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62 Articles found on Thursday, 10 February 2011
Police slammed over fatal city shooting
10-02-2011
THE killing of Windhoek resident Matheus Shipanga, who was shot dead by the Police in the early morning hours of Sunday, was “a cold-blooded murder”, the head of human rights organisation Namrights
readMining firm makes empty bed promises
10-02-2011
CLOSE to three months after Purity Manganese pledged to donate 200 beds to a needy primary school, the mine still has not honoured this undertaking.In fact, the mine now claims that it does not have
readMeatco was at fault: Bamhare
10-02-2011
THE ‘banned’ substance discovered at Meatco’s feedlot by European Union (EU) inspectors last week “was not used in the manner in which it should have been used”.So said Dr Cleopas Bamhare, the chief
readMouton digs into NRU
10-02-2011
ISAK ‘Sackey’ Mouton, the suspended Namibia Rugby Union CEO, has accused his employers of “inappropriate conduct” with regard to his disciplinary hearing. Mouton, through his lawyers, Lorentz Angula
readEgypt counts cost of turmoil
10-02-2011
CAIRO – Egyptians counted the economic cost of more than two weeks of turmoil yesterday as re-invigorated protesters flocked again to Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand President Hosni Mubarak quit
readSMSss for Thursday 10 February 2011
10-02-2011
SMSes Of The Day *NAMIBIAN lawmakers watch and do something about the Divorce Act otherwise people will continue to marry for fun or for wealth because it’s easy to quit. Food for Thought *I DON’T
readNotable Quotes
10-02-2011
There is nothing wrong with the odour, but it is a strong smell and creates discomfort – Ellen van Ginkel, spokesperson of Netherlands’ KLM Royal Dutch Airlines responded to allegations that a group
readIMF warns about Europe debt spillover
10-02-2011
TOKYO – A possible global economic slowdown stemming from Europe’s sovereign debt problems could affect currency and stock markets and weigh heavily on Japan’s growth prospects, an International
readLSE, TMX merger to create massive trading platform
10-02-2011
TORONTO – The London Stock Exchange is in advanced talks to take over the owner of the Toronto Stock Exchange, a deal that would create a major centre for trading mining shares if it overcomes likely
readReforms risk ‘two-speed’ zone, says EU
10-02-2011
LONDON – Plans by France and Germany to improve economic competitiveness in the euro zone risk creating a “two-speed Europe” that closes the door to non-euro countries, the bloc’s budget chief said
readSA state coal firm to open this month
10-02-2011
CAPE TOWN – A state-owned South African mining company likely to focus on coal and uranium will be up and running by the end of February, but much of its work will be farmed out to private firms, a
readZimbabwe hikes mining exploration fees to $1m
10-02-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe has hiked mining exploration fees almost 2 000 per cent to US$1 million in a bid to curb speculation, a state daily reported yesterday.“We have companies and individuals who are
readJapan keen to invest ‘billions’ in Africa
10-02-2011
CAPE TOWN – Japan is keen to invest “billions of dollars” in minerals and infrastructure in Africa, trying to catch up to regional rival China for influence on the continent, a Japanese trade official
readCampaign against tax havens launched
10-02-2011
DAKAR – Civil society groups at the World Social Forum here launched an international campaign Tuesday to push members of the G20 group of leading economies to end financial secrecy in tax havens.“We
readDrought endangers China’s harvest
10-02-2011
ROME – China’s winter wheat harvest is at risk because of a drought that has also led to shortages of drinking water for people and livestock, the UN food agency has said.The UN Food and Agriculture
readEgypt makes emerging market investors selective
10-02-2011
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Investors may be more finicky when it comes to emerging markets after violence in Egypt and stronger US data drove record net redemptions from the sector’s biggest exchange traded
readHopes fade for missing Swiss twins
10-02-2011
MARSEILLE – Twin six-year-old girls missing for 10 days from their home in Switzerland were last seen on a ferry to Corsica with their now-dead father, a Marseille prosecutor said yesterday.As hopes
readPirates seize Greek tanker off Oman
10-02-2011
ATHENS – Pirates seized a Greek-flagged supertanker with 25 crew members off the coast of Oman yesterday, Greece’s Merchant Marine Ministry said.The Irene SL was sailing 200 nautical miles (360
readValentine’s Day crackdown planned for Malaysia
10-02-2011
KUALA LUMPUR – Several Malaysian states are planning a crackdown on “immoral acts” during Valentine’s Day as part of a campaign to encourage a sin-free lifestyle, an Islamic party leader said
readProsecutors seek sex trial for Berlusconi
10-02-2011
MILAN – Italian prosecutors filed a request yesterday to bring Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to trial immediately on charges of paying for sex with an underaged girl and improperly pressuring
readNPL suspends CEO Haikali
10-02-2011
NAMIBIA Premier League chief executive officer Mathew Haikali said he has not been suspended as suggested by media reports.Haikali yesterday told The Namibian Sport that he had taken a month's
readGalz and Goals festival in Khomasdal
10-02-2011
ON Saturday, the NFA’s Galz and Goals football programme in partnership with Unicef and Score will reach out to community members, providing VCT services and important healthy lifestyle messages to
readRamblers and SKW derby showdown
10-02-2011
RAMBLERS and SKW will meet in a crucial derby today, which they both need to win in order to keep their league title aspirations alive. The match will be played at the Sam Nujoma Stadium at 20h00.
readNamibia hammered in Hockey World Cup debut
10-02-2011
NAMIBIA’s debut at the Indoor Hockey World Cup will be one that the teams will want to quickly forget as they were hammered by favourites Germany and Belarus on Tuesday.The men were walloped 18-0 by
readNedbank Cycle Challenge on this weekend
10-02-2011
LOCAL cyclists will have a mammoth task to overcome on Sunday, when they pedal it out in the Nedbank Cycle Challenge in Windhoek.For the first time in its 26-year history, there will be a
readPhiri calls for local coach support
10-02-2011
THE head of the Malawian football team, Kinna Phiri, has called on African football administrators to have faith in homegrown coaches. Phiri said African football bosses had a habit of undermining
readEuropean clubs aim to keep players out of Olympics
10-02-2011
GENEVA – Some of Europe’s best young football players could be kept out of the 2012 London Olympics under a proposal outlined by their clubs yesterday.The European Club Association wants an agreement
readBeckham still at Spurs
10-02-2011
LONDON – David Beckham has extended his training stint with Tottenham by another two weeks.The former England captain had been set to return to the United States this week but the Premier League side
readGuardiola extends Barca stay
10-02-2011
MADRID – Barcelona have secured the services of Pep Guardiola for one more season after their ‘spectacularly’ successful coach agreed to extend his contract with the La Liga champions to the end of
readBangladesh prepares for biggest event
10-02-2011
BEGGARS are being paid to keep a distance. Bus and car owners are under orders to paint and repair ramshackle vehicles or risk fines. Beggars are being paid to keep a distance. Bus and car owners are
readNetherlands look to surprise big teams
10-02-2011
COLOMBO - The Netherlands are hoping luck, obscurity and good preparation will help them spring a surprise on bigger teams as they start their fourth World Cup this month.“We come in a little bit
readVirender Sehwag aims for good India start
10-02-2011
NEW DELHI – Flawless hand-eye coordination and a simple batting philosophy where half-measures have no place allow Virender Sehwag to compensate for other shortcomings and make himself invaluable to
readOongoloneya ya ganithwa
10-02-2011
OONGOLONEYA yiitopolwa 13 oya ganene oshinakugwanithwa shawo etiyali, nokutameka ngaaka iilonga pambelewa. Mbaka oya li ya ulikwa komuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba pamautho goveta yAagandjimayele
readEkengelelo lya monika mehangano lyokweenditha
10-02-2011
UUKUNDI mokukondolola iinima ota ku tiwa owa tula TransNamib moshiponga shoku kengelelwa noshowo iifuta ya puka yi li momwaalu gwoodola oomiliona odhindji. Uuyelele mbuka owa hololwa kekonakono
readAadhimba ya kuthwa mondhila molwezimba
10-02-2011
ONGUNDU yaaNamibia yomuhoko gwaadhimba oya undulwamo mondhila yiilonga yomatuko gomombepo ga Holland, gedhina KLM Royal Dutch Airlines mehuliloshiwike, aniwa molwaashoka oyena ezimba lya tsa.Ongundu
readpOutapi ota pu ka tungwa Osenda yaakanyothi
10-02-2011
ELELO lyopamuthigululwakalo lya Mbalantu olya katuka onkatu okukwathela oomeme ye li momategelelo, mboka ya ningi oomvula odhindji taya longitha omuti gumwe gu li pooha nOshipangelo shOpashitopolwa
readEU na Meatco ta ya kundathana kombinga yonyama muka
10-02-2011
NATANGO opena uupyakadhi mokulanditha onyama kiilongo yUukumwe waEuropa konima sho pwa adhika omiti inaadhi pitikwa dha wendithwa oongombe pehala lyokupaluthila oongombe lyOkapuka pondje
readOkapale koondhila taka longululwa
10-02-2011
EHANGANO lyuupale woondhila lya Namibia[NAC] ota li longulula okapale koondhila pOndangwa. Elongululo ndika olya kwatelamo okutula oteya kondjila ndjoka ya ya mokapale, noshowo okwoopaleka omahala
readNAU ti ipula konkalo moshikondo shonyama
10-02-2011
EHANGANO lya Namibia lyuunamapya [NAU] ota li ipula kombinga yonakuyiwa yoshikondo shonyama. Nau okwa ti eipulo lye olya zi sho a ndhindhilike edhipago lyoongombe dhomwaalu omushona puutomeno wa
readEtunda noondya dhiimuna
10-02-2011
TUNDA Irrigation Project olya tameke nonzo yimwe ishewe yiiyemo. Omuwiliki gwiilonga mbika ngoka opo a ulikwa nenge a tameke iilonga mbika, Johan Le Riche okwa tokola okulonga iikulya yiinamwenyo
readMeatco a mweneke edhipago lyoongombe
10-02-2011
EHANGANO lyonyama lya Namibia[Meatco] olya mweneke edhipago lyoongombe ndhoka hadhi ondodhwa mokupewa iikulya. Emweneko ndika olya landula sho ongundu yaza kiilongo yUukumwe wa Europa wa mono kutya
readEkonakono lyaGIPF lyapwa
10-02-2011
EKONAKONO lyaa yaluli yiithikamena moshinima sho GIPF kombinga yekanitho lyiimaliwa okupitila moshiketha sha Development Capital Portfolio olya koleke kutya aaniilonga yomepangelo oya kanitha iimaliwa
readWetlands conservation project enhances living standards
10-02-2011
NAIROBI – In one of Kenya’s most polluted river basins, a conservation project coordinated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has helped raise health and living standards of local
readVuvuzelas used to scare off jumbos
10-02-2011
RURAL communities in the North whose crops and homesteads are destroyed by elephants have been given vuvuzelas to scare off the jumbos.Dr Kalumbi Shangula, the permanent secretary of Environment and
readGiant African snails monitor air pollution
10-02-2011
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – It’s a snail-paced solution to pollution woes.The St. Petersburg waterworks is putting six giant gastropods to work monitoring emissions from a sewage incinerator. The African
readKate and Wills turn off plans for first royal wedding in 3D
10-02-2011
They may have ‘tweeted’ their engagement and sent ‘save-the-dates’ to royal guests by fax. But Prince William and Kate Middleton have drawn the line at 3D coverage of their wedding.They recently
readIt’s over... again! Jude Law and Sienna Miller split
10-02-2011
Jude Law and Sienna Miller have split for the second time. It comes just two months after the couple bought a £8million love nest in London amid rumours they were planning to marry.“I can confirm that
readI’d bang my head against a wall because I felt so unattractive’ – Janet Jackson
10-02-2011
Janet Jackson has revealed she was so disgusted with her body that she would smash her head against a wall. The singer said she felt ‘unattractive’ and hated her body image growing up.Jackson said her
readPerivi’s ‘Love Is...’To Air On One Africa
10-02-2011
The Namibian Theatre and Film award winning film ‘Love is...’ will be screened on One Africa television this Sunday, February 13, as part of their Valentine’s Day celebrations. The film was written
readSenate grants Tunisia leader wide powers
10-02-2011
TUNIS – Tunisia’s Senate agreed unanimously yesterday to grant wide powers to the interim president struggling to restore order to the country following the overthrow of ex-leader Zine El Abidine Ben
readItaltile CEO killed in plane crash
10-02-2011
JOHANNESBURG –The chief executive officer of tile company Italtile, Gianpaolo Ravazzotti, was one of nine people killed in a plane crash over Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route on Tuesday, the
readSA’s Cope expels co-founder Shilowa
10-02-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Parliament has been notified of the “expulsion” of Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa from the party for alleged mismanagement of parliamentary funds, it said on Tuesday.In a short
readWindhoek plot prices kept artificially high
10-02-2011
THE Windhoek Municipality appears to be directly to blame for the cost of land escalating at an alarming rate in the city. Many residents blame the municipality for a slow and ineffective land
readWhen we have food, we are rich
10-02-2011
IN the deep north of Southern Africa’s driest country, Namibia, about 10km from the Angolan border, live an elderly farming couple and their 10 adopted children, who watch the sky every day for rain.
readWalvis Bay councillor in accident
10-02-2011
WALVIS Bay Urban Constituency councillor Hafeni Ndemula was transferred to a hospital in Windhoek after sustaining neck injuries in a car accident near Karibib on Tuesday.Ndemula told The Namibian
readSuplicy meets top Govt officials
10-02-2011
BRAZILIAN Senator Eduardo Suplicy has met with President Hifikepunye Pohamba, Prime Minister Nahas Angula and other public officials to advocate for the implementation of a universal basic income
readOperation Smile restores Namibian children’s faces
10-02-2011
MORE than 30 Namibians have new faces thanks to a mission to the country by Operation Smile South Africa, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Social Services.Most of the operations
readNo food aid for townspeople
10-02-2011
PEOPLE living in towns are not entitled to food aid, says the councillor for the Oshakati East constituency.Responding to a request for food aid by residents of the Sky informal settlement in
readMiner falls to his death in Erongo Mountains
10-02-2011
A MAN who was mining for crystals in the Erongo Mountains died when he fell off a cliff on Monday.The incident took place in the late afternoon, Chief Inspector Chris Kalimbula of the Erongo Police
readExpectant mothers get waiting facility
10-02-2011
THE Ombalantu Traditional Authority has come to the rescue of heavily pregnant women who have been camping under a tree next to the Outapi District Hospital until they go into labour.Chief Oswin
readDiamond cutters want to remove manager
10-02-2011
TEMPERS reached boiling point on Monday as employees of AMC-Gemxcell organised a demonstration, calling for the immediate dismissal of the company’s general manager, Eugene Roos.The Mineworkers Union
readNam takes dip in uranium output
10-02-2011
NAMIBIA last year produced 150 000 pounds less uranium oxide than in 2009, figures released yesterday by Old Mutual Namibia group economist Robin Sherbourne have shown.The country’s two uranium mines,
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