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67 Articles found on Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Lack of teachers affects Namcol too
01-02-2011
THE lack of teachers in Namibia does not only cripple the formal education sector, but also affects distance education institutions like Namcol.Moreover, Namcol director Heroldt Murangi on Friday said
readPohamba ‘concerned’ about Ivory Coast
01-02-2011
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has expressed concern at the deteriorating security situation in the Ivory Coast.This is the first official statement by Namibia on the political impasse in Ivory Coast
readSA fugitive sent home to face the music
01-02-2011
THE South African fugitive arrested by Interpol at Cape Cross on New Year’s Eve was sent back to Kuruman last night.Louis George Rademeyer, a right-winger from the Northern Cape province, was
readIt’s lily time!
01-02-2011
The crinum lilies on the farm Sandhofpan about 40 km from Maltahöhe are in bloom again.As soon as the pan is filled with rainwater the lilies start growing and about seven days later they are in full
readFight over Sacu revenue
01-02-2011
NAMIBIA is keeping its options open and will first scrutinise an independent draft report suggesting huge cuts in the revenue it gets yearly from the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) before
readJP, Daniela are top swimmers
01-02-2011
JP Engelbrecht and Daniela Lindemeier of the Namib Swimming Academy won the Senior Victor and Victrix Ludorum trophies at the National Swimming Championships that ended on Sunday.The 17-year-old
readMubarak shuffles cabinet but protesters say ‘Go!’
01-02-2011
CAIRO - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appointed a new interior minister yesterday as part of a revamped cabinet designed to defuse the most serious challenge to his rule in three decades.But it
readHusab mine gets ‘green’ thumbs-up from Govt
01-02-2011
EXTRACT Resources has received Government’s environmental stamp of approval for its Husab uranium project, paving the way for the development of the fifth-largest uranium-only deposit in the world.The
readAfrican turmoil casts pall over AU summit
01-02-2011
ADDIS ABABA - African leaders said yesterday Sudan and Somalia had not been forgotten at their annual summit overshadowed by the crisis in Egypt and major developments elsewhere in the region.While
readSMSss for Tuesday 01 February 2011
01-02-2011
SMS Of The Day *I AM calling for Roads Authority to consider constructing passing lanes on the Windhoek-Okahandja and Swakopmund-Walvis Bay roads and also on other roads with high traffic volume;
readNotable Quotes
01-02-2011
You opted for a luxurious type of food, it doesn’t convince me that you were hungry. – Magistrate Claudia Claasen told Ricardo Van Wyk at the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura. Van Wyk appeared
readDavos leaders cautious on economy
01-02-2011
DAVOS – Cautiously optimistic about the rebounding global economy, top business and government leaders have wrapped up their annual meeting with calls for economic growth to help the world’s poor and
readDon’t look down on lateral moves
01-02-2011
Many career advisors will tell you: if you’re going to make a move within your company, make sure it’s up. But before you swear off lateral moves, consider that they can be useful career builders as
readBillions for airports take off
01-02-2011
NAMIBIA will spend US$167 million, or nearly N$1,2 billion, on upgrading its airports over the next five years, the Namibian Airports Company (NAC) has said.In a statement, the NAC said the ongoing
readJan food prices close to record high
01-02-2011
MILAN – World food prices in January are expected to be close to record highs seen in December when they climbed above peaks which triggered riots in several countries in 2008, an economist at the
readEgypt’s opposition calls for 1 million on streets of Cairo
01-02-2011
CAIRO – A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo’s streets today to demand the removal of President Hosni Mubarak, the clearest sign yet that a unified leadership
readBritain’s teen pregnancy schemes have ‘failed’
01-02-2011
LONDON – The British drive to give free morning-after pills to teenage girls has failed to cut underage pregnancies.Schemes to offer over-the-counter emergency birth control to girls under 16 have
readCyclone roars toward Australia’s flooded north
01-02-2011
SYDNEY – A strong tropical cyclone roared toward Australia’s flood-ravaged northeast yesterday, prompting evacuations and warnings from officials that the storm could be the worst the already-swamped
readNamibian para-athletics team brings back two medals
01-02-2011
AFTER a poor start to the IPC Athletics World Championships for disabled athletes, the Namibians will return home with a silver and a bronze medal from Christchurch, New Zealand.Reginald Benade on
readSuarez passes Liverpool medical
01-02-2011
LIVERPOOL - Uruguayan World Cup striker Luis Suarez passed his medical at Liverpool and also agreed terms on Sunday, paving the way for him to complete his 22,8-million-pound (26,5m euro) move from
readUnam, Friends advance in Leo Cup
01-02-2011
THE University of Namibia won the Southern Stream First Division’s Leo NFA Cup elimination mini-tournament to advance to the last 32 of the lucrative cup competition. Joining them in the next round
readReal positive after defeat
01-02-2011
MADRID - Real Madrid tried to remain upbeat following the shock 1-0 defeat at Osasuna on Sunday which seriously damaged their La Liga title hopes.Real suffered only their second loss of the season 24
readNamibia’s hockey teams in Cologne
01-02-2011
NAMIBIA’s national men’s and women’s hockey sides are in Cologne, Germany, preparing for the Indoor World Cup in Poland.The teams will be based at the Sports University in Cologne, a magnificent
readHughes eyeing Wembley after Tottenham rout
01-02-2011
LONDON - Mark Hughes is already eyeing a trip to Wembley after his Fulham side crushed Tottenham to set up an FA Cup fifth round tie at home to Wigan or Bolton.Hughes’s side have emerged from a
readNamib Desert Challenge returns
01-02-2011
THE Namib Desert Challenge is back for the third consecutive year and will take place from March 27 to 31.The Desert Challenge, a 220-kilometre footrace over five days through the toughest and most
readIndia hopes for WCup win
01-02-2011
NEW DELHI - As Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar heads into his record sixth cricket World Cup, a nation of 1,2 billion is hoping he can cap a phenomenal career with a win for host India.Tendulkar
readOshipangelo sha Katutura nomashongo
01-02-2011
MINISTA gUukalinawa, Richard Kamwi okwa indile iikundaneki opo yi ya kwathele moshikondo shuundjolowele.Kamwi okwa ningi eindilo ndika konima sho oshifo sho The Namibia sha li sha kundaneke kombinga
readIta pewa iifutilemo
01-02-2011
OMUFEKELWA medhipago lya yina, Natangwe Ipinge Ngatjizeko okwa lombwelwa kompangu metitano kutya natango ota kala mondholongo omanga a tegelela oku pewa egeelo kompangu yopombanda ya
readABSA na Barclays ya tala Africa onakuyiwa
01-02-2011
OMBAANGA yAbsa ndjoka yi li oshitopolwa shombaanga yo ko Engelanda yoBarclays ota yi tsikile oku konga epungulo nokwandjaganeka oonkondo dhomayakulo gayo menenevi lyAfrica, pahapu dhomukuluntu gwa yo,
readOmilunga dhahugunina
01-02-2011
OSHIHAMPI oshityali shomilunga omayovi 15 600 osha thiki pokapale koondhila ka Hosea Kutako etitano. Omilunga ndhika omishona natango odha tu twa okuza pokapale mpoka oku falwa kodama ya Naute popepi
readNafau aniwa ota fundju
01-02-2011
EHANGANO lyaaniilonga lyaNamibia Food and Allied Workers Union aniwa olya fundju nolya fala aaniilonga pombambo oshow lyeya piyaganeke.Oohapu ndhika odha tumbulwa komuwiliki gwehangano lyedhina
readNgoloneya gwa Khomas niilonga
01-02-2011
NGOLONEYA gwa Khomas okwa hala omumvo gwonuumvo gu kale gweitulemo miilonga nogwokulonga nuudhiginini noshowo nokweetapo iinima iipe nenge omikalo omipe dhokulonga.Samuel Nuuyoma okwa ti shika otashi
readAakalimo yomoVaalgras ya pulakene ngoloneya gwa Karas
01-02-2011
EZIMO lya Orlam olyomakaya olya li lya gongala poshigongi shoshigwana shoka sha li sha hiwa kungoloneya gwa Karas, Bernadus Swartbooi pomukunda gwawo gwa Vaalgras.Okugongala kwawo okwa ningwa nonando
readOmufaalelwa a si moshiponga
01-02-2011
OMUFAALELWA gumwe okwa si na ya heyali ya ehamekwa, noonkondo sho okambesa kawo kiidhenge monkambe nokukandoma. Oshiponga shika osha ningilwa mondjila onene yopashigwana yonomola B1 pokati ka Asab na
readAa Russia ya futithwa mepogolo
01-02-2011
EPOGOLO moka aakwashigwana ya Russia yaali ya li ya landa okawe shaali pampango olye ya kanithitha kehe gumwe oodola omayovi 30 000.Aakwashigwana mbaka yaRussia, Mikhail Chuprov[40] na Aleksandr
readOmpumbwe yaalongi oya guma Namcol
01-02-2011
OMPUMBWE yaalongi oya guma woo Namcol. Kakele kompumbwe yaalongi ndjoka ya taalela aalongwa mboka ye li miipundi ethimbo lyuudha, aalongwa mboka taya ilongo okupitila moNamcol na yo woo oye na uudhigu
readThe Egyptian Revolution?
01-02-2011
BY 3 pm on Friday afternoon, the protesters in central Cairo were chanting: “Where is the army? Come and see what the police are doing to us. We want the army.” And that is the main question, really:
readThe Namibian Education Time Bomb
01-02-2011
I WONDER if I am alone in regretting the rather negative choice of headline in this paper last Friday ‘Grade 12 results no cause for joy’.In fact the grade 11 and 12 results are rather good compared
readAU appoints Ivory Coast crisis panel
01-02-2011
ADDIS ABABA - The African Union yesterday named members of a panel of heads of state tasked with finding a solution to the leadership crisis in Ivory Coast.The panel is to be headed by Mauritanian
read16 Killed in shootout in Somalia
01-02-2011
MOGADISHU - Fighting between Somali government troops and police killed 16 people in Somalia’s capital yesterday, witnesses said, underscoring the weak UN-backed government’s inability to control its
readSummerdown
01-02-2011
Farmers’ Association February 2: Meeting at 15:00 at the FA hall. Guest speaker is Peter Lindt of Corporate Guarantee. Contact Mardaleen Derks at 062 568887, or derks@iway.na.Dorsland Farmers’
readMeatco increases transit insurance
01-02-2011
MEATCO has increased the rate of its producers’ transit insurance from 0,5 per cent to 0,6 per cent for all livestock en route to company plants.The new rate became effective yesterday, Meatco said in
readKaras needs more livestock, crop researchers
01-02-2011
KEETMANSHOOP – The Karas Region is still experiencing an acute shortage of agricultural researchers, despite the important role played by agriculture in the socio-economic development of the country.
readFarmers want auctions, not abattoirs
01-02-2011
GOBABIS – Some livestock farmers in the Omaheke Region prefer to sell their animals live, rather than as slaughtered meat to Meatco or the Gobabis Abattoir, because they get higher prices.Most of the
readNew strategy to clear up beef in meat industry
01-02-2011
THE heavyweights in the local meat industry meet tomorrow to seek solutions to niggling issues like prices, markets and Meatco.The Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) said in its latest newsletter that
readWin! WIN! Win!
01-02-2011
2 N$150 Scooters Pizza vouchers up for grabsFollowing the successful opening of 10 stores in 2010, one of South Africa’s leading family pizza franchises, Scooters Pizza, has expanded into the Southern
readRevamped music awards bring exciting new changes
01-02-2011
The smiles on the faces of artists’ managers present at the launch of the inaugural Namibia Annual Music Awards (NAMA), co-sponsored by Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) and the Namibia
readBattle of the bumps at SAG awards
01-02-2011
They’re both due to give birth in a matter of months - and it clearly shows. Natalie Portman and Jane Krakowski showed off their growing baby bumps on the red carpet on Sunday night as they put in a
readSugar price goes up
01-02-2011
FEBRUARY won’t end on a sweet note for Namibians, as the price of sugar will rise by between 8,5 per cent and nine per cent.Announcing the increase yesterday, Namib Mills said sugar prices have
readSocial networking sites good, but also additive
01-02-2011
WINDHOEK – New-age technology is evolving every day, and the use of the Internet has become a huge part of many people’s lives as they use it on a daily basis.Social networking services such as
readSewage flows through school, guesthouse
01-02-2011
ON arrival at the Casa Bem-vindo Guest House in Windhoek West one is greeted by the stench of sewage flowing from a neighbouring schoolyard.The disgruntled owner of the guesthouse called The Namibian
readNew governor ruffles some feathers
01-02-2011
BATTLE lines have been drawn between Karas governor Bernardus Swartbooi and some political and Police heavyweights in the region.Since he was appointed by President Hifikepunye Pohamba as governor of
readNamibia’s child labour a thorny issue
01-02-2011
THE hidden yet rife phenomenon of child labour in Namibia requires more action and less talk, and a lack of solid policies protecting children from exploitation needs urgent attention. This is one of
readNamibia’s ‘saviour’ promises billions
01-02-2011
GROOTFONTEIN, Tsumeb or even Otavi – whichever jumps first – has the chance to become the answer to virtually all Namibia’s economic woes. All the municipalities of these towns have to do to grab this
readMutorwa stresses capacity building
01-02-2011
AGRICULTURE Ministe, John Mutorwa has emphasised the need for the country to build its own capacity to address skills shortages. “I am not a proponent of us being passive and waiting for experts from
readMuddy, smelly water worries Mariental
01-02-2011
SMELLY and brownish water has sparked fears among Mariental residents that they are being exposed to drinking water not fit for human consumption. Residents have inundated the town council with
readIn global land rush, a search for fair returns
01-02-2011
IF it does, there are plenty of potential problems – for both investors and for the countries they’re moving into.Take the village of Yainkasa, Sierra Leone, which has leased 123 600 acres of land to
readCourt rules treason trial evidence inadmissible
01-02-2011
EVIDENCE about scenes that were pointed out by four of the accused men in the main Caprivi high treason trial after their arrests more than eleven years ago was ruled to be inadmissible in their trial
readBlue Monday for Internet users
01-02-2011
BUSINESSES and individuals making use of Telecom Namibia as Internet service provider were offline for most of yesterday. All Telecom was prepared to say is that it was “experiencing technical
readArms treaty to rein in trigger-happy rogue regimes
01-02-2011
HALF a century after US president Dwight Eisenhower named and denounced the military-industrial complex’s ever-increasing influence on world affairs, the arms trade thrives more than ever, with
readCleaner coast for 2011 and beyond
01-02-2011
THE Namibian Coastal Cleanup Forum (NCCF), a voluntary organisation, is arranging three national cleanup events for the coast this year.The forum, which was established in October last year, decided
readSPYL condemns teachers
01-02-2011
“WE condemn, in the strongest terms, the teachers that spend their valuable time in casinos, gambling until as far as 04h00 in the morning,” the district secretary of the SPYL at Swakopmund, Siomi
readThe potter’s hand in Swakopmund
01-02-2011
GOOD news for coastal residents who would like to learn the fascinating art of pottery is that Sharon Flewellen, who has been involved in pottery all her adult life, last year reopened her all-new
readMore classrooms ease placement
01-02-2011
NEW classrooms built at the coast “really made this year’s enrolment much easier compared to previous years”, according to Clementine Tsumis-Garises, education inspector for Erongo’s Swakopmund
readLow-income housing shortage at Walvis
01-02-2011
WALVIS Bay is facing a serious shortage of affordable and suitable housing for low- and ultra-low-income people, according to the harbour town’s mayor, Derek Klazen, at the council’s first ordinary
readNamPower eyes Mile 8 for coal-fired power station
01-02-2011
THE Walvis Bay Municipality’s refusal to allow NamPower to build a 400MW coal-fired power station at Bird Island north of Walvis Bay, and the power company’s rejection of the land behind Dune 7, has
readSwakop sand mining illegal
01-02-2011
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has thrown a curve-ball that neither the Swakopmund municipality nor the Swakop River sand miners expected: the sand mining taking place in the river is in
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