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64 Articles found on Friday, 29 October 2010
Civics, BA look to blend
29-10-2010
TWO of Namibian football’s traditional heavyweights Civics and Black Africa will be looking to find consistency when they meet in the Premier League, at the Sam Nuyoma Stadium tonight. Both teams have
readBusiness climate posts sharp drop
29-10-2010
NAMIBIAN business confidence posted its sharpest drop in 16 months in September, a survey has showed, as higher fuel prices and tight credit weighed on sentiment in the country.The IJG Business
readBig Brother Africa: Munya And The Moola
29-10-2010
TRICK or Treat? Sweet candy or a load of old randy? Eish people, I’ve actually been asked to write “a hard news story” about Big Brother Africa today, just when I’m feeling all vampired up … dayum ,
readIndonesia toll hits 377 as volcano erupts again
29-10-2010
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted yesterday for the second time in a week, blasting vast plumes of ash into the sky, as the death toll from the initial eruption and a tsunami that hit remote
readCop goes free on cell death charge
29-10-2010
ONE of the Police officers prosecuted over the death of a detainee who died after a night in the Keetmanshoop Police Station holding cells three and a half years ago is a free man again.Police
readClose to N$85m for education
29-10-2010
SCHOOLCHILDREN under trees, in tents and in makeshift and overcrowded classrooms soon will be something of the past, the education minister has promised.Blocked toilets, broken windows and leaking
readOutrage at toddler’s murder
29-10-2010
POLICE and Namibian Defence Force members at Keetmanshoop launched a manhunt yesterday morning for a suspect who had murdered – and presumably raped – a four-year-old girl. The naked body of Queen
readNeed To Clarify Role Of REDs
29-10-2010
THE withdrawal from the Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (Erongo RED) by the Walvis Bay Municipality this week did not come as a surprise.In fact, we had expected a similar announcement from
readThe Prime Minister Must Become An Assertive ‘Blue Helmet’
29-10-2010
AT the time of writing this piece, I find myself at the Café de Flore in Paris on Boulevard Saint-Germain. This is after having experienced two gruelling hours in a taxi from Charles De Gaulle Airport
readRiches Below Ground, Poverty Above
29-10-2010
AS they say, a photo is worth a thousand words. That saying came upon me recently because of a number of photos published in The Namibian by Tanja Bause. And the title said it all: ‘Living on other
readLift The Ban And Let Democracy Be The Victor
29-10-2010
I HOPE the penny drops in the Swapo hierarchy and President Hifikepunye Pohamba decides to lift the advertising and purchase ban the Government imposed on The Namibian almost 10 years ago.The
readPolitical Perspective
29-10-2010
A COUPLE of politicians have waded in over the ‘great education debate’ in various ways recently. Only last week the Minister of Defence, Charles Namoloh, controversially suggested that Bantu
readHockey teams for indoor World Cup announced
29-10-2010
THE Namibia Hockey Union (NHU) on Wednesday released the names of its teams for the 2011 Indoor World Cup scheduled to take place in Poznan, Poland between February 8 and 13.In a media statement NHU
readNamibia sport awards tonight
29-10-2010
THE best sportsman and woman for the year will get their recognition at the MTC/NSC Namibia Sport Awards tonight. The spotlight of the evening’s proceedings will arguably be on who scoops the
readSMSes for 29 October 2010
29-10-2010
SMS Of The Day THE handling of the GIPF scandal is a classic confirmation of a quote from Voltaire: No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. Food for Thought SO the
readReports of RP’s death premature
29-10-2010
ALTHOUGH Republican Party (RP) president Henk Mudge bade farewell to fellow MPs this past week, it is not the end of the party yet.Mudge recently announced that the RP would be something of the past
readSchool principals on ‘Waiting for Superman’
29-10-2010
LOS ANGELES – The documentary film ‘Waiting for Superman’ has been generating a lot of buzz since its release in September for its portrayal of problems within US schools and what might be done to
readAlleged poachers in court
29-10-2010
THE three alleged poachers arrested in the South on Monday appeared briefly in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on a charge of illegal hunting.They are Jannes De Koe (35), Zubuck
readPhoto Box employees out in the cold
29-10-2010
FORMER employees of Photo Box, half of whom had worked for the company for more than 20 years, are out in the cold since the owner closed the shop in May this year.The owner, Sabina Ernsting, said she
readOmatala gokulandithila poKaiti
29-10-2010
IILONGA yokutunga omatala gokulandithila poKaiti oya egululwa kuyele oshiwike shika. Omatala gedhina !Homs AI otaga tungwa kongushu yoodola oomiliona 6,4.Metumwalaka lye lya leshwa komuwiliki
readIimaliwa iishona nopolisi
29-10-2010
OSHIKONDO shokukonakona omiyonena shopolisi oshina aaniilonga aashona. Konyala oshikondo shoka osha pumbwa aaniilonga yooperesenda 66.Omolwa ompumbwe ndjika omahala gamwe mpoka pwa longelwa iilonga
readAanona ya indile egameno moondjila
29-10-2010
ONGUNDU onene yaanona oya gandja omushangwa gwomapulo nomanyenyeto gawo koMinista Yiilonga niiyenditho,Erkki Nghimtina ta ya indile a soshimpwiyu kutya oondjila moshilongo odhi li nawa nodhina
readWHO ta konakona ohapi miipangelo
29-10-2010
AANAMBELEWA yehangano lyUundjolowele muuyuni[WHO] oye li mo Namibia okukonakona omahokololo ngoka taga ti Uuministeli wUundjolowele otawu pewa ohapi ndjoka ha yi longithwa kaavu yaashi yongushu. O
readOmbaye yiikuthamo mErongo RED
29-10-2010
ELELO lya Mbaye olyii kuthamo molutu lwoku gandja olusheno moshitopolwa shErongo[Erongo RED]. Etokolo ndika olya li lya gandjwa komukalelipo gwopaveta opo eli manithe.Etseyitho lyeikuthemo lyOmbaye
readEkunku lya HINI
29-10-2010
KONYALA aalongwa ethele oya kwatwa kekunku lyo H1N1 moosikola moVenduka nomOmusati iiwike itatu ya piti. M inista yUundjolowele, R ichard K amwi okwa koleke kutya omakonakono oga ningwa mokati
readOomiliona odhindji okutunga omagumbo
29-10-2010
EHANGANO ekwashilipaleki moNamibia, Old Mutual Namibia Investments Group[Omignam] olya zimine omukuli gwoomiliona 53 tadhi pitile moshiketha shalyo shomapendulepo shedhinaMIDINA. Iimaliwa mbika ota yi
readOmimvo ndatu mondholongo
29-10-2010
OMULUMENTU gumwe ngoka a ponokele omuhingi gwotaxi moShiwakopo kuyele omwedhi nguka okwa pewa oomvula ndatu mondholongo.Bruce Langenhoven okwa kuthilwako omvula yimwe opo uule woomvula natano a kale
readOkwaa uvathana kombinga yepako
29-10-2010
EFUMVIKO lyomuleli gwAambanderu, nakusa Peter Nguvauva natango ita li ningwa konima sho ndika lya tulwa mompangu yopombanda. Iihokolola mompangu oya manithwa metitatu ndele ompangu oya ti ita yi
readBig Brother Africa: From You To Us!
29-10-2010
Messages sent by SMS or on our Big Brother Africa e-mail address:BBA All Stars, seriously it is a disease. Seriously. I agree with Aina ( Monday’s edition), we are totally lost without it. Withdrawal
readFraud alleged at Nampost
29-10-2010
TWO Nampost employees have been fingered in fraud allegations involving N$20 000 of pensioners’ money in the South. The money was part of an unknown sum of money aimed for pension payouts at Maltahöhe
readUnion tells Nedbank: ‘Make Nafinu happen’
29-10-2010
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) has threatened mass protests countrywide unless Nedbank Namibia recognises the Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) as sole bargaining agent
readRunaway children top missing charts
29-10-2010
EIGHT people were reported missing by the Police this month, of whom five have been located and the whereabouts of three remains unknown.The majority of those reported missing were teenagers, many of
read‘Bantu’ Education Wasn’t Better
29-10-2010
THE article ‘Bantu education was better’ (October 22) suggested that the Minister of Defence intimated that colonial education was better than the system we have at the moment. We strongly disagree
readThe Power Of Your Vote
29-10-2010
IT is a well-known fact that a human body is controlled by thoughts and emotions centred in his or her brain. As such, human beings who fail to think cease to exist.Therefore, the decisions we make,
readEducation Needs The Bible
29-10-2010
I HAVE read the article published by The Namibian about the debate on ‘The Bantu Education system under South African rule was better than the current state of educational affairs’ in Namibia, at a
read‘Chequeing’ on BON
29-10-2010
An Open Letter to Mr Ipumbu Shiimi Governor of the Bank of NamibiaYOUR ruling that in future no cheques may be issued or accepted that are drawn for an amount exceeding N$500 000 is in my view not
readMystery disease kills 51 in India
29-10-2010
LUCKNOW – Doctors in a northern Indian state are struggling to identify a disease that has killed more than 50 people over the past two weeks. The suspected virus affects mostly children and older
readHeroic Rwandan hotlier denies charges
29-10-2010
BERLIN - The hotelier who was depicted heroically in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda has denied charges by Rwandan authorities that he helped fund a rebel group, the broadcaster CNN reported yesterday.Paul
readZim denies plan to evict shantytown residents
29-10-2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe yesterday denied claims that the government was planning mass evictions from a shantytown outside the capital Harare.Amnesty International said one month ago that the government had
readNigeria slum clearance could make 200 000 ‘homeless’
29-10-2010
LAGOS - A Nigerian state government’s scheme to tear down slums for modern buildings including a hotel and theme park could leave more than 200 000 people homeless, Amnesty International warned
readCashing in on your butts
29-10-2010
BEIJING – A northern Chinese city has come up with an innovative way to encourage residents to keep the streets clean - it is paying five fen (just under 70 Namibian cents) for every used cigarette
readFrance says bin Laden tape appears authentic
29-10-2010
PARIS – The French Foreign Ministry says a purported tape of Osama bin Laden threatening France appears to be the real thing.The voice in the audio tape threatens to kill French citizens to avenge
readBlack-eyed Putin appears in make-up
29-10-2010
MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin, who has carved out a strongman image by wrestling with tigers or judo opponents, raised eyebrows yesterday as he was pictured caked in make-up, apparently to mask a black
readTop UK spy talks secrecy
29-10-2010
LONDON – Britain’s foreign spy agency chief stepped out of the shadows yesterday becoming the first director of MI6 to give a public address, on a topic tinged with irony - the need for secrecy.MI6
readGovt ‘over-keen’ to pass Employment Services Bill
29-10-2010
GOVERNMENT was such a hurry to push the Employment Services Bill through the National Assembly on the last session for this year on Tuesday that three intended amendments fell by the wayside.Labour
readGazza and Jericho talk about assault
29-10-2010
KWAITO star and owner of Gazza Music Production (GMP) Lazarus Shimi, popularly known as Gazza, has rubbished recent news reports that rapper Jericho Gawanab was hit by a GMP vehicle or by a driver of
readErongo RED shareholders ‘empathise’ with Walvis
29-10-2010
MOST of the shareholders of the Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (Erongo RED) share the frustrations of the main shareholder, the Walvis Bay municipality, with the high consumer tariffs and
readNC wants action against Ya Nangoloh
29-10-2010
THE National Council (NC) yesterday called on judiciary agencies to act on recent statements by Phil ya Nangoloh, head of the local human rights body NamRights, for so-called ‘inflammatory’ remarks
readYoung Ones take on Desert Inn in pool tourney
29-10-2010
YOUNG Ones and Desert Inn will do battle on the pool table at Purple Palms in Khomasdal tomorrow. Eight players from each team will shoot-out in a bid to enhance their teams credentials in the annual
readSouth Africa in top form versus Pakistan
29-10-2010
ABU DHABI – South Africa and Pakistan gear up for next year’s World Cup with a five-match one-day series starting here from today, as captains Graeme Smith and Shahid Afridi urged their teams to keep
readProvince side unchanged for the final
29-10-2010
WESTERN Province opted for the tried-and-tested when they named their side to play against the Sharks in Saturday’s Currie Cup final in Durban.Province coach Allister Coetzee has decided that the same
readPlumtree backs young Sharks
29-10-2010
THE narrow win over the mighty Blue Bulls in the Durban semi-final has filled Sharks coach John Plumtree with confidence over the ability of the younger players in his team to deliver the goods in
readRonaldo targeted by laser again
29-10-2010
MADRID – Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo was targeted by a laser during the goalless King’s Cup draw at third-tier side Murcia, in the latest in a string of similar incidents, Spanish media
readHernandez on a high as United host Spurs
29-10-2010
LONDON – It is only a week since Manchester United were in uproar over the future of striker Wayne Rooney yet the name on the lips of every fan has quickly changed to that of his live-wire stand-in
readNotable Quotes
29-10-2010
There was no planning at all between me and Sylvester. I also never in my life planned something like that. – Justus Christiaan (‘Shorty’) Erasmus (33) told Judge President Petrus Damaseb on
readTanzania-Zambia power link ready by 2011-12
29-10-2010
NAIROBI – A link for two power pools in southern and east Africa should be operational by 2012, helping stabilise output regionally and cutting prices, a top Southern African Development Community
readSouth Africa extends Eskom guarantees
29-10-2010
CAPE TOWN – South Africa's government has extended guarantees to state power utility Eskom to help finance its electricity generation programme, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said yesterday."We
readAnglo American slams nationalisation
29-10-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The experiences of other countries had demonstrated time and time again that nationalisation “simply does not work” – that’s the view of Anglo American Corporation CEO Cynthia
readBetter results boost Deep Yellow
29-10-2010
DEEP Yellow has announced a 57 per cent increase to 11,9 million pounds of contained uranium oxide and a six per cent increase in grade for its Tubas-Tumas Palaeochannel uranium deposit in Namibia.Of
readHusab construction scheduled for 2012
29-10-2010
AUSTRALIAN uranium explorer Extract Resources’ Namibian subsidiary Swakop Uranium plans to start building a new mine in 2012 with production expected two years later.The company said in an
readAsian leaders urge cooperation to ease currency woes
29-10-2010
HANOI – Southeast Asian leaders, faced with rocketing exchange rates that risk destabilising their economies, called yesterday for more cooperation between regional central banks to calm the currency
readSA’s options on rand currency limited
29-10-2010
CAPE TOWN – South Africa said on Wednesday it had few options to devalue the rand in the face of increased capital inflows but would still try to build up its foreign exchange war chest to stem the
readWal-Mart’s interest in Massmart fades
29-10-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, may scale back its US$4 billion bid for Massmart by nearly half, a move that could keep the South African firm listed in Johannesburg.Wal-Mart is
readBusy mobile networks irk Kaapanda
29-10-2010
INFORMATION and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister Joel Kaapanda has blamed MTC for the congestion of cellular networks, especially over weekends.Inaugurating the new MTC board of directors on
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