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63 Articles found on Tuesday, 12 April 2011
No answers to chief Nguvauva suicide
12-04-2011
THE three-page handwritten suicide note left by the late contested Ovambanderu Paramount Chief, Keharanjo II Nguvauva, apparently sheds no light on why he ended his life.Keharanjo’s distraught mother,
readOukwanyama queen at odds with subjects over Nelulu
12-04-2011
SOME members of the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority no longer want Senior Headman George Nelulu as their Oukwanyama Traditional Authority Chairman and request that Queen of Oukwanyama Marta Mwadinomo
readCorruption accused hospitalised
12-04-2011
IT remains unclear when corruption accused Esmerelda Martina Majiedt will formally apply for bail, as she has been admitted to hospital.Majiedt was admitted to the Windhoek Central Hospital shortly
readNamcor MD, board slack, says audit
12-04-2011
THE suspended managing director of Namcor, Sam Beukes, and the board of directors failed in their duty, ringing up debts of more than a billion dollars, a forensic audit ordered by Cabinet has
readHerunga shines at SA nationals
12-04-2011
TJIPEKAPORA Herunga came first in the women’s 400m final in a time of 52,70 seconds at the South African Athletics Championships in Durban on Sunday.She turned up the pace over the home straight to
readGbagbo ‘arrested’
12-04-2011
ABIDJAN – Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo was seized yesterday after French armoured vehicles closed in on the compound where he has been holed up in a bunker.A column of more than 30 French armoured
readAuditors general vital for good governance
12-04-2011
THE theme of the 21st conference of Commonwealth auditors general, ‘Pioneering Excellence in Public Sector Auditing’, emphasises the importance of promoting accountability, good governance, and
readDevelop, don’t ditch the Brave Warriors
12-04-2011
DEPUTY Minister Pohamba Shifeta has reached a boiling point. His consternation was evident when he spoke at the launch of The Namibian Newspaper Cup. He was expressing the concern that some of us have
readAfrican Solutions to African Problems?
12-04-2011
I read with interest President Theodoro Obiang Nguema’s typical regurgitation of the often sang 1960s African song that ‘Africa must be allowed to manage its own affairs’ and to apply the African
readSMSes For Tuesday 12 April 2011
12-04-2011
SMSes Of The Day *THE volume of water flowing through the Cuvelai drainage system is huge. Can The Namibian newspaper enlighten us on the final immediate destination of this water, backed up by
readNotable Quotes
12-04-2011
The short answer to the profound question is that everybody is welcome and indeed they are here. But we want to issue a word of caution: Please be here as mourners and don’t be here with ulterior
readUK banks told to boost capital, shield taxpayers
12-04-2011
LONDON – Britain’s top banks should shield retail operations from riskier investment banking activities and boost capital levels to protect taxpayers from future crises, a government-commissioned
readWorld Bank targets conflict in war against poverty
12-04-2011
WASHINGTON – Conflict and violence are holding back global economic growth and trapping 1,5 billion people in dire poverty, the World Bank said Sunday, calling for an international effort to break the
readChange Your Offensive Behaviour
12-04-2011
Do behaviours or actions that you think are cute or ‘just the way I work’ make you come across as a jerk? What you think of as authentic leadership can just be bad leadership, says Harvard Business
readFinancial services must address women’s needs
12-04-2011
JUSTICE Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has called on leaders of businesses in the financial service sector to discuss ways of addressing the specific needs and interests of vulnerable groups in
readZim farmer who took Mugabe to court dies of his injuries
12-04-2011
MIKE Campbell, the Zimbabwean commercial farmer who made legal history when he took President Robert Mugabe to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal in 2007 and won the case a
readGaddafi accepts peace plan and shells Misrata
12-04-2011
BENGHAZI – Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shelled the besieged town of Misrata yesterday after the African Union said he had accepted a plan to end Libya’s civil war.Al Jazeera television quoted a
readIn Brief
12-04-2011
Yemen opposition rejects Gulf plan SANAA – Yemen’s opposition yesterday recjected a Gulf Arab initiative for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, because it appears to offer him immunity from
readMalema ‘hate speech’ case starts
12-04-2011
JOHANNESBURG – ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema sat at the end of a bank of 16 lawyers poised to argue whether it is hate speech to sing the lyrics to ‘Shoot the Boer’, in a long-awaited case
readNew earthquake rattles Japan
12-04-2011
SENDAI – A strong new earthquake rattled Japan’s northeast yesterday as the government urged more people living near a tsunami-crippled nuclear plant to leave, citing concerns about long-term health
readBerlusconi: Tax case a ‘waste of time’
12-04-2011
MILAN – Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi made a rare appearance in open court yesterday but left after about 2 1/2 hours, saying the hearing at his tax fraud trial was a waste of time and accusing
readHIV ya indjipala unene maagundjuka
12-04-2011
EKALEPO lyo AIDS muumbungantu nomuumbangalantu wAfrica olya kwatathana nonkalo moka aanona yaakadhona yeli noshowo ndjoka yakiintu aagundjuka.UNAIDS okwa ti eindjipalo lyo AIDS ota li ka shonopala
readOnkambadhala yaafekelwa yamangululwe ya ponyo
12-04-2011
AAFEKELWA yaali Aamerica taya tamanekelwa edhipago lyomukalimo omugundjuka gwomoVenduka oya etha onkambadhala yawo okwiindila ya mangululwe mondjedhililo. Mbaka yaali Marcus Kevin Thomas na Kevan
readOmunambelewa a kwatwa
12-04-2011
OMUNAMBELEWA moshitopolwa shoonzo dhopantu muuministeli wElongo pOndangwa, Aron Kaiyamo okwa holoka mompangu ya mengestrata pOndangwa moshipotha shuulingilingi. Kaiyamo okwa kwatwa konima sho
readMeya nale gwOtavi nomunambelewa mohofa
12-04-2011
MEYA nale gwoshilando Otavi , Ndapewa Nambili, noshowo omunambelewa omukuluntu gwokalando hoka, Ernst Strupie Gaoab oya holoka mompangu yamengestrata mOshaanda oshiwike shayi metamaneko
readOmahooli ga ningi ishewe ondilo
12-04-2011
ONDANDO yomahooli godiesela ota yi ka londa konyala sigo opoodola dhi vule omugoyi metitatu ndika. Shika osho oshikando shotango ondando yomahooli ngaka ta yi londo ngaaka konyala momimvo mbali
readOmbangi ya hokolola mohofa
12-04-2011
OMBANGI yimwe oya gandja uumbangi moshipptha shedhipago lya Rialette de Klerk mohofa yopombanda moVenduka. Ndjika oya hokololele ohofa ya ti nakufekelwa “okwa kutha emanya, ete mu umbu komutse. Okwe
readOshilyo shEtanga lyEgameno nOmunasikola ya sa omeya
12-04-2011
OSHILYO shEtanga lyEgameno lya Namibia nomunasikola gumwe gwomOsikola yOpombanda ya Shigambo ongula yEtitano lya zi ko oya si omeya sho okambautu kEtanga lyEgameno hoka ka adhika taka taagulukitha
readEidhipago lya Keharanjo lya halutha
12-04-2011
ESO lyeimangeleko lya Keharanjo Nguvauva gwelelo lyopamuthigululwakalo lyAambanderu ita li ka gandja ompito kongundu yomukondjithi gwe mewiliko lyomumwahe, Kilus Nguvauva, ando opo ya ninge ngaashi ya
readEngelbrecht breaks 34-year-old record
12-04-2011
CHARLENE Engelbrecht of the Khomas Athletics Region was the star performer at the Bank Windhoek Senior National Athletics Championships in Windhoek on Saturday.She set the only record of the
readNamibia set to host Cosana games
12-04-2011
THE All Namibia Netball Association (ANNA) announced yesterday that it will host the Confederation of Southern Africa Netball Associations’ under 21 championships (Cosana).The regional games will be
readAustralian athletes get funding boost
12-04-2011
SYDNEY – An extra 109 elite Australian athletes will receive government support in the run-up to next year’s London Olympics after funding was increased by A$3 million (US$3,2 million), sports
readWatson hits record 15 sixes
12-04-2011
DHAKA - Shane Watson smashed a record 15 sixes in a career-best 185 not out as Australia clinched a three-match series against Bangladesh with a nine-wicket win in the second one-dayer on Monday.The
readSchwartzel follows Player’s lead, 50 years on
12-04-2011
JOHANNESBURG - Charl Schwartzel marked the 50th anniversary of Gary Player’s breakthrough first international win in the Masters with another South African victory at Augusta National.South African
readWin! WIN! Win!2 N$250 cash prizes and 2 super football prizes up for grabs!!
12-04-2011
JOIN in the fun during the run-up to this year’s annual Namibian Newspaper Cup, to be held at Gobabis over the Easter weekend.Super prizes will be up for grabs each week. This week four prizes can be
readSA chosen to host u/20 Rugby World Cup
12-04-2011
THE cream of the world’s under-20 players will be in action in Cape Town following the announcement by the International Rugby Board (IRB) that South Africa will host the IRB Junior World Rugby
readKroenke mounts full takeover of Arsenal
12-04-2011
LONDON - American businessman Stan Kroenke secured a controlling stake in Arsenal, clearing the way for a full takeover that would make him the fifth US owner of a Premier League club.The Denver-based
readMan U favourites, Chelsea not out yet
12-04-2011
LONDON - Fortress Old Trafford, Chelsea’s flat form and a welter of statistics point to Manchester United advancing to the semi-finals of the Champions League today - yet one goal changes the whole
readFuture farm: a sunless, rainless room indoors
12-04-2011
DEN BOSCH, Netherlands – Farming is moving indoors, where the sun never shines, where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right.The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless
readSA relaxes foot-and-mouth control measures
12-04-2011
MOVEMENT control measures have been relaxed in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, the South African agriculture, forestry and fisheries ministry said yesterday.“The investigations have shown no evidence of
readMutorwa highlights agri role in Namibia
12-04-2011
AGRICULTURE is one of the most important sectors in the Namibian economy, providing employment and revenue from exports, Agriculture Minister John Mutorwa has said.The importance of the agricultural
readDung beetles not to be underestimated
12-04-2011
A LEADING entomologist has urged livestock farmers to take cognisance of the role dung beetles play as an indicator species.Speaking at a Red Meat Producers Organisation information day in South
readSouth African farm exodus shock
12-04-2011
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo, Malawi and even the former Soviet state of Georgia are just some of the countries to which South African farmers are fleeing to escape harsh farming conditions,
readFarmers flock to Agra lectures
12-04-2011
AGRA’S first three public lectures on preventative animal health for 2011 were attended by 105 farmers at Swakopmund, Karibib and Rehoboth. The participants received valuable animal health
readCelebrating 2010’s Top 10
12-04-2011
The 10 Large Stock Stud Auctions With The Highest Turnover in 20101. Hartebeestloop Bonsmara N$ 5 187 400
readPohamba to launch ear-tagging project
12-04-2011
THE roll-out of the cattle ear-tagging project which was supposed to start in the Kavango Region last month has once again been delayed and will only start at the beginning of May.The ear-tagging
readNaomi and Wynonna open up about sexual abuse and family feuds
12-04-2011
Ashley Judd last week revealed painful details of her ‘dysfunctional’ childhood in a new memoir. Now her mother Naomi and half-sister Wynonna are uncovering their own family secrets in reality TV show
readMy father is a heroin addict Lamar Odom speaks out on heartbreaking childhood
12-04-2011
Khloe Kardahsian’s husband Lamar Odom speaks out about his heartbreaking childhood on the season premiere of E!’s ‘Khloe and Lamar’. The LA Lakers star player, who has been estranged from his father
readCity clamps down on ‘rich private townships’
12-04-2011
THE City of Windhoek wants approval to extend the borders of the capital, not only to prevent running out of developable land by 2026, but also to clamp down on “upper-class” residential estates
readTimeline of the succession fracas
12-04-2011
• June 7 2008: Nguvauva clan under leadership of acting chief Peter Nguvauva announces Kilus Nguvauva as heir-apparent to Nguvauva chieftaincy.• July 2008: Concerned Group breaks away from the OTA and
readRDP condemns Swapo’s ‘hypocritical stand’
12-04-2011
RALLY for Democracy and Progress (RDP) Secretary for International Relations, Libolly Haufiku, has labelled the actions of Swapo politicians condemning international action in Libya as
readRetracing the Nguvauva succession battle
12-04-2011
THE struggle for succession to the head of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority (OTA) between half-brothers Kilus and Keharanjo II Nguvauva boiled over with the death of Mbanderu Paramount Chief
readNational Council’s Kapere calls for ceasefire in Libya
12-04-2011
NATIONAL Council chairperson Asser Kapere has restated President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s condemnation of the air strikes on Libya by NATO-led coalition forces.Kapere said these strikes were undermining
readTeacher’s killer escapes
12-04-2011
THE young man who has admitted that he murdered a teacher at Ongwediva by attacking him in his bed with a panga has escaped from Police custody.The trial of Johannes Haufiku Ndiwakalunga was supposed
readHangana will not shut down
12-04-2011
HANGANA Seafood – a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group of Companies – will not shut down its operations due to the non-availability of an aadditional quota, as was reported in the
readCredit card ‘fraudsters’ arrested at Keetmans
12-04-2011
POLICE at Keetmanshoop on Saturday arrested two Windhoek residents for allegedly using a stolen credit card to purchase stationery worth N$11 000 at a local bookshop. Police Commissioner Josephat Abel
readAir Namibia pilot bungles landing
12-04-2011
A FAULTY landing last week at Hosea Kutako International Airport is the latest spanner in the wheel of the beleaguered national airline Air Namibia. According to witnesses, Captain David Frederick
readBlazah’s still blazing
12-04-2011
DESMOND Bester, aka ‘Blazah’, Swakopmund’s reggae artist who is also a nominee in this year’s Namibian Music Awards, is still ablaze in the music scene with tunes that burn with “rasta-consciousness”
readDesert reptile smuggling syndicate alert
12-04-2011
CHAMELEONS, snakes, geckos and lizards from the dunebelt between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay are allegedly “disappearing”, and environmental authorities and tourist operators are suspecting that this
readAreva’s ‘Maxi Plant’ makes progress
12-04-2011
AREVA’s Trekkopje Project has successfully commissioned its ‘mini’ and ‘midi’ plants in its drive to optimise its operations, which will reach maximum capacity in the mine’s ‘maxi’ plant – currently
readSwakop River costs Langer Heinrich Uranium a couple of million
12-04-2011
LANGER HEINRICH Uranium (LHU) transport operations suffered after the Swakop River washed away the road section over the river near the C28 between the mine and Swakopmund.Even though it is a public
readKuiseb and Swakop rivers cause extensive damage
12-04-2011
THE Kuiseb and Swakop Rivers, although a beautiful sight when seen flowing through the desert landscape, have caused millions of dollars of damage over the past couple of months.The cost of damages
readLanger Heinrich needs more water
12-04-2011
LANGER Heinrich Mine (LHM) is in the process of expanding its operations and will need an additional five million cubic metres of water a year; more than double its current consumption, bringing the
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