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53 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 January 2011
Premier waits for old State House as it needs total revamp
05-01-2011
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula will not be moving into the old State House anytime soon, despite Cabinet deciding five months ago that the building will become the Prime Minister’s official residence and
readMan and dogs killed in car crash
05-01-2011
A 75-year-old man and his two dogs died when his car left the road and overturned on the road between Keetmanshoop and Lüderitz yesterday morning. Police Commissioner Josephat Abel identified the
readKind policeman helps drunk citizen
05-01-2011
A NAMPOL officer received praise from citizens yesterday when he rescued a drunk man from the street by carrying him in his arms to the nearest Police station. According to eyewitnesses, the officer
readFormer SA Idols star pays stiff fine
05-01-2011
AFTER intense negotiations with immigration, Police and court officials yesterday, South African Idols singer Andriette Norman and her boyfriend Marcel Olivier were released after they paid a fine of
readBA aim for glory days return
05-01-2011
BLACK Africa’s newly appointed technical team can lead the club to the pinnacle of domestic football, says club executive Cassius Moetie. Moetie believes that Monday’s appointment of Brian Isaacs as
readIran invites IAEA envoys to visit nuclear sites
05-01-2011
TEHRAN - Iran said on Tuesday it had invited some envoys accredited to the UN nuclear watchdog to visit some of its nuclear facilities this month, shortly before a second round of talks between Tehran
readNamibia, home sweet home
05-01-2011
THE cost of living in Namibia, together with the relative freedom and safety its inhabitants enjoy, has made the country the second most sought-after place in Africa to live in – and the 69th most
readSMSss for Wednesday 05 January 2011
05-01-2011
SMS Of The Day *PLEASE all leaders in charge of our country Namibia, seize the opportunities now in 2011 to seriously uplift our people. You are responsible for our poverty, our unemployment, our
readNotable Quotes
05-01-2011
The new section of the project will be under N/a’an ku sę and in Shiloh’s name. We want her to be very involved and grow up with the understanding of her country of birth. – US actress Angelina Jolie
readProject blows away preconceptions about DBN
05-01-2011
GERLAINE Landsberg of Landsberg Drilling and Blasting is challenging the perception that drilling and blasting is the domain of men.Landsberg developed skills and experience by working with her late
readToyota sued over acceleration crashes
05-01-2011
LOS ANGELES – Seven insurance companies have sued Toyota Motor Corporation in an attempt to recover money paid to cover crashes they blame on sudden acceleration.The insurers cite data that blames 725
readStrong rand bad for job creation
05-01-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The rand has firmed to a near four-year high value against the dollar, fuelled by foreign investors looking for profits in emerging economies, but at the cost of jobs, analysts say.The
readNo need for oil price panic, analysts say
05-01-2011
NEW YORK – Nearly three years to the day after oil prices first pierced US$100 a barrel, they are again threatening to break triple digits on a wave of fund-led optimism, but similarities between 2008
readChasing the dots
05-01-2011
The Dormant Democratic Dog IN the year 2011, I enter my 65th year on earth and Namibia comes of age. Time flies! And what have I observed?I have watched overt materialism and greed tearing community
readFrance won’t intervene militarily but would ‘defend’ its nationals
05-01-2011
PARIS - France said Tuesday its troops in Ivory Coast would not “take the initiative” to launch an armed intervention in the country’s leadership dispute but warned it would defend its nationals
readTime runs out for Gbagbo
05-01-2011
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - For the second time, Ivory Coast’s renegade leader rebuffed an appeal from a high-level regional delegation to cede power to the internationally recognized winner of
readSnakes, crocodiles threat in flood-hit Australia town
05-01-2011
ROCKHAMPTON, Australia - Residents fled their homes and sandbagged properties Tuesday as a major town was threatened by a worsening flood disaster which unleashed a plague of snakes and
readFireworks blamed for blackbird deaths
05-01-2011
BEEBE, Arkansas: New Year’s revellers in a small Arkansas town were enjoying midnight fireworks when they noticed something other than sparks falling from the sky: thousands of dead blackbirds.The
readUS envoy says hopes for early N Korea talks
05-01-2011
SEOUL - The US envoy for policy on North Korea said on Tuesday he hoped serious negotiations over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme could start in the near future.‘We believe that serious negotiations
readSouth Sudan rolls out red carpet for Bashir
05-01-2011
JUBA, Sudan - Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir arrived to a red-carpet welcome at Juba airport on Tuesday, on a rare trip to the south just five days before it votes in a referendum on
readHaimbili heads goal-scorers chart
05-01-2011
JORDAN Haimbili of Blue Boys is top of the goal-scorers chart with six goals from 11 matches.Despite being in a team struggling in the relegation zone, the striker has been in prolific form to go two
readBenni wants US move
05-01-2011
CONTROVERSIAL South African striker Benni McCarthy has indicated that he wants to leave West Ham United for the USA. The 33-year-old former Bafana Bafana star is still struggling to gain regular game
readMaselesele deal at advanced stage
05-01-2011
NEGOTIATIONS between Civics Football Club and former Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Lucky Maselesele are at an advanced stage.Civics team manager Paul Stramis informed Nampa yesterday that the idea is to
readSuspended Pakistan trio to face tribunal in Doha
05-01-2011
ISLAMABAD – An anti-corruption tribunal will decide the fate of Pakistan’s three leading cricketers when it starts a six-day hearing into spot fixing charges tomorrow.Former captain Salman Butt,
readNamibia to compete in ICC World League
05-01-2011
THE senior Namibian national cricket team’s first international assignment for this year is to compete in the International Cricket Council (ICC) World League in Dubai.The event is scheduled from
readGarrick wins ski-boat angling competition
05-01-2011
A GARRICK of 4,47 kg and a kob of 3,08 kg were the winning fish at the 2010 Penguin Open Ski-boat Angling Competition held at Swakopmund last Thursday, earning prizes of N$4 000 for their
readSA’s Maritz couple win West Coast 4x4 Vasbyt
05-01-2011
SOUTH African couple Izak and Annelize Maritz were the overall winners of the 2010 West Coast 4x4 Vasbyt Competition held at Dune 7 last week.Of the 28 vehicles, viewed by over 4 000 spectators, the
readTendulkar’s India close in on SA
05-01-2011
CAPE TOWN – Gautam Gambhir fell seven runs short of a century but Sachin Tendulkar was 94 not out as India moved to 237-4 against South Africa at lunch on day three of the third test yesterday.The
readBlackburn bid for Ronaldinho
05-01-2011
BLACKBURN – English Premier League side Blackburn have made a 20-million-pound (US$31-million) move for AC Milan midfielder Ronaldinho, BBC Radio Lancashire reported yesterday.The club’s new Indian
readSainz wins 2nd Dakar stage
05-01-2011
SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN – Defending champion Carlos Sainz stretched his lead in the Dakar Rally, winning Monday’s second stage to push him further ahead of BMW’s Stephane Peterhansel and Volkswagen
readRonaldo facing battle with British mother over baby
05-01-2011
FOOTBALLER Cristiano Ronaldo is allegedly coming under pressure from the woman who had his baby - unveiled for the first time as an attractive British student - to give her access to the child.The
readBieber suffers from insomnia
05-01-2011
NEW YORK - While many girls dream about Justin Bieber at night, the singing sensation is struggling to fall asleep.The 16-year-old tells Vanity Fair magazine that sometimes he suffers from insomnia.
readLots of music and loads to win in Swakopmund
05-01-2011
THE town of Swakopmund and the city of Hamburg in Germany have something in common in that both of them often have cloudy and misty weather. However, the two have something else which is much better
readSuicide about exam results
05-01-2011
CORNELIAH Tjiho, a pupil at Windhoek High School, committed suicide after failing two subjects last year.She shot herself with her father’s gun on the day that the examination results were released.
readMan shoots cousin over gambling machine
05-01-2011
THE Police at Ondangwa are investigating a case in which a man allegedly shot and wounded his cousin in a bar at the nearby Onethindi village over the weekend. Police spokesperson Sergeant Slogan
readSchool construction on track
05-01-2011
THE construction of new classrooms at the Faith Primary, Hillside Primary, Hage Geingob Secondary and Moses Garoëb Primary schools in Katutura is progressing and the builders are confident that the
readRehoboth’s Savage ordered to remain in custody
05-01-2011
THE court case of Rehoboth resident Franklin Savage, who allegedly drugged, raped and tried to kill a young woman in December, was yesterday postponed to April 15 for further investigation.Savage (35)
readPohamba ranked fifth best in Africa
05-01-2011
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has been ranked as the fifth best-performing African head of state by an international magazine published in Kenya. The East African magazine released its first Annual
readOmuteyi gwoshinyanga ina monika
05-01-2011
OPOLISI natango oya tsikila nekonakono lyeteyo lyoshinyanga shegongalo lya ELCIN lyedhina Hossiana moshilando sha Venduka. Ekonakono ota li tsikile konima sho ookalyamupombo yiiteyele moshinyanga
readOshiponga moKatutura mekonakono
05-01-2011
UUMINISTELI Waaniilonga nonkalonawa owa tameke ekonakono kombinga yoshiponga shoka sha ningilwe moshipangelo sha Katutura oshiwike sha yi. Oshiponga shoka osha holoka sho aaniilonga yaali mboka ya
readOmumvo omupe nomvula ta yi loko
05-01-2011
OODAMA nomilonga otadhi udha omeya koombinga adhihe dhoshilongo sho omvula ombwaanawa ta yi tsikile okuloka okuza tuu pehulilo ashike lyomumvo gwa yi sigo ongashingeyi. Omata omawanawa oga loko
readOyendji yasi miiponga yomoondjila mo 2010
05-01-2011
OMASO miiponga yomoondjila omumvo gwo 2010 oge li pombanda okuyeleka naangoka gomumvo 2009. Eyooloko momwaalu gwomumvo 2010 naangoka gwoma 2009 ogwo omaso gaantu yahamano. Omupopiliko gwopolisi,
readOmbudhi yimwe ya kwatelwa moNamibia
05-01-2011
OMUKWASHIGWANA gwaSouth Africa ngoka ta yi ontuku oveta okwa kwatelwa moNamibia ehuliloshiwike lyOmumvo omupe. Louis George Rademeyer okwa kala ta fadhukapo okwaako koveta okuza momumvo 2006, nokwa
readAantu ya nika uupule taya piyaganeke omikunda popepi nOshakati
05-01-2011
AAKALIMO momikunda dhopopepi nOshakati ota ya ti aniwa opena aantu yamwe haya langele aayendi yokolupadhi momikunda ndhoka uuna mbaka taya ende okuza moshilando okuya komagumbo gawo.Aanamukunda
readOmukokoli President a gandja omagano komathigathano po
05-01-2011
OMUKOKOLIPRESIDENDE Sam Nujoma okuya pehulilo lyomumvo gwa yi okwa gandja omagano N$ 5000.00 kUuministeli wElongo mOshitopolwa sha Musati, kokangundu komathigathano ge na sha noshilongwa shomwaalu
readNo progress on stolen ECN computers
05-01-2011
NO progress has been made in an investigation into the theft of computers from the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN). Police Deputy Commissioner Sylvanus Nghishidimbwa said late last year that
readNabta unhappy with bus terminal at Ondangwa
05-01-2011
LOCAL authorities in Namibia have in the last 20 years failed to establish public bus and taxi loading zones, the president of the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) alleged yesterday. Magnus
readKeetmans shebeen owners fined over festive season
05-01-2011
POLICE at Keetmanshoop clamped down on shebeen owners during the festive season for violating liquor laws. Police Commissioner Josephat Abel said fines ranging between N$2 000 and N$4 000 were
readGrisly cattle find at Otjiwarongo
05-01-2011
THE spotlight this week was cast again on stock theft and the gruesome methods used to disable animals and prevent them from fleeing, after a farmer found three live cows in the veld, who had survived
readNabta unhappy with bus terminal at Ondangwa
05-01-2011
LOCAL authorities in Namibia have in the last 20 years failed to establish public bus and taxi loading zones, the president of the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) alleged yesterday. Magnus
readKeetmans shebeen owners fined over festive season
05-01-2011
POLICE at Keetmanshoop clamped down on shebeen owners during the festive season for violating liquor laws. Police Commissioner Josephat Abel said fines ranging between N$2 000 and N$4 000 were
readGrisly cattle find at Otjiwarongo
05-01-2011
THE spotlight this week was cast again on stock theft and the gruesome methods used to disable animals and prevent them from fleeing, after a farmer found three live cows in the veld, who had survived
readECN denies payment claims
05-01-2011
A FEW people who were employed last year by the Electoral Commission of Namibia to assist during the regional and local authority elections have complained to The Namibian that the ECN has not paid
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