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63 Articles found on Thursday, 13 January 2011
Americans fined for drugs but up for murder
13-01-2011
AFTER days of speculation, the Police yesterday arrested the two suspects in the André Heckmair murder investigation for murder.Kevin Townsend (24) and Marcus Kevin Tomas (25), United States citizens,
readBail for hospital fraud accused
13-01-2011
THREE Health Ministry employees and a construction company owner accused of defrauding the ministry of N$1,4 million were each granted bail of N$50 000 yesterday.Following an investigation by the
readHango makes U-turn
13-01-2011
PRIMUS Hango, the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) chief executive officer, has allegedly been talked into retracting his resignation and is set to return to work today, The Namibian has
readGladiators out of Africa Games
13-01-2011
NAMIBIA’s Brave Gladiators will not take part in the All-Africa Games qualifiers, a situation described as “unfortunate” by coach Jacqueline Shipanga. Namibia Football Association (NFA) secretary
read20 000 Brisbane homes in danger of inundation
13-01-2011
BRISBANE, Australia – Emergency sirens blared across Australia’s third-largest city yesterday as floodwaters that have torn a deadly path across the northeast poured into an empty downtown, swamping
readNCCI reads the riot act
13-01-2011
THE Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) will strive towards changing the Foreign Investment Act to make sure that the local economy gets maximum benefit from foreign direct investments
readSMSss for Thursday 13 January 2011
13-01-2011
SMS Of The Day n AFRICAN leaders must pronounce themselves strongly against the situation in Cote d’ Ivoire. This situation should not be allowed as it will promote instability in Africa. Food for
readNotable Quotes
13-01-2011
There is no way we can escape the global impact of the rising food prices. – FNB Namibia economist Daniel Motinga said after skyrocketing food prices triggered alarm bells worldwide.We’re still
readEurope’s refiners to feel pain from China deal
13-01-2011
LONDON - China’s landmark purchase of European oil refineries this week could sound the death knell for poorer plants in the declining European sector.Petrochina, the world’s second most valuable oil
readNo wish to see euro ‘disappear’
13-01-2011
BEIJING - Europe’s debt crisis does not alter the long-term strategic position of the euro in the global monetary system, an adviser to the Chinese central bank said yesterday.Xia Bin, an academic
readBarclays chief says banks should stop saying sorry
13-01-2011
LONDON - Banks should stop apologising for the mistakes which helped cause the financial crisis, Barclays Plc’s new boss told British lawmakers, striking a defiant tone in a grilling over bonuses on
readWays to Cope with Office Noise
13-01-2011
Put on a headset. Music may be too distracting, but try talk radio turned low.The babble of voices can make a good sound absorber. Or try one of the many free, web-based white-noise generators. Get a
readHong Kong ranked world’s freest economy: report
13-01-2011
HONG KONG - Hong Kong remained the world’s freest place to do business for the 17th year in a row in an annual US league table published yesterday.The United States lost ground and mainland China came
readShoprite turnover up 9,5 per cent
13-01-2011
JOHANNESBURG - Africa’s biggest grocer Shoprite booked a 9,5 per cent rise in first-half turnover as lower interest rates and tentative economic growth encouraged its mainstay South African consumers
readDutch taxman hunting prostitutes
13-01-2011
AMSTERDAM – Workers in the world’s oldest profession are about to get a lesson in the harsh reality of Europe’s new age of austerity.The Dutch government has warned prostitutes who advertise their
readIceland PM hails petition on resources ownership
13-01-2011
REYKJAVIK – Iceland’s Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir has welcomed a petition spearheaded by megastar Bjork calling for a referendum on foreign ownership of the country’s natural resources.“One
readArgentina turns to Brazil for paper money
13-01-2011
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina, struggling with the highest inflation in the region, has turned to its neighbour Brazil for newly printed banknotes in the face of a shortage of paper money that fuelled
readChinese currency service launched in New York
13-01-2011
BEIJING – A state-owned Chinese bank says its New York City branch has begun offering accounts denominated in China’s tightly controlled yuan in a new move to expand the currency’s global reach.Bank
readYuan appreciation to quell inflation
13-01-2011
CHINA is likely to let its tightly controlled yuan appreciate at a faster clip this year as part of heightened efforts to quell inflation, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.The yuan is expected to hit
readImam arrested in Mali
13-01-2011
BAMAKO – Authorities in Mali have arrested a radical imam suspected of having ties to Al-Qaeda’s North African offshoot, a police source said yesterday.“He is a notorious fundamentalist... strongly
readObama to Arizona in midst of debate
13-01-2011
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will lead Americans in national mourning Wednesday after an Arizona shooting tragedy unleashed a polarizing national debate about the violent rhetoric rocking US
readCourt to rule as PM visits Merkel
13-01-2011
ROME - Italy’s Constitutional Court has met to decide on the legitimacy of an immunity law that has allowed Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to avoid criminal prosecution, an AFP journalist said.A
readFive Ivory Coast police dead in renewed Abidjan clashes
13-01-2011
ABIDJAN – At least five policemen were shot dead Wednesday in Abidjan’s Abobo district, largely loyal to strongman Laurent Gbagbo’s rival, where four people died the day before, a police source
readLebanon government on the brink
13-01-2011
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s unity government looked set to collapse yesterday after the powerful Hezbollah and its allies threatened to walk out over a UN probe into the assassination of former premier Rafiq
readMore than 60 per cent vote in south Sudan
13-01-2011
JUBA, Sudan – More than 60 per cent of registered voters already have cast ballots in an independence referendum, crossing the threshold needed for the vote to be valid if it creates the new country
readNicole finally admits, ‘I have used botox’
13-01-2011
Botox? Not me! That, at least, used to be Nicole Kidman’s response to questions about how she kept her complexion so porcelain perfect.Now, however, she has performed something of an about-face. The
readShakira splits with boyfriend after 11 years
13-01-2011
Shakira’s hips don’t lie, and neither does her heart.The Colombian singer (33) revealed on her blog Monday that she and beau Antonio de la Rue called it quits last August after 11 years of dating.
readMel B and sister Danielle’s two year silence
13-01-2011
It’s not unusual for celebrity siblings to have a falling out and not speak for years.And former Spice Girl, Mel B and her younger sister Danielle have proved to be no different - having not spoken
readNervous Ingo makes the grade
13-01-2011
A “NERVOUS” Ingo Waldschmidt ended Tuesday’s stage nine of the Dakar Rally ranked at 44 overall.Having started the stage “sceptical”, after suffering some problems on the previous stage, Waldschmidt
readPlaatjies not cleared for Black Aces
13-01-2011
SOUTH African Premier Soccer League (PSL) outfit Mpumalanga Black Aces is still struggling to obtain the International Transfer Certificate (ITC) of Namibian defender Sydney Plaatjies from his
readJB Burger back in national fold
13-01-2011
FORMER Namibian batting star JB Burger has been recalled to the national side to take on Western Province at the Wanderers Ground in Windhoek, starting today.Burger, who has been one of Namibia’s top
readEngland beats Australia by 1 wicket in 1st T20
13-01-2011
ADELAIDE - Chris Woakes hit the winning run from the final ball to give England a one-wicket win over Australia in the first Twenty20 cricket international at the Adelaide Oval yesterday.Woakes scored
readBolt to run Diamond League 200m in Oslo
13-01-2011
OSLO - Jamaican Olympic sprint king Usain Bolt will race the 200 metres at the Diamond League meeting on June 9 in Oslo, organisers said yesterday.Last year, triple world record holder Bolt brought a
readFootball Rumour Mill
13-01-2011
CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti is apparently about to be handed the necessary funds to finally land AC Milan starlet Alexandre Pato before the January transfer window ebbs to a close in three
readCity’s Dzeko taunts Man United
13-01-2011
MANCHESTER - Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko has taken no time at all to aim a dig at his new club’s rival Manchester United.The Bosnia international used the occasion of his official presentation
readRonaldinho aims to fly again with Flamengo
13-01-2011
RIO DE JANEIRO - Former World Player of the Year Ronaldinho has signed a four-year contract with Flamengo in a bid to revive his flagging career and win a place in Brazil’s 2014 World Cup
readIyambo a pandulwa kombinga yokweendulula
13-01-2011
AANAPOLITIKA yoongundu dhompilameno oya pandula minista Abraham Iyambo sho tokola opo aanona mboka ya ndopa ondondo 10 omumvogu ya vule okweendulula ongundu ndjoka nuumvo.Gwotango moku pandula Iyambo
readOmunyanyo gwa kalekwa manga
13-01-2011
AANIILONGA yepangelo mboka ya li komeho mokulongekidha ehololo madhiladhilo kombinga yoshinima shiimaliwa yawo yopenzela mbyoka ya kana okupitila moGIPF, oya tokola kutya oshinima shika nashi kale
readAakalimo yomo Kaiti ya indilwa ya longe nuudhiginini
13-01-2011
MEYA gwa Kaiti okwa indile aakalimo yomo Kaiti ya ethepo omukalo gwokuhehela poshilando shoka.Moses Titus okwa ti olundji omanongelo, omahala galwe goshigwana, noshowo oohandimwe oto adha ya tya
readAaniilonga yaNovanam ya nyenyeta
13-01-2011
KONYALA aaniilonga 600 yehangano lya Novanam poLindili oya li ya ningi ehololo lyomadhiladhilo pethimbo lyomwiha komeho goombelewa dhiilonga yawo.Oya holola omadhiladhilo ta ya ti ota ya liwa
readYane ya kwatwa mekengelelo lyiilonga
13-01-2011
AANIILONGA yatatu yepangelo nomunangeshefa gumwe oya kwatwa nokuholoka mompangu ya mengestrata gwa Venduka etitatu.Aafekelwa mbaka oya kwatwa ko kommissi yoku kondjitha iilonga iiwinayi nuulingilingi,
readOpolisi yi li popepi nokumona aafekelwa
13-01-2011
OPOLISI oyi li popepi noku tamaneka aakwashigwana yaali yAmerica moshiningwanima shedhipago lya nakusa Andre Heckmair. Opolisi oya ti nonando mbaka oye li mondholongo molwa epangwe, omiya dhashinana
readOmuwiliki gwa G4S a kwatululwa
13-01-2011
OPOLISI oya kwatulula omukwashigwana gwa South Africa ngoka a kutwa ongo omuwiliki gwehangano lyo G4S poRosh Pinah, ta tamanekelwa okukala noondjembo shaali paveta, noshowo okutaaguluka omalombwelo ge
readNDF ina tulwa momusholondondo omuluudhe nando
13-01-2011
ETANGA lyegameno lya Namibia ita li ka tuma we aakwiita okuya kiilonga yombili koChad ngaashi shali sha uvanekwa, oshoka epangelo lya Chad olya ti inali pumbwa we ekwathelo lyiigwana ya
readThe Coopers take over at Cañon Park
13-01-2011
THE Gondwana Cañon Park at the Fish River Canyon is now in the hands of one of the most experienced conservation managers in Namibia. Trygve Cooper is a former nature conservation official. His wife,
readTechnology: Small is beautiful
13-01-2011
OVER the last few decades many industrialised nations have invested a great deal of money intending to help countries like Namibia. The issues are substantial, but considering the scale of the
readElders can help in the fight against climate change
13-01-2011
IN the olden days village elders were the meteorologists and their traditional knowledge on predicting the weather can still be used and help in addressing climate change.This is the view of a senior
readOondando dhiikulya tadhi ka lyapo iimaliwa yoyendji
13-01-2011
AANAMIBIA oya tegelela oku longitha oshimaliwa oshindji nuumvo okwiipalutha. Ndika olyo elondodho lya zi kaanawino momahupilo yomoshilongo sho ya ti oondando dhiikulya otadhi londo pombanda nuumvo
readUnam reveals plans for 2011
13-01-2011
THE Namibian sat down with Utaara Hoveka, public relations officer of the University of Namibia, to hear what Unam’s plans are for the year 2011.Q: Why should anybody enrol to study at Unam? A: Our
readSwartbooi urges local councils to spearhead economic development
13-01-2011
LOCAL authorities should spearhead economic development because they are the first tier of service delivery to the community.This was Karas Governor Bernardus Swartbooi’s message to local
readOrange River levels rise
13-01-2011
NAMWATER has issued a flood warning to people along the Orange River, as water levels will rapidly rise in the coming days. The water level at Noordoewer is expected to hit the seven-metre mark
readOkongo land leased, not given away
13-01-2011
LAND at Okongo settlement has been leased to Chinese businessman Michael Chen for development, Ohangwena chief regional officer (CRO) Daniel Kashikola said at a meeting on Tuesday.The meeting with all
readOkahandja doctor ends own life
13-01-2011
THE Okahandja community is in shock after a well-known doctor at the town, Sylvanus Dirk Hanekom, took his own life yesterday.Hanekom shot himself at about 12h45 at his house. He was a general
readNantu calls for Grade 10 supplementary exam
13-01-2011
THE Namibia National Teachers’ Union (Nantu) has called on the Ministry of Education to introduce a supplementary examination for learners who failed Grade 10 with 17 to 22 points.Reacting to last
readNamsov workers threaten strike
13-01-2011
WORKERS of Namsov Fishing in Walvis Bay yesterday called for the removal of the company’s human resources manager, Willem Kafidi, blaming him for a long list of concerns.They threatened that if Kafidi
readMother can’t cope with son
13-01-2011
OLIVIA Ananias (23) from Omahenene in Oshakati is pleading with Government or any other care centre in the country to take in her son, who has hydrocephalus, because she can’t cope with caring for
readIssuing of liquor licences frozen
13-01-2011
KARAS governor Bernardus Swartbooi has ordered the region’s liquor board to place a moratorium on issuing new licences to alcohol outlets. Swartbooi revealed this in his ‘State of the Region’ address
readHospital boss in ‘conflict of interest’
13-01-2011
STATE doctors who run private practices on the side find themselves in a “serious conflict of interest” situation.This was the acknowledgment yesterday by the acting permanent secretary in the
readHoliday traffic fines in Erongo Region total N$860 000
13-01-2011
A TOTAL of 1 642 summonses, worth N$860 000, were issued for traffic offences in the Erongo Region in December.Statistics issued by the Erongo Police reveal that the most common offence during the
readHaiti’s ‘lost frogs’ found
13-01-2011
Conservationists say they have found six rare frog species that are unique to the Caribbean nation of Haiti and have not been seen in about two decades. The discovery, which came despite heavy
readEkandjo distances himself from chiefs
13-01-2011
TWO years after Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo expressed concern about the bloated number of traditional authorities, this number has grown even more.The number of recognised traditional
readEco ATMs swap e-waste for cash
13-01-2011
IT’S hardly news that the US love affair with electronic gadgets has a dark side. The global toll on natural resources and the potential health and environmental hazards are staggering.In order to
readBack-to-school rush ends in footwear fight
13-01-2011
THE back-to-school rush took an interesting twist on Tuesday when a fight over a shoe broke out at a local wholesaler specialising in school uniforms in Windhoek’s southern industrial area. A mother
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