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54 Articles found on Thursday, 17 February 2011
Wet January rewrites Windhoek rain records
17-02-2011
THE exceptionally wet weather during January has set a new rainfall record in Windhoek, the Meteorological Service of Namibia reported this week.Rainfall figures gathered from weather stations across
readNo resettlement for high-income earners
17-02-2011
LANDS Minister Alpheus !Naruseb has asked regional governors to review the criteria for land resettlement, particularly the provision dealing with the exclusion of applicants whose gross
readGIPF heads to roll
17-02-2011
GOVERNMENT plans to go after those who squandered millions of workers’ retirement savings through the Government Institutions’ Pension Fund (GIPF), demanding that they pay back the money and even
readBurger injury not serious: Diergaardt
17-02-2011
THE Welwitschias’ head coach, Johan Diergaardt, says captain Jaques Burger’s knee injury is not that serious.Diergaardt told The Namibian Sport yesterday that he had made contact with the gung-ho
readLibyan city ‘rocked by protests’
17-02-2011
TRIPOLI – Hundreds of people clashed with police and government supporters overnight in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, a witness and local media said, in a rare show of unrest in the oil
readNCC drafts whistle-blowing policy to fight cartels
17-02-2011
THE Namibian Competition Commission (NCC) is busy drafting a corporate leniency policy to allow businesses to blow the whistle on cartels, and in return get spared the full wrath of the watchdog.NCC
readSMSes for Thursday 17 February 2011
17-02-2011
SMS Of The Day *THE Youthpaper’s headline ‘Bullies are Cowards’ – what an appropriate label for those who set out to make some of their fellow beings’ lives miserable! Bullying does not take place at
readNotable Quotes
17-02-2011
I AM very sad. I saw my daughter and she was getting better. She was OK and suddenly her heart stopped? – Eva Somaes said this few days after her daughter, Magrith Somaes, died in the intensive care
read‘Thank you’ goes a long way
17-02-2011
There is far too little praise and appreciation in most work environments. Even those who are good about giving positive feedback can tend to reserve it for ‘above and beyond’ moments. Yet, the
readEgypt ups its deficit forecast
17-02-2011
CAIRO – The political unrest that rocked Egypt over the last month will cut tax revenue and has prompted the government to raise the 2010-11 budget deficit forecast by as much as half a percentage
readLocal vehicle sales pick up speed
17-02-2011
MORE than 11 000 vehicles were sold locally from January 2010 to February 2011, representing an annual increase of 12,1 per cent, Simonis Storm Securities (SSS) said yesterday. Cumulative total
readBanks ‘had to know’ of fraud, Madoff says
17-02-2011
WASHINGTON – Wall Street fraudster Bernard Madoff told The New York Times in a prison interview that unidentified banks and hedge funds were somehow “complicit” in his massive Ponzi scheme.“They had
readBasel rules to have little impact on world economy
17-02-2011
LONDON – Tougher global bank capital rules will barely hinder economic growth, said a study yesterday, casting doubt on claims from the banking sector they would result in a credit squeeze that would
readD.Boerse unveils NYSE deal
17-02-2011
FRANKFURT/NEW YORK – Deutsche Boerse faces a long, hard struggle to get approvals from a host of regulators for its US$10,2-billion takeover of NYSE Euronext to form the world’s largest exchange
readSacu: Pigs at the trough
17-02-2011
FOR decades, South Africa has been bankrolling small neighbouring economies through a skewed revenue sharing arrangement but, with Lesotho and Swaziland facing acute fiscal crises, South Africa might
readFood security a global security issue, says World Bank
17-02-2011
WASHINGTON – World Bank chief Robert Zoellick has said global food prices have reached "dangerous levels", and warned that their impact could complicate fragile political and social conditions in the
readAfrica investors shrug off Egypt contagion risk
17-02-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The cost of political risk insurance in Sub-Saharan Africa has not risen with upheaval in North Africa, suggesting investors are not overly worried about copycat uprisings, an industry
readFired HIV+ employee wins in SA Labour Court
17-02-2011
JOHANNESBURG – An award winning horse-riding instructor and stable manager who was dismissed by his employer for being HIV positive has won his case in the Labour Court in Johannesburg.The case
readMob attacks star CBS reporter in Cairo
17-02-2011
NEW YORK – A female CBS News correspondent was recovering in a US hospital on Tuesday from a sexual attack and beating she sustained while reporting on the tumultuous events in Cairo.Lara Logan was in
readIn Brief
17-02-2011
Thousands of police on Sanaa strets SANAA – Yemen sent 2 000 policemen into the streets of the capital yesterday to try to put down days of protests against the president of 32 years, a key US ally
readBlack Africa meet Ramblers in Leo Cup
17-02-2011
BLACK Africa and Ramblers were yesterday drawn to face off in the Leo NFA Cup last 16 on the weekend of February 25 to 27. The match between the two top sides in the Namibia Premier League is arguably
readTendulkar returns as World Cup looms
17-02-2011
NEW DELHI – Superstar batsman Sachin Tendulkar returned to bolster India’s batting line-up yesterday as the World Cup favourites played their last warm-up game ahead of the much-anticipated
readYou don’t even have to like cricket to ...
17-02-2011
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 what a
readICC demands changes after Sri Lanka chaos
17-02-2011
COLOMBO – International cricket chiefs yesterday demanded that stadium bosses in Colombo make changes to ensure there is no repeat of chaotic scenes during a World Cup warm-up match.Sri Lanka Cricket
readICC bans Twitter during World Cup matches
17-02-2011
NEW DELHI –The International Cricket Council (ICC) is to impose a blanket ban on all Twitter posts by team officials during matches in a bid to be seen to be doing all it can to crack down on
readDon’t take ‘world’ out of World Cup: Swann
17-02-2011
LONDON – England off-spinner Graeme Swann has urged officials “not to take the world out of the World Cup,” amidst fears the tournament could become a “closed shop” for cricket’s elite nations.The
readRaul rescues Schalke on return to Spain
17-02-2011
VALENCIA – Raul marked his first match in Spain since leaving Real Madrid with a trademark poacher’s strike to rescue a 1-1 draw for Schalke 04 in their Champions League last-16, first leg in Valencia
readI lost my head: Gattuso
17-02-2011
MILAN – AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso admitted he had lost his head after he butted Tottenham assistant manager Joe Jordan after the final whistle.Gattuso had earlier pushed Jordan in the neck
readNCC
17-02-2011
OKOMMISSI ya Namibia yethigathanopo momalandithilo ota yi ka tala mehokololo ndyoka lya ti oongeshefa oonene ota shi vulika hadhi longele kumwe okuutha kutya oondando dhiilandomwa odha thikama
readNamibia ti ipula na Ivory Coast
17-02-2011
EPANGELO lya Namibia olya kumike oongundu adhihe moIvory Coast opo dhi tameke oonkundathana meinekelathano ongo aantu ya yina yimwe.Epangelo kuyele olya indilile opo eshongo lyopapolitika mo Ivory
readZimbabwe ta pula Namibia oshindji
17-02-2011
ZIMBABWE aniwa ina hala we oku futila Namibia olusheno, na okwa hala oonkundathana kombinga yegandjo lyolusheno. Namibia okupitila mu Nampower okwa pele Zesa ehangano lyolusheno lya Zimbabwe oodola
readEPA ita yono eyomumwe mo SADC
17-02-2011
OMUKULUNTU gwombelewa yuukumwe wa Europa moBotswana nokoSADC okwa ekelehi omapopyo kutya omauvathano gopaipindi gathanekwa pokati ka SADC nUukumwe wa Europa otaga eta etopoko mokati kiilyolongo
readPupkewitz Megabuild natango ina landwapo
17-02-2011
EUVATHANO moka ehangano lyiitungitho lya Pupkewitz okulandwapo kehangano lya Massmart lyo ko South Africa natango ina li manithwa. Otaku tiwa ndika olya thikama oshoka Massmart okwa nyengwa oku ulika
readOparliamende yegululwa
17-02-2011
OPARLIAMENDE oya egululwa metiyali komatango komuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba.Eegululo ndika lyopambelewa lya tetekelwa keumbo lyoondjembo 21 olyo etameko lyiilonga yoshigongi shopashigwana. Opwa
readPohamba ina tsakaneka aniilonga yepangelo
17-02-2011
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa tindi okutaamba omushangwa nyenyeto gwaaniilonga yomepangelo mboka ya li ya holola omadhiladhilo gawo etiyali moVenduka.Aaniilonga konyala 700 oya li ya ende
readIn Brief
17-02-2011
Mozambique shipwreck kills 50 MAPUTO – At least 50 Somali and Ethiopian migrants died when a ship carrying 129 people sank off the northern coast of Mozambique last week, media reports said.Museveni:
readHosni Mubarak has given up
17-02-2011
SHARM EL-SHEIKH – Egypt’s ousted president has given up and wants to die in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where he has been living since a popular uprising ended his rule, a Saudi official
readEgypt’s protests flare despite warning
17-02-2011
CAIRO – Labour unrest unleashed by Hosni Mubarak’s ouster flared again yesterday in Egypt despite a warning by the ruling military that protests and strikes were hampering efforts to improve the
readBanker’s effort to fund tiger survival
17-02-2011
NEW YORK - Stuart Bray, a City of London financier turned environmentalist, is using his fortune and skills to develop novel ways to fund conservation, starting with teaching tigers to hunt in the
readWe have so much testosterone in our house it’s crazy – Victoria Beckham
17-02-2011
Victoria Beckham made sure to set the record straight about her pregnancy, by appearing as a special guest on Jimmy Fallon’s US talk show.The fashion designer insisted to the comedian that she and
readNot ashamed of stripper past
17-02-2011
Channing Tatum has a history of taking his clothes off, being a former stripper, but his latest photos for a GQ photo shoot shows that the actor’s body is still sizzling hot.The ‘Step Up’ actor showed
readParis plays showgirl at 30th birthday bash
17-02-2011
Paris Hilton heralded the beginning of her thirties with a twenties-themed birthday party on Tuesday night. The hotel heiress dressed in a red basque and feathery skirt for the ‘Pimps and Showgirls’
readWater fight between communal farmers
17-02-2011
A FIGHT broke out on Tuesday between two communal farmers at the farm Paradys in the Berseba district over access to a state-owned water point. Johannes Titus said he laid an assault case – CR
readVandalism makes streets more risky
17-02-2011
MOTORISTS are complaining that the streets of Keetmanshoop are hazardous because of a lack of traffic signs, especially in the Krönlein residential area. Municipal traffic superintendent Milly Cloete
readSwakopmund girl raped by intruder
17-02-2011
AN 11-year-old girl at Swakopmund was raped in her sleep on Sunday morning by an unknown man who had gained entry into her room through a window.The victim is now recovering in the Swakopmund State
readSee the city safely from the fun bus
17-02-2011
WINDHOEK City Tours was started in 2009 and the open double-decker bus departs twice daily from the Independence Avenue parking area in the city centre.The two-and-a-half-hour tour takes you on a
readSchool sued over molestation claim
17-02-2011
A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR lawsuit that a Windhoek mother has lodged against the pre-primary school where her daughter was allegedly sexually molested by a group of small boys is heading for a hearing in
readOutjo Forum hunts down stock thieves
17-02-2011
JOHNNY Horaseb, the vice chairperson of the Outjo Crime Prevention Forum, a community-based crime watchdog, yesterday said stock thieves need to know that they will be hunted down.Horaseb said stock
readNine-year-old boy drowns at Rehoboth
17-02-2011
A REHOBOTH family is mourning their nine-year-old son’s after a swimming excursion by four young children turned into a tragedy.The drowning took place on Friday afternoon. Elroy Gertze and three
readKuiseb delivers another blow
17-02-2011
A STRONG flood in the lower Kuiseb River since Tuesday has resulted in more damage to the NamWater pipeline supplying water to Walvis Bay.Some residents had no water yesterday. The rest of the town
readKamwi puts his foot down
17-02-2011
MINISTER OF HEALTH Dr Richard Kamwi this week told his staff in the Ministry to either pull up their socks or be replaced. Speaking frankly at the opening session of an enlarged ministerial management
readLighting kills 20 000 baby fish at Uis
17-02-2011
LIGHTNING, which struck an electrical transformer near Uis, led to the death of 20 000 baby Tilapia fish.A thunderstorm north-east of Uis last Wednesday resulted in a two-day power outage at the small
read‘Cigarette killers’ face lighter charge
17-02-2011
THE five Rehoboth men accused of murdering a neighbour over a cigarette last year don’t face a murder charge anymore.Following a decision by the Prosecutor General, Piet Cloete, his sons Johan and
readCharcoal industry accused of bad labour practices
17-02-2011
THE charcoal industry in Namibia is the least formalised in terms of compliance with labour and environmental laws. Researchers Ute Dieckman and Theodor Muduva say in the publication ‘Namibia’s Black
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