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56 Articles found on Thursday, 27 January 2011
Man fined six cattle for having sex with goats
27-01-2011
A MAN at Simanya village west of Rundu was fined six head of cattle after pleading guilty to having had sex with goats on various occasions. The man, who was identified only by the name of ‘Ngongo’,
readKatutura lower court – ATM without a PIN?
27-01-2011
WHILE the Police are still scratching their heads about the N$3 million stolen at the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura two years ago, close to half a million Namibia dollars vanished from a
readTaxi strike called off,drivers get unionised
27-01-2011
THE TAXI strike this week mobilised many drivers who feel their interests are not represented by the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta).Yesterday, members of the ad-hoc committee, which was born
readTjombe stole my boxers: ‘Duran’
27-01-2011
LOCAL boxing promoter Andreas ‘Duran’ Mwayanale claims Onkugo Promotions’ Anita Tjombe has poached “all” of his top boxers, including newly crowned WBA Pan-African flyweight champion Joseph ‘Smokey’
readEgypt forbids more protests
27-01-2011
CAIRO – Egypt said yesterday it would ban demonstrations and detain protesters, seeking to draw a line under unprecedented protests against President Hosni Mubarak’s rule in whihc three people died.An
readDBN refines lending and client support
27-01-2011
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has kicked off 2011 by introducing two new departments, namely Lending, and Business Support and Development."We are convinced that the question of money is
readSMSss for Thursday 27 January 2011
27-01-2011
SMS Of The Day *THE Namibian Newspaper Cup is coming. Please Erongo Region let’s do it fairly this time. When the time comes to choose the team don’t just take players from Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.
readNotable Quotes
27-01-2011
It was agreed that the newly introduced traffic fines shall remain in place and must be enforced to the letter. – Information Minister Joel Kaapanda said Government was fully behind the actions taken
readReport sees risk from ‘shadow banks’ as rules tighten
27-01-2011
DAVOS – Regulators seeking to prevent the next financial crisis should be careful not to push banks too hard with rules that force financial activity into an unregulated 'shadow banking' sector, a
readObama dose of austerity gets two cheers from business
27-01-2011
DAVOS, Switzerland – Business leaders in Davos welcomed yesterday the austerity steps proposed by US President Barack Obama in his State of the Union speech but some questioned whether they went far
readChamber of Mines gears up for second expo
27-01-2011
FOLLOWING the success of the first Namibian Mining Expo in May last year, the Chamber of Mines of Namibia will host a second one this year.The upcoming expo, scheduled for May 18 and 19, will take
readTrekkopje production delayed by a year
27-01-2011
AREVA’S Trekkopje Uranium Mine will go into production in the first quarter of 2013; a year later than was initially expected.Rumoured reasons for the delay, that the mine was “pulling out of Namibia”
readTotal says US$100 barrel would be a mistake
27-01-2011
DAVOS, Switzerland – The price of crude oil rising to US$100 a barrel would be a mistake, the head of French oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, said yesterday on the sidelines of the World
readEven a broken Brent benchmark is the best for now
27-01-2011
LONDON – Brent's popularity as the world's most widely used oil benchmark is likely to grow as the industry dismisses its defects as less significant than problems with the alternatives.ICE Brent
readTrustco bulges muscles on JSE Africa Board
27-01-2011
NEARLY 60 million Trustco shares, worth about R33 million, traded on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Africa Board last year, an increase of more than 1 500 per cent compared to 2009 when the
readEmerging economies caught in inflation dilemma
27-01-2011
DAVOS, Switzerland – Emerging economies, seen as the big hope for global growth this year, are caught in a tricky dilemma: let inflation rip and hurt stability or raise rates and risk stalling their
readIn Brief
27-01-2011
Tunisian protests turn violent TUNIS – Demonstrators clashed with Tunisian police yesterday, as days of peaceful protests demanding a purge of former regime loyalists in an interim government
readIvory Coast leader orders seizure of regional bank
27-01-2011
ABIDJAN – Incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo’s government has ordered the seizure of the regional central bank’s offices in Ivory Coast in an attempt to retain control of state finances after being cut
readTunisia asks Interpol to arrest Ben Ali and wife
27-01-2011
TUNIS – Tunisia has asked Interpol to help arrest ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, his wife Leila Trabelsi and other members of the family who fled the country during an uprising, the justice
readUK to use crematorium to heat pool
27-01-2011
LONDON – A British local council is planning to use excess energy from a crematorium incinerator to heat one of its swimming pools, it emerged on Tuesday, but critics slammed the proposals as
readPolish board game recalls communist hardship
27-01-2011
WARSAW – You won’t get to build hotels or collect rent in a new Polish board game reminiscent of Monopoly. In fact, you may be lucky even to get a pair of shoes.Poland’s state-run National Remembrance
readShipanga worried over wounded Gladiators
27-01-2011
BRAVE Gladiators coach Jacqueline Shipanga is fretting about the fitness of seven of her key players ahead of this Saturday’s second-leg Olympic qualifier against Angola. Her youthful side ground out
readCommonwealth Games report still pending
27-01-2011
THE report on Namibia’s participation in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, is yet to be finalised.It was due for submission 30 days after the conclusion of the Games that took place
readNFA bails out First Division
27-01-2011
THE NFA has granted N$250 000 to both first-division streams in order to get their 2010/11 season up and running. NPL league administrator Mervin Geiriseb yesterday informed The Namibian Sport that
readSky Sports commentator fired in sexism row
27-01-2011
LONDON - One of British football’s leading television commentators was fired Tuesday for “unacceptable behaviour”, days after making sexist remarks about a female match official that sparked
readMadrid signs Adebayor on loan
27-01-2011
MADRID – Real Madrid has signed Emmanuel Adebayor from Manchester City on loan until the end of the season with an option to buy the Togolese striker.The Spanish club announced the deal Tuesday on its
readIOC/UN programme benefits Osire
27-01-2011
ABOUT 8 500 young people living in the Osire refugee camp will be part of an ambitious three-year sport and education programme courtesy of the United Nations and the International Olympic
readFerrer ends ‘Nadal Slam’ hopes
27-01-2011
MELBOURNE – A tearful Rafa Nadal was stunned 6-4 6-2 6-3 by fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the Australian Open quarter-finals yesterday, ending his quest to hold all four grand slam titles at once.An
readOmiliona dha pungulwa moomaalaka dhiihape
27-01-2011
ETUNGO lyomaalaka yiihape niiyimati olya tameke poRundu, noshikako shotango shetungo ndika osha tegelelwa shika manithwe omumvo ta guya mu February. Pendiki ndika opwa tegelelwa pu kutwe aaniilonga ye
readLongeleni oshigwana haku itala ne yene
27-01-2011
ONKALo yuukwamuhoko, okugama ombinga, iinima yopolitika yopaumwene noshowo elelo lyaali nawa itayi kiidhidhimikilwa we. Ndika olyo etumwalaka lya Minista gwOmalelo giitopolwa, iilando nomagumbo, Jerry
readEpangelo ota li yambidhidha opolisi
27-01-2011
EPANGELO olya pangula na yi omaihumbato gelongitho lyoonkondo ga ningwa kaahingi yootekisa mboka ya li taya holola omadhiladhilo gawo omaandaha noshowo etiyali oshiwike shika. Pethimbo lyiiningwanima
readEkanka lyootekisa nelongitho lyoonkondo
27-01-2011
AAHINGI yootekisa yaali oya ehamekwa konima sho opolisi yi idhenge mumwe nongundu yaahingi yootekisa mboka yali mekanka moKatutura sha Venduka metiyali.Eipumomumwe olya holoka sho opolisi ya
readOmuhingi gwololi a si meipumo mumwe pOmbaye metiyali
27-01-2011
OMUHINGI gumwe gwololi okwa sile moshiponga sheipumo mumwe lyomaloli gaali pOmbaye metiyali.Oombangi odha hokolele oThe Namibian kutya oshiponga shika oshinyanyalitha. Omuhingi ngoka a si aniwa
readKakukutu komatanga gegameno a pewa oshinakugwanithwa
27-01-2011
MINISTA yEgameno oya indile omukuluntu gwomatanga gegameno omupe opo a soshimpwiyu kutya omatanga otaga longo inaa ga gama kongundu yopolitika yontumba , ndele ogena okuyakula oshigwana ashihe
readKondjitha okankela, lundulula omikalo dhoye
27-01-2011
ETUMWALAKA lyomumvo nguka lyesiku lyokudhimbulukwa okankela muuyuni olyo “lundulula onkalamwenyo, oshoka okankela ota yi vulu okukeelelwa.”Pamulandu nguka Cancer Association of Namibia[CAN] ota hiya
readOosikola mbali mOshana dha pata molwomeya
27-01-2011
OOSIKOLA mbali dhOprima mOshikandjosikola sha Mpundja mOshana odha pata, sha etwa kiishana iinene ya kundukidha oosikola ndhoka yuudha omeya gomvula ndjoka ya lokele omasiku ga zi ko moshitopolwa
readIf you want to enter BBA6 ...
27-01-2011
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!
27-01-2011
Fabulous board game up for grabsMULTICHOICE 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
readJackson’s doctor pleads not guilty in star’s death
27-01-2011
MICHAEL Jackson’s doctor pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop superstar’s death as the case moved rapidly toward a trial that will likely be televised.“Your
readSurprisingly surprise-free Oscar Nominations
27-01-2011
It brought buzz, it brought excitement, it brought a frenzy of Twitter activity, but Tuesday’s unveiling by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of its 2011 Oscar nominees was largely
readZimbabwe reports sharp rise in rhino poaching recently
27-01-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe's wildlife service chief says rhino poaching has risen sharply in recent weeks, with raids organised by sophisticated poaching syndicates.Parks and Wildlife director general Vitalis
readOuting to Monte Christo
27-01-2011
THE Namibia Bird Club is organising an outing to the farm Monte Christo on February 6.The meeting point will be on the B1 road north of Windhoek, at the road sign ‘Okahandja 60km’.The meeting time is
readWe are poisoning our world
27-01-2011
ANOTHER year starts with yet another reported case of vultures poisoned. This time again on the road from Wilhelmstal to Omaruru and almost exactly where three of our specially protected Lappet-faced
readTaxi drivers at Rundu to strike on Friday
27-01-2011
TAXI drivers at Rundu in the Kavango Region are planning to go on strike this Friday to protest the newly introduced heavier traffic fines, as well as road conditions at the town. Almost all the taxi
readSwartbooi calls for white communities’ involvement
27-01-2011
KARAS governor Bernardus Swartbooi has called for white communities to get involved in national events. Swartbooi made the call while addressing the Keetmanshoop Regional Agriculture Union at the town
readSuspect denies he killed schoolgirl
27-01-2011
THE suspect accused of raping and murdering Windhoek schoolgirl Magdalena Stoffels almost six months ago says he never knew her and was not responsible for her death.“I do not know her,” Junias
readStroke caused crash
27-01-2011
THE fatal gyrocopter crash close to Okahandja in November last year happened because the pilot had a stroke.German student pilot Henner Christoph Pape (39) was killed in the accident 60 km outside
readRed Cross helps southern flood victims
27-01-2011
THE Namibian Red Cross Society has offered water-purification tablets to flood-hit households at Aussenkehr, who are drinking untreated river water.Low-lying houses and fields at Aussenkehr and
readPoaching suspect accuses farmers of torturing him
27-01-2011
THREE farmers from the Karibib district were arrested on Saturday after a man, whom they suspected to be a poacher, accused them of torturing him on one of the farms where they allegedly held him
readNafau accuses Shoprite
27-01-2011
THE Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) has accused Shoprite and its recognised labour union, the Wholesale and Retail Workers Union, of spreading misleading information.Nafau secretary
readKeetmans community vows to fight shebeens
27-01-2011
THE Hendrik Tseib Community Liaison Committee at Keetmanshoop has joined the fray in trying to curb the mushrooming of shebeens locally and regionally.In a media statement issued yesterday, committee
readDam levels rise after strong rains
27-01-2011
WIDESPREAD rains over most of Namibia have pushed up the levels of all of the country’s largest storage dams over the past week.The dams supplying water to Windhoek now hold more water than they did a
readCouncil reverses staff appointments
27-01-2011
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a motion revoking recent staff appointments endorsed by the previous council. A well-placed source said mayor Moses Titus proposed the
readContract work the new labour hire
27-01-2011
IN the wake of civil and Government opposition to labour hire, many Namibian companies have resorted to recruiting workers on a contract basis.While the contract labour system involves no third-party
readCaprivi residents relocated
27-01-2011
ABOUT 1 021 people from flood-prone villages in the Kabbe constituency of the Caprivi Region have been relocated permanently to higher ground.The Kabbe constituency’s regional councillor, Raphael
read‘Stock thief’ remains in jail
27-01-2011
THE man who is implicated in stock theft totalling close to N$250 000 remains behind bars.John Thitjoro Mwambu (27) made a first appearance on charges of stock theft in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court
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