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51 Articles found on Thursday, 28 October 2010
Groundbreaking for community open market
28-10-2010
CONSTRUCTION of the N$6,4 million !Homs AI community open market at Keetmanshoop started on Tuesday afternoon.In a message read by Industrial Development Director Steve Motinga, Trade and Industry
readChina minister says dollar printing ‘out of control’
28-10-2010
BEIJING - Dollar issuance by the United States is “out of control”, leading to an inflation assault on China, the Chinese commerce minister said in comments reported on Tuesday.Chen Deming, speaking
readCopper Festival kicks off at Tsumeb
28-10-2010
TSUMEB – The eighth annual Copper Festival started at Tsumeb yesterday. The festival is held under the theme ‘Copper: The heartbeat of Tsumeb’.In an interview with Nampa, the chairperson of the
readStandard Bank Namibia fights fraud
28-10-2010
THE rise in fraudulent transactions in the world has not left Namibia untouched, and that is why Standard Bank Namibia has launched a campaign to make its customers and the public aware of such
readSuspended Kenyan minister, mayor in court over scams
28-10-2010
NAIROBI - Two high profile Kenyan officials faced corruption charges on Tuesday, in a further sign the long-promised war on graft in east Africa’s biggest economy is finally gathering momentum.Foreign
readDubai World gets full support for restructuring
28-10-2010
DUBAI - State-owned Dubai World has secured support from all its creditors for a US$25 billion debt restructuring plan, a spokesman said yesterday, helping to avoid a drawn-out battle with a special
readAfrica Business Briefs
28-10-2010
SA looks at shift away from coal JOHANNESBURG - South Africa opened public hearings on a US$125 billion energy plan on Tuesday, to shift from dependency on coal while avoiding major price rises and a
readVote for the Channel O Awards!
28-10-2010
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
readOn climate change and the media
28-10-2010
LAST week, I was asked to make a presentation at the media training workshop on reporting climate change, held at Walvis Bay on October 19 and 20. I spoke on how journalists can make their articles on
readA search for Erythrina
28-10-2010
ZOOLOGIST Barbara Curtis is offering members and friends of the Botanical Society of Namibia a walk in the Eros Hills on Sunday October 31, in search of the Erythrina.If you would like to join in,
readA glance at South Africa’s Richtersveld Park
28-10-2010
‘THAT is what they call the halfmens tree,’ said one of our journalist colleagues as we all pointed our cameras to the tree from our open-sided vehicle of South African National Parks (Sanparks).I was
readSudan meeting moved from Nairobi to Addis
28-10-2010
ADDIS ABABA – A regional meeting on Sudan which was due to take place in Nairobi at the weekend has been relocated to Addis Ababa, diplomats in the Ethiopian capital said yesterday.The
readThirty women gang-raped at DRC-Angola border
28-10-2010
KINSHASA – An international aid agency says at least 30 women were kept as prisoners in a dungeon-like structure and gang-raped over multiple weeks at the Angola border before being left in the bush
readNigerian cops nab 10 chiefs in land murders
28-10-2010
LAGOS – Police have arrested 10 local chiefs accused of murder in a land dispute with neighbours after which 13 burnt corpses were recovered, a government spokesman said yesterday.The corpses were
readHalf of small companies expect staff to pinch
28-10-2010
NEW YORK – Just over half of private small company executives expect employees to steal something of value within the next year, nearly double the rate who have actually experienced such loss in the
readSwine flu kills 70 UK children in 9 months
28-10-2010
LONDON – Scientists studying swine flu have found that 70 children died from it in England in a 9 month period during the H1N1 pandemic and death rates were worst among ethnic minority children and
readOmbili kAaleshi yetu
28-10-2010
mIifo yetweni yo The Namibian yomOmaandaha ga zi ko, opwa li pu na yimwe mu na Oombapila (iifo) yi na sha nOmadhina gAaniilonga mboka ya thanekwa kOshikondo shOmahogololo ya ka longe pethimbo
readNamibia nuulingilingi
28-10-2010
NAMIBIA okwa talika ena uulingilingi momeho guuyuni. Shika osha hololwa kehangano lyokutala iilonga yuulingilingi miilongo yuuyuni lyedhina Transparency International, momushangwa gwalyo
readOmulongisikola mOngwediva a hulitha
28-10-2010
OMULONGI gwaalongwalongisikola mOshiputudhilo Hifikepunye Pohamba mOngwediva mOshana meme, Meschtilde Tshishi Thomas Avura, okwa manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shopaumwene sha Ngwediva Omaandaha
readOondholongo dhopolisi muumbugantu dha nyayika
28-10-2010
OMUNASHIPUNDI gwegumbo etiyali lyopashigwana okwa thaneke kutya oondholongo poosasiona dhopolisi po Karasburg, na Stampriet nadhi opalekwe nokutungululwa.Margareth Mensah Williams okwa ti ishewe
readGIPF a tulwa mokakololo
28-10-2010
OSHIKETHA shoopenzela dhaaniilonga yomepangelo [GIPF] oshi li mokakololo kombinga yokutula miilonga elombwelo lyokabinete kutya iimaliwa yoobiliona ndatu oshinkwanu ne mbyoka ya li yina okupungulwa
readAlugodhi molugodhi
28-10-2010
OMUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu nale melelo lyoshilando Okahandja, Regina Alugodhi okwa tameke olugodhi opo elelo lyOkahandja li mu fute oshimaliwa omolwa sho lya yono euvathano lyiilonga. Alugodhi ota pula
readOmuhingi gwa Nampost a kwatwa
28-10-2010
OMUHINGI gumwe ishewe gwa Nampost okwa tula ehangano lye muuwinayi sho a monika ondjo yokukala nepangwe.Shika oshiningwanima oshitiyali moka omuhingi gwehangano ndika ta monika ondjo mokulonga
readTakamitheni oombudhi
28-10-2010
OSHAFA iilonga yuulingilingi nekengelelo hali ningwa koombudhi olya galuka ishewe. Pethimbo ndika iilonga yatya ngaaka otaku tiwa oya yodheka oohandimwe.Pahapu dhomupopiliko gwombaanga ya FNB Dawn
readYo Swapo ya ambidhidha euliko lyoongoloneya
28-10-2010
ETHANEKO lyokulundulula ompango yomalelo giitopolwa, opo ndjika yi gandje ompito komuperesidende opo a ulike oongoloneya dhiitopolwa oya mono eyambidhidho enene kaatotiveta yoSwapo megumbo etiyali
readEtalelopo lyaailongi lya hulile monayi
28-10-2010
ETALELOPO lyeilongo ko Kavango kaalongwa 25 ya Unam olya hulu nayi, sho omulongwa gumwe a si omeya momulonga gwa Kavango. Oshitiyali aalongwa mboka sho ya li mondjila okushuna koVenduka ombesa yawo
readEkunku lya HINI moNamibia
28-10-2010
OMAKONAKONO oga ulike kutya ovirusa ya HINI oyo ya patitha enongelo lyaaposi mo Venduka omaandaha.Enongelo ndyoka olya patelwe konima sho aalongwa yeli 65 naalongi yane ya kwatwa kuuvu uule womasiku
readEpeya lya fikepo uulithilo woohektara odhindji
28-10-2010
OMAPEYA ngoka ga fikwa owina kaatomeki yomulilo ogena okutalikako ongo iilonga yomuyonena noonakupogola pamukalo ngoka oya pumbwa okugeelwa nokufalwa miihokolola.Ngaka ogo omadhiladhilo gominista
readRugby Sevens training squad
28-10-2010
THE NRU announced the training group from which a final squad for the IRB sevens series will be selected. The series will be held in South Africa later this year. The trainees are:Virgel Negongo,
readCurrie Cup: The war in Durban
28-10-2010
BOTH protagonists in Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup final are in the happy position of having settled and in-form teams, which means there will be minimal changes when the sides are announced later this
readOliver Risser set to play in Europa League
28-10-2010
BRAVE Warriors midfielder and defender, Oliver Risser will play in the Uefa Europa League next year after his club, Kuopion Palloseura (Kups) finished second in the Finnish Veikkausliga.Kups finished
readTottenham agree to sign Khumalo
28-10-2010
TOTTENHAM will sign South African defender Bongani Khumalo from SuperSport United when the transfer window reopens in January.The English Premier League club said on Tuesday that the 23-year old
readSMSes for Thursday 28 October 2010
28-10-2010
* NAMIBIANS should learn to make money by working hard. Pyramid schemes will not take us anywhere. People involved should accept the facts announced by BON and start sweating for money, not (looking
readWAD still on about legalising prostitution
28-10-2010
VERONICA de Klerk of Women’s Action for Development (WAD) this week launched a renewed attack on a call by the Minister of Youth, Kazenambo Kazenambo, to legalise prostitution.Speaking at a Police
readSlain couple’s son sticks to denial
28-10-2010
TO the end of his testimony in the High Court in Windhoek this week, the son of murdered farm owners Justus and Elzabé Erasmus insisted that he had nothing to do with an alleged plot that resulted in
readChildren call on Transport Minister ‘to act’ on road safety
28-10-2010
A LARGE group of Walvis Bay school children petitioned the Minister of Works and Transport, Erkki Nghimtina, “to act” in making roads safer.The petition was a ‘curtain raiser’ to Namibia’s first Road
readHigh phone rental irks southern farmers
28-10-2010
FARMERS in the South are angry about an increase in the rental of Telecom phone lines, which is effective from November 1. Farmers say the switch from the old system to VSAT Skyedge II, offering
readParliament goes into recess until 2011
28-10-2010
THE National Assembly yesterday closed three weeks earlier than scheduled so that MPs can go and campaign for next month’s elections.The early closure came as a surprise to some opposition MPs like
readWHO to test hospital oxygen
28-10-2010
A WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) team is visiting Namibia to probe recent media reports that the Ministry of Health was being supplied substandard oxygen for patients by Intaka Technology.Health
readDeputy mayor ‘sad’ about negative reports
28-10-2010
THE deputy mayor of Keetmanshoop, Basil Brown, has expressed dismay over recent negative media reports, particularly in The Namibian.“I’m saddened and appalled by the selective and in many instances
readGaweseb sentenced on Friday
28-10-2010
THE conduct of Ewald Gaweseb, who admitted to drowning his stepson (1) “was deplorable and needs to be condemned in the strongest terms by the court”.State Advocate Constance Moyo said this in her
readBase FM launches website
28-10-2010
BASE FM 106.2, formerly known as Katutura Community Radio (KCR) has launched a state-of-the-art interactive website. The website, www.basefm.com.na, is filled to the brim with the latest web design
readNational first division still between rock and hard place
28-10-2010
NAMIBIA’s first division football technically still falls under the Namibia Football Association (NFA) although it will be financed by the Namibia Premier League (NPL), beginning this season, The
readElvis, Lloyd To Face Off In ‘Idols’ Finale
28-10-2010
IT’S been an exciting 10 weeks featuring some of the best of South Africa’s singing talent as M-Net’s hit reality and talent competition, ‘Idols’, scoured the country to find the person who will be
readIndonesia struggles as tsunami, volcano tolls rise
28-10-2010
MENTAWAI ISLANDS – Helicopters with emergency supplies finally landed yesterday on the remote Indonesian islands slammed by a tsunami that killed at least 272 people, while elsewhere in the
readChina puts restrictions on rare earths exports
28-10-2010
XIAMEN, China - China’s restrictions on exports of rare earths are aimed at maximising profit, strengthening its homegrown high-tech companies and forcing other nations to help sustain global supply,
readRio Tinto cozy with Iran’s stake in Rössing
28-10-2010
RIO Tinto Group, the world’s third-largest mining company, said Iran can maintain a 15 per cent stake in its Rössing uranium operation after a United Nations ruling barred the country from investing
readSwine flu tops 100
28-10-2010
AT LEAST 100 pupils and teachers have been infected with the H1N1 flu virus at schools in Windhoek and another nine in the Omusati Region during the past three weeks.The Minister of Health and Social
readBurial dispute back in court
28-10-2010
THE funeral of a leading member of Namibia’s deeply divided Ovambanderu community, the late Peter Nguvauva, remains on hold after a hearing about the site of his burial was concluded in the High Court
readWalvis dumps Erongo RED
28-10-2010
THE Walvis Bay Municipality has announced its withdrawal as a shareholder from the Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (Erongo RED).The management decision was handed to the council’s legal
readNotable Quotes
28-10-2010
We are not at loggerheads with Cabinet. – GIPF chief executive Primus Hango said. The fund’s board of trustees is scheduled to met a Government delegation next week to iron out some of the issues
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