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58 Articles found on Monday, 1 August 2011
Cow theft trumps rape in sentencing stakes
01-08-2011
RAPE: ten years’ imprisonment. Theft of one heifer: twenty years in jail. The severe - and some would argue disproportionate - punishments prescribed for livestock thieves in Namibia’s controversial
readCourt halts Ombalantu coronation
01-08-2011
AN INTERDICT issued in the High Court in Windhoek stopped a plan to crown a new king for the Ombalantu community in northern Namibia at the eleventh hour on Saturday.In terms of an interim order
readThe fairest of them all
01-08-2011
Luzaan van Wyk (centre) was crowned Miss Na- mibia 2011 on Saturday, with Georgina Kandjeke (left) as first princess and Nangula Elifas (right) as second princess.Verona Ngarangombe was chosen as Miss
readCity lays pre-paid power fraud charge
01-08-2011
THE City of Windhoek laid a fraud charge against the company through which Windhoek residents could buy pre-paid electricity, five days before it terminated its agreement with the company without
readSmokey clings on to title
01-08-2011
JOSEPH ‘Smokey’ Hilongwa survived a spirited attempt at his WBA Pan-African flyweight title from Zimbabwean Tinashe Madziwana at the SKW Hall in Windhoek on Saturday. A determined Madziwana pushed
readSyrian army kills 62 in attacks: activists
01-08-2011
BEIRUT – The Syrian army raided cities across the country before dawn yesterday, killing at least 62 people – most of them in the flashpoint city of Hama where a barrage of shelling and gunfire left
readNam boasts prime diamond factories
01-08-2011
THE Laurelton Reign Diamonds’ diamond-cutting and polishing factory, which was constructed at a cost of over N$25 million, will only manufacture the highest quality gemstones, the chairman of the
readCompete on analytics
01-08-2011
Using sophisticated analytics can be a way of pulling your business out of the competitive pack, but it poses some challenges, says Harvard Business Review.Differentiating your company based on
readRezoning delays SABMiller’s local brewery
01-08-2011
THE world’s second biggest brewer, SABMiller, is no longer just looking at Okahandja to build its N$234 million new brewery, but is also looking at Tsumeb, Oshakati and Ondangwa as possible locations,
readWal-Mart ship comes in for Oceanfresh
01-08-2011
CAPE TOWN – A massive opportunity for expansion arose for the domestic Oceanfresh seafood group when it received the green light to supply hake fillets to 500 Wal-Mart stores in America.The fish the
readMagic carpet ride for northern weavers
01-08-2011
One of a series of short articles about the Rural Poverty Reduction Programme (RPRP), which was funded by the European Union’s ninth Development Fund and coordinated by the National Planning
readSME Expo offers route to business excellence
01-08-2011
THE sixth Namibia SME Expo, which will run from 3 to 5 August at the NamPower Convention Centre in Windhoek, will, for the first time, give entrepreneurs an opportunity to meet service providers who
readFrantic US debt talks near deal: top senator
01-08-2011
WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama and top lawmakers raced against the clock yesterday in hopes of hammering out a deal that would avert a disastrous US debt default and a downgrade in its credit
readAmy Winehouse left trove of unreleased music
01-08-2011
AMY WINEHOUSE left a trove of unreleased music, but no decision has been made about whether it will be released, people close to the singer say.The soul diva, who had struggled with drug and alcohol
readIn Brief
01-08-2011
Afghan blast kills 12 policemen, one child LASHKAR GAH – A suicide attacker killed 12 Afghan policemen and a child in the southern city of Lashkar Gah yesterday when he detonated a car bomb, the
readXbox addict ‘dies from blood clot’
01-08-2011
LONDON – The family of a budding computer programmer on Saturday launched a campaign to raise awareness about the health risks of playing online computer games after their son died following a
readMoscow River boat crash kills 9
01-08-2011
MOSCOW – An overloaded motor boat crashed into a docked barge on the Moscow River in pre-dawn darkness yesterday, killing nine of the 16 people on board, officials said. The other seven passengers
readBreivik had more attacks planned
01-08-2011
OSLO – Anders Behring Breivik planned more attacks than the bombing and shooting spree that killed 77 people, Norwegian police prosecutor Paal-Frederik Hjort Kraby said on Saturday.“He wanted to do
readOmalweendo gomombepo pombanda
01-08-2011
OMALWEENDO gomombepo oga yi pombanda nooperesenda 4,4 mu Juni okuyeleka nomumvo gwayi, ndele eyo pombanda ndika ota li kondjithwa keyopombanda mondando yomahooli goondhila naashika otashi shonopeke
readOondando dhoofaalama dhili pombanda
01-08-2011
UUYELELE wazi mekonakono kombinga yoondando dhoofaalama owa ulike kutya ondando okulanda ofaalama oya londa pombanda okuyeleka monakuziwa. Ekonakono olya ulike kutya oondando dhoofaalama odha londo
readOmikweyo ongeyo nevundakano moVenduka
01-08-2011
ETOKOLO lyamuni gwa Venduka kombinga yelanditho lyolusheno lwokakalata olya eta epiyagano enene moshilando. Aakalimo yomoshilandopangelo mboka haya landa olusheno lwokakalata oya li ya thiminikwa
readEtungo lyosenda ompe yeuliko lyiipindi mEenhana
01-08-2011
PETHIMBO ta egulula Omaulikilo giipindi gokomumvo pEenhana mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena ongula yEtitatu lyoshiwike shayi, Omupresidende, Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa tseyitha kutya mEenhana otamu ka tungwa
readEwiliko lya Venduka muupyakadhi wolusheno
01-08-2011
MOBIPAY otashi vulika oye ta ka mona iilonga yoku landitha olusheno lwokakalata moVenduka monakuyiwa. Ompito ndjika otashi vulika yi pewe Mobipay konima sho ehangano ndika lya pewa oshilonga
readIntaka a pewa otendela yohapi ishewe manga
01-08-2011
ORAATA yOotendela oya lelepeke iilonga ya Intaka Technology Namibia okugandja ohapi kiipangelo yepangelo uule woomwedhi ndatu.Omupopiliko gwewilikongundu lyootendela okwa ti etokolo ndika olya
readMatengu a yamukula Nawa
01-08-2011
OMUNASHIPUNDI gwewiliko lyaKatima Mulilo,Charles Matengu okwa ekelehi omipopyo dhomeningela yiiniwe, melelo lyoshilando shoka, Charles Nawa. Nawa okwa lombwelele oThe Namibian kutya ewiliko
readEkanka miilonga yomakalamanya itali gumu NamPower
01-08-2011
EHANGANO lyokudhiga olusheno lya Namibia, NamPower ita li ka gumwa kekanka ndyoka lya ningwa kaalongi yomoomina dhomakalamanya moSouth Africa. NamPower okwa ti okuna omakalamanya mompungulilo ye
readOondando dhomagumbo pombanda unene nayi
01-08-2011
OONDANDO dhomagumbo miitopolwa yopokati koshilongo odhili pombanda na odha tsikila okulonda pombanda okuza tuu mu Juli omumvo gwa yi noshinima shika sheyopombanda osha tsikila uule
readOngundu yoparliamende komayalulo goshigwana yageyela aawiliki yamwe
01-08-2011
ONGUNDU yoparliamende kombinga yomiyalu dhepangelo oya ti otashi vulika yi indile ohofa opo yi thiminike aawiliki yomahangano gepangelo ya holoke komeho gayo unene tuu mboka haya tindi okuholoka
readYaali haya longele holomende ya tidhwa megumbo
01-08-2011
ANIILONGA yaali haya longele epangelo oya tidhwa megumbo lyepangelo. Aaniilonga mbaka haya longele Oshikondo shomapangelo giitopolwa, iilando neyokomeho lyokomikunda oya kuthwa megumbo lya holomende
readWarriors B get SA friendly invite
01-08-2011
THE Namibia Football Association received an invitation for a possible B international encounter from South Africa, it said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the NFA are negotiating
readNamibia draws Djibouti in World Cup preliminaries
01-08-2011
THE Brave Warriors were on Saturday drawn to face Djibouti in the preliminary phase of the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifiers.Namibia will play the first leg in Djibouti City while the second leg is set
readDodson ‘agrees’ to fight Simon
01-08-2011
FORMER British super-middleweight champion Tony Dodson has “verbally agreed” to face Harry Simon for the WBF light-heavyweight strap on September 30, British media reported Saturday.After over a week
readNamibia beats Vanuatu to remain top
01-08-2011
NAMIBIA comfortably beat Vanuatu by six wickets to remain at the top of the log a the ICC U/19 World Cup qualifiers in Ireland on Friday.Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat but they struggled to
readVermezovic questions pre-season Cup
01-08-2011
KAIZER Chiefs coach Vladimir Vermezovic has questioned the timing of the Carling Black Label Cup, where the team plays arch-rivals Orlando Pirates, during pre-season preparation.The competition
readSun topples oldest swimming record
01-08-2011
SHANGHA – Chinese teenager Sun Yang toppled swimming’s oldest world record yesterday when he shattered Grant Hackett’s 10-year mark in the men’s 1500m, ensuring a rousing finish to the Shanghai world
readUnited go second on the log
01-08-2011
LOG leaders Reho Falcon suffered their second defeat of the season, while United beat Rehoboth to go second on the log in Round 12 MTC Rugby Premier League matches on Saturday.In Rehoboth, Suburbs
readJS Academy lead Women’s Super League standings
01-08-2011
THE Jacqueline Shipanga Academy’s 30-0 hammering of debutants Challengers Football Club secured top spot after the first round of Women Super League football action on Saturday.Brave Gladiators star
readShipanga leaves for Tanzania course
01-08-2011
BRAVE Gladiators head coach Jacqueline Shipanga left for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, yesterday to conduct a week-long coaching course.Shipanga told Nampa on Saturday that she would conduct an
readPoints galore as Lions top Currie Cup
01-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Golden Lions, Sharks and Western Province won on Saturday to occupy the top three places on the Currie Cup table after a 208-point feast that included 27 tries.Fly-halves were the
readAll Blacks call up heavy artillery to face Wallabies
01-08-2011
WELLINGTON – The All Blacks will roll out most of their remaining heavy artillery for next weekend’s crucial Tri-Nations rugby Test against the Wallabies in Auckland.At stake is the chance to gain a
readBig Brother Amplified:Rewriting the record books!
01-08-2011
IT’S been a bumper Big Brother season, with this year’s Amplified show breaking records left, right and centre!According to the official website, more than 1,4 million votes were logged last week
readBig Brother Amplified: The Last Supper!
01-08-2011
We’ve been shocked by them, rocked with them; been sad with them, been glad with them.We’ve cried, laughed and shouted; we’ve trashed them and bashed them; we’ve fumed over some of their antics, and
readIn Brief
01-08-2011
South Africa police told to ‘shoot first’ JOHANNESBURG – South African police chief Bheki Cele has warned officers to “shoot first” to protect themselves against armed criminals amid a wave of
readMystery toxin in Angola schools
01-08-2011
LUANDA – A wave of mysterious poisonings has hit hundreds over the last two days in Angolan schools, but police have yet to identify the toxin that has sown panic in the country, officials said on
readMalawi risks becoming next Zim
01-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Malawi, once considered a southern African success story, risks going down the same road as regional basket case Zimbabwe, said the leader of recent anti-government protests that left
readVeteran Homateni dies
01-08-2011
SWAPO veteran Nathanael Homateni died in the Oshakati State Hospital early yesterday morning at the age of 85.Retired Colonel Homateni was suffering from diabetes and was admitted to the hospital on
readTunacor workers’ strike continues
01-08-2011
THE management of Tunacor Fisheries at Walvis Bay has come under fire for alleged unsafe working conditions.Paulus Hango, the president of the Namibian Seamen and Allied Workers’ Union (NASAWU),
readSocialists call for famine action
01-08-2011
THE Socialist International said the unfolding famine situation in the Horn of Africa is catastrophic and epic, and called on international governments to expedite support needed in the East African
readAfricans acknowledge ‘democracy deficits’
01-08-2011
REPRESENTATIVES of the Africa Committee of the Socialist International that met in Windhoek last week said that social democracy is increasingly on the agenda of African countries. Chairperson of the
readPoliticians angry at Municipality
01-08-2011
RALLY for Democracy and Progress (RDP) Secretary for Information Jeremiah Nambinga has slammed the Windhoek Municipality’s decision to terminate third part electricity provision, calling it
readNo electricity hike just yet
01-08-2011
WINDHOEK residents can find small comfort in the fact that local electricity tariffs won’t be increasing just yet following last week’s chaos over the supply of prepaid electricity.Last month, the
readMobipay favouritism claims denied
01-08-2011
MOBIPAY was chosen as the Windhoek Municipality’s prepaid electricity super-vendor because it was a subcontractor of Namibia Electronic Payment Terminals (NEPT) and is the only service provider with a
read/Hai-/Khaua tribe leader officially coronated
01-08-2011
THE /Hai-/Khaua tribe leader Johannes Isaack was officially coronated on Saturday at Berseba after government accepted his designation as chieftain. The coronation which signalled a new era for the
readCommunal land registration explained
01-08-2011
THE Ministry of Lands says National Democratic Party (NDP) leader Martin Lukato is misleading and confusing the public on the intention of the Communal Land Reform Act. Lukato has called for a
readN$14m centre for Rocky Crest
01-08-2011
THE WINDHOEK Municipality has chosen a joint venture option for the establishment of an N$14 million multi-purpose and early child development centre in Rocky Crest.At its monthly meeting last week,
read‘I Carried Him a Whole Day While He Was Dead, Thinking He Was Alive’
01-08-2011
As the first of food aid from the United Nations World Food Programme was airlifted into Mogadishu on Wednesday, it came too late for Qadija Ali’s two- year-old son Farah.He died in his mother’s arms
readSMSes for Monday 01 August 2011
01-08-2011
SMS Of The Day *TRANSPARENCY please. The person responsible for making the decision to close electricity vending machines in Windhoek should explain their decision. City councillors we elected you to
readNotable Quotes
01-08-2011
I THINK they have taken us right back to a banana republic situation. The chaos they caused was completely unnecessary, avoidable and self-inflicted. – An angry consumer hit out at the City of
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