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64 Articles found on Thursday, 7 April 2011
Wal-Mart takeover deal in court’s hands
07-04-2011
A LEGAL battle that could determine the fate of American retail giant Wal-Mart’s planned multibillion-dollar takeover of South Africa’s Massmart group was fought in the High Court in Windhoek
readN$71m fraud suspect in custody for now
07-04-2011
ESMERELDA Martina Majiedt, who allegedly defrauded her former employer of more than N$71 million, her husband, Donkie, and their four children are said to be living a lavish lifestyle.Majiedt, who
readGovt, business at odds over jobs
07-04-2011
GOVERNMENT and the private sector are at loggerheads about the unemployment crisis in Namibia, accusing each other of doing very little to relieve the plight of the 51,2 per cent of the country’s
readBurger returns to action
07-04-2011
WELWITSCHIAS captain Jacques Burger made his first appearance for his club side Saracens on Sunday in a Premiership match following almost two months out with a knee injury. The much-missed flanker
readGbagbo attacked in his bunker
07-04-2011
ABIDJAN – Forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara launched a heavy attack yesterday on the bunker where Laurent Gbagbo was defying efforts to force him to cede power,
readBoN launches national payment system vision 2015
07-04-2011
SIX strategic focus areas are outlined in the National Payment System (NPS) Vision 2015, ranging from oversight of the NPS to regional participation in the Southern African Development Community
readSMSes for Thursday 07 April 2011
07-04-2011
SMS Of The Day *AFTER several weeks of assessments, the Government must now be able to publicise the total number of people affected by floods, per region and who require government assistance and
readNotable Quotes
07-04-2011
The results show that there is something wrong. It reflects on the (NFA’s) administration. You need to get your house in order. – Deputy Youth, Sport and Culture Minister Pohamba Shifeta on Tuesday
readNew Greek austerity budget under scrutiny
07-04-2011
ATHENS – International officials are examining a new Greek budget aimed at meeting tough austerity targets, a government source said Wednesday, as analysts bet Athens would have to restructure its
readSanlam eyes Tanzania, Zambia
07-04-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South African insurer Sanlam will invest in medical insurance businesses in Tanzania and Zambia this year as part of a growth strategy to find ways to put its R4 billion in excess
readIMF endorses some capital controls for first time
07-04-2011
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has endorsed capital controls for the first time, under certain conditions, in a package of proposals for governments to manage volatile capital
readConstruction value hits the roof
07-04-2011
THE increase of 48 per cent in the number of Windhoek-based building plans completed in March was driven by flats, houses as well as additions, as there was no commercial or industrial plans finished
readBuilding mood rises, brick by brick
07-04-2011
CONFIDENCE in the building industry, especially in the residential sector, is gaining ground in the medium term with the total value of building plans approved for Windhoek increasing by 7,1 per cent
readHiring for cultural fit
07-04-2011
BOSTON – Skills don’t tell the whole story of a job candidate. Instead, every organisation needs employees who mesh with its core values and principles, says Harvard Business Review. Many hiring
readCentral bank to implement fees standards
07-04-2011
STANDARDS regulating bank fees and charges are soon to be set and implemented by the Bank of Namibia (BoN) as part of the National Payment System (NPS) Vision 2015, which was launched by BoN governor
readMake your digital mark in the world
07-04-2011
YOU do not have to have big marketing machinery or millions to invest if you want to show the world that you have produced great Web content, outstanding app or other superb digital media. You can now
readNam Standard Bank scoops African award
07-04-2011
STANDARD Bank has been named best bank in Namibia in the prestigious Global Finance survey of the best emerging markets banks on the continent.Global Finance is a leading international journal for
readKavango successfully vaccinated against foot-and-mouth
07-04-2011
MUKWE –The just-ended first round of vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Ndiyona and Mukwe constituencies in the Kavango has successfully vaccinated about 30 000 cattle.The
readGermany to delete child porn sites
07-04-2011
Berlin – Germany’s governing coalition says it will delete websites that feature child pornography, dropping a plan to attempt to block such sites.The plan to block child porn sites was drawn up in
readJapan stops nuclear plant leaking
07-04-2011
TOKYO – Japan stopped highly radioactive water leaking into the sea yesterday from a crippled nuclear plant and acknowledged it could have given more information to neighbouring countries about
readMigrant boat sinks off Italy, 130 missing
07-04-2011
ROME – More than 130 people were missing and at least 15 appeared to be dead after a boat carrying Eritrean and Somali refugees from Libya capsized south of Sicily early yesterday, coast guard
readIn Brief
07-04-2011
Three die in sect attack, police chase in Nigeria MAIDUGURI – Authorities say that a broad-daylight attack in Nigeria’s restive northeast has left three dead days before election polls open.Egypt
readMugabe seeks to end spat with Zuma
07-04-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe distanced himself yesterday from state media’s blistering comments on South African President Jacob Zuma, in a bid to end a diplomatic spat between the
readNato takes flak over Libya
07-04-2011
AJDABIYA – The French foreign minister defended Nato airstrikes in Libya against mounting rebel complaints yesterday, saying it has become hard to distinguish Muammar Gaddafi’s forces from civilians
readSenior athletics champs on this weekend
07-04-2011
THE Namibian Senior Athletics Championships (NSAC) will be a one-day event and will not take place over two days as had been planned.The secretary general of Athletics Namibia (AN), Frank Slabbert,
readFredericks feels sorry for Bolt’s rivals
07-04-2011
LONDON – Frankie Fredericks knows all about finishing second at major championships and has a shelf load of silver medals to prove it.The Namibian, therefore, can sympathise with the sprinters trying
readAhrens wins International Grand Prix
07-04-2011
FEMALE shooter Gaby Ahrens beat off stiff competition from 43 men from Angola, South Africa and Namibia to win the International Grand Prix ‘Day of Peace’ over the weekend in Angola. With a total
readWin! WIN! Win!
07-04-2011
2 N$250 cash prizes and 2 super football prizes up for grabs!!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
readNDF wins Elite Boxing Tournament
07-04-2011
THE Namibian Defence Force (NDF) team was the overall winner of the Telecom Namibia Elite Boxing Championships held recently in Walvis Bay.The Far North team, with boxers from the Oshana and Omusati
readFormer sprinter Fredericks dreams of African Olympics
07-04-2011
NAMIBIAN sprint legend Frank Fredericks would like to see Africa host the Olympics.Fredericks, part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegation inspecting London’s venues last week in his
readWagner equals five wickets in one-over world record
07-04-2011
WELLINGTON – Otago fast bowler Neil Wagner became only the fifth bowler in first-class cricket to take five wickets in an over when he equalled the world record against Wellington yesterday.The South
readNicklaus pulling for Tiger record
07-04-2011
AUGUSTA – If Tiger Woods wins his 19th major championship, Jack Nicklaus wants to be there to shake his hand. Put him at the head of the line, in fact.That said, the Golden Bear won’t be all that
readCoca-Cola drops Rooney
07-04-2011
LONDON – Coca-Cola has permanently ended its relationship with Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, who was initially dropped from the soft drink company’s ad campaigns following allegations over
readAttacking mentality paid off, claims Rangnick
07-04-2011
MILAN – Schalke 04 coach Ralf Rangnick claimed his side had been rewarded for their attacking mentality as they stunned the reigning champions Inter Milan 5-2 at the San Siro.Inter boss Leonardo
readEtuntioo lyiimuna lye nde nawa
07-04-2011
ETUNTILO lyiimuna ndyoka lya hulu omwedhi gwa yi moshitopolwa sha Kavango oku kondjitha omukithi gwekondo nelaka olya ende nawa, moshitopolwa sha Ndiyona na Mukwe. Iimuna omayovi 30 000 oya tuntilwa
readYa pewa iimaliwa yuunasikola okwiilonga omudhingoloko
07-04-2011
AAILONGI yomudhingoloko yeli 11 oya pewa iimaliwa yokufutila eilongo lyawo momudhingoloko. Pethimbo tagandja iimaliwa kaalongwa mbaka, Minista Yomudhingoloko Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah okwa ti Namibia oku
readIilonga yoonzapo dhomavalo piipangelo ota yi ende nawa
07-04-2011
UUMINISTA wOmeni owa ti iilonga yokugandja oombapila dhomavalo ota yi ende nawa. Uuministeli mbuka otawu opaleke oompito dhokugandja oonzapo ndhika miipangelo. Minista yIikwameni, Rosalia Nghidinwa
readOmanongelo muumbangalantu taga tameke iilonga
07-04-2011
OMANONGELO gamwe miitopolwa yomuumbangalantu oga tameka ootundi sho omeya gefundja ga tameke oku pwina, aanambelewa yelongo oya tseyitha. Omunambelewa gwomathaneko moshitopolwa shaShana, Paulinus
readElunduluko eshona muuthikepamwe
07-04-2011
OMAHALA giilonga moshilongo otaga ulike inaaga lunduluka lela natango, na oga nika uukwamuhoko, noshowo ekuto miilonga tali tongola omuntu kutya omulumentu nenge omukiintu, omuluudhe nenge omutiligane
readBrave warriors na yi halakanithwepo
07-04-2011
OMUPEVI Minista gwOmaudhano, Pohamba Shifeta okwa ti osipana ayihe yopashigwana yetanga lyokoompadhi na yi hanagulwepo. Okwa ti osipana ndjika ota yi sithohoni. Okwa popi ndhika konima sho Obrave
readEkopi lyo The Namibian
07-04-2011
UUDHANO wekopi lyoThe Namibian uuti 11 owa li wa tseyithwa moVenduka etiyali, naalongekidhi oya tegelela mbuka wu kale tawu nyanyudha. Amushanga gwoThe Namibian Gwen Lister okwa ti uudhano mbuka owo
readYa kundathana kombinga yoshikokota
07-04-2011
EWILIKO lyoshilando sha Kaiti namwene gwoshikokota, sha Super Sand Stone Crushing, Gerrit van Der Merwe oya tameke oonkundathana oompe kombinga yokwiinyengitha oshikokota shoka. Ehala ndika
readEhangano lyosamende lya kanitha iimaliwa
07-04-2011
OMUKIINTU okwa holoka mompangu moVenduka metamaneko lyokuyaka omugandji gwiilonga gwe konyala oodola oomiliona 71 ongo oshitopolwa shongundu yelongelokumwe muulingilingi. Esme Majiedt [45] okwa
readResearch grants for environmental studies
07-04-2011
ENVIRONMENT and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Namibia is in dire need of skilled individuals in the environmental field as it faces various challenges such as floods, drought,
readWorld-famous cheetah dies
07-04-2011
CHEWBAAKA, the beloved cheetah ambassador for the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia, died on Sunday from a systemic infection that resulted from an attack on a rabid kudu that had jumped into his
readChildren learn about Rio agreements
07-04-2011
ON March 23, staff members of three environmental projects of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism lectured pupils of the Khomas High School in Windhoek on the three Rio conventions.These global
readNamibia to submit its climate change report soon
07-04-2011
NAMIBIA will soon submit its second national communication to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a senior official in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism said last week.“We
readBiodiversity convention set to bring environmental justice
07-04-2011
NAMIBIA has started with the development of national laws and regulations that will allow rural people to benefit from genetic resources found in their environments.Namibia is a party to the United
readMore drama, more emotion, more suspense!
07-04-2011
TWENTY-THREE days and counting until the latest season of the hit Pan-African reality series Big Brother Africa takes to the screen!As avid fans already know, this year’s series has been called Big
readBig Brother series set to make comeback in UK
07-04-2011
REALITY TV series Big Brother will return to screens in Britain this year after Channel 5 signed a two-year deal with the hit show’s production company Endemol UK.The return of the show, which was
readGaga’s mother to police her drinking
07-04-2011
LADY Gaga’s mother will be joining her on tour to make sure she doesn’t drink too much.Cynthia Germanotta is said to be concerned about her daughter’s health after she collapsed during a show last
readVillagers urged to purify water
07-04-2011
THE Director of Health in Oshana, Dr Naftali Hamata, has called on all villagers who do not have access to clean water to use water-purification tablets before drinking river water.He warned that the
readUranium giant promises jobs, wealth
07-04-2011
ECONOMIC feasibility studies have confirmed that Swakop Uranium’s Husab deposit could become one of the three largest uranium mines in the world, spurring mother company Extract Resources to start
readSATUCC slams SADC on labour
07-04-2011
THE Southern Africa Trade Union Coordination Council (SATUCC) and its affiliates have made a decision not to support the nomination of Zimbabwe as the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
readPolice to check children’s hubbly-bubblies for dagga
07-04-2011
A COMMUNITY activist from Karasburg has called on the Police to check the hubbly-bubbly or hookah pipes smoked by schoolchildren and students, saying they might contain dagga.Speaking to Nampa in an
readOkahandja resident killed in car crash
07-04-2011
SIMON Hansen (43) from Okahandja was killed instantly on Tuesday night when his car crashed into the trailer of an overturned truck, which was blocking the road. The fatal accident happened on the B1
readNamibia consumer rights undemocratic
07-04-2011
AS NAMIBIA increasingly lags behind other nations in consumer rights law a consumer protection project has begun laying the framework for a future consumer protection actA consumer protection act is
readNam music lecturer dies in Norway
07-04-2011
NAMIBIAN saxophonist Abisai Angombe, who went on an exchange programme to Norway shortly after he secured a job with the College of the Arts last year, was found dead after a walk in Harstad on Monday
readDiscord between customary law and civil law
07-04-2011
The busy streets of the town of Opuwo in the Kunene region, Otja (not her real name) stands busy selling Otjizumba and Otjize (traditional powder and cream respectively) to the locals and the
readGowases cries foul about Chinese
07-04-2011
REPUBLICAN Party Member of Parliament Clara Gowases says the recent attack on South African companies operating in Namibia was an attempt to defend Government’s position on the Chinese in Namibia. In
readFloods continue to threaten the lives of children and families
07-04-2011
WIDE scale flooding continues to threaten the lives of children and their families in Northern Namibia, said UNICEF Namibia’s Representative Ian Macleod yesterday.According to Macleod, currently an
readBotswana donates to flood victims
07-04-2011
BOTSWANA has donated food supplies and blankets, worth about N$258 000, to the flood-hit north and northeastern parts of Namibia.Botswana’s High Commissioner to Namibia, Gobopang Duke Lefhoko, told
readCar crashes into Swapo office fence
07-04-2011
This White VW Citi Golf rammed into the fence of the newly built Swapo Party regional offices at Keetmanshoop on Tuesday afternoon. Bystanders said an employee of a car wash company, Elvis Plaatjies
readBudget ‘human centred’, says Prime Minister
07-04-2011
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula says proponents of the Basic Income Grant (BIG) should keep in mind that poverty eradication has to be tackled in a sustainable and empowering manner that restores human
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