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58 Articles found on Monday, 8 August 2011
Geingob wished a stroke-free life
08-08-2011
COMEDIAN Lazarus Jacobs wished former Prime Minister Hage Geingob a stroke-free life at his 70th birthday party on Wednesday.Jacobs made the statement at the Safari Court in the presence of about 600
readPolice and residents clash at Herero Mall
08-08-2011
CHAOS erupted at Herero Mall in Katutura, Windhoek on Friday evening when the Police clashed with an unruly crowd who refused to let the Police close down shebeens which were operating without
readOmbudsman invited by Seal Alert
08-08-2011
OMBUDSMAN John Walters says he would be open to suggestions on anything that can contribute to finding a solution for the seal culling fracas in response to an invitation by Seal Alert to fly him in
readAccounts frozen under Organised Crime Act
08-08-2011
THE bank and investment accounts and vehicle of an Oranjemund resident became the latest targets of a property preservation order in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act on Friday.Large cash
readSimon eyes Dodson KO
08-08-2011
WBF light heavyweight world title contender Harry ‘Onkugo’ Simon said on Friday he intends to knock out Tony Dodson on September 30. Despite having fought only three times in the last ten years,
readLondon wakes up to aftermath of worst riots for many years
08-08-2011
LONDON – London picked itself up yesterday from some of the worst violence seen in the British capital for years which politicians and police blamed on criminal thugs but residents attributed to local
readTwin debt crisis in the US can jeopardise Namibia recovery
08-08-2011
THE sovereign debt crisis in the US and Europe is increasingly kindling fears of another global recession, and could hit the recovering economies of Namibia and the rest of the region hard, local and
readCope with your incompetent boss
08-08-2011
Much like the weather, everyone complains about their boss, but nobody does anything about it.Harvard Business Review has some ideas. Everyone complains about his or her boss from time to time. But
readNamibia, Angola in power agreement
08-08-2011
ONDJIVA – The Managing Director of NamPower, Paulinus Shilamba, and his Angolan counterpart, Fernando Bairos, have signed a N$75 million power-supply agreement at Ondjiva in southern Angola.Through
readPotential oil reserves could put Nam on par with Nigeria
08-08-2011
THE potential crude oil resources off the coast of Namibia could have a considerable impact on the country’s economy, the chief executive officer of Chariot Oil & Gas, Paul Welch, has said.According
readInvestment in roads creates economic opportunities
08-08-2011
INVESTMENT in the transport sector has created economic opportunities for the poor directly through employment in infrastructure construction and maintenance, and the provision of rural transport
readSixth SME Expo huge success
08-08-2011
IN ITS 6th year, the three-day Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Expo which brought together 68 SMEs and featured three main events came to an end on Friday.The event started last Wednesday and
readRio Tinto head says world economy needs ‘hard work’
08-08-2011
SYDNEY – The chief of mining giant Rio Tinto yesterday said the global economy needed “several years of progressive hard work” but warned against a negative over-reaction given the strength of growth
readSA Ministers slam nationalisation
08-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG - Calls to nationalise South Africa’s mines, driven by the ruling party’s youth league, face new challenges from ministers who warn the scheme won’t fight poverty and fear the debate is
readBreach of trust
08-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – A company partly owned by ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s family trust benefits directly from multimillion-rand tenders it helps to award, City Press reported over the
readWorld Cup hangover for South African hotels
08-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Many South African hotels expanded to make room for football fans during last year’s World Cup, but now face declining occupancy rates that are taking a toll on the industry.In a sign
readPolar bear kills British boy in Norway
08-08-2011
OSLO – Norwegian hospital officials say four Britons attacked by a polar bear in the Arctic have been operated on and will be transferred home as soon as possible.University Hospital in Tromsoe
readSyrian tanks storm eastern city, defying UN appeal
08-08-2011
AMMAN – Syrian troops killed 20 people in a tank assault on the eastern city of Deir al-Zor yesterday, an activist group said, despite a direct U.N. appeal to President Bashar al-Assad to stop using
readNATO investigates deadly Afghan helicopter crash
08-08-2011
KABUL – Foreign forces in Afghanistan were yesterday investigating whether insurgents shot down a helicopter in what was the deadliest single incident for United States troops in a decade of
readOokomufala yomahogololo inaya tseyithwa natango
08-08-2011
EHOGOLOLO lyookomufala moKomisi yomahogololo ya Namibia inaya ulikwa nenge ya tseyithwe natango. Nando ongeyi Ominista yiipambele yUuperesidende, Albert Kawana okwa ti oshinima shika oshili pombanda
readOmaipulo kombinga yiifendela yokumina ga pewa Minista
08-08-2011
ONDUNDA Yoomina ya Namibia oya gandja omaipulo gayo kombinga yiifendela ya thanekwa kuMinista Yiimaliwa. Ondunda ndjika oyuuvite kutya omathaneko ngaka otaga ka tidhapo aapunguli mboka ya hala
readTransNamib ta konakonwa kOkomisi ya ACC
08-08-2011
EKUTO miilonga aniwa lyeeta omaipulo poTransNamib ota shi vulika, li konankonwe kOkomisi yokukondjitha Iilonga iiwinayi, ACC. Ekuto miilonga ndyoka olya talwa omeho omolwashoka aniwa nakupewa iilonga
readEhangano lyaaChina alike tashi vulika miilongo yaNamport
08-08-2011
EHANGANO lyokutunga lyaChina otaku tiwa olyo alike aniwa lyapiti molweetho lwotango molukongo lwaNamport okukonga ngoka ta longo iilonga yathanekwa ku ndika.Iilonga mbyoka tayi kongelwa omahangano
readOndjindikila yelanditho lyosamende
08-08-2011
ONDJINDIKILA yokulanditha osamende okuza moNamibia okuya koAngola otadhi ka kuthwapo mbala pehulilo lyonuumvo. Onkene ofabulika yosamende yOhorongo oya tegelelwa ishewe okutameka okulanditha osamende
readAavukuland ya pula ekwatho ku muni
08-08-2011
AAKALIMO yomOlukanda olupe mOshomeya mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto halu ithanwa Vukuland, oya indile Muni gwawo gwaShomeya, eya kwathele moluhepo lwawo olunene lwomeya nuundjugo.Oshilyo shimwe
readOshipotha sha Shaduka tashi ka talululwa
08-08-2011
OKWEETHIWA kwomunangeshefa Lazarus Shaduka inaa monika ondjo medhipago lyomukadhi omumvo 2008, mOmpangu Yopombanda otaku ka talululwa mOmpangu Onene yoshiongo. Ombelewa yomutamaneki Ndjayi oya
readOmathiga thanopo ga Old Mutual mOshakati
08-08-2011
OMASIKU ga zi ko, Ehangano lyOmakwashilipaleko Enankondonkondo lya tseyika nawa Old Mutual, omasiku ga zi ko olya longekidhile po uudhano wokumatuka mOshakati mOshitopolwa sha Shana moka aagundjukla
readNamibia slips to sixth position
08-08-2011
NAMIBIA slipped down to sixth position on the log in the ICC U19 World Cup Qualifiers after losing by 40 runs to Scotland on Saturday.In a match curtailed by rain, Scotland scored 180 for 9 off 43
readNamibia off to flyer at Fistball World Champs
08-08-2011
NAMIBIA got their Fistball World Championship campaign underway with an emphatic straight sets win over Serbia yesterday. The opening game of the World Cup between the two nations ended 3-0 (11:4;
readSA Football rights cost 150m
08-08-2011
THE SA Football Association value their television rights to be worth between R130 and R150 million a year, a top association official revealed this week.“The figure is the association's own
readJS Academy go top of WSL log
08-08-2011
ZENATHA Coleman led her team to their second successive win in the Women’s Super League (WSL) when JS Academy beat Unam Bokkies 4-1 at El Dorado High School on Saturday.Coleman scored a hat-trick with
readIita, Johannes win Victory Races
08-08-2011
REINHOLD Iita and Helalia Johannes, both of the Namibia Defence Force, won the last leg of the Old Mutual Victory Races in Windhoek on Saturday, to finish as the overall winners of the series.Iita won
readWelwitschias beats Boland XV
08-08-2011
NAMIBIA beat a Boland Invitation team 43-12 in a friendly rugby match in Windhoek on Saturday. The match served as preparation for the Rugby World Cup and although the victory was comfortable enough,
readWoods slides further adrift at Bridgestone
08-08-2011
AKRON – Tiger Woods slipped further adrift at the Bridgestone Invitational on Saturday, but the 14-time major champion insisted there were encouraging signs in his game.Woods struggled on the greens,
readNani double secures Community Shield
08-08-2011
LONDON – Manchester United underlined their determination to hold off the challenge from title rivals Manchester City as Nani’s last-gasp winner clinched a 3-2 victory in the Community Shield
readImpressive Brussow set for Springbok recall
08-08-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Flank Heinrich Brussow boosted his chances of a Springbok recall with a superb second-half performance which helped Free State Cheetahs defeat Western Province 28-22 Saturday in the
readAll Blacks defence rated 2011 World Cup weapon
08-08-2011
AUCKLAND – The All Blacks’ attack has produced nine tries in two Tri-Nations Tests but it is their ruthless defence that is being rated their most lethal weapon heading into the World Cup.New Zealand
readRapture in Harare
08-08-2011
The global rapture predicted for May 21 may not have come to pass, but Zimbabwe’s Big Brother Amplified housemate, Wendall, one of this year’s two BBA winners, and fellow Zimbabwean Vimbai received a
readBooyah!
08-08-2011
Big Brother Amplified housemate Bernadina Buys rocked Club Chez Ntemba VIP in Windhoek on Saturday night. The club was jampacked, with fans turning out in droves for Berny’s belated eviction,
readNamibian model heading for Miss Supranational in Poland
08-08-2011
Susan van Zyl (right), a Namibian model who was also second princess in the Miss Namibia 2009 Pageant is headed to Plock, Poland, where she will take part in what is described as the ‘grand slam’ of
readMalnourished Somali baby thriving as rare success
08-08-2011
DADAAB – Only 10 days ago, Minhaj Gedi Farah was too weak to cry and his skin crumpled liked thin leather under the pressure of his mother’s hands. Now doctors say the severely malnourished
readSomali rebels leave Mogadishu
08-08-2011
MOGADISHU – Somali government forces backed by African Union troops yesterday moved cautiously into areas of the famine-struck capital abandoned the day before by Shabaab rebels, a senior military
readAppeal widens in tourist murder case
08-08-2011
THE second man serving a 46-year prison term over the murder of a German tourist in an armed robbery west of Windhoek in mid-2007 heard last week that he may now appeal against his conviction and
readAus sewerage tender dispute heads to court
08-08-2011
A KEETMANSHOOP-based close corporation, Hektas Fashion CC, has obtained an interdict from the High Court to prevent a competitor from starting or continuing with work under a sewerage tender allocated
readSuspected killer still in critical condition
08-08-2011
A SUSPECT in the murder of 44-year-old Hanna Absalon, is still in critical condition at the Katutura State Hospital. The suspect, a 40-year-old taxi driver, shot Absalon, who is believed to have shot
readKaaronda calls for social safety net for poor
08-08-2011
NATIONAL Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) secretary general, Evilastus Kaaronda has called on the Government to provide a social wage and safety net for the working class and the poor.Speaking at a
readPolice impound Govt car at Opuwo
08-08-2011
OPUWO – The Namibian Police at Sesfontein impounded a Government vehicle during the mass wedding of 25 couples there last Sunday.The vehicle belongs to the Ministry of Regional and Local Government,
readHagedorn still missing
08-08-2011
CLOSE to three months after the former Namib Woestyn soccer star, Laurentius Daito Hagedorn, disappeared, there is still no trace of him.On Friday, his daughter, Sybilla Hagedorn, said there are no
readGangsters take over Windhoek neighbourhoods
08-08-2011
THE stabbing and murder of a 15-year-old boy in Havana’s informal settlement in June highlighted increasing gang activity in Windhoek’s informal settlements.According to assistant superintendent
readErongo Red still working with NEPT
08-08-2011
ERONGO Red Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gerhard Coeln has dismissed media reports that the electricity provider is expected to pull the plug on Namibia Electronic Payment Terminals (NEPT), saying
readEtosha elephant marked to die
08-08-2011
AN outcry by a village in the Oshikoto Region over a group of elephants has forced the Ministry of Environment to declare one of the elephants a problem animal.According to Dr Kalumbi Shangula,
readRoyal House condemns ‘dethroning’ of /Gâseb
08-08-2011
THE Vice Chairperson of the Goresen Royal House, Theophelus Gurirab, has condemned the recent election of Abet Ganaseb as the ‘new chief’ of the !Oe#Gân Traditional Authority in an attempt to
readWoman hospitalised after boyfriend crashes into her
08-08-2011
AFTER a braai with some friends last weekend, a Rehoboth man allegedly almost killed his girlfriend by hitting her with his car.Rachel van Wyk spent a few days in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a
readColonel Homateni given heroes funeral
08-08-2011
SWAPO veteran of the liberation struggle Nathanael Homateni (85) who died in the Oshakati State Hospital on July 31 was buried at Onandjaba village of Okalongo District in the Omusati Region.The
read2011 national population census kicks off
08-08-2011
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has called upon the nation to stand up and be counted during the 2011 national population and housing census.The exercise was launched with much pomp and ceremony in
readCats in Avis being killed
08-08-2011
A GROWING number of cats have gone missing in Windhoek's Avis neighbourhood since May. Residents there fear their pets are being deliberately killed and have reported the incidents to the Police. In
readSMSes for Monday 08 August 2011
08-08-2011
SMS Of The Day *SOME SOEs and Ministries seem to be dependent on the media to be informed about the state of affairs under their noses. Food for Thought *SCAVENGING at Kleine Kupperberg for
readNotable Quotes
08-08-2011
[I] basically grew up here.We all live here, we look after each other like brothers ... Jobs are very hard to find. We still have apartheid in this country. Some people have nothing, and others have
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