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51 Articles found on Wednesday, 31 August 2011
In the dock
31-08-2011
ANC youth leader Julius Malema greets the crowd yesterday outside the ANC Luthuli House in Johannesburg during his discipli- nary hearing.Hundreds of Malema supporters threw stones and bottles at
readDoctors charged over baby’s death
31-08-2011
TWO Rundu-based doctors will probably hear their fate in an unprofessional conduct hearing today.Doctors Dennis Tauya and Nicholas Komu appeared before the disciplinary committee of the Health
readThe Namibian unbanned
31-08-2011
THE Government yesterday handed The Namibian a birthday present by confirming a Cabinet decision two weeks ago to lift a decade-long advertising ban on the newspaper.The Namibian turned 26 yesterday.
readEpupa in N$13m mess
31-08-2011
AN urgent High Court application was lodged against Epupa Investment Technology for failing to comply with a N$13 million loan agreement with Peace Garden Transportation.Epupa Investment last year won
readNamibia eyes better World Cup
31-08-2011
THE Welwitschias are aiming for least one victory at next month’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. That elusive first World Cup win and an improved all-round display will be the team’s primary
readChinese miners rescued after a week underground
31-08-2011
BEIJING – Their faces black with coal dust, 19 miners trapped for a week underground were pulled to safety yesterday in northeastern China as rescuers searched for three missing colleagues.Helmeted
readHousing and Rental prices through the roof
31-08-2011
FIRST-TIME property buyers are becoming “fewer and fewer”, with most being forced to rent as house prices, especially in Namibia, continue to go through the roof.This is fuelling rental inflation,
readFrom The Twittersphere
31-08-2011
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s disciplinary in Johannesburg yesterday, and the violent demonstration by his supporters, sparked some dark political humor on Twitter:@TannieEvita: The
readMalema supporters clash with cops outside hearing
31-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG - South African police used stun grenades and water cannon yesterday to disperse thousands of supporters of outspoken ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema who is locked in a party
readIn Brief
31-08-2011
Ethnic clashes in Nigeria claim 20 ABUJA – At least 20 people were killed and 50 injured in clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Jos region of central Nigeria, newspapers reported on
readUganda fears more mudslides
31-08-2011
MBALE – The death toll from devastating landslides in eastern Uganda rose to 30 yesterday as bodies were retrieved from piles of sludge and rock, and officials warned that unseasonably heavy rains
readSMSes for Wednesday 31 August 2011
31-08-2011
SMS Of The Day *PLEASE the Ministry of Gender and Child Welfare must do something to help the children under age five. They are in need of drought food very urgently around the country. Hunger is
readChasing the dots ... Hubble, Bubble, No Toil, Just Trouble!
31-08-2011
SOMETIMES political rhetoric sticks in my mind. Our President once recalled his time as police boss and was in a helicopter around Windhoek seeking supposed nests of criminals lurking in the bush as
readNotable Quotes
31-08-2011
IT’S a small house, but they will restore it exactly the way it was. It is estimated that the work will be worth about N$17 million. – Horst Weimann, the owner of Weimann’s Carpentry in Swakopmund
readJSE to woo Australian miners
31-08-2011
SYDNEY – South Africa’s Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) will this week woo stock listings from a growing number of Australian mining companies searching for funding and drawn to Africa by the
readGeldof’s Africa private equity fund nears US$200 m
31-08-2011
ZURICH – Bob Geldof, the former Boomtown Rats singer and Live Aid front man, said a private equity fund he agreed to front last year to invest in Africa was nearing its first close, having raised
readBanks urged to stop Zim ‘blood diamond’ sales
31-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Human rights groups are calling on foreign financial institutions vested in Zimbabwean banks to stop enabling the sale of so-called “blood diamonds”.Partnership Africa Canada identified
readSouth Africa mining licences to come at a price
31-08-2011
CAPE TOWN – Mining licences in South Africa will in future be granted with attached conditions, to ensure a supply of raw material for local industries seeking to further refine, or beneficiate, the
readSA recovery slows more than expected
31-08-2011
PRETORIA – The pace of South Africa’s economic growth slowed more than expected in the second quarter as key sectors such as manufacturing and mining contracted after strikes, suggesting there could
readEurozone growth outlook trimmed, recession unlikely
31-08-2011
PARIS – Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s lowered its economic growth forecasts for the euro zone yesterday, but said the shared currency bloc was not headed towards a new recession.Public and
readStamp out workplace bullying
31-08-2011
There is a clear difference between hard-charging bosses and those who cross the line into bullying, creating patterns of fear, says Harvard Business Review.There is a difference between leaders who
readBusiness ‘acutely’ aware of its economic role
31-08-2011
THE Namibian private sector remains acutely aware of its role as the economy is rebalancing towards a more sustainable growth trajectory.Speaking during a business forum attended by representatives of
readBluesman David Edwards dead
31-08-2011
Grammy-winning Blues musician David ‘Honey Boy’ Edwards, believed to be the oldest surviving Delta bluesman and whose roots stretched back to blues legend Robert Johnson, died early Monday in his
readJudge bars testimony from long-time Jackson doctor
31-08-2011
Michael Jackson’s dermatologist will not testify in the trial of Dr Conrad Murray, a judge ruled on Monday, in a blow to defence plans to portray the singer as an alleged drug addict who may have
readScores die in Hurricane Irene
31-08-2011
MONTPELIER – The full measure of Hurricane Irene’s fury came into focus on Monday as the death toll passed 46, while towns in the northern US region of New England battled epic floods and millions
readEwiliko lyoshilando tali tonatele etoto lyiiyagaya
31-08-2011
EWILIKO lyoshilando sha Venduka olya tula po oompango dha kwata miiti kombinga yokweekelahi iikulya mbyoka ya kusha petoto lyiiyagaya lya Kupferberg. Elandulathano ndika ota li ka kwathela oku keelela
readOofaalama 100 dhi li metonatelo
31-08-2011
OOFAALAMA dhomwaalu gwontumba odha tulwa metonatelo lyuule womasiku 21 konima sho pwa gandjwa elondodho kutya otashi vulika puna uuvu wekondo nelaka. Elondodho ndika olya gandjwa konima sho oonyati
readIiningwanima ihetatu yo ka kwenyene
31-08-2011
OSHITOPOLWA shUundjolowele sha Kaiti osha londodha oshigwana moshitopolwa moka kombinga yeholokepo lyuuvu wokakwenyene maantu yahetatu oshiwike sha yi po Gainachas moshikandjohogololo sha Berseba.
readOoprograma dhoku dhengelwa oongodhi dha galulilwapo
31-08-2011
EHANGANO lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia[NBC] olya galulilepo ooprograma dhokudhengelwa oongodhi, ngaashi ndjoka, yo Chat Show, nOpen Line mOshiingilisa, Ewi lya manguluka mOshiwambo , noshowo
readA yugwa
31-08-2011
OMUNANGESHEFA, Alfie Liebenberg gwongundu ya Lighthouse moShiwakopo okwa ponokelwa nokuyugwa iimaliwa yoodola omayovi 170 000 poshilando shokomunkulofuta Omaandaha. Liebenberg ngoka a gwanitha omimvo
readHeathcote a tamanekelwa okuhinga a nwa aniwa
31-08-2011
OMUPANGULI gwopakathimbo gwOmpangu yOpombanda ya Venduka nale, Raymond Heathcote okwa kwatelwe pehulilo shiwike moShiwakopo sho okashina kokutala uuwindji woalkoholi momufudho ka ulike kutya okwa li
readIiponga omilongo 51 mehuliloshiwike
31-08-2011
AANTU yahetatu oya si nethele naantu yane oya ehamekelwa miiponga yomoondjila yili 51 ehuliloshiwike lya piti. Omaso gaantu mbaka oga tula omwaalu gwaantu ayehe mboka ya sile miiponga mbika paantu 304
readYane mompangu melanditho lyouraana
31-08-2011
AANTU yane muyo muna omukwashigwana gwa Zimbabwe oya li ya kwatwa aniwa yaadhika noondoloma tashi vulika dhina ouraana yongushu yoodola 150 000. Aafekelwa mbaka oya holokele mohofa ya Shiwakopo.
readA thaneka olweendo lwo 435 oku kondjitha uuthigona
31-08-2011
OMUKALIMO gwomoKatutura, Tjiunae Meroro[45] okwa hala okudhingoloka koompadhi Egumbo lyepangelo lwiikando omathele 435, okuulika okatokolitho kiigwana hangano 435. Okatokolitho haka oko ondjila moka
readIinamwenyo ya mono iihuna pethimbo lyomvula
31-08-2011
AANAFAALAMA miitopolwa yokuumbangalantu wopokati oya kanitha konyala iikombo okuza pwiitano sigo iikombo omilongo mbali pethimbo lyomuloka ngoka gwa piti. Pamushangwa gwonagshingeyi kombinga yonkalo
readLyoohi ta li andjagana
31-08-2011
EHANGANO lya Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust olya hala okweegulula oositola dhokulanditha oohi pOmbaye, Omuthiya, Opuwo nopoKatima Mulilo omumvo tuuka. Omunambelewa gwehangano ndika ngoka a
readOmauliko giipindi mOngwediva
31-08-2011
OSHIGWANA oshindji osha li sha talelepo omauliko giipindi ga Ngwediva, ngoka gatamekele oshiwike shayi.Omauliko oga li ga egululwa kOmuprima Minista, Nahas Angula ngoka a ti oshinakugwanithwa
readYouth Cricket Festival launched
31-08-2011
CRICKET Namibia’s under-15 and under-19 Cricket Development Festival in Windhoek will be held during the second week of the August/September school holiday. Six school teams including WAP, Pro-Ed,
readWIN N$1 000! You don’t even have to be a rugby fan ...
31-08-2011
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
readSimon faces Makabu for title
31-08-2011
ILUNGA Makabu from the Democratic Republic of Congo has emerged as Harry Simon’s opponent for the WBF light-heavyweight title next month, according to an online source.The big-hitting Makabu is based
readAthletes settle in Maputo ahead of games
31-08-2011
NAMIBIA’S athletes started training and preparing for the All-Africa Games on Monday after settling in at the Athletes’ Village in Maputo.Most of the athletes have already arrived, with the exception
readTrial date for Whk Gym teachers
31-08-2011
THE principal and three teachers of Windhoek Gymnasium will have to answer to charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in February 2012.Fanie van Zyl (58), the headmaster of the
readTime for food
31-08-2011
A group of 54 people who relied on food thrown out at the Kupferberg dumpsite received food rations from Government on Monday.The food rations are the first step by Government to address the issue of
readSplit threatening New AME Church
31-08-2011
THE New African Methodist Episcopal Church which broke ranks with the mother church in 2005 because of alleged American domination has been hit by infighting, threatening the unity of the six-year-old
readSELCo, Keetmans on collision course
31-08-2011
THE rejection of proposed electricity tariff increases by Keetmanshoop Town Council has again put it on a collision course with the Southern Electricity Company (SELCo).The council rejected the tariff
readPolice officer dies in car accident
31-08-2011
A COLLISION between a Police vehicle and another car on the Trans-Kalahari Highway yesterday claimed the life of a Police officer and left three other people seriously injured.Khomas Deputy
readNamdeb strike continues
31-08-2011
THE STRIKE at diamond giant Namdeb entered its third week today with solution in sight to end the labour unrest. To date the company has incurred approximately N$60 million in revenue losses,
readKameeta’s days as Lutheran Church leader counted?
31-08-2011
THE Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Namibia’s (ELCRN) 24th ordinary synod currently underway at Walvis Bay is rumoured to herald the end of Bishop Zephania Kameeta’s term of office.
readFlood returnees get food assistance
31-08-2011
IN February, 33 households were evicted from the Otjihutua village in the north of Namibia when the floods came. The people were relocated to tents and returned to their villages in June. Upon their
readCensus encounters pay hurdles
31-08-2011
CENSUS enumerators are being paid the money due to them and arrangements are being made to pay those already deployed in the field, census manager Sylvester Bangu said yesterday.Bangu said despite
readAssaulted Rehoboth woman speaks
31-08-2011
“I TOLD him God will bless him if he doesn’t touch my daughter...”This was the heart wrenching plea from a Rehoboth mother to a man who wanted to sexually attack her 12-year-old daughter. She then
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