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53 Articles found on Monday, 25 July 2011
Herero Mall case falls flat
25-07-2011
AN ATTEMPT to get the High Court to prevent a restriction on the operating hours of businesses at the Herero Mall in Katutura suffered a quick and costly demise on Friday.In an urgent application that
readDo it yourself
25-07-2011
A few pieces of scrap can be turned into wonderful toys which provide hours of entertainment. A couple of dustbin wheels, a plastic crate and a few old nails, a piece of string and a couple of pieces
readSaara’s new tax plan ‘no surprise’
25-07-2011
GOVERNMENT’S plan to introduce more taxes to make up for dwindling revenue resulting from economic pressure was expected by the private sector and didn’t hold any nasty surprises.“I don’t think one
readMan charged with money laundering
25-07-2011
LAST week was a black week for a Swakopmund resident and his wife. After being released on bail of N$3 000 on Wednesday on drug-related charges, Jaco Olivier (30) was behind bars the very next day.
readReho Falcons suffer first defeat
25-07-2011
REHO Falcon suffered their first defeat of the season when United beat them 18-12 in Rehoboth on Saturday.Falcons took an early lead through a try by scrumhalf Ismael du Plessis, converted by Howard
readYou must all die, Norway attacker says as he goes on killing spree
25-07-2011
OSLO – The suspect in Norway’s twin attacks that killed at least 92 and wounded 97 says he acted alone, police said yesterday, in a “cruel” but “necessary” slaughter planned over many months.As
readNamibia shows signs of ‘growth fatigue’
25-07-2011
WHILE Namibia’s economic growth outlook remains positive, there are signs that the momentum is fading, said the latest quarterly Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) Africa report.It said lacklustre gains in
readSMSes for Monday 25 July 2011
25-07-2011
SMS Of The Day *GOVERNMENT of Namibia, root out the corrupt people in Government institutions. We fought for this country for the benefit of all Namibian people, regardless of the colour, race,
readNotable Quotes
25-07-2011
WE were looking for him the next morning, but couldn’t find him. So I instructed the Police to look for him.– Kombadayetu Kapwanga, Namibia’s managing director of Lev Leviev Diamonds (LLD) Namibia,
readHow to convince a skeptic
25-07-2011
Sometimes swaying a skeptical executive to accept a new idea can seem like an uphill battle, but there are strategies to help, says Harvard Business Review.Swaying an executive to accept an idea is
readRCC signs performance management agreements
25-07-2011
THE board of the Roads Contractor Company (RCC) has approved a business plan as the final phase of the parastatal’s turnaround strategy.RCC chairman Ludwig Narib on Friday said the plan also includes
readSA braces for massive coal miners strike
25-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – About 150 000 South African coal workers seeking 14 per cent wage increases planned to walk off the job from yesterday in a strike that could dent exports and hurt power supplies in
readGold price forecast to rise
25-07-2011
LONDON – Analysts have boosted the gold price forecasts for this year and next due to persistent concerns over the euro zone debt crisis, and fresh worries over the US recovery and debt.Reuters’
readPlanting the seeds of growth for business success
25-07-2011
BUSINESS success does not come by chance. The Development Bank of Namibia’s experience shows that our achievements are due to a crucial ingredient, one that is not always prominently pronounced: a
readSA union backs govt’s Wal-Mart appeal
25-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini has welcomed the government’s controversial decision to appeal the Wal-Mart Massmart Holdings takeover ruling, City Press has reported over the
readSudan currency move heightens differences with South
25-07-2011
KHARTOUM – Sudan yesterday began circulating a new currency days after the newly independent south issued its own new money, in a move likely to heighten differences over handling the economic fallout
readWinehouse joins tragic ‘27 Club’
25-07-2011
Amy Winehouse, who died at her London home on Saturday, has joined a tragic group of famous rock stars who passed away at the age of 27 – the notorious ‘27 Club’.Rolling Stones founding member Brian
readIn Brief
25-07-2011
Mandela to stay in Eastern Cape JOHANNESBURG – Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela would remain indefinitely at his house in Qunu in the Eastern Cape, the Sunday Times reported. “As long as he is in a
readAmy Winehouse, dies in London
25-07-2011
LONDON – Amy Winehouse, one of the most talented singers of her generation whose hit song ‘Rehab’’ summed up her struggles with addiction, died in London on Saturday at the age of 27.The Grammy
readAttack in his own words
25-07-2011
Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian arrested for the killing of at least 93 people, wrote a diary setting out his preparations to mount the bomb and gun attack.Police confirmed that Breivik
readIndileni omikuli odhindji muye komeho
25-07-2011
OMUNAMBELEWA omukuluntupitithi gwoMbaanga yomapendulepo ya Namibia, okwa kumike aanangeshefa ya indile omikuli opo ya vule okuhumitha komeho oongeshefa dhawo. David Nuyoma okwa kumike aanangeshefa ya
readAanageshefa inamutila okukatuka oonkatu
25-07-2011
NGOLONEYA gwoshitopolwa sha Karas, okwa kumike aanangeshefa aashona noyopokati opo yaa kale nuumbanda okukatuka oonkatu dhopangeshefa ndhoka ethimbo limwe tadhi tilitha. Clinton Swartbooi okwa ti
readYa simanekwa molwuushitwe
25-07-2011
AANAMIBIA yatatu nongeshefa yimwe oya pewa omapapa gesimaneko, molwiilonga iiwanawa mokugamenenapo uushitwe moNamibia. Mbaka oya li ya pewa omapapa piitelekela iitimulongo 13 yoshiketha sho Cheetah
readPwatulwa ootundi dhomalanditho poHerero Mall ,ndele inaa panda
25-07-2011
EKUDHILO, omadhipago, oondingosho dhaana oombapila, okwaana uundjugo niilonga yilwe iiwinayi pehala lyomalanditho lyedhina Herero Mall oya thiminike ewiliko lya Venduka opo li tulilepo aalandithi
readIntaka a indile a pewe ompito natango okugandja ohapi
25-07-2011
EHANGANO ndyoka hali gandja ombepo yohapi kiipangelo yepangelo lyedhina Intaka Technology olya indile opo li gwedhelweko ethimbo keuvathano lyalyo lyokugandja eyakulo ndyoka.Intaka aniwa okwa tumine
readOmuniilonga gwokawe okwa shunithwa kegumbo
25-07-2011
EWILIKO lyehangano lya LLD Diamonds aniwa olya shunitha omuniilonga gwalyo gumwe omu Israel kegumbo oshoka okwa li a hala okushityako kombinga yiilonga yaali, nawa pofabulika moVenduka.Gabi Shitrit
readOmahupilo ga Namibia ta ga koko kashona
25-07-2011
EKOKO lyomahupilo ga Namibia olya tegelelwa li shune monima na ota li kala ashike pooperesenda 4,1 nuumvo. Ekoko ndika olya tengenekwa kaatseyi yomahupilo moSouth Africa konima sho Namibia a
readIifendela iipe ya tseyithwa
25-07-2011
OMINISTA Yiiniwe oya tseyitha ta yi ka etapo iifendela iipe, oku kongela oshilongo oonzo dhayooloka dhiiyemo. Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila otaka gandja ethaneko lyomikalo dhiifendela iipe mOshigongi
readPohamba okuli mefudho
25-07-2011
OMUPRIMA Minista, Nahas Angula okwa ti Omuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba oku li mefudho lyokomumvo. Omundohotola gwopaumwene gwOmuperesidende naye okwa koleke shika kutya omutse gwoshilongo ogu li
readSouth Korea’s Park regains 400 free title
25-07-2011
SHANGHAI – Olympic champion Park Tae-hwan of South Korea showed he’s back in top form and Italy’s Federica Pellegrini remained unbeatable in the 400-meter freestyle on the opening night of traditional
readNamibians win junior tennis doubles title
25-07-2011
NAMIBIA’s Carita Moolman and Liniques Theron won the Girls Doubles title at the ITF South and Central Junior Circuit Championships in Windhoek on Friday after beating the second seeded Pauline
readEvans’ home state celebrates win
25-07-2011
MELBOURNE – Residents of Cadel Evans’ home state Victoria have been urged to wear yellow to work today to celebrate the Australian’s Tour de France victory.Premier Ted Baillieu said all Victorians
readZambian fight for ‘Taks’
25-07-2011
ONE-TIME WBA Pan African light welterweight title holder Jason ‘Taks’ Naule is set to fight Zambia’s Pythias Kambembe in Livingstone on September 3.Naule confirmed to The Namibian Sport on Friday
readSpurs beat Pirates to win Challenge
25-07-2011
RAFAEL van der Vaart scored in each half for Tottenham Hotspur as they beat a below par Orlando Pirates 3-0 to walk away with the Vodacom Challenge trophy in the competition’s final played at Ellis
readGuerrero treble gives Peru third place at Copa
25-07-2011
LA PLATA – Paolo Guerrero scored a second-half hat-trick as Peru took third place at the Copa America with a 4-1 win over Venezuela on Saturday.Hamburg striker Guerrero was involved in the opener as
readRugby Results
25-07-2011
Currie Cup Saturday, July 23 Blue Bulls 33 - 30 Free State Cheetahs Griquas 11 - 49 Lions Friday, July 22 Leopards 9 - 47 Western Province Pumas 22 - 23 Sharks
readKhan KOs Judah in Vegas
25-07-2011
LAS VEGAS – Britain’s Amir Khan captured the International Boxing Federation’s light welterweight title Saturday with a dominating fifth-round knockout of Zab Judah.Khan hit Judah with a hard right
readSpringboks scramble for positives after Wallabies defeat
25-07-2011
SYDNEY – Matters have reached a pretty sorry state when the biggest positive a Springboks captain can take out of a 39-20 defeat to Australia is that the scoreline could have been ‘uglier’.That was,
readBin Hammam banned, declares ‘war’ on Blatter
25-07-2011
ZURICH – Disgraced Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam declared “war” on his former ally Sepp Blatter and vowed to clear his name after being banned for life for attempted bribery.The former Asian
readBig Brother Amplified: Fab BBA prizes Up For grabs!
25-07-2011
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 with the right answer! Four lucky readers stand a chance of winning both
readBig Brother Amplified: These Are The Last Days!
25-07-2011
Take Karen for example. The Nigerian wild child spent the best part of the weekend fighting with everyone and everything in sight. One of her attempts at being Muhammed Ali (or is it Harry Simon?)
readMalawi must use peaceful means: UN
25-07-2011
BLANTYRE – The United Nations secretary-general says that differences in the southern Africa country of Malawi must be solved through peaceful means.A UN statement said that UN Secretary-General Ban
readItalian ship seized off W African coast
25-07-2011
ROME – An Italian tanker carrying a cargo of diesel fuel has been seized by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, the Italian Foreign Ministry said yesterday.The ship, the RBD Anema e Core
readCity Press reveals secret Malema trust
25-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is the sole trustee of a secret family trust, registered in the name of his five-year-old son, which he allegedly uses to finance his lavish
readWith love from Romania
25-07-2011
ANA Cornelia Pater lives in the Otjozondjupa Region, not far from Omakako village where she looks after about 30 San children who attend the primary school and feeds another 40 needy children three
readTiboth appointed as Swapo’s Hardap chief
25-07-2011
THE Swapo Party Politburo has endorsed retired Reverend Stefanus Tiboth as the party's regional coordinator in the Hardap Region.Tiboth, who mediated talks that resulted in the Isaak and Goliath
readPetition calls for removal of Rundu hospital chief
25-07-2011
STAFF at the Rundu State Hospital have levelled allegations of corruption against the Medical Superintendent Dr Yuri Yangazov and demanded his removal.A petition containing a litany of complaints was
readPastor stripped of his cloth
25-07-2011
A PASTOR of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) has been fired after he was found guilty of misappropriation of church funds.Pastor Japhet Sem, who served the the
readWin! WIN! Win! An iPod Shuffle
25-07-2011
AS the countdown to choosing Miss Namibia 2011 gathers pace, join in the fun and let us know who you think the winner will be.All you have to do is send an SMS to 45045. Type in WIN followed by the
readLocal authorities conference kicks off in Windhoek
25-07-2011
Local authorities should address day-to-day needs of the communities they serve. This was said by the Minister of Local Government, Jerry Ekandjo at the opening of the 55th conference of the
readKatima CEO and finance chief suspended again
25-07-2011
KATIMA Mulilo Town Council Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vincent Sazita and Finance Chief Charles Nawa have again been suspended only a day after they reported back to work following a three month
readRDP declares war on injustice
25-07-2011
THE Rally of Democracy and Progress (RDP) secretary of information, technology and publicity, Jeremiah Nambinga told a public rally held at Helao Nafidi Town on Saturday that the RDP will wage a war
readAllegation of book conning
25-07-2011
MEMBERS of research institutions have sounded a warning against what they consider suspicious dealings of an apparent book dealer, Arseniy Vydrin, who is currently in the country to collect books,
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