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74 Articles found on Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Heathcote charged with drunk driving
30-08-2011
Former acting Judge of the Windhoek High Court, Raymond Heathcote, was arrested at Swakopmund over the weekend after a breathalyser test showed a reading of 0,92 – which is more than double the
read51 accidents over long weekend
30-08-2011
EIGHT people died and 104 people were injured in 51 car crashes over the past long weekend, bringing the total number of fatalities on Namibian roads to 304 so far this year.According to a report
readTOP SHOTS
30-08-2011
A young Libyan resident walks past spent cartridges scattered along a street in the Abu Salim district of Tripoli, the scene of heavy fighting between rebel forces and those loyal to Muammar Gadaffi.
readNamcor witch-hunt - employees allege
30-08-2011
THE board of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has threatened top managers with disciplinary steps, including the threat of dismissal, for refusing to endorse its decision to
readNamibian athletes arrive in Maputo
30-08-2011
THE Namibian team arrived in Maputo on Sunday for the 10th All Africa Games which is due to start with an opening ceremony this coming Saturday.The Namibian delegation had chartered an Air Namibia
readCops ready for Malema disciplinary
30-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng police were prepared for any eventuality ahead of ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s disciplinary hearing today.“Police and other law enforcement agencies will be taking
readRecovery spurs hundreds of new jobs
30-08-2011
NEARLY 600 new jobs were created during the second quarter as manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade locally continued to recover.According to the latest numbers released by the Bank of Namibia
readWet season slaughters under small stock
30-08-2011
FARMERS in the north central regions have lost between five and 20 goats per household during the past rainy season.“Internal parasites, foot rot, orf and diarrhoea in livestock were widely reported
readGrain harvest cropped by heavy rains
30-08-2011
NAMIBIA’S coarse grain production is expected to be about 23 per cent lower than last season due to floods and heavy rainfall earlier this year, the Namibia Early Warning and Food Information Unit
readAuction kraals remain Govt property, Mutorwa
30-08-2011
AGRICULTURE Minister John Mutorwa has set the record straight on public livestock auction kraals, saying they are State property and there were misconceptions made around adverts requesting an
readIn Brief
30-08-2011
Dozens die in landslides in Uganda KAMPALA – Landslides killed at least 29 people yesterday, including children buried in their homes in an eastern district of Uganda, officials said. Madagascar
readMugabe expels Libyan envoy in Harare
30-08-2011
HARARE – The Zimbabwean Foreign ministry has declared Libya’s Ambassador, Taher Elmagrahi, ‘persona non grata’ and ordered him and his family to leave Zimbabwe. Diplomatic sources said Elmagrahi
readTruly unplug on your vacation
30-08-2011
BOSTON – Even in today’s totally plugged-in world it is possible, even essential, to be able to take a vacation and totally rejuvenate, away from electronic devices, says Harvard Business Review.We
readUranium exports bring in billions
30-08-2011
BETTER prices boosted revenue from uranium sales during the first half of 2011 to N$2,3 billion even though the volume of the commodity sold was less than the first six months of 2010.Capricorn
readFish trust aims for bigger local market
30-08-2011
HENTIES BAY – The Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust (NFCPT) wants to open fish shops in Walvis Bay, Omuthiya, Opuwo and Katima Mulilo next year.Speaking to Nampa in an interview at the tenth
readRumours about Tesco/Pick n Pay deal resurface
30-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Pick n Pay has, once again, denied that it was in talks with UK retail giant Tesco after speculation of a deal resurfaced last week.Tamra Veley, Pick n Pay’s spokeswoman, said on
readEconomic crisis targets trophy-hunting industry
30-08-2011
THE reduction in the number of hunting clients due to the world economic crisis holds serious negative consequences for the Namibian trophy-hunting industry.An executive member of the Namibia
readEurozone snubs IMF chief’s comments
30-08-2011
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT – Europe has given a cool reception to a demand from the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) new head Christine Lagarde to force its banks to bulk up their capital, saying the
readFrom The Twittersphere
30-08-2011
THE news of Beyonce being an expectant mother not only took centre stage at the VMAs, it bumped its way on to the top trending Twitter topics. A few of the comments: @MrWizKhaIifa: Beyonce is
readMichael Jackson would have been 53 yesterday
30-08-2011
MICHAEL Jackson’s children and father visited the late pop star’s boyhood home in Gary, Indiana, as the town celebrated what would have been his 53rd birthday.Hundreds of fans took part in activities
readGaga, Perry win big at VMAs, but Beyonce steals the show
30-08-2011
Pop star Lady Gaga picked up two awards and Katy Perry won three, including video of the year. But it was Beyonce showing off her new baby bump that stole the show at MTV’s Video Music Awards Sunday.
readTelevised wedding for heir to Prussian throne
30-08-2011
BERLIN – The 35-year-old heir to the Prussian throne, Georg Friedrich Ferdinand, tied the knot on Saturday with Sophie Princess of Isenburg in a wedding that will be broadcast live by local public
readNew Zealand’s lost penguin sets sail for home
30-08-2011
WELLINGTON – A wayward penguin that became a worldwide celebrity after washing up lost on a New Zealand beach left Wellington yesterday aboard a research ship bound for his frigid home waters in
readNew York gets back to business after Irene
30-08-2011
NEW YORK – New York City was slowly getting back to business as usual yesterday after Hurricane Irene but hundreds of thousands of people who normally travel in from the surrounding area faced a
readIn Brief
30-08-2011
Lockerbie bomber is near death, brother says TRIPOLI – The Libyan man, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is near death and slipping in and out of consciousness, his brother
readSuper-typhoon rips into Philippines
30-08-2011
MANILA – Super-typhoon Nanmadol left at least 16 people dead after hitting the Philippines, and the toll is expected to rise as hopes of finding the missing fade, the civil defence chief said
readGaddafii ‘still a danger’ as rebels move on Sirte
30-08-2011
TRIPOLI – Libyan rebels said yesterday that strongman Muammar Gaddai still poses a danger for Libya and the world, as insurgents closed in on his hometown Sirte a week after overrunning the capital
readTime To Transform Traditional Economy
30-08-2011
THE time-honoured technology of food production in the village of Onyaanya where I grew up is still the hoe (etemo).The hoe has been the tool for agricultural production since time immemorial. In
readThe Shame Of Incompetent Governance
30-08-2011
THE rubbish dump feeding frenzy, which this nation witnessed recently through extensive media coverage, has thrown into sharp relief the Namibian Government’s failure to care for the interest and
readMboka ya longitha nayi yo GIPF ta ya landulwa
30-08-2011
ETOKOLO lyEpangelo okulandula mboka ya longitha nayi iimaliwa mbyoka ya li ya hehela okuza moshiketha shoopenzela dhaaniilonga yomepangelo GIPF, ina li taambwako nomwenyo aguhe noshowo neinekelo ku
readEuvathano okutunga oontompa muumbangalantu
30-08-2011
EHANGANO lya Road Authority olya shaina euvathano lyo ngushu yoodola oomiliona 44 nehangano lya China Henan International Cooperation Group, opo ndika li tungulule nokwoopaleka oontompa mbali
readOmukalukadhi mondholongo
30-08-2011
OMUKULUKADHI ngoka a monika ondjo medhipago lyomuholike gwe okwa tumwa kondholongo uule womimvo 18 .Omukulukadhi nguka oku na aanona yane. Etokolo ndika lyOmupanguli olya nikitha aakwanezimo lya
readYaali ya sile moshiponga muumbugantu
30-08-2011
AANTU yaali oya sile moshiponga uusiku wetitatu lya yi mondjila pokati ka Tses na Kaiti, sho osheenditho shawo sha yi kohi yololi yoondongelwa mondjila ndjoka.Komufala gwopolisi, moshitopolwa sha
readEpangelo tali gandja oondya kwaamboka yeli mompumbwe
30-08-2011
EPANGELO olya thaneka okulongitha oomiliona 55 oku kwathela aakwashigwana 247 239 mboka yeli mompumbwe yiikulya kiitopolwa yokomikunda molwa efundja ndyoka lya li lye ya gumu noonkondo. Iikulya
readTutungeni pamwe ta talululwa
30-08-2011
EPANGELO olya hala oku tungila aantu yiiyemo iishona omagumbo yo ta ye ga landapo nomukuli okuza koprograma ya tutungeni pamwe. Ethaneko ndika olya ningwa kominista yoshikondo shOmapangelo Giitopolwa
readOndjala ya londa unene moKaras
30-08-2011
OMWAALU gwaanona yena ondjundo yi li pevi omolwa ondjala ota ku tiwa ogwa ya pombanda no ta gu tsikile oku ya pombanda moshitopolwa sha Karas, pamushangwa ngoka gwa tulwa puuyelele koshikondo
readOmiti dhetuntilo odha landwa inaapa uvathanwa
30-08-2011
OKWAA uvathana mokati kaanambelewa yOshikondo shUundjolowele, okwa hokololwa oko kwa ethitha elando lyomiti dhetuntilo inaadhi ziminwa kehangano lyUundjolowele Muuyuni[WHO].Omiti dhongushu yoodola
readNamibia na Ghana ya koleke omauvathano gaali nuumvo
30-08-2011
NAMIBIA na Ghana oya koleke omauvathano gelongelokumwe gaali metine oshiwike shayi pethimbo lyetalelopo lyOmuperesidende gwokoshilongo shokUuninginino wAfrica.Omauvathano ngaka ogo ndyoka linasha
readOokomufala yomahogololo ya kolekwa
30-08-2011
OOKOMUFALA yOkomisi yomahogololo ya Namibia oya kolekwa kombelewa yOmuperesidende oshiwike shayi. Ominista yIipambele yOmuperesidende, Albert Kawana okwa koleke kutya Omuperesidende, Hifikepunye
readOmalelo giitopolwa nogiilando moongunga
30-08-2011
UUNKUNDI mewiliko osho shimwe shomatompelo ga ulikwa ga fala sigo oompoka opo omawiliko geli 22 gopaitopolwa niilando moshilongo ga kale gena oongunga dha Namwater dhoomiliona oodola 147 molwa omeya
readA pewa omimvo 45 mondholongo sho a kwata omunona onkonga
30-08-2011
OMUTAMANEKWA ngoka a li ta hokololithwa okukwata omunona gwoomwedhi 17 koonkondo pOtjiwarongo omimvo ndatu dha piti okwa pewa omimvo 45 mondholongo.Gerhardt Geiseb[40] okwa geelwa nomimvo 47
readNamibia okwii longekidhila uudhano woRugby nuumvo
30-08-2011
OMUDHEULI gwospana yuudhano worugby, okwa ti aadhani yuudhano mbuka oyiilongekidhila uudhano womanyakwa wekopi lyuuyuni mboka tawu tameke mo New Zealand momasiku 9 gomwedhi tagu ya. Johan Diergaardt
readWIN N$1 000! You don’t even have to be a rugby fan ...
30-08-2011
This is it! The final countdown to the Rugby World Cup 2011, which starts on Friday, September 9. Join in the build-up with The Namibian and stand a chance of winning N$1 000! You don’t even have to
readAngola win under 20 tournament
30-08-2011
ANGOLA'S national under 20 football team won the FESA international tournament on Sunday, defeating Namibia 1-0 in the northern Cabinda province’s Chiazi stadium.Namibia defeated the Democratic
read‘Pac’ on the mend after operation
30-08-2011
PARAPLEGIC athlete Frans ‘Pac’ Paulus has received treatment for an ailment he aggravated during his gruelling 715km trek between Oshakati and Windhoek last month. The Namibian Sport learnt yesterday
readSpectacular showjumping at Swakopmund
30-08-2011
A SUCCESSFUL and action-packed Namib Mills Showjumping and Dressage tournament was held at the ReiterVerein Swakopmund over the weekend. This prestige tournament, exclusively sponsored by Namib Mills,
readWalvis bay hosts Africa endurance race
30-08-2011
WALVIS Bay Endurance Club plans to host the Annual and Senior Rider Africa Championships tomorrow.The event, courtesy of the Namibian Endurance Race Association is the ultimate endurance challenge
readExciting action in Business League
30-08-2011
THE SFC Squash Business League sponsored by Visions Consulting for the second year running culminated in an exciting final round of matches on August 19. Four teams –Visions Consulting, Business
readWorld Athletic Briefs Pistorius misses out on 400m final
30-08-2011
South African Oscar Pistorius’ historic appearance at the World Championships came to an end as he failed to qualify for the 400m final yesterday.Powell yet to decide on 4x100 relay Asafa Powell, the
readIAAF cautious on false-start rule
30-08-2011
A LEADING athletics official has warned against making any knee-jerk response to Usain Bolt’s disqualification from the World Championships 100m final.Bolt left the blocks early, leading to talk that
readRonaldo leads Madrid in Zaragoza rout
30-08-2011
BARCELONA – Cristiano Ronaldo picked up from where he left off last season with a superb hat-trick to inspire Real Madrid to a crushing 6-0 victory at Real Zaragoza in their opening La Liga match on
readFootball Results
30-08-2011
Sunday, August 28 English Premier League West Brom 0 - 1 Stoke Tottenham 1 - 5 Man City Newcastle 2 - 1
readVandals desecrate graves
30-08-2011
SEVERAL graves in Windhoek’s main cemetery in Pionierspark have been vandalised and brass plaques and bronze statues have been stolen off others. The plaques of three graves of the Voigts family were
readFour men arrested for uranium dealing
30-08-2011
FOUR men, one of whom is a Zimbabwean citizen, were caught allegedly dealing in uranium oxide (yellowcake) worth approximately N$150 000 in Swakopmund last week.According to the charges, Ivan Jeffrey
readSwakop businessman robbed of N$170 000
30-08-2011
ALFIE Liebenberg of the Lighthouse Group in Swakopmund was severely beaten, threatened with death, and robbed of about N$170 000 in cash on Monday morning.Liebenberg, who celebrated his 69th birthday
readProwealth enquiry adjourned
30-08-2011
THE Insolvency Act enquiry into the financial collapse of Prowealth Asset Managers was adjourned in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.The enquiry before the Master of the High Court, Elsie Beukes,
readPeople’s parliament back on NBC radio
30-08-2011
THE NBC has decided to give Namibians back their voice by reintroducing call-in programmes like the Chat Show and Open Line on national radio and the Silozi Service phone-in slot.The latter will be
readOver 100 farms put under quarantine
30-08-2011
SEVERAL commercial farms have been put under 21 days of quarantine after a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) alert. The alert came after two buffaloes were sighted in the Otjozondjupa Region on August 16
readOngwediva Trade Fair underway
30-08-2011
THOUSANDS of Namibians flocked to the north this weekend to attend the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair (OATF) that started on Friday. The fair, now in its eleventh year, was officially opened yesterday at
readMan plans ‘435 poverty walk’
30-08-2011
KATUTURA resident Tjiunae Meroro (45) intends to go on a ‘circle march’ around the new State House 435 times – symbolising United Nations Security Council Resolution 435 through which Namibia gained
readGlobal Fund manager denies mismanagement
30-08-2011
GLOBAL Fund Programme Management Unit (PMU) Operations Manager Jeanette de Puter has rubbished allegations of resource misuse that were levelled against her last month.In a statement delivered to the
readCensus still in starting blocks
30-08-2011
THE 2011 Population and Housing Census, which was due to start on Sunday, has stalled because a number of census enumerators have not received the N$5 160 they were to be paid for their training and
readSwakopmund stars on the rise
30-08-2011
Last year, the group ‘Ideal Music Army’ (IMA) from Swakopmund had their first interview with The Namibian but according to them, this was at a time of “uncertainty”.I’m A Star magnified themselves to
readMathematics is not a spectator sport
30-08-2011
Under the theme “Mathematics is not a spectator sport!” seventy Grade 10 and 12 learners from Swakopmund schools attended a holiday revision course from August 22 to 26 at Namib High School. This
readTop-notch SA squash players to hold clinics in Swakop
30-08-2011
THE Namibian Squash Association (NSA) invited the current number one South African (SA) ladies player, Milnay Louw and the number fourteen SA ladies player, Sonica Fritz, to facilitate a series of
readLearners ‘educational tour’ to the Cape spoiled by bickering
30-08-2011
LEARNERS of the Tamariskia Primary School in Swakopmund were supposed to go on an educational tour to the Cape, but because of bickering between the school principal, teachers and parents, the tour
readCreative juices flow at Omaruru Artists Trail
30-08-2011
THE 5th Omaruru Artists Trail starts from Friday, September 2 till Sunday, September 4.The aim of the event is to showcase the artistic community of Omaruru, considered as Namibia’s “Artists Town”.
readGerman class saved at NPS
30-08-2011
THE German mother-tongue class for next year’s grade one’s in the Namib Primary School (NPS) is the biggest “in a long time”, thanks to a concerted effort by German parents to keep the traditionally
readMajor fisheries project in Swakop nearing completion
30-08-2011
THE N$37 million renovation and upgrade project on the National Marine Information and Research Centre (Natmirc) of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources in Swakopmund should be completed by
readNamibian to help restore 350 year old house in Germany
30-08-2011
LEONARD Joseph is the first black Namibian invited to Germany to do delicate carpentry and restoration work on a house built nearly 350 years ago.The Germany-based technical training institute, ‘HBZ
readNo place for ‘mickey mouse” politics in Daures
30-08-2011
“WHILE our adversaries are busy with mickey mouse politics, we continue with development here in Daures constituency,” said the constituency’s Councillor, Ehrnst Katjiku at a historic donation
readOmaruru sees massive increase in property value
30-08-2011
THE updated 2011 valuation roll for Omaruru has seen an increase in property value of between 150 to 700 per cent for residents.At a public meeting held last Wednesday, it came to light that Omaruru
readSMSes for Tuesday 30 August 2011
30-08-2011
SMS Of The Day No end in sight *ROAD accidents have increased at an alarming rate and with no end in sight. Sadly talking on phone while driving, alcohol and recklessness are the main contributing
readNotable Quotes
30-08-2011
THE health authority is on the receiving end as it can only treat malnutrition and educate people to follow a healthy diet, but it cannot put food on their table. – Acting Karas Regional director, Dr
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