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54 Articles found on Tuesday, 22 February 2011
PM pushes banks for greater access
22-02-2011
WHILE Government doesn’t expect banks to operate at a loss, it wants them to drop the high fees and charges which currently stop the average Namibian from getting access to financial products and it
readNDF purchases first Indian helicopter
22-02-2011
THE Namibian Defence Force (NDF) will soon see its first Indian-manufactured military helicopter, a Cheetah Utility Chopper, on local soil, after it was handed over to Defence Minister Charles Namoloh
readThe desert comes alive
22-02-2011
The abundant rain has turned the Namibian countryside lush and green.Water can be seen everywhere, and the Spitzkoppe is no exception. All the rock pools are filled with crystal-clear water, providing
readNam, Libya relations unchanged
22-02-2011
VETERAN diplomat and Speaker of Parliament Theo-Ben Gurirab says Namibia’s relationship with Libya will remain the same despite the violent reprisals against pro-democracy protesters there over the
readArrows axe poor players
22-02-2011
ELEVEN Arrows Football Club’s owner Johnny Johnson Doëseb on Monday confirmed that his team had terminated the contracts of three players.Doëseb told Nampa that the contracts of players Muna Katupose,
readLibya warned of ‘rivers of blood’
22-02-2011
TRIPOLI – Libya faces civil war and “rivers of blood”, the son of its leader Muammar Gaddafi warned yesterday, as a brutal crackdown failed to stop an unprecedented popular uprising from reaching the
readExtract, Rio Tinto discuss Husab, Rössing marriage
22-02-2011
PERTH − Exploration company Extract Resources said yesterday that it was in discussions with Rio Tinto regarding a potential combination of the Husab uranium project with the neighbouring
readSMSes for Tuesday 22 February 2011
22-02-2011
SMSes Of The Day *ALL I want to see in the Budget is Government subsidising the servicing of land and giving NHE money to build us houses. Millions usually budgeted for State House must now be
readNotable Quotes
22-02-2011
Every year, thousands of young people are sent to the streets [and] they end up being thieves, prostitutes and drug dealers. – Timotheus Angala, Namibia National Students’ Organisation (Nanso)
readA common language for innovation
22-02-2011
In most organisations, functional groups use their own languages with specific terms to talk about the work they do.If you bring people from different parts of the organisation together to innovate,
readIMF head hints at French presidential bid
22-02-2011
PARIS – International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has hinted that he might stand in next year's French presidential election, increasingly discussing social issues and how he
readOil price surges on Libyan unrest
22-02-2011
SINGAPORE - Oil jumped by over US$1 a barrel yesterday, as violent clashes in Opec-member Libya heightened fears of social unrest spreading across the Middle East and North Africa and disrupting
readOil majors stall Libya drilling, withdraw staff
22-02-2011
LONDON – European oil and gas companies have evacuated staff and suspended drilling preparations in Libya as violence spreads across the north African country.Norway’s Statoil, Austria’s OMV and Royal
readMubarak’s Swiss assets worth tens of millions: official
22-02-2011
GENEVA - Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and his entourage have assets in Switzerland worth tens of millions of dollars (euros), the Swiss foreign ministry said Sunday.Switzerland on February 11
readG20 keeps China onboard but tough talks lie ahead
22-02-2011
PARIS – A hard-fought compromise saved a weekend G20 meeting from failure by winning Chinese backing for a set of indicators on economic imbalances, but the divided group faces a tougher task agreeing
readBahrainis intensify call for dynasty’s end
22-02-2011
MANAMA – Protesters carrying food and tents poured into Manama’s Pearl Square roundabout yesterday, intensifying their calls for an end to the Sunni Al-Khalifa dynasty that has ruled the strategic
readIn Brief
22-02-2011
Afghan police: At least 30 killed in blast KABUL – A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to an Afghan government office yesterday, killing at least 30 people - many who were waiting in
readNorth Africa and the Middle East at a glance
22-02-2011
CAIRO – Here are the latest developments in unrest sweeping the Middle East and North Africa following uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia that toppled their long-time rulers.LIBYA: Libyan leader Muammar
readEmbashu crowned Rössing champion
22-02-2011
PINEAS Embashu of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) became a first-time champion at the annual Rössing Marathon Championship on Saturday.Embashu finished the 42,2 km race with a personal best time of
readHowzat winner!
22-02-2011
The lucky winner of our N$1 000 Cricket World Cup competition is Taimi N Konkono of Luderitz!
readWorld Cup Trivia
22-02-2011
Indian great Sachin Tendulkar has scored more fifties at the World Cup than any other player.Sri Lanka, who co-hosted the 1996 Cricket World Cup, is the only host to win the tournament (although the
readJayawardene wary of slow wickets
22-02-2011
HAMBANTOTA – Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene is urging World Cup organisers to prepare wickets that are evenly-balanced rather than geared towards helping spin bowlers at the
readIt’s the Soweto Derby!
22-02-2011
WIN N$1 000 in cash!!RELIVE some of the thrills and spills of last year’s World Cup; dust off those vuvuzelas, haul out your makarapas, get your soccer vibe on and join us in the run-up to one of
readReal out to end Lyon hoodoo
22-02-2011
LYON - Lyon’s Stade Gerland has become a familiar venue for Real Madrid in recent years but, ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League last 16 first leg, it has not been a happy hunting ground.In six
readOpolisi ya tula mo ishewe ye 1,389 ya momadhewo
22-02-2011
OMINISTA yEgameno nEpopilo omusamane Nangolo Mbumba okwa ti iilyo yOpolisi ya Namibia, oyi na uuthemba okuhogolola oongundu nopaati ndhoka ya hala pethimbo lyomahogololo, ihe inaya uthwa okukutha
readGrey Wall a gandja ookompiuta kEnoleu Combined School
22-02-2011
ENYANYU enene olya holoka pEnoleu Combined School mEtitano sho Osikola ndjika ya pewa ookompiuta hetatu kOkampani ya Greywall Properties yo mOngwediva. Koshituthi shika kapwa li ashike aalongisikola
readOmukalo omupe gwomapungulo po GIPF
22-02-2011
EPUNGULO lyiimaliwa yooopenzela dhaaniilonga yepangelo mbyoka tayi tulwa momahangano inaa ga shangithwa, otayi ka longwa nayo koombaanga dhiipindi nenge kombaanga yomapendulepo ya Namibia[DBN].Ngele
readTaya hili omugolo
22-02-2011
Ombuulaye ya Namibia, aaniilonga mOmbuulaye ya Namibia pamwe naamboka yoongeshefa dhilwe dhEhangano enene lyoongeshefa lya Ohlthaver & List Group of Companies (O&L) oya iyamba oku ka helela epya
readNanso a geyela iizemo
22-02-2011
EHANGANO lyaailongi aaNamibia lyopashigwana[Nanso] olya ti ita li idhidhimikile onkalo yokwaa tseya sha yaanambelewa yelongo miitopolwa unene tuu kombinga yiizemo ya nkundipala
readNamdeb a mweneke iilonga okathimbo
22-02-2011
IILONGA ayihe yokumina poNamdeb oya mwenekwa manga konima yoshiponga oshitiyali shoka sha faalele omwenyo gwomuniilonga gumwe etitano. Omuniilonga Theophilus Makili okwa si pokati komutenya gwetitano
readArab Revolutions: Why Now?
22-02-2011
WHY now? Why revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt this year, rather than last year, or ten years ago, or never? The protestors now taking to the street daily in Jordan, Yemen, Bahrein, Libya and Algeria
readIt Is Time To Account In Arabia
22-02-2011
MY naiveté impelled me to imagine a situation where tranquility will prevail, where leadership will be allowed to run its course until some succession plan has been devised somewhere and the game plan
readBBA Audition Dates and Competition!
22-02-2011
With a huge amount of Big Brother Africa entries streaming in from across Africa, M-Net has announced it will also run open auditions. “We’re extremely pleased with the response that this year’s call
readNaughty Nun
22-02-2011
Lady Gaga gets into bad habits in racy convent outfitLady Gaga has yet again caused controversy by parading on stage in a see-through rubber outfit topped off with a nun’s habit. The 24-year-old
readAgricultural diary
22-02-2011
Dorsland Farmers’ Association February 9: Annual general meeting at 15:00 at the Dorsland club hall at Saambou. Guest speaker is Birgit Hoffmann of Agra. Contact Ellie Lottering at 062 571527 or
readVillagers, National Youth Service in lease dispute
22-02-2011
KANGONGO – About 160 communal farmers at Kangongo and surrounding villages in the Kavango region's Mukwe constituency have terminated the crop fields lease agreement which they signed with the
readUN unveils vision for global ‘green economy’
22-02-2011
PARIS – The United Nations yesterday unveiled a strategy to ensure a sustainable future for the planet by investing two per cent of wealth generated by the global economy, or some 1,3 trillion dollars
readIn Brief
22-02-2011
Egypt cabinet reshuffle brings in opposition CAIRO – An Egyptian cabinet reshuffle includes several opponents of the former president, media reported yesterday, a move unthinkable when Hosni Mubarak
readANC called ‘a complete mess’ in Wikileaks document
22-02-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The ANC is a “complete mess” and its young cadres have no interest in history, but simply want access to jobs and personal enrichment, according to United States embassy cable obtained
readZimbabwe police arrest 46 at lecture on Egypt
22-02-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwean police detained 46 people, including a former lawmaker, for attending a lecture and discussion group on mass uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, an independent lawyers group said
readAfrican Union faults Uganda election
22-02-2011
KAMPALA – African Union election observers said yesterday that Uganda’s presidential poll suffered from several shortcomings, while two losing candidates called for Egypt-style protests.President
readKaras and Northern Cape revive twinning agreement
22-02-2011
KARAS governor Clinton Swartbooi and the premier of South Africa’s Northern Cape Province, Hazel Jenkins, have agreed to build on the existing twinning agreement signed between the two regions in
readTrekkopje workers fear layoffs
22-02-2011
WORKERS at Areva Resources’ Trekkopje Uranium Project fear retrenchment by next month.It is expected that up to 50 employees from various departments may be laid off. The Erongo representative of the
readFormer teacher wins job back
22-02-2011
ONE year after his dismissal for underperformance, a former teacher at Keetmanshoop’s PK de Villiers High School, Piet Titus, has won back his job. An arbitration report, of which The Namibian has
readTaxi driver jailed for robbing passenger
22-02-2011
AN armed robbery in which items worth close to N$4 000 were stolen from a taxi passenger in Windhoek landed a taxi driver and two co-accused with five-year jail terms each on Friday last week.The
readAus to outsource eco-tourism project
22-02-2011
PLANS are on the cards to outsource the management of the financially struggling Aus Info Centre Tourism Enterprise (AICTE) currently run by the local community who took full ownership of it in August
readPoliceman charged with attempted murder
22-02-2011
THE Ohangwena Police are investigating a case of attempted murder after a man was allegedly shot and wounded by a Police officer at Oshikango on Friday.The alleged victim, Sakaria Nangolo (34), told
readNangof calls on Pohamba to fight poverty
22-02-2011
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba should roll up his sleeves and intervene in the poverty and unemployment crisis crippling the country.This was the call of Nangof CEO Ivin Lombardt during a visit to
readNamdeb production halt won’t affect targets
22-02-2011
NAMDEB’S production shutdown after a fatality at its Oranjemund mine on Friday comes barely six months after the company reported that it was rising from the ashes of its N$414 million loss in
readMan (81) bludgeons wife to death
22-02-2011
AN elderly Kavango man is behind bars after he allegedly bludgeoned his wife to death.Tame Masiro (81) was arrested shortly after his wife, Kandambo Kampanza (81) was found in a pool of blood at the
readAbel against special liquor licences
22-02-2011
KARAS Police Commissioner Josephat Abel says he does not support the issuing of special liquor licences to shebeens and clubs in Keetmanshoop.He says special liquor licences give clubs and shebeens
readGovernors want to resettle high earners too
22-02-2011
REGIONAL governors want to scrap the condition for resettlement that excludes applicants whose non-agricultural gross income is more than N$200 000 a year.At a workshop on resettlement criteria last
readDeputy sheriff faces drunk-driving charge
22-02-2011
THE Keetmanshoop Deputy Sheriff, Pieter Willem van Heerden, was allegedly caught driving under the influence of alcohol. Van Heerden last week made a brief appearance in the Magistrate’s Court on a
readO&L revives ancient northern custom
22-02-2011
VOLUNTEERS weeded the mahangu field of Ondonga King Elifas Kauluma at Onamungundo in the Oshikoto Region on Saturday.The Namibia Breweries Limited, in partnership with the Ondonga Traditional
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