gone ‘b*tch’!
04-11-2010
WOMEN’S groups are cheering Oprah Winfrey’s announcement that the word “bitch” will not be tolerated on her new network.At Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference in California last Thursday, the media
readIdols Winner Shares Prize!
04-11-2010
Elvis Blue (above) beat off strong competition from fellow Top 2 contestant and friend, Lloyd Cele, to win the latest South African Idol title on Tuesday night. But probably one of the abiding
readBig Brother Africa: Mwisho’s Namibian half-sisters
04-11-2010
It seems Mwisho’s Namibian fiancé is not his only connection to our country. As it turns out, the hunky Tanzanian also has two older Namibian half-sisters.Thanks to Henry Kinyaga, a Tanzanian living
readGive With Caution
04-11-2010
Going above and beyond in the workplace is a good thing, right?Whether you stay late to help out a colleague with an important presentation or you give a direct report credit for the success of an
readWhat vote means for G20 summit
04-11-2010
US voter anxiety about the economy and discontent with President Barack Obama’s leadership fuelled big Republican gains in mid-term elections yesterday.Republicans seized control of the House of
readGridlock in US Congress could threaten economy
04-11-2010
WASHINGTON – Political gridlock is supposed to be good for business. If bickering lawmakers can't agree on anything, the thinking goes, they can't pass laws and regulations that make the economy
readDevelopment boom at coast
04-11-2010
FOURTEEN property development deals were concluded during July, covering an area of 111 357 square metres, more than double the size of property deals signed in June.According to the latest FNB
readWho are buying houses?
04-11-2010
ACCORDING to the latest FNB Housing Index, there was a significant increase in the number of married couples buying homes in July, with their numbers having doubled month on month (m/m). The average
readLocal property market remains expensive
04-11-2010
HOUSE prices continued to edge upwards in July, increasing 6,4 per cent year-on-year (y/y) and should remain high for the rest of 2010, FNB Namibia said in its latest Housing Index.Small house prices
readNo decision on Kudu gas until 2011
04-11-2010
GOVERNMENT is likely to miss 2013 as it production target date for the Kudu gas field as Gazprom, one of the majority shareholders, will only make an investment decision on the project next
readDiabetes doesn’t get Arrie down
04-11-2010
ARRIE van Wyk was diagnosed with diabetes 15 years ago but three months ago the illness changed his life forever when both his legs had to be amputated below the knees. About four months ago the
readDe Jager’s death still a mystery
04-11-2010
CLOSE to a month after the badly decomposed body of Willie de Jager (72) was found outside Katima Mulilo in his bakkie, there is still no clear indication how he died.His sister-in-law, Nelda Coetzee,
readCancun climate change meeting should bring hope: Nandi-Ndaitwah
04-11-2010
THE Minister of Environment and Tourism hopes to see the upcoming international conference on climate change, to be held in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November – 10 December this year, bring global hope
readNotable Quotes
04-11-2010
The issues raised in the election application are many and complex with far-reaching implications. The Court therefore has every intention of giving each issue raised proper and careful
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