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47 Articles found on Thursday, 23 September 2010
Millions needed to stop starvation
23-09-2010
GOVERNMENT needs toz spend nearly N$59 million to prevent more than 50 000 Namibians from starving and to help more than 106 000 poor farmers to afford health services, education, seeds, fertiliser
readSuspect asked Police to protect him from wife
23-09-2010
TWO months before the alleged murder of his wife, Kenyan nurse Kenneth Orina asked the Police at Grootfontein to protect him from his spouse, it was testified in the High Court at Oshakati
readPoor turned away at schools
23-09-2010
THE right of every Namibian child to receive a free education seems to apply only to children whose parents can afford school development funds, with which many schools cover expenses such as
readBig Brother Africa: Merylisho? It’s Official!
23-09-2010
HERE COMES THE BRIDE ... YEBO, YES! Saturday is D-Day peeps. Take out your ululation horns, take out your dancing shoes, get yourself an outfit, jump, sing and dance if you want but whatever you do,
readZim to boost Trustco’s coffers by millions
23-09-2010
TRUSTCO hopes to boost income for its micro-insurance business by branching out Trustco Mobile to Zimbabwe and then to the rest of Africa.The company, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)
readLet’s address our situation: Minister Nandi-Ndaitwah
23-09-2010
ENVIRONMENT and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says she wants Namibia to have a national policy on climate change that is meaningful to the country’s situation.“I am expecting a realistic and
readUnited Nations secures U$40 billion for global health drive
23-09-2010
UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced yesterday a 40-billion-dollar drive to improve the health of women and children, which he said would save millions of lives around the
readAwol Tom Saintfiet to quit Brave Warriors from Harare
23-09-2010
BRAVE Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet will tender his resignation as Namibia coach from Harare if he agrees to terms with Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) to become their new national soccer team
readSMSes for Thursday 23 September 2010
23-09-2010
SMS Of The Day n MY friend just died a terrible death with AIDS. He was only 27. He was too embarrassed to admit that he was living with this virus. Wake up Namibians. AIDS will kill you so go for a
readNotable quotes
23-09-2010
IN African culture, disputes are best settled at traditional courts and not through private lawyers. – Jerry Ekandjo, Minister of Regional and Local Government, said that traditional authorities using
readCTL concerned by too many traditional authorities
23-09-2010
APPROVAL of requests from some communities, to establish new traditional authorities appears to be a self-inflicted destruction, the chairperson of the Council of Traditional Leaders (CTL), Chief
readANC targets media at political meeting
23-09-2010
DURBAN – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress pressed yesterday for a new tribunal to punish unscrupulous reporting that has been heavily criticised as a plan to muzzle the media.The ANC’s
readA fur by any other name...
23-09-2010
KARAKUL pelt producers have unanimously decided to market their product under the Swakara brand at a Producer Forum meeting held at Keetmanshoop yesterday. They said animal activists’ efforts to
readEducation gets multi-million tool
23-09-2010
THE MINISTRY of Finance and the World Bank signed a US$7,5 million loan agreement last week to boost Namibia’s Education and Training Sector Improvement Programme (ETSIP).This loan is part of a loan
readWorld Cup spend shrinks SA current account gap
23-09-2010
PRETORIA – Inflows related to the soccer World Cup helped narrow South Africa’s current account deficit to a six-year low in the second quarter, but households remained reluctant to spend due to job
readAfrica Board expects more listings in 2011
23-09-2010
A NUMBER of new listings on the JSE’s Africa Board were on the cards for the first quarter of 2011, JSE executive head of the Africa Board Maureen Dlamini has said. She said significant progress in
readExpo time at Uis
23-09-2010
UIS this weekend hosts its first-ever expo. Although not in the same league as shows like the Ongwediva Trade Fair and the Windhoek Show, about 22 exhibitors from as far afield as Oshakati and
readRand (finally) breaks through R7 barrier
23-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The rand dipped under R7 against the dollar in midday trade yesterday, hitting levels last recorded in mid January 2008, amid a very weak dollar, and better than expected South African
read‘Enforce new banking rules rigorously’
23-09-2010
SINGAPORE – Proposed new global banking rules designed to prevent future financial crises must be enforced rigorously, the head of the group that drew them up said yesterday.Nout Wellink, chairman of
readEurope adopts landmark finance curbs
23-09-2010
STRASBOURG – Europe adopted a landmark package yesterday on cross-border supervision of its finance industry, aiming to clamp down on a business blamed for global economic turmoil.The vote in
readBig Brother Africa: You can win N$1 000!!
23-09-2010
YOU can win with Big Brother Africa and The Namibian!Up for grabs this week is another N$1 000. Just send an SMS to 45045. All you have to do is type in BB. It’s as simple as that! Each SMS costs
readBig Brother Africa: From You To Us
23-09-2010
Messages sent by SMS or on our BBA e-mail address: * Hi there Jean and Natasha, You two are probably the best thing apart from the BBA show itself. Anyway I just wanna know what the fuss is
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
23-09-2010
A selection of some of the weird and wonderful messages, warts and all, from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen:* Happy for Meryl for not losing out in the date
readNamibia to mark tourism day at Tsumkwe
23-09-2010
BIODIVERSITY is a key tourism asset and fundamental to its sustained growth. Intact and healthy ecosystems forms the cornerstone of thousands of tourist enterprises and products world-wide,
readConservationist Kambinda takes Lifetime Award
23-09-2010
INSPIRATIONAL conservationist, Nikodemus Kambinda, is the winner of the Ministry of Environment’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the most prestigious award of the Ministry.Kambinda,who passionately
readGovt to rein in construction industry
23-09-2010
GOVERNMENT soon will regulate the construction industry in such a way that no builder or construction company may operate without a licence, which must be renewed every two years, while they must also
readGovt to regulate all job opportunities
23-09-2010
A NEW Bill tabled in Parliament this week will create a national Employment Services Bureau which will make it compulsory for all companies to register all vacancies and new positions, including
readWomen take majority in Swiss cabinet for first time
23-09-2010
ZURICH – Switzerland’s parliament yesterday gave women a majority on its seven-member governing executive council for the first time in its history, less than 40 years after Swiss women gained the
readWorld’s oldest man turns 114 in US
23-09-2010
GREAT FALLS – A Montana resident believed to be the world’s oldest man celebrated his 114th birthday on Tuesday at a retirement home in Great Falls. Walter Breuning was born on September 21, 1896, in
readNo bail for murder suspect Dausab
23-09-2010
RELEASING double murder accused Julius Dausab on bail might see him absconding, put society in danger and will not be in the interest of the public and the administration of justice.So said Acting
readMines Minister sympathises with car washer
23-09-2010
THE Minister of Mines and Energy, Isak Katali, has called the sentencing of Windhoek car washer Jan Markus to a three-month jail term “pathetic”, and said that “sympathy should have been shown”.“If
readLeasehold tax for lodges in communal areas cause a stir
23-09-2010
COMMUNAL lodge owners in Namibia are not against a proposed annual leasehold fee, to be paid to traditional authorities, through regional Communal Land Boards (CLB), but want Government to put up a
readKoës strangler Both convicted
23-09-2010
SELF-ADMITTED strangler Berendt Both was found guilty on charges of murder and attempted rape in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.Both (35) stood trial before Judge Collins Parker on a charge of
readKeetmanshoop CEO to fight suspension in court
23-09-2010
SUSPENDED Keetmanshoop Town Council CEO Paul Vleermuis will challenge his suspension in the Labour Court. His lawyers last week lodged an application to have his suspension reviewed and set aside. In
readOmudheuli gwospana yoshigwana a thigipo iilonga
23-09-2010
O PWA kundanwa kutya omudheuli gwospana yetanga lyokoompadhi ya Namibia, Brave Warriors okwa thigi po iilonga yuudheuli. Tom Saintfiet otaku tiwa ngashingeyi okwa tameka iilonga yuudheuli wetanga
readYatatu ishewe mompangu molweyogo lyiiyenditho
23-09-2010
A AYOGI yiihauto mepandaanda lya Lindili MoVenduka oya holoka ishewe mompangu yamengestrata ya Venduka metiyali. Mbaka oya ti kaye na ondjo sho ya tindi okufuta iimaliwa mbyoka kwa tiwa na ya fute ,
readEwawa lyaagundjuka lyageela eteteko lyomeya
23-09-2010
O SHILYO shongundumutima yewawa lyaagundjuka yoSwapo, osha pangula etokolo lyamuni gwa Rundu okutetako omeya gaakalimo mboka inaa ya futa noyena oongunga dhoodola dhivule omathele gatano .Wensel
readAaniilonga yo Polytechnic yahala NAPWU a ziminwe
23-09-2010
A ANIILONGA yomo Polytechnic ya Namibia oya indile natango ewiliko lyoshiputudhilo shika opo li zimine ehangano lyaaniilonga yomepangelo opo li ya kalelepo kombinga yiinima yina sha niilonga yawo
readShikuwa Joseph Katofa a hulitha ombaadhilila
23-09-2010
E KOMA lyomomukunda Oshakokwa mOkafitukakafimbi mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati tate Josef Katofa, a tseyika nawa nedhina Shikuwa, okwa mana oondjenda dhe ombaadhilila ongulohi yEtitano lya zi ko
readWalvis man tells of rape, killing spree
23-09-2010
THE very knife he used to stab a fellow Walvis Bay resident to death was still clenched in a man’s hand when he raped a young girl shortly afterwards on the night of October 31 2008.According to the
readThree Rehoboth murders
23-09-2010
THREE people were stabbed to death at Rehoboth over the weekend. In an incident on Saturday, two men stabbed each other to death. According to the Khomas Regional Crime Investigation Coordinator,
readPremier League gets increased purse
23-09-2010
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) will have over ten million to spend for the 2010/11 season, its chief sponsor Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) announced on Tuesday. The N$10 034 054
readMeroro’s title fight cancelled
23-09-2010
Namibia’s WBO Africa light-heavyweight champion Vikapita Meroro’s world title challenge fight is off. Meroro will not be fighting Germany’s WBO light heavyweight champion, Jurgen Braehmer at the end
readNamibia complete crushing win
23-09-2010
NAMIBIA completed a crushing 10-wicket victory over Uganda on Tuesday to qualify for the final of the ICC Intercontinental Shield competition.Namibia dismissed Uganda for 295 runs in their second
readCompetition rises in Kavango schools hockey
23-09-2010
THE seventh edition of the Sanlam Namibia Schools Hockey Tournament and coaching course for schools in the Kavango region was held at the Rundu Sports Stadium last weekend.About two hundred and twenty
readAthletes quit Commonwealth Games
23-09-2010
NEW DELHI – Big ticket athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games, Scotland has delayed its departure to New Delhi and the New Zealand swimming team is seeking a “Plan B” should India’s
readPoly demo goes on
23-09-2010
THE dust is refusing to settle around the recognition fight between the Namibia Public Workers’ Union (Napwu) and the Polytechnic of Namibia (PoN), with workers holding a second demonstration outside
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