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55 Articles found on Friday, 3 September 2010
Govt ‘wash hands’ over expelled Swapo children
03-09-2010
A GROUP of sixty ‘children of the liberation struggle’ who were thrown out of the Ministry of Youth’s training camp at Berg Aukas last month for misbehaviour are totally out of Government’s employment
readAngola stuns Germany at basketball champs
03-09-2010
KAYSERI - Olimpio Cipriano scored 30 points as Angola rallied from a 10-point deficit late in the game to stun Germany 92-88 in overtime and advance to the round of 16 at the basketball world
readWallabies beef up for mighty Springboks
03-09-2010
DURBAN - Australia coach Robbie Deans has beefed up his pack in an effort to match the physicality of South Africa’s set-piece performance in tomorrow’s Tri-Nations test in Bloemfontein, following the
readPakistan sideline probe trio
03-09-2010
KARACHI - Pakistan withdrew test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, from the tour of England, on the advice of the International Cricket Council, a source in the team
readNam in fine form, Kenya loses
03-09-2010
Namibia, hosts of the ICC U/19 Africa World Cup qualifiers, continued their fine run of form, winning their fourth game on a trot. Namibia defeated Tanzania by five wickets. After winning the toss,
readNo youth Cup this year: Veii
03-09-2010
The popular Coca-Cola Football Youth Cup will not be staged this year due to delays encountered during contract renewal negotiations.The Sport Ministry Director Dr Vetumbuavi Veii told Nampa
readNamibian swimmers off to African Championships
03-09-2010
NAMIBIA will have five swimmers at the 10th Senior African Championships due to be held in Casablanca, Morocco from September 13-19.The swimmers are Christine Briedenhann (14), Micaela Cloete (14),
readBetuel ‘Tyson’ Uushona takes on Pius Dipheko
03-09-2010
BETUEL ‘Tyson’ Uushona, Africa’s WBO welterweight champion, will today aim to retain his title against Pius Dipheko in South Africa.Uushona’s promoter, Nestor Tobias, had previously said his boxer
readWarriors in tough assignment
03-09-2010
THE Brave Warriors face a stern test of character when they kick-off their African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying campaign against Gambia tomorrow.With their preparations in shambles -stranded in
readA historic ascent of the Greater Spitzkoppe
03-09-2010
FRIDAY, August 27 2010, was a historical day for Namibia and four Kavango rock climbers, after they reached the top of the formidable Greater Spitzkoppe near Usakos.The Greater Spitzkop-pe are
readSMSes for Friday 3 September 2010
03-09-2010
SMS Of The Day PEOPLE want to be elected as councillors only for money but not for development of the region or town! Food for Thought I’M excited by the Stand Up campaign. I would
readWindhoek robber taxi driver given 5 years
03-09-2010
A PIRATE taxi driver, who was accused of robbing a passenger in Windhoek last year, has been sent straight to jail for five years.Tangeni Silas Johannes (23), who is actually a motor mechanic, and
read3 suspected cases of RVF reported
03-09-2010
AT LEAST three Namibians are suspected to have been infected with the deadly Rift Valley Fever (RVF).This comes close to five months after tens of Namibian animals were infected with RVF. It
readHigh street fashion in Oshakati
03-09-2010
WEDDINGS in the North are glamorous. And into this swirl of glitz and glamour, Feby Fashion Design’s owner, Febronia Kauvili has stepped in with a gifted eye for glamour and elegance. Feby Fashion
readKisting otashi vulika a ya ku Europa
03-09-2010
MENINDJELA gwOmbaanga ya Standard po Rundu, Henry Kisting, ngoka ta fekelwa kutya okwa yaka oshimaliwwa oshindji mOmbaanga ndjika, ota ku popi kutya otashi vulika e li ku Europa.Otaku popiwa kutya
readRP na RDP otadhi yi mumwe
03-09-2010
EYOKUMWE lyopapolitika ota li fofotolwa pokati koongundu mbali dhompilameno, omanga omahogololo ga Novemba inaaga thika. Onkundana ndjika oya gandjwa koondzo dhi shi kwiinekelwa.Osha fa ongundu yo
readAanafaalama yOngombe naa ye kumwe
03-09-2010
OONTAMANANA pokati koongundu mbali mehangano lyaanafaalama lyedhina Ongombe Farmers Association (OFA) okulongitha iigunda yokulanditha oongombe pOkamatapati odhi na okupotokononwa. Minista Yuunamapya,
readAayambidhidhi yo Vietnam Rangers Kombaye ya yambidhidha Osipana yawo
03-09-2010
AAYAMBIDHIDHI yosipana yEtanga lyokOompadhi ya tseyika nawa yopUukwangula mUukwambi moshitopolwa sha Shana mboka haya longo kOmbaye, omasiku ngaka oya yambidhidha Osipana yawo ndjika noshimaliwa
readYatatu yi ipatana edhipago lyomuhingi gwotaxi
03-09-2010
GUMWE gwaalumentu yatatu taya tamanekelwa edhipago lyomuhingi gwotekisa pokapale ka Hage Geingob Stadium oomwedhi ne dha yi, oya ti ti kutya gumwe gwomuyo oye ena sha noshinima shika.“Inandi longa
readNafinu ota yambidhidha Kaaronda
03-09-2010
EHANGANO lyOokampani dhaaniilonga mOokampani dhi na sha niimaliwa mu Namibia/Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) otali yambidhidha Amushanga-Ndjayi gwehangano lyomahaganpo gaaniilonga mu
readTime to take control
03-09-2010
‘BACK to basics’ is the theme of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) congress which kicks off this morning. What an appropriate theme. Ironically this was one of the subtitles of a research
readA chronically insecure NUNW must change its tone and body language
03-09-2010
LIKE many things in our country, the labour movement is chronically insecure. It is insecure because it does not have an independent identity. It is insecure because Union leadership became a class
readKosie Pretorius On The Namibian at 25
03-09-2010
WHY me? What weight can my opinion carry in the role of The Namibian over the past 25 years? Why was I the one, also ten years after its inception, who was asked to write something?It remains my point
readBurn the System Down: Towards a United and Radicalised Civil Society
03-09-2010
WHERE do we go from here? I think it is time we go back to the drawing board and ask what kind of societies we want to live in, and in what sense of democracy do we want these to be democratic
readOf national days, ‘comrades’ and ‘traitors’
03-09-2010
I MISSED last week’s Heroes Day celebrations. No, to put it more bluntly, I deliberately avoided attending any events and I don’t feel guilty or unpatriotic.Swapo has hijacked national days and they
readPolitical Perspective
03-09-2010
THERE is a poignant letter in today’s edition from a youth asking the country’s leadership to look forward rather than back, and instead of berating the youth, to try and empower them, especially
readTime To Exercise Faith
03-09-2010
SHATTERED, devastated, tormented, dismayed, livid, ... do not begin to describe the state we, family members of the deceased, are in right now. For most, it has opened deep old wounds of the fateful
readTime For A Jury
03-09-2010
ONCE again our justice system has failed us the people. It baffles me that by killing your wife you get slapped with a fine! Has human life become so cheap in Namibia? Shaduka was either guilty or not
readToo Much Religion
03-09-2010
WE refer to the letters ‘Khomasdal – a time for reflection’ by Clive Willemse and ‘Dear Coloured community’ by Wallace Finnies that were published in New Era, August 27 2010. Clive Willemse identifies
readWhat Was The Struggle For?
03-09-2010
FIRST of all I would like to say happy 25th birthday to the Namibian! As a young person in my 20’s born just a few years before the independence of Namibia I do not really remember much of South
readBumper-to-bumper as epic China traffic jam returns
03-09-2010
BEIJING – A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres reappeared in northern China yesterday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said.State television
readExercise cuts genetic obesity risk by 40 per cent
03-09-2010
WASHINGTON – Physical exercise can reduce a genetic predisposition to obesity by an average of 40 per cent, a new study showed.The research challenges the notion that an inherited propensity to
readGod did not create Universe: Hawking
03-09-2010
LONDON – God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen Hawking said in extracts published yesterday from
readPortugal child sex trial ends
03-09-2010
LISBON – A child sex abuse trial that has lasted nearly six years is drawing to a close after producing chilling testimony from dozens of alleged victims and shaking public trust in Portugal’s
readTyphoon suspends SKorean flights, trains, kills 4
03-09-2010
SEOUL – Typhoon Kompasu struck South Korea yesterday, killing at least four people and toppling trees, streetlights and scaffolding in what was called the strongest storm to hit the Seoul area in 15
readUN: Massacres report in Oct
03-09-2010
GENEVA – The UN human rights chief said yesterday a report examining massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo would be published in October, after concerned states were given time to
readPonzi scheme shakes Benin
03-09-2010
COTONOU – More than 100 000 people in the tiny West African nation of Benin have lost their savings in a Ponzi scheme run by a now-defunct company that appeared to be publicly endorsed by the
readSpecial deal for Zimbabwe citizens in SA to end
03-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Cabinet has approved a proposal to end the special dispensation for Zimbabwean nationals introduced in April 2009, government spokesman Themba Maseko said yesterday.This
readMoz riots into second day
03-09-2010
MAPUTO – Mozambique’s government deployed troops to clear barricades in the capital as angry protesters blocked roads and looted shops yesterday, the second day of riots caused by soaring bread
readBig Brother Africa: Abominations & Agitations
03-09-2010
GOD is still in the heavens, the Titanic’s still at the bottom of the ocean, there’s been no continental shift and a thundering Moses has not descended from Mt Sinai …Don’t know about global warming,
readThird gang suspect arrested
03-09-2010
A NON-STOP City Police manhunt in Windhoek led to the arrest of the third suspect of a three-man gang, of alleged cheque book fraudsters, Wednesday evening.The suspect, apparently no stranger to
readSwapo Governors discuss elections with Ekandjo
03-09-2010
ALL regional councillors belonging to the ruling Swapo Party, held a meeting with Local and Regional Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo yesterday to discuss party matters regarding the upcoming
readBohitile to chair Meatco Board
03-09-2010
THE Namibian Meat Corporation (Meatco) made history yesterday, when the board elected former Deputy Education Minister Clara Bohitile, also a prominent commercial farmer, as chairperson, the first
readUsakos municipality cheque fraud suspects granted bail
03-09-2010
THE five men accused of having collaborated to steal four cheques belonging to the Municipality of Usakos were granted bail of between N$2 000 and N$3 000 on Wednesday.Klaas Uanga, the municipality’s
readHigh uranium price to fuel Rössing South’s Husab mine
03-09-2010
A REBOUND in the uranium spot price next year and the emergence of the Rössing South uranium project as a producer from 2014 would help Perth-based Extract Resources Limited emerge as owner of the
readIndustrialised world risks ‘lost decade’
03-09-2010
PARIS – With momentum sputtering in many countries, economists fear the industrialised world is facing a period of slow growth and high unemployment similar to the “lost decade” endured by Japan in
readSA strike loggerhead persists
03-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Striking South African state workers staged a protest march yesterday after rejecting a revised wage offer aimed at ending their three-week strike that has the government and the labour
readFrench debate: First it was burqas, now burgers
03-09-2010
FLEURY-MEROGIS, France – The bacon is gone from the bacon burgers, replaced by smoked turkey. At a fast food restaurant outside Paris, a new certificate on the wall proclaims that its beef comes from
readCredit wheels keep rolling in July
03-09-2010
BUSINESS’ credit appetite stayed strong last month, while consumers remained cautious, causing the annual growth rate for credit extended to the domestic private sector in July to increase to 11,4 per
readCheque-fraud syndicate busted in Omaruru
03-09-2010
THREE men were arrested in Omaruru on Tuesday after they “bought” booze worth N$18 000 from Erongo Wholesalers with a stolen cheque. It was teamwork between the wholesaler’s manager, Kai Griebel, the
readNotable Quotes
03-09-2010
IT is our opinion that he cannot be president of a workers federation. – Nafinu general secretary Asnath Zamuee, said that NUNW presidency candidate, David Namalenga, who is the Human Resource
readSummer time
03-09-2010
Namibia will revert back to summer time in the early morning hours of Sunday with clocks being turned one hour forward. Officially the time changes at 02h00 Sunday morning and the clocks must be
readImport penalties irk Namibian firms
03-09-2010
IMPORT penalties slapped on Namibian companies for grain, fruit and vegetables from South Africa by a private SA company are being investigated by Government.Agri Inspec, an SA company, is contracted
readTable set for NUNW congress showdown
03-09-2010
THE table is set, with high drama expected at the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) congress that starts off in Windhoek this morning. As the country’s biggest workers’ federation sits to
readGIPF limits trustee roles
03-09-2010
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) yesterday afternoon admitted that its board of trustees should not “at all” have been involved in approving money for projects in its Development
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