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57 Articles found on Wednesday, 26 January 2011
TCL workers’ pension quest stuck in legal mud
26-01-2011
A CASE through which former workers of the closed-down Tsumeb Corporation Limited are trying to recover more than N$117 million that they claim was unlawfully withdrawn from their pension fund
readGovt backs Police action
26-01-2011
GOVERNMENT yesterday condemned the violent behaviour of protesting taxi drivers, which led to the arrest of 90 taxi drivers and injuries to at least six Police officers and two taxi
readTaxi rebellion turns violent
26-01-2011
TWO taxi drivers were injured after the Police clashed with a group of striking Windhoek taxi drivers in Katutura yesterday morning.The confrontation between the taxi drivers and a contingent of
readIsaacs to restore Brave Warriors’ pride
26-01-2011
BRAVE Warriors interim coach Brian Isaacs yesterday said he will restore the Brave Warriors’ lost pride as he announced his preliminary squad ahead of next month’s international friendly match against
readMuseveni against UN on Ivory Coast
26-01-2011
KAMPALA – Uganda President Yoweri Museveni is against the United Nations’ recognition of Alassane Ouattara as winner of Ivory Coast’s election and wants an African Union probe into the poll, his
readAfrican growth steaming ahead, says IMF
26-01-2011
STRONG domestic demand and resurgent exports will drive economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa near to the high levels recorded before the global financial meltdown, the International Monetary Fund
readSMSss for Wednesday 26 January 2011
26-01-2011
SMS Of The Day *TO those who think the speed limit in town should be 80: a) This could be done on only a few main roads in large towns. b)You only may go as fast as is safe; so on a wet road, during
readNotable Quotes
26-01-2011
You have an option. If you don’t contravene the law, everything will be good. – City Police Chief Abraham Kanime attempted to discuss the issues with protesting taxi drivers who are threatening to
readProfit from doing good
26-01-2011
In the past two decades, many corporations have made strides in shedding their reputations as polluters, exploiters, and gluttons. But there is still a long way to go until doing good is an accepted
readWhat’s in an (Oshiwambo) name?
26-01-2011
KEETMANSHOOP – The secretary seneral of the Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN), Adam Isaak, says the name of the government-owned company Epangelo Mining should be changed from Oshiwambo to
readTrust remains stable worldwide
26-01-2011
DAVOS – Trust in business and government worldwide has been remarkably resilient through the economic crisis, except in the US where it has steeply declined, a new survey released yesterday on the
readWorld jobless rate stuck at record high
26-01-2011
GENEVA – The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned that the global economic recovery was not translating into jobs as world unemployment remained at a record 205 million for 2010.“Despite
readIMF says financial stability still at risk
26-01-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday that the uneven pace of recovery between sluggish advanced economies and buoyant developing ones will lead to financial instability
readUN wants price curbs, warns of food crisis
26-01-2011
TOKYO – Rules are needed to curb speculation in surging commodity prices as the world heads towards a food crisis that threatens political instability, the head of the UN's food agency said.The
readIn Brief
26-01-2011
Undaunted Tunisian protesters rally again TUNIS – Hundreds of Tunisian protesters were demonstrating outside the prime minister’s office yesterday to demand the removal of members of the ousted
readIn Brief
26-01-2011
Egypt arrests ‘al Qaeda cell’ CAIRO – Egypt’s interior minister said yesterday that 19 people thought to have links to al Qaeda had been arrested in Egypt last month.France sends rebel to war crimes
readEgypt protesters break through police barriers
26-01-2011
CAIRO – Hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators calling for economic and political reforms broke through police barriers yesterday and began marching in Cairo’s streets, in a protest inspired by Tunisia’s
readElection boss sacked in Zambia
26-01-2011
LUSAKA – Zambia’s electoral commission head was sacked after he revealed corruption activities at the institution. Employees have staged a work-stoppage demanding the resignation of the chairperson.
readZimbabwe apologises for weekend militant ‘incursion’
26-01-2011
HARARE – Members of Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF party on Monday apologised for militants who forcefully entered a series of lakeside private boat clubs and tourist lodges over the weekend, according to tour
readEight died in DRC national park
26-01-2011
KINSHASA – Three wildlife rangers and five government soldiers have been killed in an attack by Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern DR Congo’s Virunga National Park, the park’s director said
readNamibia wins three ICC awards
26-01-2011
CRICKET Namibia scooped three ICC Africa Regional Development awards yesterday. According to a media release from the international cricket governing body, Namibia was awarded the Best Spirit of
readBotes won’t be missed: Frank Fredericks
26-01-2011
ATHLETICS Namibia president Frank Fredericks said former council member Quinton-Steele Botes will “not be missed”. Fredericks added that Botes, who had resigned as chairperson of AN’s Track and Field
readHaikali jets out for Ghana fight
26-01-2011
NAMIBIA’s WBO African lightweight title holder Martin Haikali left for Accra yesterday where he is to face Ghanaian challenger Sam Amoako on Saturday. Haikali, who successfully defended his title
readRoger Federer eases into semis, Wozniacki toils
26-01-2011
MELBOURNE - Roger Federer made a quick dash into an eighth straight Australian Open semi-final yesterday but Caroline Wozniacki was forced to go the distance to reach her first.Wozniacki, under huge
readNotices Pubs FC training at Outjo
26-01-2011
PUBS Football Club is inviting old and new players based in Outjo to come for training. Although the team had its first official training session on Monday, interested players are encouraged to attend
readEnglish commentators embroiled in sexism row
26-01-2011
LONDON - Two of Britain’s leading football commentators were reprimanded by their TV network and taken off the air on Monday after making sexist remarks off-microphone about two female match officials
readAncelotti wary of Man U
26-01-2011
Manchester United will decide whether they have a chance of retaining their title.BOLTON - Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti admits his team’s two meetings with Ancelotti’s side recorded a first away
readOsasiona yopolisi pofaalama ya Kapps
26-01-2011
OSASIONA ompe yopolisi oya egululwa pofaalama ya Kapps etitano lya yi.Eegululo ndika olya eta ondjodhi yaakalimo pofaalama ndjoka yi ninge yoshili. Oyendji yaakalimo pomudhingoloko ngoka oya
readOonkundana dhAfrica paufupi
26-01-2011
JOHANNESBURG:Okommissi yomathigathano ya South Africa oya pe omahangano gaaniilonga omasiku 15 opo ngaka ga gandje uumbangi wa gwedhwapo tawu kondjitha WalMart, ehangano lyoongeshefa lyokoAmerica
readYane ya tamanekwa mokuponokela omutoolinkundana mo Venduka
26-01-2011
AALUMENTU yane ta ku tiwa oya ponekelele omutoolinkundana pokluba yimwe moVenduka konyala omvula ya pita po ngashingeyi oya holoka mompangu lwotango. Mbaka oya holokele omaandaha taya tamanekelwa
readNabta a geya kombinga yekanka lyaali paveta
26-01-2011
EHOLOLO madhiladhilo inaali tegelelwa ndyoka lya ningwa kaahingi yootekisa moVenduka omaandaha otashi vulika li thikameke onkalo moshilando omasiku ta ge ya. Omaandaha aahingi yamwe oya yooloka
readLironga Eparu a kuthwa omakwatho gopashimaliwa
26-01-2011
EKUTHEPO lyomakwatho gopashimaliwa okuza kehangano lya GlobalFund olya ningwa aniwa molwa iikonene nomuwiliki gwa Lironga Eparu.Ehangano lya Global Fund olya tokola oku mweneka okugandja iimaliwa
readMunyama a indile a pulakenwe kegeelo lye
26-01-2011
OMPANGU yopombanda ya Venduka ina yi gandja etokolo lyayo keindilo lyomuwiliki nale gwa NBC, Gerry Munyama opo a pewe ompito a indile ompangu yi kutheko kegeelo lye lyomimvo omulongo molwa
readDPN a kutha yaali mongundu
26-01-2011
ONGUNDU yo Democratic Party of Namibia[DPN] oya tula pevi iilyo yayo iyali mbyoka ya li yi igameke ko Swapo pethimbo lyokuhogolola aanambelewa melelo lyoshilando sha Karasburg omumvo gwa yi.Mbaka
readOombudhi kombinga yomayalulo gombaanga
26-01-2011
EHANGANO lyoombaanga dha Namibia[Namibia Bankers’ Association][BAN] olya indile omahangano goshigwana naangoka gopaumwene unene ngoka haga longitha ointernet mokufuta opo ga kale ga kotoka kombinga
readGandjeni eyakulo lya pumbiwa Geingob a indile
26-01-2011
MINISTA yIipindi Noofabulika, Hage Geingob okwa indile aaniilonga muuministeli we ya longe nuudhiginini mokugandja omayakulo ga pumbiwa kaantu ayehe moshilongo, peha lyokwiitungila uugumbo wawo
readChasing the dots ...
26-01-2011
Dogged Democratic Dialogue! HERE we go again, “I owe, I owe, it’s off to work I go” as the governmental cohorts gird their loins for another year! Snow White plus Grumpy, Happy, Dopey and Sleepy will
readIf you want to enter BBA6 ...
26-01-2011
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
readWin! WIN! Win!
26-01-2011
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
readCatch ‘Marvin, Stevie and God’ at the FNCC tonight
26-01-2011
ACCLAIMED Namibian film-maker Cecil Moller has spent the last few years as a Fulbright Scholar in California, where he gained his masters degree in directing. Tonight he debuts one of his newest short
readOprah’s miracle!
26-01-2011
Having tugged on heartstrings for decades with shows that reunite lost relatives, the queen of talk has experienced firsthand the power of reunion, by meeting the half-sister she never knew she
readYouth Service plans to plant crops on 10 000 hectares
26-01-2011
THE National Youth Service (NYS) is planning to plant crops on 10 000 hectares of State land along the Orange River at Noordoewer.This was revealed by Youth Minister Pohamba Shifeta during a visit to
readWork on hospital lifts suspended
26-01-2011
ALL repairs on the lifts at the Katutura State Hospital have been suspended following the fatal accident on December 30 last year in which two people were killed.The Minister of Health and Social
readUvhungu-Vhungu dairy cows sold to Meatco
26-01-2011
THE dairy cows of the Uvhungu-Vhungu farm, which were relocated to the Mashare Agricultural Development Institute (MADI) in the Kavango Region in 2009, were sold to Meatco late last year, Nampa has
readTwo schools closed in Oshana
26-01-2011
TWO primary schools in the Oshana Region have been closed because of flooding.The two schools are Omuliunga Primary and Engombe Primary, both in a flood-prone area south of Oshakati. The Directorate
readTruck driver killed in crash at Walvis Bay
26-01-2011
A TRUCK driver was killed in a head-on collision with another truck at Walvis Bay yesterday morning.Witnesses told The Namibian that “it was something horrible”. The deceased was apparently “hanging
readResidents mandate suburb name change
26-01-2011
THE proposed name change of Keetmanshoop’s Tseiblaagte residential area to Hendrik Tseib Acre last week gathered momentum when its residents at a community meeting mandated the Town Council to go
readRegional govt not for ‘empire building’
26-01-2011
TRIBALISM, favouritism, personal political agendas and maladministration have been the order of the day in some regional councils, but will no longer be tolerated, Local and Regional Government
readPupils sleeping on bare beds
26-01-2011
SOME 300 pupils at the new Matumbo Ribebe Secondary School in the Kavango Region are sleeping on bare bunk beds because the mattresses have not yet been delivered.The mattresses were to be delivered
readPeople evacuated at Mariental settlement
26-01-2011
SIXTEEN households at the Hakahana informal settlement near Mariental have been relocated after the overflowing Dabib River flooded their homes on Saturday night. The Dabib River, a tributary of the
readNew Police chopper damaged in bouncy landing in North
26-01-2011
THE latest edition to the Namibian Police’s Air Wing, the Eurocopter AS350 helicopter, bought for N$43 million last year, was damaged during a botched landing at Ondangwa last month.According to the
readDonkey cart swept away by Fish River
26-01-2011
POLICE in the Karas Region yesterday found the body of a man whose donkey cart was swept away by the swollen Fish River near Tses village in the South on Monday afternoon. Police Commissioner Josephat
readChicken business raises hope at Dordabis
26-01-2011
Gys Joubert, the owner of the Farm Autabeb at Dordabis, has donated three hectares of land, two buildings and a water tank to the Youth Against Crime (YAC) group. The land will be used for poultry
readBurnt girl (4) still fighting for life
26-01-2011
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl is still fighting for her life in the acute ward of the Katutura State Hospital after the house she and her family lived in was set alight about two weeks ago.The girl and her
readBible to be reintroduced in schools
26-01-2011
FORMAL approval is being awaited from the Ministry of Education for the reintroduction of Bible study in public schools as part of the existing Religious and Moral Education (RME) subject.The new
readAverage harvest for mango farmer at Noordoewer
26-01-2011
A MANGO farmer at Noordoewer has described this year’s harvest as average because of the dry and hot weather during the growing season. Omega farming owner JA Olivier said he expects to pack about 15
read5 in court over Clarke murder
26-01-2011
FIVE suspects appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura yesterday in connection with the murder of Unam rugby player Lesley Clarke.Rudie Rautenbach, Ray Paulse, Mark Scott, Hzhuruld
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