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64 Articles found on Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Libyan rebel flag hoisted in Windhoek
24-08-2011
THE Libya Embassy in Namibia has removed the flag of the Gaddafi regime and hoisted the rebel flag of red, green and black in support of the advancement of the rebels onto the city of Tripoli on
readEminent Africans denounce war on Libya
24-08-2011
MORE than 140 eminent Africans leaders will sign an open letter in Rosebank, Johannesburg today to express their concerns over the all-out war raging in Libya in a bid to oust Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
readGaddafi on the run
24-08-2011
TRIPOLI – Libyan rebels poured into Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli yesterday and were seen firing in the air in celebration, Reuters reporters on the scene said.Pro-Gaddafi forces initially
read‘Hitman’ Moses meets Bravo, world title fight set for 2012
24-08-2011
PAULUS ‘The Hitman’ Moses’ world title-eliminator has fallen through, however he will fight Chilean Oscar Bravo on September 24 and get a shot at the WBA lightweight crown early next year. Moses was
readMassive attack on Gaddafi’s lair
24-08-2011
TRIPOLI – Libyan rebels yesterday launched a massive offensive on leader Muammar Gaddafi’s sprawling Bab al-Azizya compound in Tripoli, as the strongman’s son refuted reports of his own arrest.The
readMarket volatility devours Nam savings
24-08-2011
TURMOIL on financial markets worldwide has cost pension fund members in Namibia about N$3 billion so far this year.Both the chief executive of RMB Asset Management Namibia, Lesley Rukoro, and the
readJazz legend Wynton Marsalis to perform in South Africa
24-08-2011
Famed American trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis shared memories of his childhood and played a few tunes yesterday morning in South Africa as a prelude to headlining Johannesburg’s annual jazz
readIn Brief
24-08-2011
Al-Bashir announces two-week ceasefire KHARTOUM – Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir yesterday announced a two-week unilateral ceasefire in Southern Kordofan state, a week after the UN called
readUN staff held for mineral smuggling
24-08-2011
KINSHASA – Congolese security forces have seized a jeep belonging to the United Nations peacekeeping operation and arrested a UN employee suspected of trying to smuggle over a ton of minerals out of
readAU could have saved lives in Libya
24-08-2011
CAPE TOWN – Many lives could have been saved if the African Union had been allowed to carry out its initiatives on Libya, President Jacob Zuma said in Cape Town yesterday.“Those who have the power to
readZimplats enter empowerment talks
24-08-2011
HARARE – Zimplats, the Zimbabwe unit of Impala Platinum Holdings, yesterday said it is in talks with the government after authorities rejected its black empowerment plan.Zimbabwe’s government last
readGermany lobbying to unfreeze Libyan assets
24-08-2011
BERLIN – Germany is working with its partners in the UN Security Council to remove a freeze on Libyan assets imposed as part of sanctions on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s government, Foreign
readPlease tax us, French super-rich tell government
24-08-2011
PARIS – Some of France’s richest people, including the billionaire heiress of L’Oreal and the head of oil giant Total, urged the government yesterday to tax them more to help to solve the country’s
readSA ready to act on slowdown
24-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The global economy continues to be in crisis and if it slows down markedly South Africa will act appropriately, Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus said yesterday.Marcus struck a bleak
readShoprite takes on Wal-Mart
24-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Shoprite, Africa’s biggest grocery retailer, is spending US$416 million to expand and upgrade its distribution centres as South African merchants gear up to take on US-based Wal-Mart
readLibya needs two years to restore oil output
24-08-2011
WASHINGTON – It could take Libya two years to restore oil production to pre-revolt levels, analysts and a former Libyan oil minister have said.But they also warned that disputes over who would hold
readEconomic slump puts pressure on pension funds
24-08-2011
RETIREMENT fund investments have declined by 23 per cent in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries due to the global financial crisis.This, said Deputy Minister of
readThe makings of a real team
24-08-2011
The word ‘team’ is so overused that most companies and managers don’t have any idea what a real team is, says Harvard Business Review.The word ‘team’ is so commonly used in today’s organizations, most
readDiamonds add sparkle to fiscus
24-08-2011
ROYALTIES from diamond mining have so far this year pumped about N$207 million into state coffers, the latest analysis by Capricorn Investment Holdings (CIH) shows.The amount has been growing
readSongwriter Ashford dies
24-08-2011
SONGWRITER Nickolas Ashford, who penned such rhythm and blues hits as ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ and ‘I’m Every Woman’ with his wife Valerie Simpson, died on Monday at age 70.A native of South
readLil Wayne hurt in skateboard accident
24-08-2011
LIL Wayne said on Monday he is recovering after gashing his head at a St Louis-area skateboard park.The 28-year-old rapper whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr was in suburban St Louis on
readSpanish nobelwomen to marry again at 85
24-08-2011
MADRID – One of Spain’s richest nobles is to marry at the age of 85, wedding a man 25 years her junior despite initial opposition from her children.The Duchess of Alba released a statement yesterday
readSyrian opposition members form national council
24-08-2011
BEIRUT – A Syrian dissident says some members of the opposition have formed a national council with the aim of presenting a united front for the fragmented movement opposing President Bashar
readCameron aide received Murdoch cash: BBC
24-08-2011
LONDON – Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp gave cash and benefits to the former editor of the News of the World tabloid when he worked for David Cameron in opposition, the BBC said yesterday, in a new
readStrauss-Kahn accuser’s lies torpedo sex assault case
24-08-2011
NEW YORK – The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who hoped to be the next French president, collapsed because what prosecutors believed was strong testimony deteriorated into a
readOmukuluntu sikola a sile moshiponga
24-08-2011
OMUKULUNTUSIKOLA gwopOndjadjaxwi Combined School moshitopolwa shaHangwena okwa si eso li nyanyalitha konima sho ohauto ye yoToyota yoshikoto ya pumwa konkwawo okuza konima noku gwako kopate
readAkwatwa mefekelo lyuufuthi woomiliona ndatu
24-08-2011
ASSER Shakumeni Ndongo[25] omumwayinagona gwomutoloki mohofa ngoka a fekelwa ena sha nekano lyoomiliona ndatu pOhofa ya Mengestrata gwa Venduka moKatutura okwa kwatelwe ehulilo shiwike.Oshihauto
readKamwi a ti ina ithanwa kOmuperesidende
24-08-2011
MINISTA yUundjolowele okwa ekelehi omipopyo kutya okwa li a ithanwa kOmuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba noku nyenyetelwa kombinga yomiti dhapuka dhetuntilo ndhoka dha landwa okuza ko Cuba. Nampa okwa
readAagundjuka ya hala ondando yili nawa
24-08-2011
EWAWA lyaagundjuka yongundu yo Swapo olya indile Okabinete opo ka lombwele omalelo agehe giilando opo geethe omukalo gwokulanditha evi momahala ngoka kwaamboka taya futu iimaliwa yili pombanda. Tashi
readGumwe a kwatwa niingangamithi
24-08-2011
OMUKALIMO gwomoShiwakopo okwa kwatelwe osoondaha aniwa aadhika ta landitha iingangamithi yoludhi lwo kokaine na okwa holokele mompangu etiyali. Iilyo yoshikondo shokukondjitha iingangamithi mopolisi
readLanger Heinrich meuvathano
24-08-2011
EHANGANO lyoomina lya Paladin Energy olya shaina omauvathano gokulanditha naalandi yatatu yo uraana yoko America. Paladin ota ka landitha ouraana komahangano ngoka okuza momina ye ya Langer Heinrich
readOmahangano ga indilwa ga kwathele aanafaalama yokomikunda unene
24-08-2011
OMAHANGANO gopaumwene naangoka gepangelo oga indilwa ga ninge iilyo yembwinda lyaanafaalama,yokomikunda[Communal Farmers Consortium]CFC]. Eindilo ndika olya ningwa komunambelewa omupitithi gwombaanga
readOmuhingi gwololi a monika ondjo yuufuthi womahooli
24-08-2011
OMUHINGI gwololi ngoka a yakele omahooli goolitera 2 400 gongushu yoodola 17 500 gomuhona gwe momumvo 2010 okuna okufuta omahooli ngoka niimaliwa koomuma ngele ina hala oku ya mondholongo uule womimvo
readNgoloneya gwa Karas mohofaN
24-08-2011
GOLONEYA nale gwa Karas, Dawid Boois okwa ti kena ondjo moshipotha shuulingilingi. Boois okwi ikala ondjo petameko lyiihokolola mbyoka ya tameke mOmpangu yopashitopolwa ya Kaiti omaandaha. Boois
readOmupangi omukulu Meriam Hauwanga a hulitha mepipi 85
24-08-2011
OMUPANGI omukulu a tseyika nawa nokwa li omukalimo gwomomukunda Onamutai mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Shana, Meriam Nandehasho - Mwahala ya Petrus Nandi - Hauwanga okwa mana oondjenda dhe meti 18
readUuministeli wa tseyitha ethaneko lyemuno lyoohi moshilongo
24-08-2011
OSHIKONDO Shoohi noonzo dhomefuta osha shaina euvathano okuhumitha komeho emuno lyoohi unene tuu momeya gomatale meni lyoshilongo. Euvathano ndyoka otali ka humitha komeho ondungethaneko onene
readOmalenga mOukwanyama taga pula iilonga
24-08-2011
OOYENE yomikunda mIikandjo yUulenga, Ohaingu, Okeleba nOnamutai, kuyele, oshiwike sha zi ko oya ningile ehololomadhilaadhilo lyopambili moka ya indile kOhamba yAukwanyama meekulu Martha Mwadinomho
readGymnast axed from youth team
24-08-2011
NADINE Jaeger, whose father Michael allegedly assaulted a coach over a week ago, has been axed from the Commonwealth Youth Games team. Jaeger had been initially included in the team to compete at the
readIsaacs retains Warriors’ youth
24-08-2011
BRAVE Warriors interim coach Brian Isaacs kept faith with the bulk of the youthful B side when he named the team to play the final Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Gambia in Windhoek on
readPohamba Shifeta wants sport transparency
24-08-2011
DEPUTY Sports minister Pohamba Shifeta yesterday called for transparency from local sport administrators. According to Shifeta, there is a lack of financial accountability within the various sport
readRugby competition winners
24-08-2011
OTB Gift Voucher Victoria Nehemia Namibian Goodie Bag Hubert van Schalkwyk Piet Kennedy Lauwrence Tobias Victoria Gawises
readBoxers battle in Katutura
24-08-2011
THE Golden Boxing Club held its second tournament at the Katutura Community hall on Saturday. Boxers from Jacob Mistake Gariseb Boxing and Fitness University (JMGBFU), Nampol Boxing Club (Nampol),
readGoju Ryu karate grades four more black belts
24-08-2011
THE annual Black Belt Grading of Goju Ryu Karate was recently held in Windhoek. At the event Jürgen van Wyk tested for Sandan (third Dan Black Belt), Vilho Ndahangwapo and Stephen Haythornthwaite
read– Sport Briefs –
24-08-2011
Mourinho probed over eye-poking Spain’s soccer federation has opened an investigation into Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho’s eye-poking incident in last week’s Spanish Super Cup match against
readWatt passes on rugby for long jump glory
24-08-2011
MITCHELL Watt could be preparing for the rugby World Cup this week instead of the athletics World Championships but the Australian long jump title hopeful has never regretted passing up the team game
readMan U youngsters thump Tottenham Hotspurs
24-08-2011
MANCHESTER– Danny Welbeck, Anderson and Wayne Rooney were all on target as Manchester United continued their perfect start to the season with a 3-0 victory over Tottenham at Old Trafford here on
readIt’s a riverbed ‘adorned’ As N$12 million toilet project goes down the drain
24-08-2011
THE riverbeds are 'adorned' with plastic shopping bags. At least that's the impression greeting a newcomer to the northern and western parts of Windhoek. The plastic bags seem to have landed there as
readSocio-economic conditions fuel revolutions
24-08-2011
POVERTY, unemployment and inequality are the ticking time bombs which have to be addressed in order for Namibia to avoid a ‘Tunisia Day’ and the wave of revolutionary regime change which has swept
readRapper nabbed for assault
24-08-2011
AN AWARD-WINNING Namibian rapper is expected to appear in court today after he allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend seriously and caused damage to her property.The 31-year-old artist, allegedly
readProwealth auditors raised insolvency alarm
24-08-2011
THE auditors of the Prowealth group of companies alerted the group’s founder, Riaan Potgieter, in June 2008 that almost all of the companies in the group were basically bankrupt.Auditors Swart Grant
readOvitoto farmers in kraal fight
24-08-2011
COMMUNAL farmers in the Ovitoto area of the Otjozondjupa Region fear that they may pay more for the auction pens if they are contracted out to private persons.A planned decision by Government to stop
readMWeb loses internet case against Telecom
24-08-2011
THE latest legal battle in Namibia’s fiercely-contested internet services market ended in a defeat for MWeb Namibia and a victory for the State-owned Telecom Namibia in the Supreme Court on Monday.In
readMayors ready themselves for climate change impact
24-08-2011
CLIMATE change is real, and is already affecting Namibia, and so local authorities need to be ready to implement measures in mitigating and adapting to its effects.This was the general message during
readTown mayors to become full-time
24-08-2011
THE Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing and Rural Development, Jerry Ekandjo, yesterday indicated that local authority mayors chairpersons of the management committee could become
readJune recorded highest road accidents
24-08-2011
NAMIBIA’S roads are becoming increasingly dangerous according to figures produced by the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund.The MVA Fund compiles up to date road accident statistics based on
readFire devours Reho’s Acacia forest
24-08-2011
AT LEAST 30 000 hectares of grazing was destroyed by a veld fire which tore through Rehoboth’s Acacia forest this weekend.The blaze is suspected to have been caused by youngsters who made a bonfire in
readEngen Namibia suspends MD
24-08-2011
ENGEN Namibia’s Country Managing Director, Anthony Chiappini, has been suspended.Although The Namibian could not independently establish the reasons for Chiappini’s suspension, the paper has it on
readElectoral reform consultation premature – NDP
24-08-2011
THE Namibia Democratic Party (NDP) demanded that the electoral commissioners be appointed before the start of a review process of the Electoral Act starts. Electoral law reform project consultations
readCrash victims identified
24-08-2011
THE six people who burnt to death in an accident between Okahandja and Otjiwarongo on Sunday are Eliazer Tjijerua (36), Uanderike Ndjizemburukua (8), Arney Tuvejeuke (40), Petoorua Tjinjoro (17),
readBringing water, sanitation to rural communities
24-08-2011
THE Namibia Red Cross Society's three-year water and sanitation project in the Kunene Region has made water and toilets easily accessible to people in especially the Opuwo area.The project that came
readBoois’ corruption trial postponed
24-08-2011
THE corruption trial of former Karas governor, Dawid Boois, was postponed yesterday in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court until September 26.The trial that started on Monday was set down for four days,
readChasing the dots ... Be Bad, Get Noticed!
24-08-2011
“Unruly behaviour is the only way to get employers attention”. So said a SAMWU guy representing striking municipal workers in South Africa as images of his union causing physical damage to common
readNotable Quotes
24-08-2011
We will provide him with a fair trial. But I have no idea how he will defend himself against these crimes that he committed against the Libyan people and the world. – Libya’s National Transitional
readSMSes for Wednesday 24 August 2011
24-08-2011
SMS Of The Day *THE death of the Spanish tourist who was killed by elephants is tragic but I hope it does not lead to the revenge killing of these animals. We must remember that humans encroach on
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