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46 Articles found on Monday, 6 September 2010
The Namibian set to restructure
06-09-2010
WHILE anniversaries always provide the opportunity to look back and reflect, it was also important not to look back at the expense of moving forward. This applied both to The Namibian newspaper, as it
read‘Tyson’ Uushona floors Dipheko
06-09-2010
BETUEL ‘Tyson’ Uushona is still the WBO African welterweight champion after seeing of challenger Pius Dipheko in South Africa on Friday. The highly rated Namibian pugilist registered a seventh round
readPower struggles continue in Karas region football
06-09-2010
THE power struggle storm in the Karas’ Region Football, which also led to an indefinite postponement of the recently held annual general meeting (AGM), to elect new leadership, has not settled yet.
readPakistan face England amid fresh fixing claims
06-09-2010
CARDIFF - A fourth Pakistan cricketer was reportedly being investigated over alleged match-fixing yesterday, with fresh betting scam claims casting a shadow over the country’s one-day match against
readAfricans fight for world championships
06-09-2010
EIGHT African countries will battle it out in Mamelodi this week for a coveted place in the World Netball Championships in Singapore next year.Three African countries will take part in the world
readFederer wins again, turns up heat on Nadal
06-09-2010
NEW YORK - Soon after sweeping imperiously into the fourth round of the US Open with a third successive straight-sets win on Saturday, Roger Federer was turning up the pressure on his main title rival
readSpringboks lose their lustre
06-09-2010
BLOEMFONTEIN - A year out from defending their World Cup crown, South Africa looked in disarray when they completed a dismal Tri Nations campaign with a 41-39 defeat against Australia on Saturday.It
readBrave Warriors lose, Saintfiet blames NFA
06-09-2010
THE Brave Warriors lost their opening AFCON 2012 qualifying match 3-1 against Gambia on Saturday, a defeat their coach pinned on his employers.According to a report on Namibia Sport magazine’s
readSMSes For Monday 6 September 2010
06-09-2010
SMS of the Day WHAT safety measures can banks introduce when it comes to buying goods with stolen cheques because businesses are losing out? What are the procedures when making cheque deposits?
readRDP concerned about upcoming elections
06-09-2010
VOTING for the upcoming local and regional elections should be done in one day instead of two, while ballot boxes should be audited, an opposition party demands.“As a member for the Southern African
readNotable Quotes
06-09-2010
Some were what may be termed as being well-connected people and some not. – Hartmut Ruppel , Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) Chairman, says that a wholesale approach should have been
readMCA Namibia donates to Etosha
06-09-2010
THE Millennium Challenge Account for Namibia (MCA) has donated a large stock of road maintenance machinery, vehicles and wildlife translocation equipment to the Etosha National Park on Thursday.The
readKaaronda survives NUNW onslaught
06-09-2010
EVILASTUS Kaaronda survived a major onslaught on his trade union career after he emerged victorious yesterday, from a challenge for the position of the Secretary General of National Union of Namibian
readPolice chief takes blame for bus hijack
06-09-2010
MANILA – The Philippines’ national police chief took the blame for the botched bus hijacking rescue attempt last week that killed eight Hong Kong tourists at a Manila park, announcing his decision to
readNZ skydiving plane crash kills 9
06-09-2010
WELLINGTON – Investigators expressed confidence yesterday that they will learn why an airplane carrying skydivers crashed in flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, killing
readTorrential rains claim 18 lives in Guatemala
06-09-2010
GUATEMALA CITY – At least 18 people were killed in Guatemala on Saturday, including a dozen on a bus that was buried in a landslide, as heavy rains lashed the Central American nation and southern
readChavez breaking campaign rules
06-09-2010
CARACAS – An electoral official accused President Hugo Chavez and his allies of breaking campaign laws by using state-run media to berate rivals and praise friends ahead of this month’s legislative
readNZ city braces for more destruction after quake
06-09-2010
CHRISTCHURCH – New Zealand prepared for further destruction yesterday as aftershocks and an approaching storm threatened an area hit by the most devastating earthquake in decades.Prime Minister John
readHailulu re-appointed until 2015 at NHE
06-09-2010
THE boss of the National Housing Enterprise (NHE), Vinson Hailulu, was given another five year term to head the State-owned enterprise.Cabinet resolved to re-appoint him until 2015, according to the
readCommon Issues
06-09-2010
Gwen Lister, Editor of The Namibian , makes a point during a discussion with the Speaker of the National Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab, at Saturday’s 25th anniversary celebration of the newspaper.
readGIPF was reckless - report
06-09-2010
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) pumped millions into projects, against professional investment advice, and at times against the Companies Act, and without receiving formal applications
readGurirab call to ‘lift the ban’
06-09-2010
THE Government ban on The Namibian was no longer defensible, said Speaker of Parliament Theo-Ben Gurirab, speaking at the 25th anniversary function of the newspaper on Saturday night.Addressing a
readPoll challenge ruling today
06-09-2010
THE Supreme Court’s judgement on the legal challenge to the conduct of Namibia’s National Assembly election late last year, will be delivered this morning.This was announced from the office of Chief
readWorkers demand GIPF probe
06-09-2010
WORKERS attending the 5th congress of the National Union of Namibian Workers have called on President Hifikepunye Pohamba to set up an inquiry into the running of the Government Institutions Pension
readFamily murder trial postponed
06-09-2010
THE murder trial of a 70-year-old Tses resident accused of murdering his son in a shooting incident in early 2008 has been postponed to the end of November.The trial of Jacobus Quido Apollus, which
readBig Brother Africa: You can win N$1 000!!
06-09-2010
YO U can win with B ig B rother A frica 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
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
06-09-2010
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:* While others are after the money, Hannington
readLaughable, Puzzling, Priceless!
06-09-2010
YACOB wanting a salary for staying in the BBA game – laughable.Sheila and Hannington lip-locking and Sheila not remembering – confusing. Munya being scolded by the rest of the housemates for wanting
readBumper profits fail to dispel wider worries
06-09-2010
PARIS – A season of bumper profits for some of the world’s biggest corporations provides a shocking contrast to the low rates of growth and high levels of unemployment in most developed
readG20 agrees economic recovery to continue
06-09-2010
GWANGJU, South Korea – G20 delegates agreed on Saturday global economic recovery would endure although the speed of expansion may slow, a South Korean official said.Kim Jae-chun, deputy governor of
readSouth Africa braces for new wage talks
06-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Striking South African state workers held small-scale protests on Friday as union and government negotiators prepared for bargaining this week aimed at ending the three-week walkout by
readSMEs Compete – an SME with a difference
06-09-2010
CLAUDINE Mouton and Danny Meyer met whilst working for a USAID funded programme aiming to enhance the competitiveness of SMEs. When the project finished they decided to continue their work by
readSelco drops acquisition plans
06-09-2010
THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has questioned the accounting treatment of Southern Electricity Company’s (Selco) planned acquisition of three companies, prompting the Namibia-based company to
readDoctor rules out future pregnancy
06-09-2010
A GYNAECOLOGIST testified in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday that two of the women suing Government after being sterilised in State hospitals face a very poor prognosis for having their ability
readDBC assets to youth
06-09-2010
LAND and some infrastructure, belonging to the Development Brigade Corporation (DBC), will be transferred to the National Youth Service (NYS), according to a Cabinet resolution.`Cabinet approved the
readChinese national fined over forex
06-09-2010
AN ATTEMPT to take a hoard of undeclared foreign currency out of Namibia – and then to bribe his way out of the fix he was in, when he was facing arrest – cost a Chinese businessman court fines
readACC looking for Shivolo
06-09-2010
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has appealed to the public to help trace a corruption accused.David Shivolo has to make a court appearance on charges of corruption in the Windhoek Magistrate’s
readOondola 260 000 otadhi ka ya kaanafaalama
06-09-2010
EHANGAANO lyonyama lya Namibia nenge Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco), ota li ka longitha Oodola/N$260 000 mooprograma dhOradio dha nuninwa aanafaalama yokomahala gaayehe.Elalakano oku pa
readMatti Endjala a fumvikwa pEengolo mOlyomakaya
06-09-2010
OMUSITA a tseyika nawa kwali tatekulu Matti Endjala, ngoka a mana oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati mEtitano lyeti: 27 Auguste 2010 konima yuuwehame, okwa fumvikwa mOlyomakaya
readOmufekelwa medhipago lya Stoffels a holoka mOmpangu
06-09-2010
OMULUMENTU ngoka a lopotelwa edhpago nekwatonkonga lyomulongwakadhona Magdalena Stoffels moVenduka iiwike itano ya piti po, ota kala natango mondjedhililo konima sho a holokele mOmpangu ya
readYatano ya pea ombooloha
06-09-2010
AALUMENTU yatano taku popiwa kutya oya longele kumwe mokuyaka ootjeke ne dhElelo lyoshilando Usakos , oya pewa yiifutilemo koodola pokati ko 2000 nomayuvi 3 000 mEtitatu oshiwike sha zi ko.Klaas
readOshikondo shomakolofishi momashongo
06-09-2010
OONDANDO dhi li pombanda dhokulonga mokukwata omakolofishi otadhi ehameke oshikondo shika noonkondo. Shika oshi li ngeyi nonando oondando dhokulanditha iikwafuta mbika odha li nawa omumvo gwa
readGumwe a kwatwa kOpolisi ya Venduka
06-09-2010
OPOLISI ya Venduka oya kwata po omuntu omutitatu ngoka ta fekelwa muumbudhi wootjeke dha yakwa. Nguka oye gumwe gwongundu yaalumentu yatatu mboka taya kengelele aanangeshefa mokulanda iinima nootjeke
readOmandangalati miipindi oshiponga kegameno lyiikulya
06-09-2010
IILONGO yAfrika oya pumbwa okukandulapo omandangalati mondjila yiipindi opo enenevi likale lina egameno monkalo yiikulya.Ngaka omathaneko gomukwatakanithi gwehangano lya Zambia lyokupungula iikulya,
readIthana a sindana melukululo lyepandaanda Gloudina
06-09-2010
EPANDAANDA lya Gloudina mo Ludwigsdorf ota li ka lukululwa li ninge Joseph Mukwayu Ithana Street. Shika oshe ya konima sho Amushanga-Ndjayi gwo Swapo nOminista yUuyuki Pendukeni Ivula Ithana a
readBreaking News: Parties win election appeal
06-09-2010
THE case in which nine opposition parties are challenging the conduct of Namibia's national elections late last year has been sent back to the High Court.In a ruling given in the Supreme Court this
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