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66 Articles found on Monday, 11 July 2011
Architect protests ‘slave labour’
11-07-2011
FORMER Oshakati mayor Ben Kathindi chained himself to the railings at the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) head office in Windhoek on Friday, demanding payment for work his architecture firm has
readCourt set to rule on RFA showdown
11-07-2011
A RULING on the Road Fund Administration board of directors’ legal showdown with Government, the Cabinet and Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila is scheduled to be delivered in the High Court
readMystery oxygen shortage at Gobabis State Hospital
11-07-2011
Three operations had to be cancelled at the Gobabis State Hospital on Tuesday because of an unexplained lack of oxygen.This latest incident has again rekindled the controversy around the quality of
readWindhoek hails ‘incredible’ Pac
11-07-2011
FRANS ‘Pac’ Paulus reached his destination in record time on Saturday, much to the delight of his supporters in Windhoek who came to welcome their hero. Over a hundred of onlookers carrying placards
readPhone-hacking scandal closes British newspaper
11-07-2011
LONDON – Media baron Rupert Murdoch flew into London yesterday to tackle a telephone-hacking scandal that has sent tremors through the British political establishment and may cost him a multi-billion
readUranium, diamond production drops, sales up this year
11-07-2011
COMPARED to last year, Namibia produced about 23 per cent and nine per cent less uranium and diamonds respectively during the first five months of 2011.According to the latest IJG Data Bulletin, based
readSMSes for Monday 11 July 2011
11-07-2011
SMS Of The DayKeep them safe *THEY claim to love their children, to protect them and keep them safe. That is until they get into their vehicles and throw caution to the wind. Small children
readNotable Quotes
11-07-2011
I’M VERY upset about it. I want to distance myself from it. – One of the directors of the Road Fund Administration, Tarah Shaanika, expressing his surprise over a case in which the RFA board of
readTaking land without payment a possibility
11-07-2011
CAPE TOWN – The expropriation of land without compensation is a possibility in future if the current leadership fails to speed up land reform, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Gugile Nkwinti
readBusiness centre earmarked for prime land in Angola
11-07-2011
ONDJIVA – The Namibian Government intends to develop a business centre on a prime piece of land bought in the new development area in the south of the Angolan capital, Luanda.The deputy permanent
readMerkel to visit Africa this week
11-07-2011
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will this week visit three African nations to discuss economic cooperation, specifically in the energy sector, her office announced Saturday.A group of German
readZambia’s largest coal mine reopens
11-07-2011
LUSAKA – Zambian President Rupiah Banda opened the country’s largest coal mine Friday, after Singapore’s Nava Bharat took over majority shares and invested US$750 million at the once defunct state
readLagarde calls on US to raise borrowing limit
11-07-2011
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund’s new chief said there would be “real nasty consequences” for the US and global economies if the US fails to raise its borrowing limit.Christine Lagarde
readIMF approves another bailout for Greece
11-07-2011
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund’s executive board on Friday approved a disbursement of about 3,2 billion euros to help Greece pay debts due this month and return to positive economic
readSA starting to show safe haven qualities
11-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The threat of mass contagion from the Greek debt crisis is undermining the traditional wisdom that, in turbulent times, developed market assets are a safer bet than their emerging
readFormer World Bank chief Nigeria’s new fin min
11-07-2011
ABUJA/WASHINGTON – World Bank managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala resigned her post on Friday in order to become Nigeria’s new finance minister, spurring hopes of reform in Sub-Saharan Africa’s
readState, private sector link crucial for Africa’s success
11-07-2011
A NEW World Bank report narrating 26 so-called African success stories highlights the catalytic role that some governments have played in stimulating these achievements by intervening in a manner
readDealing with an urgent request
11-07-2011
When you get what is portrayed as an urgent request, dropping everything and going into scramble mode might not be the best response, says Harvard Business Review.We live in an instant-response world
readGem prices regain pre-crisis spark
11-07-2011
MILAN – Diamond prices are now above pre-crisis levels after a 35 per cent to 40 per cent rise so far this year, helped by increased scarcity and an emerging role as an investment, the executive
readSA’s public protector won’t be browbeaten
11-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Public Protector Thuli Madonsela fears for her life but will not shy away from “clawing back” public funds spent irregularly, the Sunday Times reported.“I believe I can make a
readBoat sinks on Russia’s Volga, 61 missing
11-07-2011
MOSCOW – A passenger boat sank on the Volga River in Russia yesterday, killing at least one person and leaving 61 missing, officials said.Regional emergencies ministry spokesman Marat Rakhmatullin
readIraq vet killed in roller coaster accident
11-07-2011
DARIEN – A US army veteran who lost both legs in Iraq and had been trying to rebuild his life, was killed after he was thrown from a roller coaster at an upstate New York amusement park.Teams of
readProtester dies, Malaysia frees 1 600 demonstrators
11-07-2011
KUALA LUMPUR – A taxi driver who took part in protests demanding electoral reform in Malaysia died after he collapsed while running away from a police tear gas attack, the opposition and his family
readAkalimo mookamba dhefundja komagumbo
11-07-2011
AAKALIMO yoomokamba, omolwa efundja oyendji oya shuna komagumbo gawo, konima sho omeya ngoka ga li ge ya tembudha ga pwinepo miitopolwa yokuumbangalantu woshilongo. Uuyelele mbuka owa gandjwa
readNamibia nomadhengo gombiliha
11-07-2011
NAMIBIA okuna omadhengo gombiliha goongodhi dhopeke muAfrica, nokuli ngashingeyi pondondo ontihetatu miilongo mbyoka yina omadhengo goocellura geli nawa menenevi. Uuyelele wagandjwa komupekaapeki
readAakwiita ya dheulilwa okuhupitha
11-07-2011
IILYO omulongo yometanga lyegameno lya Namibia oya dheulilwa ontseyo yehupitho lyaantu.Aakwiita mbaka oya longwa nale uunamiti, nomasiku gaziko oya dheulwa nkene taya longo okuhupitha oomwenyo
readEyalulo lyoshigwana muAguste
11-07-2011
OMASIKU 28 ga Auguste oga ulikwa ongo esiku lyetameko lyokuyalula oshigwana. Uusiku wesiku ndyoka owa talika ongo owo uusiku wetameko lyeyalulo lyoshigwana etitatu okuza tuu nkene oshilongo
readMboka ya li mekanka yashuna miilonga
11-07-2011
EHANGANO lyaaChiina lyomatungo lyedhina, New Era Investment olya sindana meindilo lyalyo mohofa yaaniilonga sho lya pewa elombwelo kutya aaniilonga mboka ya li yiiteka miilonga oshiwike shayi naya
readOndando yomahooli ta yi shuna pevi ishewe
11-07-2011
AALONGITHI yomahooli ota ya ka monapo oluthuwo moondando dhomahooli sho taya ka futa omahooli giiyenditho yawo kondando ohwepo okuyeleka noomwedhi dhapiti. Shika otashi ningwa konima sho kwa
read`Omufekelwa meponokelo lya Graig a holoka ishewe
11-07-2011
OMUFEKELWA gumwe meponokelo lyofamilia ya Meya nale gwaVenduka okwa holokele mompangu ya Mengestrata, omanga opolisi ya kwatapo aafekelwa yaali ishewe, mboka ya holokele mompangu ya mengestrata
readOshilyo shewilikongundu lyaRFA kokule netokolo lyokuya kohofa nepangelo
11-07-2011
OSHILYO shimwe shewilikongundu lya Road Fund Administration,osha ti osha kumwa ketokolo lyewilikongundu okufala oholomende kohofa molwaashoka kena uuthemba okwiidhopa mewiliko lyehangano ndyoka.Tarah
readOmufekelwa moshinima shewiliko lyooTendela iifutilemo
11-07-2011
OMUFEKELWA mekengelelo lyotendela yongushu yoodola oomiliona mbali okwa holokele mOmpangu yaMengestrata moVenduka metine oshiwike shayi. Bobby Rikambura Kauaria okwa pewa iifutilemo oodola omayovi
readNelson Akwenye bids for Tigers
11-07-2011
TIGERS FC forward Nelson ‘Dicky’ Akwenye on Saturday put in a bid to purchase his childhood club. Akwenye, who owns an assortment of businesses, said he tabled an official offer for the club during
readRugby pack closes in on Falcons
11-07-2011
REHOBOTH, Mariental and United all recorded victories in the MTC Namibian Rugby Premier League on Saturday, to close the gap on log leaders Reho Falcon.At Suburbs Park, Western Suburbs seemed to be in
readLouw is African U/23 champion
11-07-2011
NAMIBIAN triathlete Abrahm Louw won the under-23 category of the African Triathlon Championships held recently in Maputo, Mozambique.Louw, who broke away to go solo on the bike and built the daunting
readTry Again, Windhoek Utd promoted
11-07-2011
TRY Again and Windhoek United were promoted to the Southern Stream First Division yesterday.The Keetmanshoop-based Try Again secured their place in the SSFD when they defeated Mariental’s Nampol team
readHerunga wins second 400m in six days
11-07-2011
TJIPEKAPORA Herunga won her second 400m event in six days after she finished first at the Internationales Abendsportfest in Rhede, Germany.After being Namibia’s only gold medalist at the CAA Southern
readQatar whistleblower apologises for ‘lie’
11-07-2011
THE so-called ‘Qatar Whistleblower’ has apologised for fabricating untrue stories about the country’s 2022 World Cup bid and which have amounted to one of the most devastating sports media hoaxes in
readResults
11-07-2011
Sunday, July 10 Fifa Women’s World Cup Sweden 3 - 1 Australia Saturday, July 9 Fifa Women’s World Cup Germany 0 - 1 Japan England 1 - 1 France Copa America Venezuela 1 - 0 Ecuador Brazil 2 - 2
readSubstitute Fred rescues Brazil
11-07-2011
CORDOBA – Holders Brazil jeopardised their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the Copa America on Saturday after they just pulled out a last-gasp 2-2 draw with Paraguay.After taking a first-half
readJapan beats Germany to reach semis
11-07-2011
WOLFSBURG – Japan knocked two-time defending champion Germany out of the Women’s World Cup on Saturday, reaching the semifinals with a 1-0 win when substitute Karina Maruyama outran the defence and
readAgassi inducted into Hall of Fame
11-07-2011
NEW YORK – Andre Agassi was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday, almost five years after he retired from the game.A former world number one who captured eight grand slam
readGay out for season after hip surgery
11-07-2011
RALEIGH – US world 100 metres silver medallist Tyson Gay had an arthroscopic procedure on his injured right hip and will not run again this year, his manager said on Thursday.Gay, the world’s second
readSuper 15 final could set World Cup tone
11-07-2011
WELLINGTON – An expanded Super rugby season ended with a new champion, a resurgence of rugby in Australia and questions marks again hanging over New Zealand sides’ inability to close out important
readBig Brother Amplified: Fab BBA prizes Up For grabs!
11-07-2011
IT’S time to get Amplified. You don’t even have to watch the show to stand a chance of winning.All you have to do is come up the right answer! Two lucky readers stand a chance of winning both an
readBig Brother Amplified: Not Strapped For Comment
11-07-2011
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape that runs across the bottom of the BBA Amplified TV screen:* Luclay aka Lu-cry should be a professional mourner. * Kim all the way … and by
readBig Brother Amplified: Educational outreach
11-07-2011
As much as it may surprise some, there is an educational element to BBA, and on Thursday housemates received an information visit from a representative of The Sunflower Fund, Tarryn, accompanied by
readBig Brother Amplified: Fear And Loving In A Time Of Paranoia!
11-07-2011
With the first round of evictions in the unified BBA house on the housemates mind for the last week, tensions have definitely hit an all-time high, with paranoia rearing its ugly head and housemates
readDRC air crash toll rises to 74
11-07-2011
KINSHASA – The death toll from Friday’s passenger plane crash in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday rose to 74, the Red Cross said, after the discovery of 28 more bodies in the
readAfter independence, South Sudan prays for its future
11-07-2011
JUBA – Volunteers cleared away the rubbish and worshippers offered prayers for its future on Sunday, after South Sudan was feted by world leaders as it celebrated independence and began the tough task
readEight-month delay in teacher’s trial
11-07-2011
THE trial of retired teacher David de Jay, who is accused of murdering his wife near Keetmanshoop in February 2009, is expected to continue only in March next year.After three weeks of proceedings in
readWholesale union dismisses Nafau allegations over Shoprite
11-07-2011
NAMIBIA Wholesale and Retail Workers Union (NWRWU) Secretary General Victor Hamunyela has rubbished claims by rival Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau), saying that it is to blame for the
readShooting victim buried
11-07-2011
KANDINA Nendongo (23) also known as Ndina, who was shot and killed by her boyfriend Simaneka Amukoto (29) at Omuthiya in Oshikoto Region on Wednesday was buried at her home village of Okankolo
readSection of the Ariamsvlei road reopened
11-07-2011
THE newly repaired 13,2- kilometre stretch of the Karasburg-Ariamsvlei B1 road was officially reopened on Friday. Sections of the road were damaged by flash floods in February and reconstructed at a
readOnly one suspect in Graig case still at large
11-07-2011
DURING their brief court appearance on Friday, one of the alleged attackers of former Windhoek mayor Vivienne Graig claimed he had no idea why he was arrested,In fact, Absalom Akwaya told Magistrate
readNSI accreditation boosts Namibian fish exports
11-07-2011
THE internationally recognised accreditation body, South African Accreditation System (SANAS) granted accreditation to two of Namibian Standards Institution’s (NSI) conformity assessment services:
readNamibia on top of human rights reporting
11-07-2011
DEPUTY Minister of Justice Tommy Nambahu said the delay in submitting the latest periodic reports on the realisation and protection of human rights to the United Nations Rights Council was not due to
readKaura protests against ministers’ dominance in National Assembly
11-07-2011
DTA of Namibia President Katuutire Kaura complained that discussions in Parliament are dominated by members of the Executive in the National Assembly, with ordinary members having “no space” to speak.
readKarasburg septic tank on its way out
11-07-2011
THE antiquated septic tank toilet system that still exists in some parts of Karasburg townships will soon be replaced with a water-borne sewage system. Karasburg Town Council’s acting chief executive
readHonours Bill remains a hot topic
11-07-2011
OPPOSITION party MPs have called for the Conferment of National Honours Bill to be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence for further scrutiny.During
readGreen light for renewable energy in Namibia
11-07-2011
NAMIBIA’S dependence on imported electricity could dramatically affect the Namibian economy.At a conference on the future role of renewable energy in Namibia, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Isak
readCRAN in process of becoming operational
11-07-2011
PARTS of the Communications Act that deals with interception of telecommunications, universal service and the establishment of the domain name .na, are not yet finalised, said Minister of Information
readEvictions at Opuwo challenged
11-07-2011
TWENTY-SIX households living on plot 224 in Opuwo said they will not vacate the area after receiving an eviction notice from the Ministry of Works and Transport. The Ministry of Works and Transport
readBan on foreign vehicles revisited
11-07-2011
THE ban on the sale of second hand foreign vehicles was alluded to when Member of Parliament and leader of the All People's Party (APP) asked what is to happen to the pile up of cars at Oshikango
readEvictions at Opuwo challenged
11-07-2011
TWENTY-SIX households living on plot 224 in Opuwo said they will not vacate the area after receiving an eviction notice from the Ministry of Works and Transport. The Ministry of Works and Transport
readAirports Company and Napwu negotiating
11-07-2011
THE Namibia Airports Company (NAC) has called the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) to the negotiating table to find an amicable solution to an ongoing housing allowance dispute.Napwu shop-steward
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