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72 Articles found on Thursday, 4 August 2011
Media watchdog condemns Informanté
04-08-2011
THE Media Institute of Southern African (Misa) yesterday strongly condemned Trustco for firing the Informanté sub-editor and co-ordinator of the Namibia Editors’ Forum, Elizabeth M’ule.M’ule was given
readB1 City company to pay RCC N$15m
04-08-2011
THE company that was behind the plans for the now-abandoned B1 City property development project in Windhoek has agreed to pay N$15 million to the Roads Contractor Company to settle the long-pending
readIn the dock
04-08-2011
This video image taken from Egyptian State Television shows 83-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak lying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom
readMore seals to die next year
04-08-2011
FISHERIES and Marine Resources Minister Bernhard Esau yesterday said he would increase seal culling quotas next year in an attempt to create jobs.For the past three years, 91 000 seals a year – 85 000
readWelwitschias to play Boland
04-08-2011
THE Welwitschias will on Saturday play provincial side Boland instead of the South African Universities team as reported earlier.Johan Diergaardt, coach of the Welwitschias, said the change was
readMubarak bedridden and caged, goes on trial in Cairo
04-08-2011
CAIRO – An ailing, 83-year-old Hosni Mubarak, lying ashen-faced on a hospital bed inside a metal defendants cage with his two sons standing protectively beside him in white prison uniforms, denied
readAngola cement ban lifted by year-end
04-08-2011
THE temporary ban on the importation of cement from Namibia to Angola will be lifted and Ohorongo expects to export to the neighbour by the end of the year.In an interview with Nampa on Tuesday, the
readA brief history of the consumer movement
04-08-2011
Consumer rights take hold: The first international conference of leaders from consumer organisations took place in The Hague on March 1960. Five of the 17 organisations present signed papers to create
readBest and worst cafés in Windhoek
04-08-2011
CAFÉS offer intimate spaces for people to meet for personal or professional purposes. Some offer a quick snack or a meal, and of course, coffee or any other beverage that someone can either enjoy
readUnsafe appliances destroyed in Pretoria
04-08-2011
Unsafe appliances worth N$3 million were destroyed by South Africa's National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) in Pretoria on Friday.Trade Minister Rob Davies said the items destroyed
readHelp consumers express themselves
04-08-2011
FOR a marketing officer life has become more complicated now that information no longer flows in only one direction and consumer ‘touch points’ have multiplied, says Harvard Business Review.A
readHelp consumers express themselves
04-08-2011
FOR a marketing officer life has become more complicated now that information no longer flows in only one direction and consumer ‘touch points’ have multiplied, says Harvard Business Review. A
readHRT’s potential Nam oil resources ooze billions
04-08-2011
BRAZILIAN independent HRT has boosted its estimate of potential resources in the Orange basin off Namibia after an assessment by an independent consultant, Upstream Online reported yesterday.Certified
readYuan won’t be major reserve currency
04-08-2011
BEIJING – The yuan may only account for three to five per cent of global reserve currencies a decade from now, an advisor to China’s central bank said yesterday, in remarks that underscored the global
readStocks tumble as debt fears intensify
04-08-2011
LONDON – World stocks tumbled towards five-month lows yesterday and top rated government bonds rallied as worries grew that fiscal cutbacks and stagnating factory output would prolong a global
readEmerging world buys billions in gold as West wobbles
04-08-2011
LONDON – Central banks of emerging market countries such as Korea and Thailand have added more than US$10 billion of gold to their reserves this year in a sign of waning faith in the West’s benchmark
readZim needs additional US$73m aid
04-08-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe needs an extra US$73 million in humanitarian aid this year, mainly due to increased food needs for vulnerable groups despite improvements in the agriculture sector, United Nations
readSA throws Swaziland R2,5b lifeline
04-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has agreed to a R2,5 billion bailout for Swaziland to help it through a budget crunch that had spurred unprecedented protests against Africa’s last absolute monarchy,
readWal-Mart dismisses government concerns
04-08-2011
CAPE TOWN – United States retail giant Wal-Mart and Massmart Holdings have rigorously defended their R16,5 billion merger, rejecting claims by the government that the deal poses a risk to the South
readCalendar: Guided walk through the Botanic Garden
04-08-2011
THE Botanical Society of Namibia is offering a guided walk in the Botanic Garden, on Saturday from 08h00.The garden is at the National Botanical Research Institute, 8 Orban Street, Windhoek The
readJo’burg to get recycling laws
04-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG residents will have to do their own waste separation or risk being fined if proposed new waste-management bylaws are put in place.According to a report in The Times on Monday the City of
readAnimal rights groups welcome Indian bullfight ban
04-08-2011
PANAJI, India – Animal rights campaigners welcomed an Indian government ruling that has torpedoed efforts to revive traditional, local-style bullfights in the resort state of Goa.The country’s
readTrophy-hunting advocates honoured
04-08-2011
NAMIBIA’S Minister of Environment and Tourism, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, received international recognition for her efforts to conserve Namibian wildlife through hunting tourism recently. Marina
readUkraine to save bears from forced vodka drinking
04-08-2011
KIEV – Ukraine’s Environment Minister Mykola Zlochevsky vowed on Wednesday to free all bears kept in restaurants for entertainment purposes. A news agency reported that the bears are often forced to
readKhaudum burns
04-08-2011
WIDESPREAD fires in the Khaudum National Park have raised concern about the park’s management.A Namibian, who has visited the park regularly over the past 22 years, says most of the park has burnt
readUkraine to save bears from forced vodka drinking
04-08-2011
KIEV – Ukraine’s Environment Minister Mykola Zlochevsky vowed on Wednesday to free all bears kept in restaurants for entertainment purposes.A news agency reported that the bears are often forced to
readMusic mogul, celebs invest in the future
04-08-2011
MUSIC mogul Russell Simmons and model Kimora Lee Simmons may no longer be married, but the pair came together in the name of charity at a dinner gala. The couple hosted a fundraiser to benefit Art
readBig Brother UK!
04-08-2011
THE waiting is finally over for reality show fans in the United Kingdom. The Guardian newspaper reports that it hears that Celebrity Big Brother is due to burst onto Channel 5 on Thursday, August 18,
readSarajevo award for Jolie
04-08-2011
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie was close to tears as she received a special award during an unannounced visit to Sarajevo’s film festival on Saturday with partner Brad Pitt.“I will start crying if
readSpecial police unit to probe Norway massacre
04-08-2011
OSLO – Police in Oslo are setting up a special unit to investigate the twin attacks that killed 77 people.Anders Behring Breivik has confessed to setting off a bomb in the capital and to a massacre at
readCops investigate bomb ‘strapped’ to woman
04-08-2011
PERTH – Australian bomb squads rushed to a house in a Sydney suburb yesterday to defuse what media reports said may be an explosive device strapped to a young woman’s body. Police said they could not
readUK seizes record cocaine haul
04-08-2011
LONDON – British officials said yesterday they have seized about 300 million pounds ($492 million) worth of cocaine in a record-setting drug bust on a pleasure boat.The UK Border Agency and Serious
readHIV+ man faces life in prison
04-08-2011
HAMILTON – A man convicted of murder through HIV transmission could spend the rest of his life in prison after a Canadian judge ruled on Tuesday he can’t be trusted to disclose his condition to future
readOkwaafuta iifendela taku talululwa moVenduka
04-08-2011
EWILIKO lyoshilando shaVenduka otali talulula omulandu gwalyo kombinga yokumangulula oongeleka nomanongelo kaaga fute iifendela yevi moshilando.Ewiliko lyoshilando sha Venduka poshigongi shalyo
readStandard Bank ota kwatha Iipindi yEenhana
04-08-2011
PETHIMBO ta popitha Oshituthiegululo shOmaulikilo gIikwaipindi gOkomumvo gEenhana pEenhana mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, oshiwike sha zi ko, Omukuluntu gwOmbaanga ya Standard mOshitopolwa
readOkawe ka Namibia okatimulongo muuyuni
04-08-2011
NAMIBIA okuli mongundu yiilongo omulongo yotango muuyuni kombinga yokulonga okawe komwaalu gwiimaliwa oyindji pamiyalu dhelanditho lyokawe omumvo gwayi. Pamiyalu dha gandjwa kolutu lwedhina Kimberly
readOranjemund ya yalulwa ongo oshilando
04-08-2011
OSHILANDO shomina yokawe komunkulofuta gwokuumbugantu waNamibia, Orange ngaashi sha tseyika nawa osha yalulwa ongo oshilando tashi iwilike shoshene.Eyalulo ndika lyoshilando shika ota li ti
readAapanguli yokathimbo yuulikwa ya longe mOmpangu yomOshakati
04-08-2011
OMPANGU yOpombanda yomOshakati otayi ka yakulwa kaapanguli yatatu yopakathimbo uule womwedhi nguka naangoka taguya. Aatokolihapu mbaka oya ulikwa opo ya kwathele okupulakena iihokolola, unene tuu
readAkwenye a tindilwa okulanda
04-08-2011
ETHANEKO lyomunangeshefa, Nelson Dicky Akwenye inali gwanithwa, konima sho ndika lya tindwa kewiliko lyospana yetanga lyokoompadhi yo Tigers. Oshifo shika osha kundana nawa kutya onkambadhala yAkwenye
readHerunga na Nghipandulwa ko IAAF
04-08-2011
AATOBDOKI ya Namibia yaali otaya ka kuthombinga muudhano womanyakwa wokumatuka muuyuni wa IAAF. Uudhano mbuka otawu ka kala moshilando sha Korea lyokuumbugantu, Daegu okuza omasiku 27 ga August
readOmudhindi gwopevi gwopo Informante a tidhwapo
04-08-2011
AANIILONGA yaali yopombanda moshikundaneki Informante oya thigipo iilonga. Ezo miilonga lyaambaka yaali oli nasha nehokololo ndyoka ya shangele kombinga yehilathano pokati ka Trustco’ na Econet
readAakali molukanda lwiipeleki Groot Aub eshongo enene
04-08-2011
ONGUNDU yo Congress of Democracy oya lundile epangelo kutya olina ondjo moshina sheindjipalo lyaantu yeli momahala giipeleki nenge momahala gayalwe. CoD okwa lundile holomende shalandula etokolo lyayo
readOondjamba dha piyaganeke mOmuntele
04-08-2011
OONDJAMBA ndhoka dha zi mEtosha, odha piyaganeke oshigwana mOshikandjohogololo sha Muntele mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, momikunda Onanke nOmutemo.Mu Juni na Juli nuumvo, odha kala dhi li unene
readRugby schoolboys test positive for steroids
04-08-2011
CAPE TOWN – Doping control tests have revealed that schoolboys as young as 17 years old participating in the recent Craven Week schools’ rugby tournament have tested positive for anabolic steroids and
readChinese fans, media lay into Ronaldo
04-08-2011
GUANGZHOU – Angry Chinese journalists and football fans yesterday lambasted an “arrogant” Cristiano Ronaldo after the Real Madrid superstar’s surly performance at a pre-match press conference. The
readConfident Wallabies don’t respect All Blacks
04-08-2011
WELLINGTON – Assistant coach Steve Hansen says even if it’s true the Wallabies no longer fear or respect his All Blacks, it won’t make any difference to how the New Zealanders to prepare to defend
readBrave Warriors B return unscathed
04-08-2011
THE Brave Warriors development side capped a successful tour of West Africa with a 1-0 victory over Dwarfs FC in Sekondi, Ghana, on Tuesday.The relatively young side won the match courtesy of
readUltra-marathon set to enhance Namibia’s image
04-08-2011
THE inaugural Windhoek Lager Fish River Canyon Ultra-Marathon will be a great advertisement for Namibia, event organiser Tinus Hansen said yesterday. Hansen believes the challenging event, scheduled
readAfrican Hockey Federation supports Namibia
04-08-2011
THE president of the Af- rican Hockey Federation, Seif Ahmed, and its treas- urer, Claire Digby, paid a visit to Namibia over the weekend to express support for Namibian hockey.Part of the pair’s
readVeteran Buys wins tennis tournament
04-08-2011
KALLIE’S Tennis School held the River Crossing Lodge tour- nament at Sport Klub Windhoek over the weekend.Former Namibian in- ternational Nicky Buys contested the final of the advanced men’s group
readAquaSplash Xtrail gains momentum
04-08-2011
MOMENTUM is gathering for the AquaS- plash Xtrail Run and Walk that will take place in the surrounds of Avis on Sunday.According to event organisers OTB Sport, there are already well over 200 entries
readSquash team seeks sponsor for world championships
04-08-2011
THE Namibian men’s squash team has qualified to participate in the World Teams Squash Cham- pionship in Paderborn, Germany, in August.The tournament will run from August 21 until 27. This is the first
readBig Brother Amplified: Win! WIN! Win!
04-08-2011
The show may be over, but the reality continues! Some hot Amplified action will be going down at Chez Ntemba ViP Namibia in Windhoek on Saturday night. DStv is hosting an eviction party for Namibia’s
readBig Brother Amplified: BBA prize winners
04-08-2011
The full list of Big Brother Amplified winners, who all receive a BBA hoodie and a BBA T-shirt, courtesy of DStv:• Monica Shapaku • Claudia Kangumba • Israel Iilende • Donald Tjikune • Kamwi Tebuha •
readIn Brief
04-08-2011
AU famine donor conference delayed ADDIS ABABA – An official with the African Union says a donor conference to raise money for Somalia famine victims has been postponed for at least two weeks.14 die
readFormer Flec leader’s daughter kidnapped in Kinshasa
04-08-2011
One of the daughters of the former leader of the Cabindan separatist movement FLEC, António Bento Bembe, was kidnapped in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, on Monday, the
readS Sudan rebel group agrees ceasefire
04-08-2011
KHARTOUM – A South Sudan rebel group led by renegade general Peter Gadet has agreed to an unconditional ceasefire and is committed to talks on merging its troops with the army, its spokesperson said
readANCYL undermining ANC, says Mantashe
04-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The ANC Youth League undermined the leadership of the ANC by its comments on helping bring about regime change in Botswana, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said
readYouth training centre at Mariental in shambles
04-08-2011
THE Kai //Ganaxab Youth Skills Training Centre at Mariental is facing a serious shortage of study materials for students to do practical exercises.The centre apparently does not follow any particular
readWalvis Bay dumpsite ‘a mess’
04-08-2011
THE municipal dumpsite at Walvis Bay has become a cause for concern due to a lack of fencing around the site and no plastic lining in the hazardous waste area.The lack of fencing means that the wind
readVerdict in child killing case today
04-08-2011
THE verdict in the trial of the man accused of murdering a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in the Gibeon area almost two years ago is expected to be delivered in the High Court in Windhoek today.The last
readTourists help spruce up school
04-08-2011
WITVLEI – Sixteen tourists from Norfolk, England, on Monday voluntarily painted some classrooms at the Nossob Primary School at Witvlei in the Omaheke Region.The group leader, Sid Batty, told Nampa
readRössing workers head to Labour Commissioner
04-08-2011
THE Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) will register a dispute next week with the Labour Commissioner on behalf of its members employed at Rio Tinto’s Rössing Uranium Mine, according to MUN Rössing
readRoads Authority, ACC sign agreement to fight corruption
04-08-2011
THE Roads Authority (RA) has stepped up its efforts in the fight against corruption by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) allowing it unrestricted
readNo bail for alleged money launderer
04-08-2011
JACO Olivier (30), who was arrested with his wife, Janine (26), in July for alleged money laundering, failed in his formal bail application on Tuesday.Swakopmund Magistrate Bernhard Tjatjara denied
readLavish birthday party for Geingob
04-08-2011
FRIENDS of founding Prime Minister Hage Geingob planned to spare no luxury last night when rolling out the red carpet for a high-profile guest list for his 70th birthday bash.The do, said to cost a
readFour murders in two hours
04-08-2011
FOUR people were murdered in less than two hours in Katutura early Saturday morning.Three men, aged between 17 and 23, were stabbed to death in what Police believe to be alcohol-fuelled fights. A
readForensics pending in Reho 'matricide'
04-08-2011
GEORGE van Wyk, who allegedly raped and murdered his mother at Rehoboth in March this year, on Tuesday had his case postponed until September for further Police investigation.A source close to the
readAbortion linked to high number of women’s deaths
04-08-2011
RESTRICTED reproductive rights and hostile clinical environments remain key contributors to the rate of unsafe abortions and baby dumping in Namibia.At the launch of a booklet on women’s experiences
read25 couples in traditional mass wedding at Sesfontein
04-08-2011
OPUWO – The Kasaona family of the Sesfontein settlement in the Kunene Region will have to expand the size of their kraal for the 90 cattle they received as dowry for the 25 women who were married over
readSMSes for Thursday 04 August 2011
04-08-2011
SMS Of The Day *DEAR Mr President, why is Namibia not assisting the Somali nation in distress? Thank God for South Africa, which is again sending medical teams food and equipment to assist these poor
readNotable Quotes
04-08-2011
The power imbalance in Namibia, where knowledge as well as financial and human resources are in the hands of companies, has created the unhealthy situation where a company can decide for itself
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