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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Swapo threatens a walkout in NA
20-10-2010
YESTERDAY’S session of the National Assembly turned tumultuous with some Swapo MPs getting up and ready to walk out in protest against accusations of self-enrichment made by Peter Naholo.Naholo, a
readRuppel throws in towel
20-10-2010
HARTMUT Ruppel, board chairman of the Government Institutions’ Pension Fund (GIPF), yesterday resigned following Cabinet’s decision last week to freeze N$4 billion worth of loans to unlisted
readNam takes heart with cardiac unit
20-10-2010
AN exciting new medical era has dawned in Namibia with the commissioning of Namibia’s resident specialised cardiac whizz team who will provide 21st century heart interventions on home
readBoN holds rate wildcard
20-10-2010
ECONOMISTS hesitated yesterday to bet on whether the Bank of Namibia (BoN) will leave its repo rate unchanged at seven per cent today or if Governor Ipumbu Shiimi will adjust it for the first time
readSix killed in attack on Chechen parliament
20-10-2010
GROZNY – Islamic insurgents including a suicide bomber stormed Chechnya’s parliament yesterday, leaving six people dead and 17 injured in one of the most brazen attacks on the provincial capital in
readBig Brother Africa: The Bliss of the Grand Finale!
20-10-2010
THE All Stars came, twinkled and shone. Some defied gravity, others did not.We watched, laughed, fumed, judged, even shed a tear or two, voted and eventually decided their fate. Now that it’s all
readLack of coach costs Uutoni Commonwealth title
20-10-2010
NAMIBIA's Commonwealth silver medalist Jafet Uutoni is “not happy” with the Namibia National Olympics Committee's (NNOC) decision to leave his coach behind, “as it cost him his title.”The amateur
readNotable quotes
20-10-2010
I stay in office whether you do your work or not. – Regina Alugodhi, the former chief executive officer of the Okahandja municipality, told about 50 disgruntled and bewildered municipal maintenance
readSMSes for Wednesday 20 October 2010
20-10-2010
SMS Of The Day * GIPF, you provide a whole breakdown of how much was given to whom and how little, if any, was paid back. Then you ask for informants to provide proof of theft by 12 November making
readMajor oil find off Angola
20-10-2010
MILAN – Italian oil and gas major Eni and Angolan state-owned oil company Sonangol have made an important oil discovery at a well offshore Angola, Eni said yesterday.“During the production test of the
readSARB calls for ‘special measures’ against rand gains
20-10-2010
CAPE TOWN – The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is willing to do what it can in response to the rand’s strong gains, SARB Governor Gill Marcus said yesterday. But there are limits to what it can do
readChasing the dots ... Sex Still Sells
20-10-2010
JEAN Sutherland’s BBA commentary is dangerous to my health! Hooliganistic, irreverent and full of juvenile idiocy but a beautiful reflection of what appears to be a crude saga of sexual immaturity
readSA calls for Cape-to-Cairo trade agreement
20-10-2010
CAIRO – African countries need to boost regional trade and investment to keep pace with growth in other emerging economies that have large consumer bases, such as India and China, South Africa’s trade
readLanger Heinrich output drops 3%
20-10-2010
URANIUM miner Paladin Energy yesterday reported lower quarterly production as output at its mines, Langer Heinrich in Namibia and Kayelekera in Malawi, dipped. Paladin produced 1,36 million pounds of
readIran’s share in Rössing worries Rio Tinto
20-10-2010
UNITED NATIONS – Rössing Uranium, majority owned by Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, said it is considering what to do with a 15 per cent stake held by the Iranian government in light of the
readAnton Lubowski ‘like Bram Fischer and Beyers Naudé’
20-10-2010
ANTON Lubowski was in the same league as anti-apartheid activists Bram Fischer and Beyers Naudé. These men, South African Constitutional Judge Johann van der Westhuizen said, fearlessly leaped “into
readAngolan shantytown struggles after market bulldozed
20-10-2010
LUANDA – The chaotic maze of vendors’ stalls where Angola’s largest open-air market used to sit has been replaced by an empty landscape pockmarked by gaping holes.Roque Santeiro, once touted as
readNew TUN leaders start ‘cleaning up’
20-10-2010
SOON after taking over the reins at the Teachers’ Union of Namibia (TUN), the new leadership elected at the union’s weekend congress locked out four long-serving administrative staff yesterday.The
readNapwu leader calls for disciplined workforce
20-10-2010
THE regional chairman of the Namibia Public Workers’ Union (Napwu) Western Region, Samuel !Oë-Amseb, has called on public workers to have safe sex, to refrain from alcohol abuse and to work hard.He
readJudge addresses gender rights
20-10-2010
RECENT statements by the Minister of Justice, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, about Namibian courts not letting justice prevail and letting women down when imposing sentences, could pose a threat to
readFrench protests turn violent
20-10-2010
PARIS – Masked youths clashed with police and set fires in cities across France yesterday as protests against a proposed hike in the retirement age took an increasingly radical turn. Hundreds of
readSheriff lists Malema’s assets in gender case
20-10-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The sheriff has visited ANC youth leader Julius Malema’s Sandton home to make a list of his assets after he failed to pay a N$50 000 fine. “Our attorneys confirmed those details,” said
readOkah to hear about bail today
20-10-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The bail application of Nigerian former militant leader Henry Okah was postponed in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Okah, who testified in his own bail application,
readMexico makes massive dagga bust
20-10-2010
TIJUANA – Mexican security forces seized at least 105 tons of United States-bound dagga in the border city of Tijuana on Monday, by far the biggest pot bust in the country in recent years.Soldiers and
readFine for UK bin cat woman
20-10-2010
LONDON – A British woman caught on tape stroking a cat, picking it up by the scruff of its neck and casually throwing it into its owners’ trash bin pleaded guilty to a single charge of animal cruelty
readGeingob is presidential spin doctor: Nyamu
20-10-2010
ERSTWHILE Trade and Industry Minister and now opposition Member of Parliament Jesaya Nyamu had to endure hostility from the ruling Swapo benches as he accused them of ‘political panic’ and trying to
readFour years for using company car without permission
20-10-2010
PETRUS Kaisuma (42) was given a four-year prison sentence, of which one year was suspended for five years, for using a car of Swakop Uranium without permission in May this year.He was also fined N$1
readEscapee arrested at Mariental hairdresser’s
20-10-2010
FRAUD suspect Joshua Hecht did not offer any resistance when the Mariental Police arrested him while he was getting a shave early yesterday morning. Hecht reportedly disappeared from the Windhoek
readErnie Els in full swing for Namibia
20-10-2010
T HIS is how golfing legend Ernie Els opened his heartfelt address at The Night of The Stars on the October 11 at the Windhoek Country Club before sharing his revelation about Desert Star Motion
readTwo new members on NID board
20-10-2010
THE Board of the Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) has announced two appointments.Theunis Keulder has been re-appointed as executive director following the resignation of Dr Justine Hunter, who
readFifa wants quick action over vote-selling claims
20-10-2010
ZURICH – Fifa launched a formal investigation into allegations that two executive committee members had offered to sell votes ahead of the decision on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts and said it
readBenitez to use English experience to down Tottenham
20-10-2010
MILAN – Inter Milan’s Rafael Benitez will call on six years of Premier League experience as he looks to plot Tottenham’s downfall in the Champions League tonight.The title holders host Harry
readMTC: N$17 million for Namibian sport
20-10-2010
TELECOMMUNICATIONS firm MTC will invest N$17 million in Namibian sport for the 2010/11 season. The company’s Capital and Corporate Chief, Tim Ekandjo, yesterday announced the total sponsorship
readGolf course not yet ready to host tournament
20-10-2010
THE president of the Namibia Professional Golf Association (NPGA), Adri Basson, says the annual Golf Sunshine Tour Summer Swing will only take place in March next year.In an interview with Nampa
readAlex Ferguson shocked by Rooney exit demand
20-10-2010
MANCHESTER – England striker Wayne Rooney has told Alex Ferguson he wants to walk away from Manchester United, leaving the manager “shocked and bemused” by the decision.Days of intense media
readGymnastics nationals get financial boost
20-10-2010
FNB Namibia pledged N$20 000 towards the rhythmic gymnastics national championships yesterday. The SKW Gymnastics Academy will host the national championships rhythmic gymnastics October on 29 and 30
readAngola red-faced over Cosafa Cup mess
20-10-2010
THE Cosafa Senior Challenge, which had been scheduled to be held in Angola next month has been postponed to next year. With the horror of the Africa Cup of Nations shooting in Angola still fresh in
readPM proposes 3 new PSC members
20-10-2010
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula will table a motion in Parliament today to have three new members appointed to the Public Service Commission (PSC). According to the Prime Minister, the three new members
readOswapo moNooli ya tameka iikonga hogololo
20-10-2010
O SWAPO ya tameka niikonga yayo yomahogololo gokaansela, nomoshigongi shayo sha ningilwa pOndangwa molyomakaya ,shoka sha popithwa kOministeli yOpevi yEgameno nEpopilo lyOshigwana Erastus Uutoni,
readAakommunisi ita ya hogololwa
20-10-2010
O NGUNDU yUukommunisi oya ti ota yi boikota omahogololo gomalelo giitopolwa niilando gomwedhi taguya. Oya ti yo ita yi yimo momahogololo ngoka oshoka oyi wete itaaga kakala gamanguluka nogena uuyuki.
readOshigongiilonga sha simana sho ACC mOngwediva
20-10-2010
O KAKOMISI kokukondjitha uulingilingi moshilongo ka tseyika nawa mOshiingilisa nedhina Anti Corruption Commission, hoka ke li mewiliko lyOmukuluntu gwako Omupanguli Paulus Noa, otaka ka ninga
readOmikuli dha GIPF omipe odha gamenwa
20-10-2010
E TOKOLO lyokabinete okumweneka egandjo lyomikuli komahangano inaa ga shangwa moStock Exchange olya ningwa opo pu gandjwe efatululo, ndele ha kutya omapungulo ngoka oga kolekwa thiluthilu.Omuprima
readOlye ta panga mOkahandja
20-10-2010
N ATANGO kapeshiwike kutya olye omuwiliki gwesiku kehe melelo lyoshilando Okahandja. Omaandaha omunambelewa omukuluntupitithi, Regina Alugodhi ngoka taku tiwa okwa zile miilonga kuye mwene ndele
readOswapo moNooli ya tameka iikonga hogololo
20-10-2010
O KOMMISSI yonkalonawa oya futu eindilo lyoshimaliwa lyongushu yoodola 90 000 . Eindilo ndika otaku tiwa olya tameka momumvo 1996 nolya tumwa koKommissi ndjika momumvo 2007.Omukuluntuwiliki gwo SSC
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