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63 Articles found on Friday, 14 January 2011
Arson in Katutura causes family tragedy
14-01-2011
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl and her teen brother are fighting for their lives in the Katutura State Hospital after the shack they lived in in Katutura was set on fire over the weekend.The children’s mother,
readFacebook gossip fears for his life
14-01-2011
THE man accused of revealing the HIV status of infected Rundu residents on the social network site Facebook is fearing for his life after he was released from custody on Tuesday.Mackenzie Khaeb (28)
readWalvis killers get 24 years
14-01-2011
THE two men convicted of robbing and murdering an elderly Walvis Bay resident in his home in mid-2005 heard yesterday that they will be paying with a further 24 years of their freedom for their
readMeroro scared of Simon: Tjombe
14-01-2011
ROOKIE promoter Anita Tjombe yesterday challenged Nestor Tobias to accept her impromptu proposal for Harry ‘Onkugo’ Simon to fight Vikapita ‘Beastmaster’ Meroro at the end of February or concede that
readBrisbane a ‘war zone’ as waters recede
14-01-2011
BRISBANE, Australia - Australia’s third-largest city Brisbane was turned into a “war zone” Thursday with whole suburbs under water and infrastructure smashed as the worst flood in decades hit 30 000
read2010 inflation drops to four-year low
14-01-2011
AVERAGE inflation in Namibia fell to 5,4 per cent in 2010, down from 8,8 per cent in 2009 and the lowest in four years.The 2010 rate became official after the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
readSMSss for Friday 14 January 2011
14-01-2011
SMS Of The Day n WE (Namibians) should get serious. Do we really need an airport at Okahao (as per January 12 SMS), while others have no tap water, clinics, roads, electricity, etc? Let’s be
readNotable Quotes
14-01-2011
If CEOs are not business minded then we have a big problem. – Karas governor Bernardus Swartbooi said this while encouraging local authorities’ CEOs to adopt a business-minded approach, at a one-day
readJoburg offers most affordable homes
14-01-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg are the most affordable cities for home buyers, a property group said yesterday.“Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg currently appear to be the best South
readRwanda completes new power plant
14-01-2011
KIGALI – Rwanda has completed a US$23,5 million, 9,5 megawatt hydro power plant and plans to construct another three for 234 MW as the country seeks to cut its energy deficit, the government has
readCope with office noise
14-01-2011
Open work spaces are all the rage. Leave office doors open! Lower the cubicle walls! These are great ways to encourage collaboration and transparency, but they can also lead to noisy offices.Here are
readOtjihase, Matchless full-steam ahead
14-01-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Mining activities had resumed at Aim-listed Weatherly International’s Matchless and Otjihase mines in Namibia, after $12 million was spent in 2010 to reopen the mines.Weatherly placed
readChina, Korea moves underscore rising food prices dilemma
14-01-2011
BEIJING/SEOUL – China dumped plans to import several million tonnes of expensive corn in 2011 and South Korea unveiled cuts in import tariffs on some products, underscoring the dilemma over how to
readWB says 2008 ghost haunts global economy
14-01-2011
WASHINGTON – The World Bank has warned that the global economy could return to the dark days of the 2008 crisis, with slowing growth and rising commodity prices.After the recession in 2009 and the
readNew UN warning to Gbagbo
14-01-2011
New York – The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday made a new warning to Ivory Coast’s outcast leader Laurent Gbagbo about operations by his followers against peacekeepers.UN troops are
readChina says ‘difficult’ to accept Iran nuclear invite
14-01-2011
BEIJING - China said it will be “difficult” for its representative in Vienna to tour Iran’s nuclear facilities, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.Spokesman Hong Lei made the comments at a regular
readObama says polarised nation needs healing
14-01-2011
TUCSON, Arizona - President Barack Obama implored a divided America to honour those attacked in the Arizona shooting rampage by becoming a better country at a Wednesday memorial service, and in a
readMinute’s silence in Haiti at time quake struck
14-01-2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE - A minute of silence at 16h53 in Haiti marking the first anniversary to the exact moment of a devastating quake was only partially observed Wednesday as the nation grieved its nearly
readTurnout in Southern Sudan vote passes 60 per cent
14-01-2011
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
readWinnie-cop saga takes new turn
14-01-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The police seized the service pistol and cellphone belonging to Warrant Officer Jannie Odendaal, the police officer who had an altercation with ANC veteran Winnie
readFew speak up as freedom takes a battering in 2010
14-01-2011
WASHINGTON – Twenty-five countries showed significant declines in democracy in 2010 with little serious resistance from the democratic world, the watchdog group Freedom House reported yesterday.It is
readDemocracy icon seeks to revive party
14-01-2011
YANGON – Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seeking to revive her political party in military-run Myanmar by launching an appeal to the Supreme Court of a ruling that upheld its banning, her
readIngo’s stock rises
14-01-2011
INGO Waldschmidt finished 27th on Stage 10 of the Dakar Rally as his impressive streak continued on Wednesday.He is now ranked 37th overall shooting up 20 places from his starting point. He said:
readIRB hones in on NRU admin
14-01-2011
THE International Rugby Board’s (IRB) Head of Development and Performance, Mark Egan, is expected in Namibia before month-end to sort out the Namibia Rugby Union’s NRU administrative mess. According
readPlatini hopes Qatar shares World Cup
14-01-2011
NYON, Switzerland - Fifa Vice President Michel Platini wants Qatar to share 2022 World Cup hosting duties with its Gulf neighbours.Platini, who is also president of Uefa, did not specify which other
readClijsters reaches final after Sydney test
14-01-2011
SYDNEY - Kim Clijsters came through a major test of her early season form to reach the Sydney International final with a 4-6 6-3 7-6 victory over Alisa Kleybanova yesterday.The 27-year-old Belgian is
readLeo NFA Cup Fixtures
14-01-2011
Saturday, January 29 Leo NFA Cup First Round Friends v Young Ones 08h00 Monitronic College v Young Beauties 10h00 Winter Roses v Fedics Utd 12h00 Spoilers
readTsotsobe leads South Africa to emphatic win
14-01-2011
DURBAN - Lonwabo Tsotsobe received the man of the match award after his four wickets led South Africa to a crushing 135-run win over India in the first one-day international at Kingsmead on
readFootball Fixtures
14-01-2011
Friday, January 14 German Bundesliga Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund 21h30 SA Premier League Vasco Da Gama v
readDalglish faces ‘challenges’ after second Blackpool loss
14-01-2011
BLACKPOOL – Kenny Dalglish admitted he has some “big challenges” ahead after Blackpool condemned Liverpool to another surprise 2-1 defeat at Bloomfield Road here on Wednesday.Goals from Gary
readBotes a zimo mo Athletics Namibia
14-01-2011
OMUNAWINO muudhano moshilongo, Quinton Steele Botes okwa thigipo olutu luudhano woatheletic wa Namibia moka a li ongo omunashipundi shuudhano wokutondoka nawulwe mboka wu na sha noathletica. Botes
readMoshipangelo sha Shakati omwa monikile uunona 18
14-01-2011
UUNONA auhe kumwe wu li omulongonuuhetatu (18) owa monikile moshipangelo shepangelo sha Shakati mesiku lyOkili noshowo lyomumvo omupe 2011. Uunona wu li omulongonuuyali, uhamano uumati nuuhamano
readOoyene yomambakumbaku ina ya hala okulongela kumwe na holomende
14-01-2011
UUMINISTELI wUunamapya owa ti molwaashoka iilonga yokupululila aakwashigwana oyina tango okukolekwa kutya oyo shili, shika oha shi fala methimbo ele ha li pitipo omanga ooyene yomambakumbaku
readAamerica ya kwatwa molwa edhipago lya Heckmair
14-01-2011
OPOLISI oya kwata aakwashigwana yaAmerica yaali mefekelo lyedhipago lya nakusa Andre Heckmair metitatu. Kevin Townsend[24] na Marcus Kevin Tomas[25] oomvalele dhaAmerica odha kala mokakuma okuza
readAafekelwa mekengelelo ya pewa yiifutilemo
14-01-2011
AANAMBELEWA yatatu mUuministeli Wuundjolowele namwene gwehangano lyokutunga mboka taku fekelwa ya kengelele uuministeli mboka niimaliwa yoodola 1,4 oya pewa ya fute oodola omayovi 50 000 kehe gumwe
readVoodoo queen, Nicki Minaj
14-01-2011
She’s known for pushing the boundaries when it comes to music and fashion - and Nicky Minaj shows no sign of toning down her out-there image in her latest photoshoot.The star, famed for her crazy wigs
readKelsey Grammer, a cross-dresser?
14-01-2011
During an interview on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM radio show on Wednesday, Camille Grammer subtly implied that her soon-to-be ex-husband, ‘Frasier’ star, Kelsey Grammer is a secret cross-dresser.“He
readBig Brother All Stars ... the journey continues
14-01-2011
Ninety one days of action, drama and entertainment … and when M-Net’s ‘Big Brother All Stars’ drew to a close in 2010, fans of the continental reality series kept asking … would the romances,
readLocal fashion and art fleamarket scheduled for first Saturday of February
14-01-2011
The monthly fashion and art fleamarket which takes place at Zenso Lounge has become a fixture on the calendars of local bargain hunters, fashionistas, local designers and antique lovers. The next
readMichael Jackson doctor loses licence, must stand trial
14-01-2011
LOS ANGELES – A judge has dealt the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death two setbacks, bringing him a step closer to a trial that could end with him being sent to prison and also taking away his
readDisgrace To Nurses
14-01-2011
RESPONSE to the article: ‘Nurses’ home is a health hazard’ from 6.1.2011 After reading the article about the Katutura nurses’ home, some questions have come to me:Who are the people that have stayed
read‘Smoke And Mirrors’ Around Unemployment Issue
14-01-2011
RECENTLY, the headlines of the government mouthpiece screamed ‘Treasury acts – budget to tackle unemployment’ (New Era, January 6).The article focused on the minister of finance who indicated that
readMoving Towards A Police State?
14-01-2011
AN interesting article about teenage pregnancy (Pregnancy shock, New Era, January 11) showed that this phenomenon is really huge in the Kavango Region. What was even more disconcerting, however, was
readGrade 10s’ Second Chance
14-01-2011
SO at least half of our Grade 10s have failed? Is this really such a surprise? Could we have accurate statistics on how many of those failures are long term failing students, who have been promoted,
readPM Alleges Cartoon Insults The President
14-01-2011
ON January 6, 2011, Mr Dudley Viall produced a crude cartoon of President Hifikepunye Pohamba in The Namibian newspaper.The cartoon depicts President Pohamba as a cold, uncaring and insensitive
readCabinet should come clean on ban
14-01-2011
IN today’s edition on our letters page, there is a letter from Prime Minister Nahas Angula, or ‘Citizen Nahas’ as he likes to refer to himself, which among others, refers to the Government advertising
readLessons For Namibia From The Maghreb North
14-01-2011
STRIKES, protests, suicide attempts and summary arrests in Tunisia; violent protests in the impoverished neighbourhoods of Bab el Oued in Algeria: there is increasing tension in these two countries.
readPerspectives On Politics And Class In Namibia
14-01-2011
LOOKING around Africa today, one sees societies torn apart by two kinds of polarisation: class and ethnic conflict. Call them ‘stomachtocracy’ (what Bayart call the ‘politics of the belly’) and
readPolitical Perspective
14-01-2011
I’D be delighted if, in 2011, we could lose just one fairly common accusation on the part of certain politicians, namely, that the media “disrespect” political leaders in this country. Because if
readSome Leaders Already At Work
14-01-2011
MOST businesses and Government offices are slowly coming to life and Cabinet should be up and running by the last week of January.What’s interesting is that many of the ministries and crucial
readSwakop farmer sells abused pigs
14-01-2011
MOST of Chris Grobler’s pigs, which were maltreated on a Swakop River smallholding last year, will be sold to a pig farmer near Windhoek.Chris Grobler pleaded guilty in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s
readSome children get longer holiday
14-01-2011
SOME pupils in the Khomas Region might stay at home until the end of the month to allow the completion of new classrooms.Senior education inspector Clemens Hananifa told Nampa that no construction
readSecond lease of life for baby elephant
14-01-2011
A ONE month-old elephant calf, whose family was apparently forced to leave him behind in December, is being fostered at a lodge near Omaruru.The grandchildren of the lodge owners, Ivan and Nicola
readOutjo crime busters demand law review
14-01-2011
A COLLECTIVE community battle against crime in Outjo is increasingly coming up against a legal wall: as soon as criminals are caught, they are back on the street after paying light fines, or cases are
readNo more tenders for slow builders: Namwandi
14-01-2011
ANY construction company that fails to hand over classrooms on time will be penalised, and should forget about securing any tender from the Education Ministry in future.Education Deputy Minister David
readNamibia’s rhinos are safe: Enviro Ministry
14-01-2011
THERE is very little risk of the latest spate of rhino poaching in South Africa spreading to Namibia, says the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.Dr Kalumbi Shangula says
readNamibian lightning seen in space
14-01-2011
THUNDERSTORMS can shoot beams of antimatter into space—and the beams are so intense they can be spotted by spacecraft thousands of miles away, scientists have announced.Most so-called normal matter is
readN$35 000 Agra theft
14-01-2011
CLOSE to N$30 000 was stolen from the Outjo Agra branch this week. According to a source, the thieves broke open the door of the Agra branch and proceeded to steal N$28 000, three cellphones and other
readMore time needed for uranium policy
14-01-2011
EARTHLIFE Namibia says it is deeply concerned about the short period allocated for the drafting of Namibia’s Policy and Regulatory Framework for Uranium.On behalf of the organisation, Bertchen Kohrs
readGochas businessman’s son arrested on attempted murder charge
14-01-2011
THE son of a prominent businessman at Gochas yesterday landed behind bars for allegedly trying to kill a petrol attendant employed by his father.A Police source yesterday confirmed the arrest. The
readCocaine trial evidence thrown out of court
14-01-2011
EVIDENCE about self-incriminating statements that were allegedly made by a Windhoek resident who is accused of dealing in or possessing cocaine valued at close to N$2 million in August 2008 was ruled
readChild murder suspect remains behind bars
14-01-2011
THE alleged rapist and killer of four-year-old Queen Dausab made another appearance in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Michael Easter Rooy (19) pleaded guilty in November last year
read100 plots for Okahandja poor
14-01-2011
OKAHANDJA regional councillor Steve Biko Booys says he will use the community to develop and service residential land earmarked for the destitute at the town. Booys said people who want plots will
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