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72 Articles found on Friday, 12 August 2011
A TOY FOR A BOY ...
12-08-2011
One of the boys who regularly looks for food at the Kupferberg dumps – which has been re-named the ‘Congo’ by the boys – was overjoyed when he found a toy car during his search for food. He also
readDelayed judgements irk lawyers
12-08-2011
THE persistent problem of long delays in the delivery of some judgements which has afflicted the High Court and Supreme Court for years is back on the agenda of the Law Society of Namibia.The issue
readRFA chief called on the carpet
12-08-2011
EMBATTLED Road Fund Administration, Chief Executive Officer, Penda Kiiyala is set to appear before a disciplinary hearing on Monday, following a protracted battle to get the board to lift his
readCity stops food dumps
12-08-2011
THE City of Windhoek put an abrupt stop to the dumping of expired foods at the Windhoek rubbish dumps following widespread media reports last week. The food is currently being taken to a site which is
readWarriors B show their class
12-08-2011
EXHIBITING confidence and a togetherness not usually associated with Namibian football, the young Brave Warriors B easily defeated South Africa’s under 23 side 1-0 on Wednesday night.The approximately
readNo culture of fear on UK streets
12-08-2011
LONDON – Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday promised vigorous and wide-ranging measures to restore order and prevent riots erupting again on Britain’s streets – including taking gang-fighting tips
readFailing euro will hurt Southern Africa
12-08-2011
SOUTHERN Africa, including Namibia, stands to loose a lot should the euro collapse, a local economist said yesterday.“No one will be unscathed, not least Southern Africa,” said Rowland Brown,
readBig Brother Amplified: From You To Us!
12-08-2011
Hi Jean Sutherland, Wendall’s win left many fans shocked, disturbed and disappointed. Otono (aka Luclay) had a huge following from the start of the game that you can’t even compare to Wendall
readSA Idols What a weird results show!
12-08-2011
Tuesday night’s first Idols results show was so bizarre and unemotional I was like “Whatever”, by the end of it. Was it just me or did no-one seem to care about a thing?Yes, some of them were happy to
readIn Brief
12-08-2011
Rebels hit trying to take heat off Misrata TRIPOLI – Libyan loyalists killed one rebel and wounded 10 others as the insurgents moved on the town of Taurga in a bid to snuff out rocket fire on the
readUganda police tear gas opposition
12-08-2011
MASAKA – Police in Uganda say they fired rubber bullets and teargas at protesters who followed a top opposition leader in a march west of the capital.Judith Nabakooba says police used them to disperse
readOne of SA’s ‘most wanted’ is free again
12-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – A manhunt has been launched for one of South Africa’s most wanted criminals, Bongani Moyo, who escaped from the Pretoria Regional Court on Wednesday morning.Moyo, allegedly linked to
readMarket carnage wipes out US$4 trillion
12-08-2011
LONDON – About US$4 trillion has been wiped off the value of world stocks this month on concerns the eurozone debt crisis is spreading to Italy and Spain and hurting Europe’s banking system, and the
readDemonstrate benefits of risk taking
12-08-2011
Taking some risks and embracing new ideas is still important to moving a business forward, says Harvard Business Review.The recession caused people to focus on what they had to lose, rather than what
readJuly brings breather for consumers
12-08-2011
THE price monster cut consumers some slack last month with annual inflation dropping from 5,4 per cent to 4,8 per cent.Monthly inflation, however, climbed from 0,2 per cent to 0,6 per cent, the latest
readWho is responsible for Economic Empowerment?
12-08-2011
AS Namibians, we are too beholden to our past. Some of us are always trying to find ways of justifying the past and thus making a case for the prolongation of the historical inequalities we have had
readNigerian economic reform heavyweights set for tussle
12-08-2011
ABUJA – Nigeria’s central bank governor Lamido Sanusi and former World Bank chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will determine the immediate future of Africa’s third-largest economy, but how they deal with
readHelp to Swaziland not a loan
12-08-2011
CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s R2,5 billion advance to Swaziland is not a loan from the fiscus, but a guarantee backed by their own Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) payments, cabinet spokesperson
readSA sees 40% chance of global double dip
12-08-2011
PRETORIA – South Africa sees a 60 per cent chance against a global double-dip recession, and is ready to take action to buffer the local economy through managing debt, the budget deficit and providing
readIn Brief
12-08-2011
Two killed in Beirut blast: police BEIRUT – Two men were killed in a Beirut parking lot yesterday when explosives they were handling detonated, a police official told AFP.Yemen general wants talks
readSyrian troops attack near Turkish border
12-08-2011
BEIRUT – The Syrian army stormed a northwestern town near Turkey’s border yesterday, and shot dead at least five people in a western town near the Lebanese border, activists said.The shooting in the
readIn Brief
12-08-2011
Chinese revisits railway projects BEIJING – China has frozen approval of new railway projects and halted some bullet train manufacturing, stepping up an overhaul of its controversial high-speed
readIn Brief
12-08-2011
Chinese revisits railway projects BEIJING – China has frozen approval of new railway projects and halted some bullet train manufacturing, stepping up an overhaul of its controversial high-speed
readMake Science A Religion
12-08-2011
I AM writing to all Namibians who want to see this country become industralised. It’s sad to see that many Namibians are very fearful of mathematics. I remember back then, when I was doing my grade
readIs Namibia In The Days Of King Herod?
12-08-2011
IT IS unbelievable that while we are in the 21st century, some unscrupulous officers are busy tarnishing the image of the Namibian government by making rules similar to the days of King Herod.Leaders
readLeadership Vacuum In Namibia
12-08-2011
I WOULD like to express my mixed feelings about lack of governance and the intensity of corruption throughout the terms of office of President Hifikepunye Pohamba.Your Excellency if you have not yet
readKaure Must Withdraw Accusations Or…
12-08-2011
PLEASE allow me, dear Editor, to respond to an article written by one Alexactus Kaure (Tribal undercurrents in the Kunene Region) that was published in The Namibian, Friday, 05 August 2011, which
readLiving In Fear And Terror
12-08-2011
THE new uncertainty about the economic situation of our world overshadows all other news. Stock markets are in turmoil, the world leaders gather and gather again and cannot find a lasting solution for
readIyambo Was Right
12-08-2011
ALLOW me space in your esteemed newspaper to bring the following words to the Namibian nation.Some teachers are pushing learners into the streets because of their laziness, ignorance, carelessness,
readLeading People To Scavenge
12-08-2011
AN article in The Namibian of 5 August 2011 under the title ‘City’s dirty secret’ brought tears to my eyes. This is truly an indication that our political leaders care less for the people who elected
readLeading People To Scavenge
12-08-2011
I READ two articles from the BBC website in connection with the main emphasis on above topic. Was Zimbabwe’s Land reform an advantage or a disadvantage? The one article claims that the land reform
readMines Must Pay For New Power Stations
12-08-2011
THERE are ominous rumblings and rumours that the electricity tariffs will be going up and the figures and percentages make rather disturbing reading.There are also rumours that the plans are going
readAfter liberation: caviar revolutionaries, and the permanence of struggle and revolution
12-08-2011
IN his speech at the opening of debate in the National Assembly on reconciliation and nation-buidling on May 29, 1998, the refined but humiliated former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki,
readKleptocracy Has Reached A Crescendo
12-08-2011
IF SWAPO does it, why can't we do it? Indeed, if our leaders frequently engage in, and get away with, kleptocracy what's to restrain the average Lucas on the streets of Namibia from getting involved,
readHow African Leaders Underdevelop Africa
12-08-2011
WHEN the Guyanese revolutionary and historian, Professor Walter Rodney wrote his book: ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’, it became an instant hit among many Africans scholars and revolutionaries on
readMessing With The Press
12-08-2011
THERE is a disturbing new trend in town. Journalists, already registered and accredited by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, are forced to get additional licensing for access
readPolitical Perspective
12-08-2011
IT IS quite natural to want to know what happened to one’s parents, especially if they died unnatural deaths in unknown circumstances. Many would want such answers, for example the scores of Namibians
readOondjamba dha fadhuka po eso
12-08-2011
ONDJAMBA yimwe ndjoka ya li yina okudhipagwa, oya hupu sho yo noonkwawo ndhoka dha li dha piyaganeke aakwashigwana mOmutemo moshikandjohogololo Omuntele dha shuna ishewe moshikunino shiinamwenyo
readYi ilongela uundjinia nawa nawa
12-08-2011
Omwaalu gwAakwiita yEtanga lyEgameno lya Namibia yokOregimende ya Tavi mOshitopowla sha Otjozondjupa, okuza mu Maalitsa nuumvo, oya kala taya mono Elongo mUuwindjinia mOsikola yUungomba ya Valombola
readOmandiki goositola taga tungwa poKaiti nOmuthiya
12-08-2011
EHANGANO lyokukwashilipaleka lya Old Mutual Namibia olya thaneka oku tunga nokuhumitha komeho omatungo goositola moshilongo. Ethaneko ndika olya longekidhilwa iimaliwa yoodola oomiliona 250.
readOmahooli itaga gwedhwa
12-08-2011
ONDANDO yomahooli itayi lunduluka omwedhi nguka okushuna pevi nenge okuya pombanda. Etokolo ndika olya ningwa konima sho ondando yomahooli inaaga dhindwa muuyuni ya shunine pevi nooperesenda hamano
readNamibia okwa taalelwa kompumbwe yogasa
12-08-2011
OONGESHEFA dhomwaalu ogundji odha li dha tila okuuva kutya opena ompumbwe onene yogasa yokutemitha omasiga nayilwe moshilongo. Ehangano limwe lyomwaangoka haga gandja ogasa, Afrox olya koleke kutya
readOmukwiita ta fekelwa medhipago lyomukiintu
12-08-2011
OKUZA ongula ayihe yEtiyali lya zi ko sigo etitatu, Opolisi yomOshitopowla sha Shana, unene tuu ndjoka yomOshakati, oya kala tayi kongo omulumentu gwOmukwiita shi na sha neso lyomukiintu gwoomvula 26
readMogane ta ka pulakenwa pehulilo lyAuguste
12-08-2011
OMUKWATELIKOMEHO gwoKomisi yOmaudhano moNamibia, Rusten Mogane okwa tegelela a ka holoke komeho gongundu yevulikitho pehulilo lyomwedhi nguka. Komufala gumwe gwoKomisi yOmaudhano,Piet du Plooy okwa
readOlweendo lwa Paulus lwe mweetele uuyehame
12-08-2011
OMUDHANI ena uulema Pac Paulus ngoka a ningi ondjokonona omasiku gaziko sho a hingi ombasikela ye oshinano shookilometa omathele gaheyali okuza kOshakati sigo okoVenduka, okwa ehamekwa tashi vulika
readUudhano wiilema mOshana
12-08-2011
AADHANI yena uulema okuza miitopolwa ayihe yoshilongo otaya ka gongala pokapale kEmanguluko mOshakati olyomakaya ndjika okukutha ombinga muudhano wokumatuka.Omuunganeki guudhano waantu yena uulema,
readOlugodhi lwa Simon lwa tindwa kewililiko lyOongonyo
12-08-2011
ENYAKWA moongonyo lwaali lyaNamibia, Harry Simon ita ka kondja na Tony Dodson muSeptember oshoka Oraata yOongonyo yoko Britania oya tindi okuyambidhidha olugodhi. Nduka olwa tindwa kolutu ndoka halu
readAaniilonga taya nyenyeta kombinga yootendela
12-08-2011
OPENA ishewe omanyenyeto kombinga yiilonga yokutunga uundjugo moshitopolwa shOshana. Oonakutunga uundjugo mboka otaya nyenyeta koshipambu shoka taya pewa okuza moomiliona 20 ndhoka dha nuninwa
readBritish Board slammed for Simon fight snub
12-08-2011
WBF president Howard Goldberg yesterday said the British Boxing Board of Control is “antiquated” following their decision to snub Harry Simon and Tony Dodson’s light-heavyweight world title
readAnnual Cycle Classic targets 2 000 participants
12-08-2011
THE annual The Namibian Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Classic was officially launched in Windhoek yesterday and the organisers expect at least 2000 cyclist to take part. A total of 1 159 cyclists participated in
readWIN N$1 000!
12-08-2011
You don’t even have to be a rugby fan ...As the countdown to the Rugby World Cup 2011 gathers pace, scrum down with The Namibian and stand a chance of winning N$1 000! You don’t even have to be a
readHitman tour heads north
12-08-2011
PAULUS “The Hitman” Moses will this weekend be in Oshikango and Ongwediva for the latest stage of his promotional campaign tour.Local trainer and promoter, Nestor Tobias, said they had planned to
readNamibia‘s fistball beats Czech and Italy
12-08-2011
THE Namibian team enjoyed another successful day at the Fistball World Cup on Tuesday after recording two victories against the Czech Republic and Italy in Kremsmunster.Namibia recorded a convincing
readSport Briefs
12-08-2011
Mullings fails dope test, again Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings has tested positive for a banned substance for the second time in his career, according to reports in the Jamaican press
readFootball
12-08-2011
Saturday, August 13 English Premier League QPR v Bolton 15h00 Blackburn v Wolves 15h00 Fulham v Aston Villa 15h00 Liverpool v Sunderland 15h00 Tottenham v Everton 15h00 Wigan v Norwich 15h00 Newcastle
readTottenham, Everton season opener off after riots in area
12-08-2011
LONDON – Tottenham’s opening match of the Premier League season against Everton tomorrow has been postponed following disorder in the London neighbourhood that sparked trouble across England.There are
readNadal exits Montreal, Djokovic, Federer win
12-08-2011
MONTREAL – Novak Djokovic struggled early before winning his first match since assuming the No. 1 ranking, while Roger Federer defeated Canada’s Vasek Pospisil 7-5, 6-3 at the Rogers Cup on Wednesday
readThe Twitterverse
12-08-2011
Eish, Namibian tweeps! The Twitter space in today’s Back of the Book has been looted by the events in London. Still, a few of your twitterisms, as well as some from South Africa, on life, the universe
readSwapo dilly-dallies on Kaiyamo’s fate
12-08-2011
FORMER Tsumeb regional councillor and member of parliament, Nico Kaiyamo remains in the political wilderness after he was suspended by the Swapo Oshikoto regional executive last year.The executive
readSwakop is the ‘third best’ town of the year
12-08-2011
SWAKOPMUND received the third most votes during this year’s ‘Kwela Town of the Year’ competition, that came to an end on Tuesday.‘De Rust’ in the Western Cape was the winner, with Free State’s ‘Parys’
readSunken ship treasure successfully rescued
12-08-2011
ALMOST after two years, international archaeologists and conservators have successfully salvaged the wreck believed to be the 16th century Portuguese shipwreck that lay undisturbed for 500 years off
readShangula argues BIG will only 'alleviate poverty'
12-08-2011
WHILE the Basic Income Grant (BIG) is seen as a mechanism for positive change and development by some, others such as Environment and Tourism Permanent Secretary (PS) Kalumbi Shangula believes that it
readNew-look Daan Viljoen on course
12-08-2011
The Public Private Partnership (PPP) between Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) and the Prosperity Group over Daan Viljoen Game Park is expected to open for business next month.That is after the health
readNamdeb workers brace for strike
12-08-2011
MINEWORKERS Union of Namibia (MUN) says union members working for Namdeb have voted in favour of a strike.This comes after talks to resolve a housing and utility allowances dispute between MUN and the
readManwu questions Chinese tenders
12-08-2011
METAL and Allied Workers Union of Namibia (Manwu) has questioned the tenders awarded to a Chinese construction firm which, according to them, disregard labour law with impunity.According to Manwu
readKeetmans shooting suspect claim accident
12-08-2011
A KEETMANSHOOP resident who is accused of murdering a young man in a shooting incident almost three years ago is claiming that the killing was an accident which happened while he was trying to defend
readCongo boys
12-08-2011
THE boys who regularly visit the Kupferberg landfill site in Windhoek refer to the rubbish dumps as the 'Congo' - a country ravaged by war, poverty and human hardship.Yesterday, during a visit to the
readAirport employees still in the dark
12-08-2011
THE Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) and the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) could soon reach a ‘favourable’ outcome in their negotiations over housing allowance for employees.The NAC and Napwu
readAfricans must solve Africa’s problems – youth wings
12-08-2011
YOUTH wings of six former southern African liberation movements said Africa’s political leaders should be “bolder” in defence of the continent’s interests, and not “compromise on the sovereignty of
readSMSes for Friday 12 August 20121
12-08-2011
SMS Of The Day *THE football match between Namibia's under 23 national team and the South African under 23s was the best performance that I have seen in a very long time. Our boys gave 100% on the
readLet Namibia put out UK fire
12-08-2011
BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron had to cut his nice Tuscan holiday short just to admonish an unruly mob of youngsters who have been rioting in various London neighbourhoods and other cities this
readNotable Quotes
12-08-2011
THESE riots are nuts why would people do this to their own country? Own city? This is embarrassing for our country. Stop please. – England striker Wayne Rooney appealed for an end to the violence
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