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60 Articles found on Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Most beautiful
12-07-2011
The Top 10 finalists for the Miss Namibia 2011 pageant are, front left: Georgina Kandjeke, Charmaine Tjizumaue and Luzaan van Wyk. In the middle are Reliance Biwa, Maria Kharas, Verona Ngarangombe and
readNamPower must explain
12-07-2011
CABINET has asked NamPower for a detailed strategy on its plans to become self-sufficient before giving its blessing to the nearly 18 per cent per cent tariff increase approved by the Electricity
readNamibia recognises South Sudan
12-07-2011
NAMIBIA has forged diplomatic relations with the newly constituted South Sudan as a recognised republic after it got its independence from northern Sudan. Prime Minister Nahas Angula led the Namibian
readPride of desert lions poisoned
12-07-2011
CONSERVATIONISTS and tourist operators were shocked yesterday after the news spread that an entire pride of desert lions were killed by poison in the Kunene Region last weekend. CONSERVATIONISTS and
readBrave Warriors B for Accra
12-07-2011
THE Namibia football Association plans to send a Brave Warriors development side for a training camp in Ghana next week.The 22-man team is predominantly made up players that featured in the 0-1
readSyrians storm US embassy
12-07-2011
DAMASCUS – An angry mob stormed the US embassy in the Syrian capital yesterday, after Washington’s ambassador visited the flashpoint city of Hama, a hub for protests against President Bashar
readChinese bid for Bannerman’s Etango
12-07-2011
SYDNEY – Sichuan Hanlong Group of China has made a A$144 million, nearly US$155 million, “highly conditional” bid for Australia’s Bannerman Resources, eyeing the group’s Etango uranium project in
readSMSes for Tuesday 12 July 2011
12-07-2011
SMS Of The Day *IT costs Nampower 49 cents to generate a unit of electricity. We buy it at N$1.14 per unit from the City of Windhoek after they get it for 39 cents! A profit margin of 192 %!
readThe Education Conference: We Found Love
12-07-2011
The Manhattans, an African American music group, had a tune that said ‘… Now that we found love what are we going to do with it?’ Yes, this was much earlier than Ben Zaaruka and the Baronages or
readBribery Blights UK Business
12-07-2011
BRIBERY is a modern day scourge on international trade. At a time when so many people are struggling through an economic downturn, bribery is a very real disease threatening our prosperity. It poses
readNotable Quotes
12-07-2011
I HAVE to pay other people as well, and I have not been paid by the NHE for the past 20 months. Having professionals work for you for 20 months without pay is slave labour. – Former Oshakati mayor Ben
readGlobal economy signals slowdown, says think tank
12-07-2011
PARIS –Leading eurozone countries and China are showing clear sign of slowdown and the United States and Japan could be slipping towards a downward slope, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
readEurozone seeks to stop Greek spillover
12-07-2011
BRUSSELS – European officials tried yesterday to prevent the eurozone’s debt crisis from spilling over into bigger economies such as Italy and Spain, as disagreements delayed a second bailout for
readArcelorMittal, Peabody bid for Macarthur coal
12-07-2011
PARIS – Steelmaking giant ArcelorMittal has teamed up with a US mining company to seize control of Macarthur Coal in Australia, in a global battle to assure coal resources, statements said
readSouth Sudan to launch new currency this week
12-07-2011
JUBA – Newly independent South Sudan yesterday said it planned to roll out its new currency in a week at a one-to-one value with the north Sudanese pound.South Sudan seceded from the north on
readZim conmen cash in on fake US dollars
12-07-2011
HARARE – Con-artists using fake notes are targeting businesspeople in Zimbabwe’s rural areas and vendors along major highways in the country, Zimbabwe’s Herald Online reported yesterday.The conmen
readSouth African union condemns top salaries
12-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The huge pay hikes of top executives is unacceptable while workers fight for “reasonable” wages, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said yesterday.“Cosatu is outraged that at a
readTake a grown-up recess
12-07-2011
Managing your online time or being able to step away from your devices is an important element in stress management – and taking a ‘playtime’ during the work day can play a part, says Harvard Business
readSlow construction year in the city
12-07-2011
THE first six months of 2011 saw a drop in the number of Windhoek-based building plans completed compared to last year, but the value of the plans increased slightly.Analysing the latest data, Petrus
readRössing struggling to make money
12-07-2011
PERTH – Rio Tinto flagship Rössing uranium mine is losing money, as the spot price for uranium, the key fuel for nuclear reactors, continues to languish in the wake of Japan’s atomic crisis, Dow Jones
readIndian train death toll at 67
12-07-2011
FATEHPUR – Rescue workers used blowtorches to cut through the mangled wreckage of a derailed passenger train in northern India yesterday, as the recovery of more bodies brought the death toll to
readOver 100 missing in Russian sinking
12-07-2011
KAZAN – Rescuers scoured the wide waters of a Volga River reservoir yesterday, searching with dimming hopes for survivors after an aged, overloaded cruise ship sank amid wind and rain.Thirteen people
readBangladesh crash kills 53 schoolboys after football match
12-07-2011
CHITTAGONG – A bus carrying scores of Bangladeshi schoolboys celebrating a football match victory against another school plunged off a hill road yesterday killing at least 53, police said.The accident
readBeckhams welcome baby Harper Seven
12-07-2011
FOOTBALL superstar David Beckham and his wife Victoria have named their baby girl Harper Seven.Victoria gave birth to the Beckhams’ fourth child in Los Angeles on Sunday. It is the couple’s first
readQBM pOkakwiyu
12-07-2011
OFAABULIKA onene yokuninga ooshako dhokutula mo uusila, iilya nosho tuu oya tungwa pOkakwiyu mOndonga popepi nOndangwa mOshitopowla sha Shikoto noya egululwa pambelewa kOmupresidende Hifikepunye
readEtokolo kombinga yiihokola ya RFA nena
12-07-2011
OMPANGU yOpombanda moVenduka ota yi gandja etokolo keindilo lyewilikongundu lya Road Fund Administration, ta li kondjitha Epangelo, Okabinete nOminista Yiiniwe, Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila
readOpolisi natango ota yi kongo omufekelwa gumwe
12-07-2011
OPOLISI pehuliloshiwike lyayi oya li natango molukongo lwomufekelwa gwahugunina, ngoka a li oshitopolwa sheponokelo lyefamilia lya Meya nale gwa Venduka, Viviene Graig. Metitano aafekelwa yaali oya
readIihokolola yaAmerica molwedhipago yuundulilwa kuSeptemba nuumvo
12-07-2011
IIHOKOLOLA moka aakwashigwana yaali Aamerica taya tamanekelwa edhipago, lyomukalimo gwomoVenduka kuyele nuumvo oya undulilwa komeho.Aafekelwa medhipago, Marcus Kevin Thomas na Kevan Donell Townsend
readOmusindi gwomatungo a nyenyeta iilonga yuupika
12-07-2011
Meya nale gwaShakati, Ben Kathindi okwiimangele mwene kiitenda yolugumbo lwehangano lyokutunga omagumbo lyopashigwana, NHE moVenduka metitano ta indile a futwe iimaliwa molwa iilonga yokuthaneka
readNamibia lead Africa Twenty20
12-07-2011
NAMIBIA jumped to the top of the log in the ICC Africa Region Division One Twenty20 competition after comfortable victories against Ghana and Kenya on Sunday.Namibia have won all four their matches to
readSwindon Town signs Risser
12-07-2011
NAMIBIAN international utility player Oliver Risser on Sunday signed a two-year contract with English League Two club Swindon Town. According to the Swindon Advertiser, Risser had impressed since
readHaikali appeal hearing moved to Friday
12-07-2011
THE appeal hearing of axed Namibia Premier League CEO Mathew Haikali was postponed to Friday after it again failed to materialise yesterday. Tovey //Hoëbeb, the man temporarily installed in his
readMetropolitan Summer Cup launched at Oshakati
12-07-2011
THE 2011 Metropolitan Summer Cup Competition for schools in the central north was officially launched by Deputy Minister of Sport Pohamba Shifeta at Oshakati on Thursday. Shifeta commended the
readResults
12-07-2011
Monday, July 11 Fifa U/17 World Cup Uruguay 0 - 2 Mexico Sunday, July 10 Fifa U/17 World Cup Brazil 3 - 4 Germany Fifa Women’s World Cup Brazil 2 - 2 USA Sweden 3 - 1 Australia Copa America
readSolo praises fighting spirit as US reach semis
12-07-2011
DRESDEN, Germany – Goalkeeper Hope Solo said her team’s never-say-die fighting spirit put the USA in the women’s World Cup semi-finals after their dramatic 5-3 penalty shoot-out win over
readMexico beats Uruguay to claim U/17 World Cup
12-07-2011
MEXICO CITY – Mexico won the Under-17 World Cup final on Sunday, defeating Uruguay 2-0 with goals from Antonio Briseno in the 31st minute and Giovani Casillas in second-half stoppage time.The victory
readLocal agriculture to benefit from Cape-to-Cairo free trade
12-07-2011
THE South African agricultural sector is set to benefit from the establishment of a tripartite free trade agreement (FTA) that will create a new trading bloc from Cape to Cairo.The Southern African
readComing home to roost in Caprivi
12-07-2011
WHEN you hear a cock crow in Sifuha village there is a good chance it is Martin Maanda’s ring tone. On the other hand, it could come from a real chicken on his farm, otherwise known as the Bupilo
readAll you need to know about livestock transport documents
12-07-2011
IN its latest newsletter, the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) published a list of all the documents needed with regard to the transport of livestock and livestock products to ease producers’ journey
readSouth Sudan plans to export cereals
12-07-2011
JUBA, Sudan – South Sudan wants to export cereals after breaking away from the north, its agricultural minister has said.“The ministry of agriculture is planning to produce two million metric tonnes
read‘Green’ farming vital to end global hunger
12-07-2011
GENEVA – A solid shift to green technologies in world farming is vital if endemic food crises are to be overcome and production boosted to support the global population, the United Nations has
readUphill first quarter for local farmers
12-07-2011
FARMERS in Namibia ploughed through a tough first quarter, with cattle marketed, milk produced and horticulture crops all shrinking.According to the latest Quarterly Bulletin of the Bank of Namibia
readBig Brother Amplified: Is our Bernadina in danger?
12-07-2011
SEEMS like our girl Bernadina is likely to be in the eviction mix this week.Wendall and Zeus received by far the most nominations from fellow housemates yesterday. They were followed by Vina, and
readBig Brother Amplified:How the fans voted
12-07-2011
THREE housemates were evicted on Sunday.Naija wild child Karen received by far the most country votes, an impressive eight, and, as expected, the East African bloc saved Sharon O’s bacon. First out
readBig Brother Amplified: Fab BBA prizes Up For grabs!
12-07-2011
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: ‘The Weza Identity’!
12-07-2011
Fun, entertaining, classy and vivacious are among only a few of the characteristics that define Angolan housemate Weza da Silva. To some, she was the most intelligent of this year’s Big Brother
readIn Brief
12-07-2011
Rights groups blame police for stampede BRAZZAVILLE – Two Congolese human rights groups yesterday blamed police for a stampede that left seven people dead at the opening of a pan-African musical
readHumanitarian crisis in Somalia: UN
12-07-2011
DADAAB – The head of the UN refugee agency said on Sunday that drought-ridden Somalia is the “worst humanitarian disaster” in the world after meeting with refugees who endured unspeakable hardship to
readStudents boycott classes over blocked sewage
12-07-2011
SINZOGORO – At least half of the students at the Leevi Hakusembe Senior Secondary School are boycotting classes because of a blocked sewage system.Learners at the school, which is located 30
readStatement at centre of treason trial tussle
12-07-2011
A DETAILED handwritten statement that one of the men charged in the main Caprivi high treason trial made shortly after his arrest near the end of 1999 is at the centre of the latest tug of war between
readLack of money keeps schools offline
12-07-2011
MEMBERS of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Communication Technology have agreed that financing and human resources for the installation of computers at schools are
readRed alert on sanitation and safe drinking water
12-07-2011
A HUMAN rights expert has raised a red flag about the large number of Namibians still lacking access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Catarina de Albuquerque concluded an eight-day visit to the
readSan promise not to hunt in new conservancies
12-07-2011
OKATUMBA GATE – A traditional councillor for the San community in the Otjombinde Constituency of the Omaheke Region said his people will not hunt in the two recently established conservancies.Joel
readCell radiation debate continues
12-07-2011
THE BUZZ in Namibia around the possible link between cellphone usage and brain cancer, continues. MTC last week repeated several precautions customers should take, saying the company's motto is to
readNamibians in SA court over house robbery
12-07-2011
THREE Namibians who were arrested in South Africa’s Western Cape province last week for allegedly breaking into a house and robbing the occupants made a first court appearance on Friday.The three
readLukato wants referendum on Caprivi land dispute
12-07-2011
THE leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Martin Lukato Lukato, is calling for a referendum in Caprivi on who should administer land in the region, arguing that the Communal Land Act is
readKathindi has been paid: NHE
12-07-2011
NATIONAL Housing Enterprise (NHE) Chief Executive Officer Vinson Hailulu has dismissed claims of non-payment by Ben Kathindi, saying that the Oshakati-based architect has been paid what is due to him
readRDP says education conference was ‘wasteful’
12-07-2011
SECRETARY for education and training of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), Miriam Hamutenya, has called the week-long national conference on education a “wasteful” exercise that ended with
readNBC fire rages on
12-07-2011
EMPLOYEES of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) have vowed to keep pushing for answers about their overdue annual increase despite alleged intimidation.On Friday, about a 100 NBC workers met
readMVAF: Call for presidential inquiry
12-07-2011
A SPECIALIST in the motor vehicle accident fund industry has called for a presidential com- mission of inquiry into the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund(MVAF)asamatter of urgency.According to Shahied Ajam,
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