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60 Articles found on Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Fraud charge against Ondangwa lawyer’s 4 co-accused dropped
25-01-2011
FOUR of the people who were facing charges in connection with an alleged scheme through which the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund of Namibia is claimed to have been defrauded to the tune of more than
readFour charged over attack on journalist
25-01-2011
FOUR men accused of carrying out a violent attack on a journalist in a Windhoek nightspot almost a year ago made a first court appearance on an assault charge yesterday.Businessmen David Imbili, who
readNabta angry over illegal taxi strike
25-01-2011
A SURPRISE protest in Windhoek yesterday by hundreds of taxi drivers is threatening to bring the city of Windhoek to a partial standstill in days to come.Moreover, the strike has underlined the stark
readNamibia struggling at Paralympic Champs
25-01-2011
NAMIBIA’s maiden appearance at the International Paralympic World Championships games in New Zealand has so far yielded no medals. The Namibian contingent of four athletes in Christchurch is one of
readIvory Coast’s Quattara calls for cocoa export ban
25-01-2011
LONDON – Cocoa surged to near its highest price in 30 years yesterday as Alassane Ouattara, battling to be Ivory Coast’s president, urged a month-long ban on exports from the top producer to starve
readBank Windhoek looking for new MD
25-01-2011
JAMES Hill, the managing director of Bank Windhoek, will leave the bank at the of March this year, the institution confirmed yesterday.Koos Brandt, chairman of Capricorn Investment Holdings, the
readMugabe’s health problems ‘naked lies’
25-01-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s 86-year-old President Robert Mugabe denied he has been gravely ill and described reports he underwent surgery in Malaysia as “naked lies.”On his return from annual vacation, Mugabe
readSMSss for Tuesday 25 January 2011
25-01-2011
SMS Of The Day *IT is payback time. The severe droughts and floods experienced around the world is the price we are now paying for environmental damage that we humans caused, and it will get worse.
readNotable Quotes
25-01-2011
We have been at the mercy of slander and all sorts of misrepresentation in recent years, which resulted in the decision to stop and rethink these relationships that bear no fruit. –Moses Ikanga,
readSudan: Post-Referendum Issues And Implications For Africa
25-01-2011
AS we enter the second decade of the 21st century, a new state of Southern Sudan is to be born on July 9 2011. As is the case now, the southerners voted in their millions for the independence of the
readGuns And The Nation:Do We Have A Formula?
25-01-2011
THE extent to which firearms must be allowed in society has been problematic since times immemorial. In times of conflict arms are made available by the powers controlling society or those controlling
readRio Tinto wins Riversdale support
25-01-2011
MELBOURNE – Rio Tinto's US$3,9 billion bid for Africa-focused coal miner Riversdale gained steam yesterday after a representative of Riversdale's top shareholder Tata Steel backed the offer. The full
readSarkozy appeals for G20 moves on food prices, reform
25-01-2011
PARIS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy called yesterday for an open G20 discussion of monetary reform and regulation of commodity markets, saying food price rises risked causing riots.Sarkozy, who
readMillions invested in fresh-produce markets
25-01-2011
RUNDU – The construction of a multimillion-dollar fresh produce market, set to create 250 jobs for Kavango locals, has started at Rundu, and the first phase is scheduled for completion next
readGlobalisation on the rebound despite tensions
25-01-2011
LONDON and DAVOS – A report released yesterday by Ernst & Young in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) shows that, after a brief pause in 2009 and a modest rebound in 2010, the
readIn Brief
25-01-2011
Moscow airport blast kills at least 23 MOSCOW – At least 23 people were killed and more than 130 injured in a blast at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport yesterday, state-run RIA news agency reported,
readZim police ‘thwart property invasion’
25-01-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwean police drove out scores of so-called war veterans and supporters of President Robert Mugabe after they declared themselves new owners of several tourist resorts, a minister and
readDrunk US pilot jailed for 6 months
25-01-2011
LONDON – A pilot who turned up so drunk at Heathrow that he didn’t know where he was supposed to fly his transatlantic passenger plane has been jailed for six months.George La Perle was stopped by
readChina orders etiquette classes for schoolchildren
25-01-2011
BEIJING – China has mandated that all schoolchildren undergo lessons on etiquette – the latest expression of concern over uncultured manners in one of the world’s oldest civilisations.Teachers will be
readGames chiefs sacked amid graft probe
25-01-2011
NEW DELHI – India’s sports ministry yesterday removed the top two organisers of last year’s tainted Commonwealth Games in New Delhi to enable an “unhindered” police probe into alleged
readNewspaper Cup aims to curb age cheats
25-01-2011
AS preparations for the annual The Namibian Newspaper Cup gather momentum, the organisers are working on eliminating age cheating from the popular youth competition in a bid to level the playing
readSA, Mauritius win beach volleyball tourney
25-01-2011
THE South African men’s team and the Mauritius women’s team were the winners of the sub-zonal beach volleyball tournament that took place over the weekend at the DTS sports club in Windhoek.The
readFootball Results
25-01-2011
Sunday, January 23 English Premier League Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom German Bundesliga TSG Hoffenheim 2 - 2 St Pauli
readMilan stay top as Inter lose perfect Leo record
25-01-2011
ROME - Udinese ended Leonardo’s perfect record since taking over as Inter Milan coach with a 3-1 win over the Italian champions yesterday while city rivals Milan retained their four-point lead at the
readRisky decisions pay off, says Mourinho
25-01-2011
MADRID - Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho admitted his team selection gamble on Sunday in the crucial clash against Real Mallorca was a high-risk strategy.Real edged a 1-0 win to stay four points
readDolgopolov makes first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal
25-01-2011
MELBOURNE - Alexandr Dolgopolov used to knock balls around with some of the top players in the world when he was just a toddler. Even then, the pint-sized kid had some outsized groundstrokes. At 22,
readOmukiintu a hupithwa kOpolisi
25-01-2011
OMUKIINTU gumwe gwomOshakati, ngoka pokati komutenya gwosoondaha a li i iyekele momeya pontopa yOpolisi na Sikai mOshakati nelalakano ngeno a sile mo, okwa kuthwa mo meendelelo kopolisi manga ina
readOombudhi dha dhitikwa moBotswana
25-01-2011
AAKWASHIGWANA ya Namibia yaali oya holokele komeho gompangu yamengestrata moGaborone lwopehulilo lyomumvo gwayi, metamaneko lyuufuthi wiimaliwa oyindji. Iimaliwa mbika aafekelwa mbaka ota ku tiwa oye
readOpolisi ta yi londodha
25-01-2011
OPOLISI ya Namibia oya londodha oshigwana kombinga yomwatumwalaka omahupi gopangodhi dhosellfona ngoka taga lombwele aantu kutya oya sindana omiyalu ominene dhiimaliwa.Omukonakoni omukuluntu,
readOmufuthi gwiimuna mokakuma
25-01-2011
OMULUMENTU gumwe ta fekelwa meyako lyiimuna yongushu yoodola 250 000 okwa kwatwa kopolisi, nokuholoka mompangu ya mengestrata omaandaha.Omufekelwa John Thitjoro Mwambu [27] otaku tiwa oku na mo
readKe na ondjo medhipago ndele a pewa omimvo hetatu mondholongo natango
25-01-2011
OMULUMENTU omugundjuka ngoka a ethiwa metamaneko lyedhipago lyomukalimo gwomOmbaye, a li mwene gwokefe okwa tuminwa kondholongo omimvo hetatu molwa uufuthi noshowo okuya oveta moshbipala.Ephraim
readYatatu yUundolowele ya pewa eifutilemo kwa kuthwa kashona
25-01-2011
AAFEKELWA yatatu yomu yane mboka taya fekelwa uulingilingi kombinga yiilonga yetungo poshipangelo shEenhana nokapangelo pOtjituuo oya pewa yi ifutilemo niimalwa ya kululwa. Mbaka kuyele oya li ya pewa
readUumbugantu nefundja
25-01-2011
KONYALA oshilongo kehe muumbugantu wAfrica osha tonata noshi ilongekidhila efundja lya nika oshiponga, pahapu dhIigwana Hangano.Omvula onene ota yi tsikile okuloka na omvula oyindji nondhigu oya
readNabta a kaleka ekanka lyootekisa
25-01-2011
EKANKA ndyoka lya li lina okuningwa kiilyo yehangano lyuumbesa nuutekisa lya Namibia olya kalekwa. Ekanka olya li lya thanekwa li ningwe omaandaha ongula onene, ihe ewiliko lyehangano ndika Nabta olya
readCele investigates political murders
25-01-2011
MBOMBELA – South Africa’s police chief has appointed 12 investigators from across the country to investigate a string of what may be politically-motivated murders in Mpumalanga.Speaking at the
readBoozing SA pupils say sorry
25-01-2011
JOHANNESBIRG – Three West Rand school pupils have apologised publicly to President Jacob Zuma, the department of education and their community after they made front page news for drinking cider on
readOil shelters Africa from rights criticism
25-01-2011
BRUSSELS – Oil is sheltering major African states from international criticism on human rights with foreign nations reliant on crude reluctant to speak out, Human Rights Watch said in its annual
readAgricultural diary Agra
25-01-2011
January 28: Annual general meeting 09:00 at the Agra/Bank Windhoek Ring, Windhoek Showgrounds. Registration starts at 08:30. Contact Albé Snyman at 061 2909273 or albes@agra.com.na.Dorsland Farmers’
readAus farmers want land and stock fees reduced
25-01-2011
KEETMANSHOOP – Farmers in the area of Aus near Keetmanshoop have asked the Aus Settlement Office to reduce the charges they pay for land and grazing for animals. The farmers usually pay N$52 every
readMeatco Okahandja only re-opens in March
25-01-2011
MEATCO Okahandja received a low number of cattle for slaughter in January, and will thus only open in March.Meatco’s acting senior manager for corporate communications and public relations, Uschi
readEU inspection team heading for Namibia
25-01-2011
THE Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) of the European Commission will carry out an inspection next month on Namibia’s controls over the production of fresh meat and game intended for export to the EU,
readFarm ministers tackle food price rises
25-01-2011
BERLIN – Agriculture ministers from Europe, Africa and Canada warned Saturday of dire consequences, including riots and social unrest, unless action is swiftly taken to improve food security and
readNew levies payable to Meat Board
25-01-2011
AS from the beginning of February, levies previously paid to the Meat Board as a fixed amount, will change to a percentage levy.The seller has to pay the levies, but the buyer is responsible for the
readWin! WIN! Win!
25-01-2011
Fabulous board game up for grabs MULTICHOICE NAMIBIA and The Namibian are giving away a once-off and exclusive Big Brother Board Game to one lucky reader. All you have to do to stand a chance of
readOprah ‘secret’ prompts buzz
25-01-2011
OPRAH, you had us at ‘family secret’! Oprah Winfrey’s announcement that she was to stage a surprise reunion on her talk show yesterday prompted major speculation about the person’s identity.Based on
read‘Obama thief’ on run
25-01-2011
A MAN who robs banks wearing a rubber mask of US President Barack Obama has struck again, Austrian police said on Friday.The disguised thief robbed a bank in the town of Handenberg in Upper Austria
readIf you want to enter BBA6 ...
25-01-2011
DETAILS to note if you want to try your hand at being Namibia’s housemate in BBA6, set to start on May 1:• You must be 21 or older, be fluent in English, have a valid passport and be a citizen of any
readJen, Ashton, ‘Twilight’, ‘Sex and the City’ up for Razzies
25-01-2011
If films starring Jennifer Aniston, Ashton Kutcher and the lovelorn cast of ‘Twilight’ left you dumbfounded, you’re officially in good company.All are prominent contenders for the Razzie Awards, an
readWorkers throw down GIPF gauntlet again
25-01-2011
CIVIL servants, with the blessing of union heavyweight Evilastus Kaaronda, yesterday announced a nationwide protest on February 15 against the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) for losing
readOshakati Police foil woman’s suicide attempt
25-01-2011
THE Police at Oshakati responded so quickly to a call from the town’s ‘suicide bridge’ that they managed to rescue a woman who had jumped from the bridge.The incident happened just before noon
readNew defence force chief inaugurated
25-01-2011
THE Minister of Defence yesterday called on the newly appointed Chief of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), Lieutenant General Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah, to keep the force apolitical and to make sure it
readMunyama asks to appeal
25-01-2011
THE Windhoek High Court yesterday reserved judgement in former NBC boss Gerry Munyama’s application for leave to appeal against his ten-year sentence on fraud.During his notice of appeal, Munyama and
readMan missing after river sweeps away car
25-01-2011
THE Police are appealing to the public to help trace a man who went missing during last week’s heavy rains.According to Police spokesperson Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu, George Siluslavi (38) went
readKoës boys go for psych screening
25-01-2011
THE three boys who allegedly raped a three-year-old girl in Koës on Wednesday last week will undergo psychological screening early next month.The boys, aged nine, 10 and 11, appeared in the
readKapps Farm gets Police station
25-01-2011
THE new Police station inaugurated at Kapps Farm on Friday is a dream come true for the local community, which made significant contributions to see the project implemented.Brian Black, chairman of
readDPN suspends two members
25-01-2011
THE Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN) has suspended two of its members who sided with their Swapo Party rivals during the election of office bearers in the Karasburg Local Authority last year.The two
readChange your habits, beat cancer
25-01-2011
THE global message for this year’s World Cancer Day is: “change your lifestyle because cancer can be prevented”. In line with this, the Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) invites all Namibians to get
read32 Caprivi villages evacuated
25-01-2011
UP to Tuesday last week, 32 villages in the Caprivi Region were evacuated due to the rising water of the Zambezi River, governor Lawrence Sampofu told The Namibian yesterday.He said the people and
read3 arrested in Clark murder
25-01-2011
THREE suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Khomasdal resident Lesley Clark, who was stabbed to death in the early hours of Saturday morning.The three suspects are to appear in
readTaxi rebellion: Violence flares
25-01-2011
WARNING shots and teargas were fired in Katutura today after protesting taxi drivers allegedly attacked Police vehicles with stones. A number of taxi drivers were arrested, and weapons were
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