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70 Articles found on Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Air Namibia and union shake hands
26-04-2011
A MAJOR Air Namibia ground staff strike was called off late on Wednesday shortly before the work stoppage was set to start at midnight. John Kwedhi, general secretary of the Namibia Transport and
readNarrow escape for Groot Aub teachers
26-04-2011
FIVE teachers at the Groot Aub Primary School spent a terrifying night out in the cold after the car they were travelling in was swept away by the Usip River near the settlement. The women had gone to
read‘Glencore had Namcor in debt trap’
26-04-2011
WITHIN a year of partnering up with Glencore to supply half of Namibia’s fuel needs, Namcor got caught in a debt trap which rendered it virtually helpless to find a cheaper supplier, an audit has
readKhomas win record fourth title
26-04-2011
KHOMAS Region beat Karas 1-0 in the final match of The Namibian Newspaper Cup yesterday to become champions for a record four times.Winger and man of the match Mike Sinvula scored the game’s only goal
readSyria uses army to crush uprising
26-04-2011
BEIRUT – Syria sharply escalated its already deadly campaign to crush a five-week uprising early yesterday, sending troops backed by tanks, snipers and knife-wielding security forces into the southern
readTough first quarter for local uranium miners
26-04-2011
NAMIBIA had a rocky start to its uranium year with production figures for the first quarter plummeting by as much as 60 per cent compared to the last three months of 2010.Lower grades and lower
readSMSes For Tuesday 26 April 2011
26-04-2011
SMS Of The Day *THE Prime Minister is proving his quality leadership once again by speaking out against the abuse of taxpayers money through S&T by public workers and politicians. It
readAfrican Revolution: Then And Now
26-04-2011
Like the analysis of most left or progressive parties, Gil Scott-Heron’s famous rap, “The Revolution will not be Televised” has been proven outdated by events, though his is still a timeless, classic
readThe Namibian Skulls in Germany Must Return to Swakopmund
26-04-2011
THREE editions back Cross Currents wrote of the return of the skulls of Namibians that were taken from Swakopmund to Germany during the German-Ovaherero wars. Subsequently I received calls and text
readNotable Quotes
26-04-2011
[It] is us, the people of SADC who can own our own instruments as they address our identified concerns and are compatible with our national legal systems. – Minister of Justice, Pendukeni
readGot Monday on your mind?
26-04-2011
If you get anxious on Sunday nights, just anticipating the weekly grind that will start again in a few hours, it might be time for an adjustment, says Harvard Business Review.If you spend Monday
readFood, fuel prices blacken inflation outlook
26-04-2011
MARKET watcher Investment House Namibia (IHN) has warned that consumers should gear themselves for higher than expected inflation this year as food and transport inflation continue to spiral.Following
readCrude rises over $124 on unrest in Syria, Yemen
26-04-2011
SINGAPORE – Brent crude futures rose above US$124 a barrel yesterday after violence in Syria and Yemen escalated over the weekend, boosting fears that unrest may disrupt more oil supplies in the
readJapan quake jolts auto output
26-04-2011
TOKYO – Toyota Motor Co may slip to number three in the automaker production rankings behind General Motors and Volkswagen due to Japan’s earthquake and nuclear crisis, which slashed local output by
readHSBC closes banking business in Russia
26-04-2011
MOSCOW – HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, is to close its retail banking operation in Russia after just two years, following in the footsteps of British peer Barclays.“Following a strategic review it is
readDBN: Great expectations vs challenges
26-04-2011
This month, the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) celebrates its seventh birthday. The bank was launched on April 29 2004 with great expectations. CEO David Nuyoma discusses some of the challenges
readTaliban help hundreds tunnel out of Afghan jail
26-04-2011
KANDAHAR – Insurgents freed hundreds of prisoners, including Taliban commanders, after tunneling into an Afghan jail yesterday, officials said, in a serious security setback ahead of the planned start
readMassive search for Japan tsunami victims
26-04-2011
SHICHIGAHAMAMACHI – Soldiers prodded marshy ground with slender poles and cleared mounds of rubble by hand yesterday as 25 000 troops mounted Japan’s largest search yet for the bodies of nearly 12 000
readIndia’s C’wealth Games organiser arrested
26-04-2011
NEW DELHI – Indian officials arrested the chief organiser of last year’s Commonwealth Games and two other officials yesterday as part of a corruption investigation into the scandal-plagued competition
read‘Nuclear hellstorm’ if bin Laden caught: 9/11 mastermind
26-04-2011
LONDON – The mastermind of the 9/11 attacks warned that Al-Qaeda has hidden a nuclear bomb in Europe that will unleash a “nuclear hellstorm” if Osama bin Laden is captured, leaked files revealed
readNdiwakalunga a kwatululwa
26-04-2011
OMUMATI gwoomvula 19 Johannes Haufiku Ndiwakalunga ngoka i iyakele mondholongo yOpolisi mOshakati meti 10 Apilili 2011, a kwatululwa ishewe kOpolisi mEtiyali lyoshiwike shayi aadhika aniwa momukunda
readEshango lyaahepekwa kefundja itali ende nawa
26-04-2011
ESHANGO lyoonakuhepekwa komeya gefundja momikunda olya fa itaali ende nawa noyendji oye na uumbanda kutya otashi vulika kaya ka shangwe ndele taya hupu ko komakwatho taga gandjwa kEpangelo kwaamboka
readKamwi a pe aawiliki ye ombedhi
26-04-2011
OMINISTA yUundjolowele, Richard Kamwi oya yamukula iilyo yegumbo lyopashigwana mbyoka ya li nomapulo kombinga yuuministeli we. Mokati kaamboka ya gandja ombedhi ku Kamwi omwa kwatelwa, omutotimpango,
readAanambelewa yopoongamba ya nyenyetwa
26-04-2011
AATOTIMPANGO moshigongi shopashigwana oya indile Minista yIikwagumbo , Rosalia Nghidinwa a longe naanambelewa yopoongamba, mboka aniwa kaaye li nawa mokulonga naantu puupitilo wopoongamba dhoshilongo.
readNampost a futu iimaliwa yoodividende kepangelo
26-04-2011
EHANGANO lyoPoosa noongodhi olya gandja iimaliwa mbyoka lya mono mokulonga kwalyo yoomiliona 280 kepangelo. Iimaliwa mbika oya gandjwa ku holomende oku pitila mUuministeli Wuuyelele nomakwatathano.
readKuku Kambode Williama a hulitha
26-04-2011
ONKUNDANA ya ziilile moShomeya oya ti omukalimo gwomoshilando shoka, Kuku Kambode ka Williama okwa mana oondjenda dhe etiyali lyomasiku 19 Apilili nuumvo, konima yuuwehame moshipangelo shepangelo
readAanambelewa yelongo ya nyenyetelwa ku Iyambo
26-04-2011
MINISTA yElongo okwa lombwele aanambelewa ye yamwe kutya na ya ndjangumukwe mokulonga iilonga yawo oshoka ngele hasho oshaanawa ngela taya zimo miilongo mbyoka.Iyambo okwa ningi elombwelo ndika
readOmbaanga yaanangeshefa aashona noyopokati
26-04-2011
EPANGELO lya Namibia olya tula po nale iipumbiwa okuyakula aanangeshefa aashona naamboka yopokati, ndele nando ongeyi aanangeshefa mbaka oya pumbwa ekwathelo lyopashimaliwa. Ndhika oohapu dhominista
readOmeya ga Venduka oge li nawa okunuwa
26-04-2011
OMEYA gaVenduka oge li nawa okunuwa, ndele natango opena omikalo nkene omuntu ta vulu oku ga opaleka opo ga kale omawanawa. Omukuluntu guudhuidoli momuni gwa Venduka, Jurgen Menge okwa ti aalongithi
readKamwi a shongo aalongwa po Unam
26-04-2011
MINISTA yUundjolowele oya dhimbulutha aalongwa poUnivesiti ya Namibia kutya, omukithi gwo HIV-AIDS ihagu tongola kaguna ondjoolola, ndele ohagu kwata omuntu kehe, kutya ogo muhoko guni, gwomimvo
readNamibia’s Komesho FC take Metropolitan Cup
26-04-2011
Komesho FC of Namibia beat African Soccer Developments (ASD) Cape Town 3-2 in the Final of the 2011 Metropolitan Under-19 Premier Cup. Komesho led 2-0 at halftime, and were lucky to take the game as
readSA, Botswana withdraw from Cossasa Champs
26-04-2011
SOUTH Africa and Botswana will not participate in this year’s Council of School Sport Associations in Southern Africa (Cossasa) Athletic Championships taking place in Windhoek next weekend. The
readJohannes wins Two Oceans in record style
26-04-2011
HELALIA Johannes won the Two Oceans Half Marathon in a new record time of 1 hour 11 minutes and 56 seconds on Saturday. With the victory Johannes underlined her status as one of the continent’s finest
readSuccessful visit by Ingo Weiss
26-04-2011
NEW friendships and further cooperation are the results of the visit of a German basketball delegation to Namibia. The Namibian Basketball Federation (NBF) last week hosted Ingo Weiss, the president
readReal rout Valencia, Barca labour past Osasuna
26-04-2011
MADRID – A weakened Real Madrid team routed Valencia 6-3 away on Saturday while an uninspiring 2-0 win for Barcelona at home to lowly Osasuna maintained their eight-point lead at the top of La
readGhana surrender World, African titles
26-04-2011
SOWETO – Reigning World and African youth champions Ghana meekly surrendered the titles Sunday after conceding a stoppage-time goal against Cameroon in a 1-1 draw.Cameroon were assured of reaching the
readBlues and Reds reign
26-04-2011
WELLINGTON – The Otago Highlanders reshuffled the Super 15 pack with their upset win over the Canterbury Crusaders over the weekend allowing the Auckland Blues to join the Queensland Reds at the
readNadal floors Ferrer to win sixth Barcelona title
26-04-2011
BARCELONA – Rafa Nadal underlined his crushing dominance on clay when he overwhelmed Spanish compatriot David Ferrer 6-2 6-4 to win a sixth Barcelona Open title in seven years on Sunday.The world
readArsenal’s title dream shattered
26-04-2011
LONDON – Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes suffered a crushing blow when they conceded a last-minute goal to lose 2-1 at Bolton Wanderers on Sunday.Bolton substitute Tamir Cohen headed the winner,
readTough choices after latest Doha setback
26-04-2011
WASHINGTON – World Trade Organisation members faced a somber Easter on Sunday because of a fight over manufacturing trade between the United States and major emerging economies like China, India and
readEurope prays for Easter rain in worst drought for a century
26-04-2011
BRUSSELS – The Dutch have banned barbecues, camp fires and outdoor smoking this Easter, while the Swiss are forecasting potentially the worst drought in Europe for more than a century.Either way,
readAgricultural diary
26-04-2011
• Grootfontein Agri College April 30: National Inter Farmers’ Association grass race in Grootfontein during which big prizes can be won. For entry forms and further details contact Johan van Zyl at
readEar tags will not display tribal origin, assures Govt
26-04-2011
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry has dismissed reports that the Livestock Identification and Traceability System in the Northern Communal Areas (NCAs) will be implemented along
readCommunities ditch ANC candidates
26-04-2011
POLOKWANE – The ANC is reported to have lost 13 wards in Limpopo’s Giyani area as community members nominate their own candidates for the May 18 local government elections instead of accepting the
readNato strike hits Gaddafi compound
26-04-2011
TRIPOLI – Nato airstrikes targeted the centre of Muammar Gaddafi’s seat of power early yesterday, destroying a multi-story library and office and badly damaging a reception hall for visiting
readFormer Ivory Coast rebels attacking: aides
26-04-2011
ABIDJAN – Aides to Ivory Coast’s renegade warlord said yesterday that former rebels who have joined the new army attacked them in Abidjan’s sprawling Yopougon suburb.Both forces have been fighting in
readCarla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy ‘having their first child’
26-04-2011
Three years after she married Nicolas Sarkozy following a whirlwind romance, Carla Bruni is pregnant with their first child together, it was claimed on Sunday.The 43-year-old wife of the French
readThe Wedding of the Decade Live on BBC Knowledge and Entertainment
26-04-2011
As the world turns to London for the British royal event of the decade, BBC Entertainment will carry extensive coverage of the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton, while the
readDate set for sentence in tourist murder trial
26-04-2011
THE last act in the trial of the two men convicted of the murder of German tourist Johannes Fellinger in the Khomas Hochland west of Windhoek almost four years ago will be playing out in the High
readTragedy in the Swakop River
26-04-2011
THE life of a loved public and environmental servant in Swakopmund was tragically cut short when an innocent adventure on the Swakop River over the weekend went horribly wrong.Health and Environmental
readSiblings perish in Lüderitz shack fire
26-04-2011
TWO siblings burnt to death when a corrugated shack in the Lüderitz’s Area Seven residential area caught fire on Thursday night. Police Commissioner Josephat Abel said the siblings were unable to
readYouth Council calls for quality education
26-04-2011
WHILE the Ministry of Education was providing enough classrooms and text books to learners, this should go hand-in-hand with enough teachers and equipment to ensure quality education.Therefore, the
readN$71 million ‘corruption’:Accused in hospital for high blood pressure
26-04-2011
MULTI-MILLION corruption accused Esmerelda Majiedt (46) has been spending the last two weeks in hospital being treated for high blood pressure, an ear infection and keeping her left leg elevated.Her
readMTI wants growth of SME sector
26-04-2011
THE Ministry of Trade and Industry is requesting for a whopping 78,9 per cent increase, or N$123,9 million, for the development of small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurship than the previous
readAU health ministers endorse position on HIV
26-04-2011
THE Africa Common Position on Universal Access to HIV-AIDS prevention, treatment, care and services which serves as a unified voice for the continent is important given that Africa is the continent
readGood Friday turns bad for traffic offenders
26-04-2011
HORDES of Windhoek residents appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Good Friday after being nabbed for outstanding traffic fines.This came after the City Police announced last week that there
readDespite cuts, fisheries remains robust
26-04-2011
DESPITE the appreciation of the Namibian dollar during the 2010/11 financial year, the fishing industry has remained an important employer and contributor to the Gross Domestic Product.Another factor
readCourt delays improving
26-04-2011
MINISTER of Justice, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana motivated for a budget of N$389,9 million, of which, 90 per cent is intended for the recurrent budget, and 10 per cent for development budget. N$239,3
readEenhana town council to increase water consumption tariffs
26-04-2011
THE Eenhana Town Council will increase water consumption charges for households in July this year, said, the Town Mayor Julia Shikongo when she tabled their 2011/2012 budget of a total amount of
readGawanas identifies climate change risks
26-04-2011
CONSIDERING that one-third of disease in children under the age of five years is caused by environmental exposures, African Union (AU) Commissioner for Social Affairs, Bience Gawanas, says that
read‘Dr Malema’ causes dilemma in Walvis
26-04-2011
A TRADITIONAL healer who goes by the name of ‘Dr Malema’ allegedly stole thousands of dollars from his patients after they paid him for ‘good luck’.Two of the patients, ‘Rachel Harises’ and ‘Karina
readFlour, maize for charities
26-04-2011
ONE ton of maize meal and flour, packed in 50kg bags, was distributed to local charities at the coast during the past few weeks. The donation was made by the Namibia Life Change Centres Foundation, a
readNamport takes Erongo Trade Expo under its wings
26-04-2011
NAMPORT decided to play a bigger role in the annual Erongo Trade Expo this year, with a long term commitment that will last until 2013 – and with that an annual contribution to the expo of N$250
readRolls-Royce opens workshop in Walvis Bay
26-04-2011
ROLLS-ROYCE recently opened its repair and overhaul workshop for the service of the majority of its commercial marine products in Walvis Bay.The company has developed a repair and overhaul workshop
readBusinessman donates N$19m to Walvis International School
26-04-2011
WALVIS Bay businessman, Jose Luis Bastos, donated a building worth N$9 million to the harbour town’s International School, and spent another N$10 million on upgrading it.The school is home to 270
readMinistry of Education ‘sports week’ to be held in Swakop
26-04-2011
ALL 13 regions’ directorates, and head office, of the Ministry of Education, as well as the National Institute of Education Development, will gather in Swakopmund from April 29 till May 4 for a
readGobabeb Open Day on May 14
26-04-2011
THE Gobabeb Training and Research Centre, together with the Geological Survey of Namibia, in partnership with their German counterpart, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources will
read‘Bobby Moore’ to make a difference at Tubusis
26-04-2011
A SALES executive from Shoebury (England) is one member of a large group in the process of raising money – part of which will go to the restoration and extension of a community school in the Tubusis
readCrime decreases in Erongo region
26-04-2011
STATITICS on crime in the Erongo region suggest that crime has decreased since 2007 – when Commissioner Festus Shilongo took charge of the region’s police force.Shilongo in 2007 set out to halve crime
readVandals strike in new Dorob Park
26-04-2011
THERE are many areas in the Dorob National Park where vehicles are allowed to drive, but a small number of off-road drivers seem to feel entitled to drive anywhere they please. Some even destroy
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