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46 Articles found on Thursday, 9 September 2010
Warrant of arrest out for Imbambah
09-09-2010
A WARRANT of arrest was issued for a Frindrich Imbambah, a Henties Bay resident, for missing his court appearance in the Swakopmund Regional Court yesterday.Imbambah is facing a charge for the alleged
readWalvis murder trial continues in October
09-09-2010
THE High Court trial of the young man accused of killing Walvis Bay restaurant owner Awie Brand in June 2008, has been postponed until next month.Ephraim Kariko (24), who is a former employee of
readNam gets first win at netball qualifiers
09-09-2010
NAMIBIA registered it’s first victory at the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) Africa World Championship qualifiers in Pretoria, South Africa.Having been outclassed 59-34 by
readBrave Warriors accept India invite
09-09-2010
THE Brave Warriors have accepted an invitation by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to play it’s national side in Delhi next week. The lowly ranked cricket-crazed Indians will take on a Brave
readRugby semis on Saturday
09-09-2010
The semi finals of the MTC Rugby Premier League will be played at the Hage Geingob Stadium on Saturday. The first semi final will see traditional rivals Rehoboth and Reho Falcons pitted against each
readKim Clijsters’ win caps epic day at US Open
09-09-2010
NEW YORK - Kim Clijsters needed all her fighting qualities to keep her US Open defense alive and cap an extraordinary day of titanic struggles at the last grand slam of the season Tuesday.Now unbeaten
readTiger gets Ryder Cup stripes
09-09-2010
NEW YORK - Despite a tumultuous year on and off the course for Tiger Woods, the world number one will have one more chance for golfing glory after being named, on Tuesday, as one of four wild-card
readSaintfiet NOT Fired
09-09-2010
TROUBLED Brave Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet, who has been making headlines, both in local and international media this week, for looking at greener pastures elsewhere, and for being fired, is still in
readSouthern villages see the light
09-09-2010
RURAL residents of Asab, Amalia and Grundorn villages in the Hardap Region who had lived in the dark for many years were connected to the electricity grid on Tuesday. Government invested N$2,3 million
readSMSes for Thursday 9 September 2010
09-09-2010
SMS Of The Day 105TH BUILDERS’ Congress: Seems like most of the ‘experts’ will not be talking on construction. Why is no paper presented about how the prospective house owner is done in by
readPresidential cavalcade crash case in court
09-09-2010
ALBERTINE Povanhu (27), the civilian driver who is being charged for the 2009 presidential cavalcade crash between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, made her first appearance in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s
readMeatco ota futile mopoosa
09-09-2010
EHANGANO lyOnyama lya Namibia, Meatco olya ningi euvathano na Nampost opo li longekidhe iifuta yaaniimuna yokomahala gaayehe mbyoka inaa yi nika oshiponga.Iifuta mbika oya tegelelwa woo yi kale ha yi
readOkahandja momilema sho Nampower a dhimi oolamba
09-09-2010
AAKALIMO omayovi mOkahandja oya li momilema konyala esiku alihe mEtiyali.Omilema odha etwa ketokolo lya Nampower okudhima omalusheno goshilando shoka, molwaashoka aniwa oshina oongunga inaadhi
readEuliko lyiimuna mo 2011
09-09-2010
OMAULIKO gokomumvo giipindi ga Ngwediva otaga ka kala nomauliko giimuna gopaithano omumvo ta gu ya.Omunambelewa omukuluntupitithi gwaNgwediva, Damian Egumbo okwa lombwele Nampa ta ti OATF oya mono
readUupyakadhi wiiyagaya mOshakati
09-09-2010
ENDUMBALO lyiiyagaya mOshakati aniwa ota li eta ezimba ewinayi moshilando shoka. Omukalimo gumwe gwomoshilando shoka okwa ti omolwashoka kapena elandulathano kutya iiyagaya oha yi kuthwa lungapi na
readGIPF a puka nomukuli gwa Endjala
09-09-2010
OSHIKETHA shoopenzela dhaaniilonga yomepangelo GIPF osha kanitha oodola oomiliona dhivule ndatu dhiihohela mbyoka ya li yina okufutwa, molwaashike ombapila ndjoka ya gwedhwa ko keuvathano lyomukuli
readEpandaanda lyEveline ta li longululwa
09-09-2010
OSHILANDO sha Venduka osha tameke okulongulula epandaanda lya Eveline, limwe lyomomapandaanda giipyakidhila unene momukunda gwa Greenwell Matongo mo Katutura.Omushangwa gwoonkundana gwa zi mombelewa
readEpangelo tali kondjitha oshipotha sha Goabab
09-09-2010
OSHIPOTHA moka amushanga nale gwoshigongi shopashigwana Nama Goabab nomutamanekwa omukwawo Abraham George ta ya tamanekelwa uulingilingi ndele oya ethiwa kutya kayena ondjo mushika, otashi ka
readShoombe ota ti okwa kengelelwa papolotika momahogololo gaahogololwa
09-09-2010
OMUNAPOLOTIKA a tseyika nawa mOutapi mOmusati, Shoombe Isack Shikwambi (Omukumo nOmatokolo gaAfrika), ota nyenyeta kutya okwa longelwa okwaana uuyuki, sha ningwa pethimbo lyoshigongi shokudhinda
readRP na RDP ya shaina euvathano lyokuyamumwe
09-09-2010
OONGUNDU mbali dhompilameno odha shaina euvathano opo dhi ye mumwe. Euvathano ndika olya shainwa pokati kongundu yo Republican Party naandjoka yo Rally for Democracy and Progress[RDP]
readNevonga’s grape firm milked Government pension fund
09-09-2010
DESPITE knowing that there was no financial control at the Namibia Grape Company (NGC), the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF), between 1998 and 1999, still gave the company nearly N$8,7
readMinor earth tremor felt in Windhoek
09-09-2010
A MINOR earth tremor was felt in several areas of Windhoek at about 16h15 yesterday afternoon. A number of Windhoekers called the Geophysics and Remote Sensing Division in the Ministry of Mines and
readMassive diamond found in Lesotho
09-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A 196 carat rough white diamond has been discovered at the Letseng mine in Lesotho, London-listed Gem Diamonds said on Tuesday.“Letseng continues to live up to its reputation as a
readIran suspends woman’s stoning
09-09-2010
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have suspended the sentence of death by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery, the foreign ministry said yesterday, after weeks of condemnation from around the
readHuge Soros gift to HRW
09-09-2010
NEW YORK – Billionaire philanthropist George Soros is putting up N$720 million, one of the largest donations of its kind, to expand Human Rights Watch and help it court more international support.The
read/Ai //Gams festival kicks off
09-09-2010
The annual /Ae //Gams Arts and Cultural Festival kicked off in Windhoek yesterday. The festival will run until Saturday with different performances by local and international artists and cultural
readSuspect arrested for record gem theft
09-09-2010
AT least one person was arrested yesterday in connection with the theft of about N$19 million dollars worth of diamonds stolen from NamGem diamond polishing factory in Okahandja, The Namibian
readPower cuts
09-09-2010
BUSINESSES in Kalkrand and Maltahöhe, all using pre-paid electricity, ground to a halt yesterday, as NamPower wiped them off the national grid because the village councils refuse to pay their
readMore power cuts
09-09-2010
After exhaustive attempts to retrieve unpaid money owed to them, NamPower has put its foot down and cut electricity supply to the worst offenders this week. Yesterday, Kalkrand, Witvlei and Maltahöhe
readFNB helps San learners
09-09-2010
DEPUTY Prime Minister Marco Hausiku says there are some people in the country who are complaining that some communities, such as the San and the Ovatue people, were getting too much help from
readInsight into routes of migratory birds
09-09-2010
MIGRATION is a fascinating topic that has posed research questions for decades. Although the how, where, when and why of navigation and routing continues to interest scientists, a newer urgent
readZuma calls for free education
09-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday called on the education department to fast-track the implementation of free education to all learners of public schools, the SABC reported.He was
readCharges against SA journalist officially withdrawn
09-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Charges of fraud, forgery and uttering against Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi Wa Afrika and Mpumalanga government employee Victor Mlimi were withdrawn by the Nelspruit Regional Court
readUN reports 500+ rapes in DRC
09-09-2010
NEW YORK – The United Nations reported on Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since late July - more than double the
readGunmen free up to 800 inmates from Nigeria prison
09-09-2010
KADUNA – Heavily armed gunmen attacked a prison in the central Nigerian city of Bauchi late on Tuesday, freeing as many as 800 inmates including suspected members of a militant Islamic sect, police
readBig Brother Africa: You can win N$1 000!!
09-09-2010
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: All The Action!
09-09-2010
Keep watching all the action go down 24/7 on DStv Channel 198. You can also watch the daily highlights packages on M-Net Africa Channel 102 at 19h30.
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
09-09-2010
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:* MUNYA is so fake is not even funny and it’s
readBig Brother Africa: Murder In The All Stars House!
09-09-2010
THINK old Hollywood glamour, beautiful black and white cinematography, dark smoky bars, dubious alibis, unsavoury characters and vulnerable femme fatales. It may be 2010 out here in the real world,
readZim seeks SA overdraft facility
09-09-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe is seeking R3,25 billion in an overdraft and credit facility from South Africa, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said yesterday, as the country battles to reverse the effects of a
readAfrican agricultural finance under the spotlight
09-09-2010
LONDON - Africa is turning into a fashionable post-crisis investment destination as investors regain their confidence and start to focus on the continent’s lack of direct involvement with the global
readJulius Malema in Zuma face-off
09-09-2010
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has taken on President Jacob Zuma, going so far as to suggest he is not a disciplined member of the ANC by insisting that the nationalisation of the mines was not
readWheat price spike raises food insecurity
09-09-2010
GENEVA – Riots over high bread prices in Mozambique and food shortages elsewhere should be a wake-up call for governments which papered over food security problems that arose two years ago, a United
readDoctors win second round on medicines
09-09-2010
MEDICAL doctors in Namibia can continue to dispense medication to patients from their consulting rooms, instead of through pharmacies, in the wake of a judgement handed down in the High Court in
readCaprivi waits for food
09-09-2010
GOVERNMENT has yet to respond to an appeal by the Governor of the Caprivi Region to give food aid as many people’s crops were destroyed by devastating floods this year.“That appeal is still
readNotable Quotes
09-09-2010
If I have to give up my seat as Member of Parliament for this process, I will do so. – Henk Mudge, Republican Party (RP) president said after his party signed a memorandum of understanding to start
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