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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 8 September 2010
NSA host handicap tournament
08-09-2010
THE Namibian Squash Association (NSA), in collaboration with Virgin Active, hosted a handicap tournament over the weekend, aimed at targeting newcomers to the game, from entry level to intermediate
readSaintfiet denies applying for Zimbabwean job
08-09-2010
BRAVE Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet has denied applying for the Zimbabwean coaching position saying that he intends to fulfill his contract with the team. Speculation in the media has been rife that
readGerard Houllier to take over as Villa manager
08-09-2010
BIRMINGHAM - Gerard Houllier is widely reported to be on the verge of returning to English football as Aston Villa manager.Sections of the British media say the 63-year-old former Liverpool manager
readFederer, Soderling in US open quarters rematch
08-09-2010
NEW YORK- Roger Federer powered past Jurgen Melzer on Monday to set up a revenge match against Sweden’s Robin Soderling in the quarter-finals of the US Open.The Swiss second seed, one shy of tying the
readSchool Chess nationals on the horizon
08-09-2010
THE Namibia Chess Federation (NCF)will have its six School Team Championships on September 18.The event, which will be held at the Dawid Bezuidenhoudt High School hall, grooms domestic junior chess
readNamibian volleyball refs make the grade
08-09-2010
FOURTEEN Namibian volleyball referees passed the recent VCP-FIVB refereeing course held in Windhoek.International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) accredited instructor Solomon Bekele, from
readEnduro round six thrills
08-09-2010
THE Tony Rust Race Track, outside Windhoek, witnessed another successful and exciting race in the Bank Windhoek Namibia Motorsport Federation (NMSF) Enduro Championship on Saturday.During this race,
readSMSes for Wednesday 8 September 2010
08-09-2010
SMS Of The Day TO all employees let the spirit which prevailed during the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) Congress not stop there. Central executive committee (CEC) members of all
readShipanga group want names cleared
08-09-2010
A GROUP of former People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) members, who were jailed by Swapo in Zambia in 1976 because of their alleged association with the Shipanga rebellion, have demanded that
readSecurity company owner on murder charge gets bail
08-09-2010
SECURITY company owner Andreas Haingura Karupa, who is accused of killing a former employee in a shooting incident in his office in mid-July, heard yesterday that he has been granted bail in an amount
readRP and RDP sign ‘unification’ agreement
08-09-2010
TWO opposition parties yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to start the expected process of merging the smaller Republican Party with that of the bigger Rally for Democracy and Progress
readPohamba has no courage to unban The Namibian: HH
08-09-2010
THE Government advertising and purchasing ban on The Namibian, imposed almost ten years ago by former president Sam Nujoma, will in all likelihood not be lifted, as President Hifikepunye Pohamba “will
readAaleli yo RDP taya yi koparliamende
08-09-2010
IILYO iitotimpango yongundu yoRally for Democracy and Progress mboka ya mono iipundi moshigongi shopashigwana mehogololo lya Novomba omumvo gwayi ota ya ka kuutumba pomahala gawo megumbo ndyoka
readBohitile a ulikwa omunashipundi shewilikongundu lya Meatco
08-09-2010
EHANGANO lyonyama lya Namibia nenge Meatco olya ulike ngono ali nale omupevi minista gwelongo, Clara Bohitile a ninge omunashipundi shewilikongundu lyalyo.Bohitile omunafaalama gwopaipindi, na oye
readGIPF ina pulakena omayele gaayaluli
08-09-2010
EWILIKONGUNDU lyoshiketha shoopenzela dhaaniilonga yepangelo osha tsikile okugandja omikuli dhoomiliona 22 kehangano lyoompo lya Namibia OPN nonando aayaluli oya londodha kutya ehangano ndyoka olya li
readTwiindileni a mona elongo
08-09-2010
OMUKIINTU omugundjuka Twiindileni Nghinafina[20] gwokOmukunda Okanghudi ka Pohamba mOukwanyama mOhangwena okwa mona elongo lyuunona utatu, uumati uyali nokakadhona kamwe, mOshipangelo sha Nandjokwe
readOogavena dho Swapo dha kundathana na Ekandjo
08-09-2010
OMALELO giitopolwa mewiliko lyongundu ta yi lele Swapo oga tsakanene nominista yomalelo giitopolwa niilando , Jerry Ekandjo no ya kundathana oshinima shomahogololo giitopolwa niilando gomu Novomba
readDhoompilameno dhapandula etokolo
08-09-2010
OONGUNDU dhompilameno odha pandula etokolo lyOmpangu Onene yoshilongo ndyoka lya utha kutya oshipotha shomahogololo shoka oongundu ndhika dha indilile Ompangu yOpombanda yi pulakene, na shi ka
readNUNW pushes Govt on pensions
08-09-2010
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) has vowed to leave no stone unturned until Government takes action on the alleged mismanagement of the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF).At its
readNational Pharmacy Week highlights chronic shortage
08-09-2010
THE CRITICAL shortage of qualified Namibian pharmacists was highlighted yesterday at the official launch of the 2010 National Pharmacy Week.Dr Richard Kamwi, Minister of Health and Social Services,
readNamibian companies to contest for Husab Project
08-09-2010
Swakop Uranium’s Husab Project, formerly known as Rössing South, this past week briefed prospective and interested local contractors and sub-contractors about the mine’s construction plans.The Husab
readService marks 70 years since start of Britain’s Blitz
08-09-2010
LONDON – The bombers and fighters flew across the English Channel by the hundreds, London in their sights, intent on forcing Britain out of the war, and Hitler’s way.The barrage signaled the start of
readMoz reverses bread price that started riots
08-09-2010
MAPUTO – Mozambique will reverse an increase in the price of bread that sparked deadly rioting last week, and restore some subsidies for electricity and water, the planning minister yesterday.After an
readMen have more ‘senior moments’ of memory loss than women
08-09-2010
NEW YORK – Lost the car keys? Forgot someone’s name? Many elderly people suffer slight cognitive problems but men are more likely than women to suffer momentary memory lapse or senior moments,
readPakistan needs long-term help: Jolie
08-09-2010
JALLOZAI – Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie called yesterday for constant and long-term assistance for Pakistan to help it cope with its worst ever floods that have wreaked havoc on the impoverished
readState can appeal on Goabab acquittal
08-09-2010
THE case in which former National Assembly Secretary Nama Goabab and a co-accused, Abraham George, have been discharged on counts of corruption, is heading to the Supreme Court before the two men’s
readGIPF blunders with Endjala’s loan
08-09-2010
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) lost more than N$3 million in penalty fees alone because an “unauthorised person” signed an addendum to its loan agreement with Namibia Pig Farm
readBlackout at Okahandja
08-09-2010
THOUSANDS of Okahandja residents were left without electricity for most of yesterday after Namibia’s power utility company, NamPower, pulled the plug due to the Municipality’s non-payment of debts.The
readDRC opens probe into Canadian mining firm
08-09-2010
KINSHASA – The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is opening an investigation into alleged embezzlement involving a Canadian mining firm, First Quantum Minerals, an official said last
readCongo’s wealthy copper and cobalt wealth a world apart
08-09-2010
LUBUMBASHI - Membership at the governor’s new gym costs US$300 a month, the gastronomic menu at the new US$350-a-night hotel is going down a treat and traffic guided by lemon yellow-uniformed police
readMoz unrest shows the power of text messaging
08-09-2010
MAPUTO – Deadly protests that paralysed Mozambique’s capital last week were spurred by a text message that went viral on Maputo’s cell phones, signalling the power of new technology in the hands of
readBig Brother Africa: Time to vote again!
08-09-2010
Paloma and Mwisho are up for eviction this week. Please remember you’re voting to keep a nominated housemate IN the house, so you must VOTE FOR your FAVOURITE! To vote by SMS: send the word VOTE
readBig Brother Africa: You can win N$1 000!!
08-09-2010
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
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
08-09-2010
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:* Namibia is further (far) away from Zimbabwe?
readBig Brother Africa: The Da Vinci(ble) Code!
08-09-2010
YACOB has fled the coop, daCode’s chickens have come to roost and the ‘hens’ in The Barn are free-ranging like nobody’s business. Eeeeeeeeuw , talk about fowl play or fowls at play. Don’t know if it’s
readMobile payment services offered locally
08-09-2010
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN) has given Mobicash Payment Solutions the green light to provide mobile payment services in the country. In a statement issued by the BoN, the central bank said with more than
read‘No work, no pay’ sparks Cosatu anger
08-09-2010
CAPE TOWN – Cosatu has threatened a renewed public sector strike in the Western Cape over the application of the no work, no pay principle in the province.The federation said yesterday it would give
readMalema calls for land revolution
08-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The land revolution was a necessary one, but South Africa was not going to go the way of Zimbabwe, ANC Youth League President Julius Malema said yesterday. “We are not going to do it
readZuma’s family in mineral rights dispute
08-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG — President Jacob Zuma ‘s nephew Khulubuse Zuma is reliably understood to have sold on his disputed rights – thought to be worth tens of millions of dollars – to oilfields in the
readGIPF, Government Idols Payola Fraud.
08-09-2010
The Namibian 25 Year bash was great. Lots of people from those halcyon days of promise and optimism, some who have now trashed their values and dirtied their hands in the trough of self-enrichment and
readZimbabwean court cancels diamond licence
08-09-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s high court has cancelled a British firm’s mining licence in the eastern Marange diamond fields that have been involved in a “blood diamond” controversy over abuses by soldiers,
readAbsa still keen on Namibia
08-09-2010
Absa is still interested in investing in the Namibian banking industry, the bank’s Deputy Chief Executive Louis von Zeuner, confirmed to Nampa in an e-mail yesterday.Namibia remains an attractive
readLocal gypsum suppliers for cement factory
08-09-2010
A LOCAL mining company will supply gypsum, which is mined in the Erongo Region, to the Ohorongo cement plant outside Otavi, and a delivery agreement has been signed already. Ohorongo Cement and local
readNotable Quotes
08-09-2010
This is a good ruling and it proves that our judiciary is still independent. – McHenry Venaani, DTA secretary general told reporters that the nine opposition parties had a very strong case. The
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