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58 Articles found on Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Opposition case ‘not strong enough’
16-02-2011
OPPOSITION parties will consider whether to take the 2009 National Assembly election court challenge back to the Supreme Court within the next two days. Libolly Haufiku of the Rally of Democracy and
readPohamba shrugs off GIPF petition
16-02-2011
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday snubbed hundreds of disgruntled civil servants wanting to voice their dismay about the lost millions of the Government Institutions’ Pension Fund (GIPF) when he
readFamilies plan to sue hospital
16-02-2011
THE Ministry of Health could land in court after two people died when their oxygen supply failed in the Windhoek Central Hospital over the weekend.A teen mom (19) and a 40-year-old gangrene patient
readTigers aim to disrupt Ramblers’ momentum
16-02-2011
TIGERS will be out to disrupt Ramblers’ momentum when the two sides clash in a premier league match tonight, their coach Ronnie Kanalelo said yesterday.Kanalelo said his side were out to destabilise
readItaly’s Berlusconi to stand trial for prostitution with minor
16-02-2011
MILAN – An Italian judge yesterday ordered Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial on charges he paid for sex with a 17-year-old Moroccan girl, then tried to cover it up.Berlusconi has stood
readInflation figures dim rate-relief hopes
16-02-2011
THE latest inflation data, showing an increase in the annual rate from 3,1 per cent in December to 3,5 per cent last month, has cut hopes of the Bank of Namibia (BoN) decreasing interest rates later
readSMSes for Wednesday 16 February 2011
16-02-2011
SMS Of The Day *The uprising in north Africa is a challenging one and a good lesson for our leaders, I therefore urge you to keep your hands clean in terms of fishing quotas, tenders, contractors,
readNotable Quotes
16-02-2011
The striking, and we regret to say disturbing feature of the present election application is – in respect of several complaints – an attempt to set aside a national election in which hundreds of
readSouth Africa’s Absa tops consensus as bad debts fall
16-02-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Absa Group, the South African bank majority owned by Barclays , surpassed market expectations with a slight upturn in full-year earnings yesterday, helped by an improvement in bad
readSA truckers plan rallies as strike starts
16-02-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South African truckers planned protest rallies on to support a wage strike launched at the weekend.The South African Allied Transport Worker’s Union (SATAWU), the biggest body in the
readOil and rand pressure inflation outlook
16-02-2011
RISING oil prices and a weakening rand have transformed the outlook for inflation since the start of the year. An unusually cold northern winter and fears that supply will not keep up with demand have
readBarclays to link executive pay to capital strength
16-02-2011
LONDON – Barclays Plc is linking the pay of over 1 000 senior bankers to the British bank’s capital strength under pay awards to be unveiled this week, people familiar with the matter said on
readHoning your judgement
16-02-2011
Reversing a decision that isn’t working out can be a painful experience.Perhaps the product you launched isn’t selling, or an ad campaign that you were behind is falling flat. Whatever the issue,
readNew tax payment facility at Bank Windhoek
16-02-2011
BANK Windhoek has introduced a new tax payment functionality on its electronic payments and collections (EpaC) internet banking platform to accommodate the payment of amounts more than N$500 000.“With
read2 international banks suspend Ivory Coast operations for security
16-02-2011
ABIDJAN – Two large international banks have suspended operations in Ivory Coast in a move likely to weaken incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo’s grip on power in the world’s top cocoa producer.The West
readIn Brief
16-02-2011
MPs walk out as two dead in Bahrain demos MANAMA – Two protesters died in clashes with Bahraini police, sparking angry calls from young cyber-activists for regime change and a walkout of parliament
readEgyptian army wants civilian rule by August
16-02-2011
CAIRO – Egypt’s new military rulers said yesterday they hoped to hand power over to an elected civilian leadership within six months and insisted they had no desire to keep control following the
readChina limits smoking in films, TV shows
16-02-2011
BEIJING – China is ordering makers of films and TV shows to limit the amount of smoking depicted on-screen, the latest effort to curb rampant tobacco use in the country with the largest number of
readMyanmar up to its ‘old tricks’: US
16-02-2011
WASHINGTON – Myanmar’s threats against veteran pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi show the military-backed government has not changed despite elections in November that were widely dismissed as a
readMouton hearing postponed again
16-02-2011
THE planned disciplinary hearing of suspended NRU CEO Sackey Mouton did not take place on Friday. Both camps have chosen to remain mum on the matter, which leaves yet another unresolved issue on the
readCricket Shorts
16-02-2011
Sri Lanka-Canada clash sold out Sri Lanka’s opening World Cup match against cricketing minnows Canada has sold out, Sri Lanka Cricket said yesterday.Bangladesh catches ticket cheats Bangladesh’s
readHowzat!
16-02-2011
WIN N$1 000 in cash!!To coincide with the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup on February 19, we’re offering N$1 000 in cash for one lucky reader. You don’t have to be a cricket fan, or know how many
readRivals shrug off World Cup fears
16-02-2011
DHAKA - Six weeks of World Cup action gets under way on Saturday with the 2011 tournament tipped to be the most open in history.Four years ago in the Caribbean, Australia marched relentlessly towards
readSame route for Rössing marathon
16-02-2011
THE annual coastal Rössing Marathon and 10km run will start at the Swakopmund Athletics Stadium and follow the same route as last year’s event.The runners will depart from the stadium on Saturday onto
readFistball anticipates eventful season
16-02-2011
NAMIBIA’s fistball fraternity anticipates an eventful year starting with the season-opening tournament this Saturday. The two major events on the fistball calendar are the N$500 000 raffle fundraiser
readArsenal, Barca in attractive match-up
16-02-2011
LONDON – Arsene Wenger has warned that only Arsenal’s best will give them a chance of beating Barcelona tomorrow as the two most attractive sides in European football resume their Champions League
readEindilo lya Munyama lya ekelwahi
16-02-2011
EINDILO lyomuwiliki nale gwoNBC , Gerry Munyama opo egeelo ndyoka ta longele mondholongo li talulwe oluya ekelwahi mOmpangu yopombanda ya Venduka omaandaha ngaka.Omupanguli Kato van Niekerk okwa tindi
readOonkundana paufupi
16-02-2011
NAIROBI – Kenya oye oshilongo shotango shAafrika sha tameke etuntulo lyomukithi gwo pneumococcal, ngoka haga dhipaga aantu ye li etata lyomiliona omumvo kehe.KAMPALA – Omuwiliki gwongundu yompilamena
readNamibia na DRC
16-02-2011
NAMIBIA na DRC oya uvathana oku yelutha iipindi miimuna nomiikwayimuna.Momushangwa Uuministeli wuunamapya omeya nomakuti owa ti oshiwike sha yi kutya, amushanga muuministeli mboka AndrewNdishishi
readElelo lya Kahao lya gandja omadhina komapandaanda geli 19 omape
16-02-2011
OMUKOKOLIPRESIDENDE, Sam Nujoma, Frank Fredericks naangoka ali nale Omuleli gwa Cuba, Fidel Castro, oye li mongundu yomadhina gaantu mboka ya lukilwa omapandaanda pOkahao mOlyomakaya ga zi
readOmanongelo itaaga longo naga hulithepo shika
16-02-2011
OMANONGELO itaaga longo nawa naga kuthwepo. Omuwiliki gwelongo moshitopolwa sha Khomas, Josia Udjombala okwa lombwele aakuluntu yoosikola kutya osha pumbiwa opo omanongelo ngoka itaga longo nawa ga
readJan de Wet a hulitha
16-02-2011
OMUNAPOLITIKA omukulu, noshowo omunafaalama, Jan de Wet [83] okwa mana oondjenda dhe konima yokukala nuuvu wokankela. Nakusa deWet okwa huluko ongulohi yosoondaha ya yi moVenduka. Minista John Mutorwa
readOndando yomahooli ota yi londo
16-02-2011
ONDANDO yomahooli ota yi londo pombanda noosenda 35 molitera metitatu.Elondo lyondando yomahooli olya endele pamwe neyopombanda lyondjele yengushuluko ndjoka ngashingeyi ya yi pombanda
readEtokolo lyompangu yOpombanda
16-02-2011
IIZEMO yomahogololo goshigongi shopashigwana gomumvo 2009 ota yi kala ngaashi ya tseyithilwe. Shika osha landula sho Ompangu yopombanda moVenduka ya ekelehi eindilo lyoongundu omugoyi ndhoka dha li
readChasing the dots ...
16-02-2011
Pizza, Garlic, Scarabs in the Souk “WINDS of change” turned into a democratic hurricane. Despotic presidents fell as bullets of peace from the barrels of people power “guns” chased them. Tunisia and
readIn Brief
16-02-2011
SA police fire rubber bullets at protestors JOHANNESBURG – South African police say protesters have thrown stones, burned tyres and attacked a local television crew in a second day of demonstrations.
readZim court releases jailed PM’s drivers
16-02-2011
HARARE – A Zimbabwean court has arrested and released two of the prime minister’s drivers accused of possessing blue police-style beacon lights without clearance.Attorney Kossam Ncube says the drivers
readTunisia coastguard sinks migrant vessel
16-02-2011
DJERBA – Eight Tunisian migrants who attempted to cross by sea to Italy accused Tunisia’s coast guard on Monday of having rammed their boat, killing five people and leaving 30 missing.Survivors told
readRebels kill over 200 in South Sudan
16-02-2011
JUBA – Political leaders in Southern Sudan yesterday angrily accused Sudan’s Khartoum-based government of arming a rebel leader they say killed more than 200 southerners last week, a charge that could
readBieber fans vent fury at singer Esperanza Spalding over Grammy win
16-02-2011
She left thousand of Justin Bieber fans crying into their breakfast this morning after beating the pop star to a coveted award at the Grammys on Sunday night.And the teen heartthrob’s fans, known as
readIs Gaga copying Madonna?
16-02-2011
Lady Gaga has finally chimed in on the controversy that her new single, ‘Born This Way’, sounds like Madonna’s 1989 anthem, ‘Express Yourself’.Fresh off her appearance at the Grammys on Sunday night,
readBig hair from a billion-dollar woman
16-02-2011
She may have lost some of her lustre when it comes to record sales, but Jessica Simpson reigns supreme in the fashion world.Her empire is projected to make history this year, by becoming the first
readZimbabwe squeezes NamPower for more
16-02-2011
ZIMBABWE no longer wants to “subsidise” Namibia with power and wants to renegotiate a US$40-million barter deal so that NamPower at least pays market-related tariffs for the megawatts it imports from
readWoman burns 4 dogs to death
16-02-2011
FOUR dogs were burnt to death in Karibib on Saturday – allegedly by their owner, Ute Schwarz.The 47-year-old woman is suspected to have set alight the garage in which the dogs were. An adjacent
readTrucker convicted of drunk driving
16-02-2011
A South African truck driver was sentenced to N$4 000 or 12 months’ imprisonment – half of the sentence suspended for four years – after being convicted in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on a
readOkahao names its streets
16-02-2011
FOUNDING President Sam Nujoma, Frank Fredericks and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro were among 19 people who had streets named after them at Okahao in the Omusati Region on Saturday.Okahao
readOutsourced cashiers not paid wages
16-02-2011
SOME outsourced staff working at Woermann Brock supermarkets in Windhoek are allegedly being paid only half of their agreed monthly wages, whereas others have not been paid at all for up to three
readNCC looks into ‘cartel’ claims
16-02-2011
THE Namibian Competition Commission (NCC) will look into allegations that local supermarket chains are colluding to control prices and limit competition, the watchdog said yesterday.NCC Secretary Mihe
readNam concerned about Ivory Coast
16-02-2011
THE Namibian Government has called on the different parties in Ivory Coast to enter into a “good-faith dialogue as brothers and sisters”. Government earlier called for a negotiated settlement
readProgress at last at Windhoek library
16-02-2011
AN initial six-month closure for a long overdue facelift of the Windhoek Public Library turned into two years without books for many avid readers. Veno Kauaria, Director of Libraries and Archive
readFear adds to Walvis water woes
16-02-2011
IT’S not just the damage caused by the flooding Kuiseb River that is resulting in water restrictions in Walvis Bay since the weekend; it’s also the stockpiling of water by people who are afraid of a
readFaster Internet not likely to be cheaper
16-02-2011
FASTER Internet may be here, but it is unlikely that Namibians will see a reduction in Internet costs any time soon, if at all.Telecom Namibia last week announced the landing of the West Africa Cable
readBomb-scare officer awaits PG decision
16-02-2011
THE Police officer facing charges over the alleged planting of a fake bomb at Hosea Kutako International Airport in November last year could hear in early April where his case will go to from
readBad landing was chopper pilot’s fault
16-02-2011
A CRASH-LANDING at Ondangwa airport that caused substantial damage to the Namibian Police’s brand new N$43 million Eurocopter happened because of a “wrong decision” made by the pilot. The official
readA Fair Deal For Africa’s Resources
16-02-2011
NAMIBIA is a resource-based economy that has embarked on an ambitious development programme. Our vision is to turn Namibia into a knowledge-based, diversified economy by 2030. One of the major
readPupkewitz merger runs into trouble
16-02-2011
THE massive merger between Pupkewitz Megabuild and Massmart hangs in the balance after the South African giant failed to impress Namibian authorities with their idea of local participation.Mihe
readIntensify community policing, Uutoni urges
16-02-2011
THE deputy minister of Safety and Security, Erastus Uutoni, has emphasised the importance of community policing in the fight against crime. While addressing senior Police officers during a visit to
readParliament reopens with focus on agriculture
16-02-2011
A 21-gun salute marked the third opening of Parliament yesterday as the National Assembly returned to work.The opening attracted huge interest from the diplomatic corps that filled the public gallery,
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