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56 Articles found on Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Police forced confession, Schiefer claims
06-04-2011
DOUBLE murder suspect Romeo Schiefer, who is accused of killing his parents in their home in January 2008, claimed in the High Court in Windhoek this week that Police officers forced him to make a
readShifeta wants ‘embarrassing’ Brave Warriors disbanded
06-04-2011
DEPUTY Sport Minister Pohamba Shifeta yesterday called for the entire Brave Warriors team to be disbanded. The usually soft-spoken politician labelled the national side a “disgrace” following a series
readSAD TRUTH
06-04-2011
The message on the notice board at the entrance to the operating theatres in the Windhoek Central Hospital says it all. Despite broken essential surgical equipment, work at the hospital’s theatre
readN$71m fraud at cement firm
06-04-2011
A WOMAN who will be in the dock today for allegedly embezzling more than N$71 million from her former employer probably operated as part of a syndicate.The 45-year-old woman was nabbed in Windhoek on
read‘Time to shine’ in Newspaper Cup
06-04-2011
THE eleventh edition of The Namibian Newspaper Cup was launched in Windhoek yesterday, with the organisers predicting an exciting event. The editor of The Namibian, Gwen Lister, said the highly
readGbagbo negotiates his exit
06-04-2011
ABIDJAN – Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo was negotiating the terms of his departure yesterday following a fierce assault by forces loyal to his rival, backed by UN and French helicopter air
readMinister launches two new deficit funding instruments
06-04-2011
GOVERNMENT is set to introduce two new mechanisms, namely retail bonds and inflation-linked bonds, as part of its efforts to broaden its sources of deficit funding while simultaneously broadening
readChasing the dots ...Flower Power
06-04-2011
THE Jasmine uprisings in the Arab world took all by surprise as did their speed and intensity in moving from east to west. What caused a pococurante (indifferent!) population who have silently
readNoatalbe Quotes
06-04-2011
I went to the house of my teacher Gottfried Kamushisheni Ashipala with the intention to kill him. – Murder suspect, Johannes Haufiku Ndiwakulunga recounting the details of the murder of Ashipala in
readSMSes for Wednesday 06 April 2011
06-04-2011
SMS Of The Day *I WAS shocked and sad at the same time to see people dying in flood water. But why do people take a risk to cross the water, which causes them to lose their lives, if they know that
readLeverage Your Informal Power
06-04-2011
EVEN without formal authority, you can often use the informal power you have within your organisation to take a leadership role.“Healthy organisations reward people who take initiative to lead, not
readZimbabwe faces large financing gap
06-04-2011
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund on Monday warned that Zimbabwe faced a significant budget financing gap this year amid a highly uncertain economic outlook, making clear it was not about
readGeithner issues new warning on US govt debt limit
06-04-2011
WASHINGTON – US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is telling lawmakers that the government is only weeks away from reaching the limit on the amount of money it can borrow.Geithner tells
readShip delivers petrol to Libyan port
06-04-2011
TRIPOLI – A Libyan-owned ship carrying a cargo of imported petrol has docked at a government-controlled port, helping to relieve a fuel shortage, a Libyan government official and an energy industry
readItaly’s Eni in Libya for talks
06-04-2011
ROME – The CEO of energy company Eni recently visited the rebel-held eastern Libyan town of Benghazi with the aim of resuming oil ties with the North African country, the Italian foreign minister said
readAfrican auditors general meet in Windhoek
06-04-2011
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula on Monday reminded the auditors general of 24 African states that for audit institutions to succeed in making an impact in the lives of citizens, and to earn recognition,
readPublic service internships should be open to all: Clegg
06-04-2011
LONDON – Internships in the UK civil service and business should be offered as widely as possible to boost social mobility and stop them being monopolised by well-connected families, Deputy Prime
readSouth Africa not against foreign investments
06-04-2011
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is not against foreign investment, Business Day reported yesterday, amid worries that its intervention in takeover hearings involving Wal-Mart and Kansai Paint could put
readUK Bribery Act may offer overseas firms loophole
06-04-2011
LONDON – Britain has potentially limited the scope of the world’s most draconian anti-bribery act in a move that preserves the appeal of UK capital markets, while drawing criticism that it creates
readGaddafi planned civilian killings, Hague court says
06-04-2011
BENGHAZI – The International Criminal Court has evidence Muammar Gaddafi’s government planned to put down protests by killing civilians before the uprising in Libya broke out, the ICC’s prosecutor
readOmbudsman ‘pathetically useless’ – ANCYL
06-04-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The ANC Youth League called the Press Ombudsman “toothless” and “pathetically useless” yesterday after it refused a request to investigate how two newspapers misquoted its leader,
readMoroccan hometown embarrassed by ‘Rubygate’
06-04-2011
FKIH BENSALAH – Karima El Mahroug, the young woman who could be the downfall of Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, is grabbing headlines in Morocco, much to the embarrassment of her home
readICC confirms World Cup slashed to 10 teams
06-04-2011
MUMBAI – The International Cricket Council has confirmed a controversial decision to slash the 2015 and 2019 World Cups to just 10 teams, despite widespread objections.The world governing body
read‘Shame On Roo’! Wayne’s f-word fit a top trender
06-04-2011
TWITTER was abuzz yesterday after the two-match ban slapped on Manchester United player Wayne Rooney for his f-word tirade into a TV camera during Saturday’s clash with West Ham. Just a few of the
readNew Zealand welcomes ICC quake donation
06-04-2011
WELLINGTON – New Zealand Cricket yesterday welcomed a US$1 million donation from the International Cricket Council to rebuild facilities destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake.The NZC’s headquarters
readChelsea looks to exact revenge on United
06-04-2011
LONDON – The dramatic penalty shootout defeat to Manchester United in the 2008 Champions League final remains fresh in the memory of Chelsea’s players ahead of Wednesday’s quarterfinal first leg
readNamibia thrash Bermuda in Dubai
06-04-2011
BERMUDA slumped to a crushing 100-run defeat at the hands of Namibia in Dubai on Monday.Poor decision making and some suicidal running saw the Island tumble to 108 all out in their final warm-up match
readOlympic gold equals slam - ITF chief
06-04-2011
LONDON – A gold medal at London 2012 will mean just as much as any grand slam title, international tennis chief Francesco Ricci Bitti said yesterday as he made a staunch defence of his sport’s Olympic
readSquash Masters play it out
06-04-2011
DRIES Tredoux and Natasja Esterhuizen were the champs at the Namibian Squash Masters’ tournament, held last weekend at the Wanderers club, Windhoek.In a reduced field of entrants, Tredoux and
readSpain invited to play in Copa America
06-04-2011
MADRID – World and European champions Spain have been invited to play in the Copa America following the withdrawal of Japan, Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) president Angel Maria Villar was quoted as
readOmutotimpango ta konakonwa
06-04-2011
OPOLISI poMalinda ota yi konakona oshiningwanima shehingo nuuhasha noshowo shokuthigapo ehala lyoshiponga kombinga yomutotiveta noshilyo shoparliamende, Barakias Namwandi.Namwandi okansela
readSonangol a pumbwa iimaliwa okumanitha oshidhinditho
06-04-2011
ETUNGO lyoshidhinditho shomahooli mo Angola ota li ende kashona omolwa ompumbwe yiimaliwa okutsikila netungo ndyoka. Oshidhinditho shoka sha li sha thanekwa okudhinda omahooli goondoloma omayovi 200
readSouth Africa a ningi oshilyo sha BRICS
06-04-2011
SOUTH AFRICA okandidatea keli mondjila okuninga oshilyo shehangano lyomahupilo opo taga koko nokunkondopala muuyuni. Iilongo mehangano ndika hali fupipikwa BRICS oyo Brazil, Russia, India , China
readShikongo ta opaleke oondjila
06-04-2011
OKAMPANI yokutunga nokwoopaleka oondjila moNooli yedhina S. Shikongo Construction, yomusamane Sacky Shikongo, oyi ipyakidhila nokwoopaleka okandjila kokolupadhi kokomukunkulo gwEpandaanda enene
readOmahangano goongodhi muukumwe
06-04-2011
EHANGANO lyoonkondo lya Zambia lyedhina Zambia ‘s Copperbelt Energy Corp[CEC] pamwe nehangano lyedhina Liquid Telecom lyo ko Mauritius oga tseyitha ethikamepo lyehangano lyuukumwe, ndyoka ta li kala
readElongo lyomahangu ta li koko nawa
06-04-2011
ETEYO lyomahangu lyomumvo 2010 olya tegelelwa li ka pitilile ndyoka lyomumvo 2009 lwaali.Eteyo lyomumvo gwayi olya li lya tengenekwa pootona omayovi 60 000, pahapu dhomukuluntu gwewilikongundu
readOndjila ya Mungwelume ya patuluka
06-04-2011
ONDJILA ya Mungwelume ndjoka ya patele omasiku ga zi ko sho ya li ya kungululwa po komeya gefundja popepi nOmpumbu nOshakati ya patuluka ishewe sho Okampani ya Nexus ye yi longolola noku yi ninga
readA zimine edhipago
06-04-2011
OMULONGI ngoka a dhipagelwe mOngwediva manga a kotha mu Desemba 2009 , okwe shi ningilwa aniwa molwaashoka okwa li a mbandameke nakumudhipaga kutya ota ka ninga onkalamwenyo ye oheli. Nakutamanekelwa
readOshipangelo sha Katoolika sha ningi ondjokonona
06-04-2011
OONDOHOTOLA dhokutanda moshipangelo shopaumwene sha Katoolika odha ningi ondjokonona sho dha ningi etando lyomumvu gwomutima lwotango moshipangelo shoka omaandaha. Etando ndik olya ningilwa
readIn Brief
06-04-2011
US pulls out warplanes from Libya WASHINGTON – The US military withdrew its fighter jets from the international air campaign in Libya on Monday, officials said, after Nato asked Washington to keep up
readUN confirms 32 of 33 killed in Congo crash
06-04-2011
UNITED NATIONS – Only one person survived among the 33 UN personnel and crew members aboard a plane that crashed in Congo on Monday, UN officials said.UN peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy told reporters
readAU chief condemns foreign intervention in Ivory Coast, Libya
06-04-2011
GENEVA – African Union chairman Teodoro Obiang Nguema yesterday condemned foreign military intervention in Ivory Coast and Libya, saying that Africa must be allowed to manage its own affairs.“Africa
readWhat The TWEET!
06-04-2011
AMONGST others, yesterday also marked the anniversary of the death of Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain, which was also one of the top trending topics on Twitter:@Rloadrunner_UK: RIP Kurt Cobain. February
readJolie says people fleeing Libya in need of support
06-04-2011
Actress and goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie has appealed for international support for people fleeing the conflict in Libya and for increased aid for those inside the country.Jolie, a goodwill
readPlayboy chief plans ‘most romantic wedding ever’
06-04-2011
With their big day set for little over two months, Hugh Hefner and his future wife Crystal Harris are excitedly preparing for the ceremony.In a new interview, the Playboy Playmate speaks about how she
readTaxi industry, a vulnerable industry These are excerpts from the interview.
06-04-2011
Misperception of the industry A misperception exists between the public, including the leadership, about the transport industry. It is not a lucrative business, Nangombe said. “And then on top of
readSwanu women condemn Ivory Coast violence
06-04-2011
THE Swanu Women’s Council has condemned acts of violence against women and children in Ivory Coast. The organiser of the council, Paseuani Patricia Tjaronda, said the organisation is equally disturbed
readSuspect denies he killed girlfriend
06-04-2011
A YOUNG Windhoek resident who is accused of murdering his former girlfriend on a Katutura street almost two years ago denied all charges when his trial started in the High Court in Windhoek on
readSlow change in employment equity
06-04-2011
NAMIBIAN workplaces still reflect “severe” racial and gender bias, and people with disabilities continue to constitute only 0,5 per cent of the workforce, says the Employment Equity Commission in its
readNorthern schools are reopening
06-04-2011
SOME schools in the central north are reopening as floodwater recedes, education officials in the northern regions say.In Oshana, where 60 of a total of 135 schools were closed, 20 had reopened
readNew negotiations on crushing plant
06-04-2011
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council and the owner of the Super Sand stone-crushing plant, Gerrit Van Der Merwe, last week started fresh negotiations on moving the plant to reduce pollution on a nearby
readNamibia’s hospital-based birth registrations improved
06-04-2011
THE Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration says it has had great success in improving access to birth registration and establishing hospital-based facilities. Minister Rosalia Nghidinwa said almost
readKuiseb challenges salt works
06-04-2011
A SLOW but consistent flow of fresh water from the Kuiseb River is flowing over the road linking Walvis Bay to the salt works on the south side of the lagoon. The flow has become too strong for the
readKatutura hospital without head
06-04-2011
AFTER the previous head of the Katutura State Hospital, Dr Rheinhardt Gariseb, resigned amidst claims of conflict of interest, the Ministry of Health and Social Services has apparently battled to find
readClosing arguments in family murder trial
06-04-2011
THE State and defence yesterday presented closing arguments in the murder trial of a 70-year-old Tses resident accused of murdering his son in a shooting incident in early 2008. With the start of the
readAssessing the true value of water
06-04-2011
AS water resources in Southern Africa come under pressure from growing population, climate change and increasing industrial and agricultural use, economic accounting for water is among the tools that
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