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52 Articles found on Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Dentists show teeth in spat with medical aid
19-01-2011
AT the end of last year a public spat erupted between the Namibian Dental Association (NDA) and Namibia Medical Care (MNC), the country’s largest medical aid provider with some 50 000 members. The
readWife’s killing was an accident, nurse says
19-01-2011
“I AM very sorry to have killed my wife and it was not my intention to do so. It happened on 14 September 2007. When I came home, my wife confronted me with bitter words and unusual questions.” With
readClassrooms burst at seams Grade 10 stampede cripples schools
19-01-2011
HEADMASTERS and teachers across Namibia are juggling numbers around the clock to try and find space for the thousands of grade 10 repeaters demanding to be readmitted to school following Education
readCloud impregnated with water
19-01-2011
Clouds built up throughout the day yesterday and just before 17h00 the first rain fell over Windhoek. The Meteorological Service of Namibia had warned of heavy rain and the possibility of flash floods
readSMSss for Wednesday 19 January 2011
19-01-2011
SMS Of The Day *Don’t you think that the dentristy advertising warfare is becoming more ridiculous every day? At the end of the day; the patients pay; the receivers of that money growl now like dogs
readNotable Quotes
19-01-2011
We have a responsibility as judges to remove the cause of this unhappiness by members of the public. – High Court Judge President Petrus Damaseb said at the opening of the High Court’s legal year in
readCivics, Pirates in 3-point dream
19-01-2011
CIVICS and nemesis Orlando Pirates get the second half of the season underway tonight and both are “dreaming of collecting three points” and possibly the league crown. With only four points separating
readFour ministers quit new Tunisia government
19-01-2011
TUNIS – Four ministers quit Tunisia’s day-old government yesterday, undermining its hopes of quelling unrest by sharing power with members of the opposition to the old regime.All who resigned were
readBeware online stock trading: Namfisa
19-01-2011
THE Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) has warned the general public about online trading through a third party. The supervisory authority says it has come to its attention
readTunisian economy to be purged
19-01-2011
PARIS - Tunisia’s economy will be purged legally of the grip of overthrown president Zine el-Abedine Ben Ali’s extended family, and is well placed to flourish, a leading Tunisian economist said on
readBP, Shell urge state to buy into Sapref
19-01-2011
BP AND Shell, the co-owners of South Africa’s biggest refinery, Sapref, propose the state takes a share in their joint venture before investing in PetroSA’s planned new refinery at Coega.Senior
readEmerging markets boost SABMiller
19-01-2011
LONDON – Brewer SABMiller beat forecasts with a three per cent rise in quarterly volumes, boosted by growth in Africa and Asia, and said it saw continued improvement in economic conditions in many of
readOppenheimers to keep De Beers stake
19-01-2011
LONDON – South Africa's Oppenheimer family is not keen to sell its 40 per cent stake in De Beers after a buoyant year for the world's top diamond miner, Nicky Oppenheimer said, dampening speculation
readDon’t stereotype
19-01-2011
Women’s leadership programmes are helpful in accelerating women’s career aspirations. However, if not done correctly, they can reinforce negative stereotypes and actually hold women back.Here are two
readSawiris sees Orascom deal going through
19-01-2011
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris said yesterday the more than US$6 billion sale of telecoms assets, including Leo in Namibia, to Russian mobile operator Vimpelcom has "a very
readOosthuizen pulls out of Meroro date
19-01-2011
HEAVYWEIGHT boxer Vikapita Meroro’s March 26 opponent, Thomas Oosthuizen, has opted out of their WBC Intercontinental title match-up. The South African is said to have changed his mind in favour of
readVolleyball for all next month
19-01-2011
THE 28th edition of the DTS Volleyball For All tournament is scheduled for the first Saturday of February. The organisers of the popular annual event announced yesterday that men, mixed teams - a
readNadal, Murray and Clistjers up the ante
19-01-2011
MELBOURNE - Rafael Nadal’s quest to complete his ‘Rafa Slam’ at the Australian Open started with a first-round victory that lasted only 11 games and certainly helped him conserve plenty of energy.The
readMou has no respect: Balotelli
19-01-2011
ROME - Jose Mourinho is impolite and disrespectful according to his former player Mario Balotelli.Speaking in a new sports pull-out in Tuesday’s Gazzetta dello Sport called Extra Time, Manchester City
readReal Madrid interested in Tevez
19-01-2011
MADRID - Real Madrid may try to sign Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez if they fail to lure Hamburg striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, sports daily Marca said Monday.Tevez made a shock transfer request
readIn Brief
19-01-2011
Shooting erupts in Ivory Coast ABIDJAN – Security forces loyal to the incumbent leader who refuses to give up power opened fire in Ivory Coast yesterday killing at least one person, as military
readIran bans production of gifts for Valentine’s
19-01-2011
TEHRAN – Iran has banned the production of Valentine’s Day gifts and any promotion of the day celebrating romantic love to combat what it sees as a spread of Western culture, Iranian media
readIn Brief
19-01-2011
Fireman dead, many missing in SA floods JOHANNESBURG – A fireman has drowned and countless other people are missing after massive flooding around Gauteng on Monday. The fireman, Henry Knox, 42, and
readGermany tries former Rwandan mayor
19-01-2011
BERLIN – A former Rwandan mayor is standing trial in Germany on accusations he organised massacres and incited killings during the African country’s 1994 genocide.Onesphore Rwabukombe faces possible
readShoot-to-kill order in Nigeria
19-01-2011
LAGOS – Soldiers patrolling Nigeria’s volatile central region received shoot-to-kill orders after a Christian mob killed a Muslim election worker and set his body on fire, an army spokesperson said
readSudan arrests opposition leader Turabi
19-01-2011
KHARTOUM – Sudanese security forces yesterday arrested opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and eight other party officials after they called for a “popular revolution” if Khartoum did not reverse price
readTwo men set themselves ablaze in Egypt: officials
19-01-2011
CAIRO – A man set himself ablaze yesterday in Cairo and another in Alexandria, Egyptian officials said, apparently following the example of a young Tunisian whose action sparked revolution in his
readSuicide bomb on Iraq police centre kills 50
19-01-2011
TIKRIT – A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of police recruits in the Iraqi city of Tikrit yesterday, killing 50 people in the bloodiest attack in more than two months.The blast, which
readYe li 39 ya sa kefundja mu South Afrika
19-01-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Efundja lya kindja ndyoka lya dhenge South Afrika olya faalela oomwenyo dhaantu ye li 39 mu South Afrika nokuhanagulapo omagumbo omayuvi moshishiindalongo Mozambique, aakwanepangelo
readOkatomeno ka Shakati na Katima ota u ka tameka iilonga
19-01-2011
OKATOMENO kOkampani ya Meatco poKatima ota ka ta egululwa ngula omanga hoko kopOshakati ta ka ka tameke iilonga moshiwike shotango sha Febuluali..Ndhika odha popiwa kOmugandjimulombo gwa Meatco Uschi
readNero ina pewa ombooloha
19-01-2011
SYDNEY Nero, ngoka ta ku popiwa kutya okwa fikepo ombashu yimwe mu Katutura omasiku ga zi ko e ta mu sile aantu yaali nokweehamekelwa yaali, okwa li a ningi eindilo a pewa Omukalelepo gwopaveta.Nero
readMuni gwa Shakati okwiilongekidhila efundja
19-01-2011
PETHIMBO ta popitha Oshigongi shAatoolinkundana mOshakati pehuliloshiwike lya zi ko, Meya gwOndoolopa ya Shakati omusamane Ben Kuutumbeni Kathindi okwa ti kutya Elelo lye lya Shakati omvula ndjika
readAanooli ilongekidhileni omvula onene
19-01-2011
OMVULA onene okwa tegelelwa yi ka dhenge omata mOnooli nomoshitopolwa shopokati koshilongo oshiwike.Ndhika odha popiwa kOshikondo shEtengeneko lyOnkalo yOmbepo mOmaandaha. Aakalimo yomiitopolwa
readMboka kaye shi iilyo ya Nabta: Nangombe ta ti
19-01-2011
OMUPRESIDENDE gwehangano lyOombesa nOotaxi mu Namibia/Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta), Magnus Nangombe, okwa ti ekanka ndyoka lya ningwa kaahingi yOotaxi mOnooli mOmaandaha goshiwike shika,
readChasing the dots ...
19-01-2011
Cry Havoc, Let Slip the Dogs of Democracy! POLITICAL positions of authority must lead a dog’s life in Namibia, especially as Swapo is accountable for all the good and bad things since Independence as
read‘King’s Speech’ leads Bafta nominations
19-01-2011
FOLLOWING on from his triumph at the Golden Globes, Colin Firth looks set to receive another accolade for his performance of George VI in ‘The King’s Speech’.The critically acclaimed film, which sees
readSurrogate baby for Nicole, Keith
19-01-2011
Nicole Kidman had a baby girl last month via a surrogate mother, it has emerged. The 43-year-old Oscar winner and her husband, country singer Keith Urban, already have a two-year-old daughter called
readPiers Morgan makes Oprah weep on CNN
19-01-2011
His interviews on ITV1’s ‘Piers Morgan: Life Stories’ always guaranteed tears from celebrity guests including Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell.And now it seems Morgan is using the same tried and tested
readZim-trained teachers must be appointed
19-01-2011
NAMIBIAN schools who pull up their noses at Zimbabwean-trained teachers have been instructed to recruit such teachers who meet the Ministry of Education’s requirements.According to the ministry’s
readTUN rejects current education system
19-01-2011
THE president of the Teachers’ Union of Namibia (TUN), Mahongora Kavihuha, has rejected the current education system, saying it contributes to underachieving pupils and cannot address skills shortages
readTreason suspect waits for mental check-up
19-01-2011
ONE of the men facing charges in the marathon main Caprivi high treason trial remains on a waiting list for a bed at the psychiatric unit of Windhoek Central Hospital, where he is set to undergo a
readSwakop CEO to address public on Kempinski
19-01-2011
SWAKOPMUND CEO Eckart Demasius will address the community on February 4 regarding the process of selling open space at the Mole to Ohlthaver and List for the development of the Kempinski Strand
readNo progress on smoking law
19-01-2011
THERE is considerable confusion over the implementation of the anti-smoking law passed in Parliament last year.Many restaurant owners want to know exactly when they must tell their customers not to
readNamsov to investigate workers’ grievances
19-01-2011
WITHIN 48 hours, as demanded by angry workers, Namsov Fishing Enterprises in Walvis Bay responded to a request that serious allegations against the company be investigated by a special committee.Last
readNabta leadership divided over strike
19-01-2011
THE president of the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) says a strike held at Oshakati by thousands of taxi drivers operating in the four northern regions was organised by individuals who are
readMole playground ‘here to stay’
19-01-2011
SWAKOPMUNDERS are concerned that the Mole playground, which has been around for about 50 years, is on its way out due to growing private development in the area, but that is not the case.“The
readHolidaymakers hold on tight to their wallets
19-01-2011
SWAKOPMUND, the holiday hub at the coast, received the same number of holidaymakers as in previous seasons; they were just more careful when spending their money this time around.This was the
readFewer road deaths at coast this summer
19-01-2011
THE annual West Coast Safety Initiative road-safety campaign at the coast has reported a drop of 42 per cent in road fatalities during the summer holidays, which ended on Saturday.Only five road
readDesert dasher earns big donation
19-01-2011
IT was his first attempt at the gruelling annual Desert Dash cycling event that took place in December, and he had never ridden a bicycle further than 120 km prior to the event, but the result was
readCrime doesn’t pay at Outjo anymore
19-01-2011
THE successful relationship between Outjo Police and residents this weekend proved the downfall of another poacher, whose tracks literally led the Police into his house.The man, whose name is being
readAussenkehr residents use river for drinking water and as toilet
19-01-2011
MANY people at Aussenkehr do not have access to safe drinking water and proper toilet facilities. This has forced them to use the banks of the Orange River as a toilet and to collect water from the
read3 deny comet watcher murder
19-01-2011
FOUR years to the day after Windhoek resident Neels Swiegers was shot dead during a comet-watching outing in the Goreangab Dam area, the three men accused of robbing and murdering Swiegers denied all
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