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64 Articles found on Wednesday, 27 July 2011
17 years in prison for rape of child
27-07-2011
AN OKAHANDJA resident who was found guilty on a child rape charge last week received a 17-year prison term at the end of his trial in the Windhoek Regional Court yesterday.In contrast to his outburst
readFamine in Somalia
27-07-2011
Hibo Mohamud, a three-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia, is comforted at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu yesterday after fleeing from southern Somalia. The UN will airlift emergency
readSeal culling exposed to the world
27-07-2011
PAUL Watson, founder of environmental group Sea Shepherd, yesterday confirmed that they masterminded the secret filming of Namibia’s controversial seal culling at Cape Cross recently.Watson told The
readNBC siphoned pension money
27-07-2011
A PARLIAMENTARY standing committee yesterday grilled the Permanent Secretary of Information for allowing the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation to withhold employee pension contributions amounting to
readSimon contests for world heavyweight title
27-07-2011
HARRY ‘Onkugo’ Simon will contest for the vacant World Boxing Federation light heavyweight title on September 30, his camp announced yesterday.However his opponent, for the fight which is scheduled to
readLawyer paints picture of paranoid Norway killer
27-07-2011
OSLO – The lawyer for the gunman behind last week’s attacks in Norway laid out his feelings about the case and his client yesterdy, painting a picture of a cold and paranoid “warrior” who appears to
readNamibia trade ties with China stronger than ever
27-07-2011
CHINA and Namibia’s economic and trade cooperation has grown rigorously, and even the devastating global financial crisis could not stop its growth.This was said by China’s ambassador to Namibia, Wei
readChasing the dots ... Gruesome ‘But Necessary?
27-07-2011
WHEREVER we come from, whatever our views and however we analyse the world around us we always seem to miss predicting horrific events! The last place in the world I would have expected a massive bomb
readNotable Quotes
27-07-2011
WHERE does the issue of campaigning come from? He must not shy away from the fact that he was wrong. Why should the issue of succession come in? – Swapo Party Oshikoto regional coordinator Armas
readSMSes for Wednesday 27 July 2011
27-07-2011
SMS Of The Day IT’S tough to be a teacher nowadays. You deal with indisciplined learners, violent parents and a Minister who embarrasses and ridicules you in front of media and the nation. Oh how I
readSasol plans to increase output
27-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South African petrochemicals group Sasol, the world’s biggest maker of motor fuel from coal, expects to produce around 7,3 million tons of products at its synthetic fuel operation in
readSA coal strike may hit exports
27-07-2011
LONDON/JOHANNESBURG – A strike by South African coal workers at major mining houses on Monday will start to hit exports in two to four weeks, after stockpiles are used up at the mines and Richards Bay
readSouth Sudan says North wages economic war with new oil fee
27-07-2011
JUBA – South Sudan said its former civil war foe Khartoum, which controls the pipelines for its oil exports, had declared economic war against the new African nation by demanding a transit fee of
readObama cites 3-ring circus in US debt crisis limit talks
27-07-2011
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama described the long political fight over raising the limit on US borrowing and avoiding default on the American debt as a “partisan three-ring circus” and blamed the
readDon’t automatically blame IT
27-07-2011
When IT efforts fail, more often than not the problem lies with those outside the technology function, says Harvard Business Review.When IT efforts fail, there’s a tendency to do some finger-pointing.
readMeatco a parastatal until the law changes
27-07-2011
MEATCO will remain a state-owned enterprise (SOE) until new operational structures are proposed and the necessary amendments are made to the legislation affecting the operations of the company.The
readDe Beers earnings up 55% on bumper price rise
27-07-2011
LONDON – De Beers, one of the world’s largest diamond producers, posted a 55 per cent jump in first-half earnings on the back of record sales and an unprecedented jump in prices, driven by China,
readAmy’s autopsy inconclusive
27-07-2011
AN autopsy on singer Amy Winehouse on Monday failed to determine what killed the 27-year-old star, leaving fans and family with a weeks-long wait for the results of toxicology tests. A family
readSA could become ‘new Egypt,’ warns trade union leader
27-07-2011
SOUTH Africa risks witnessing mass uprisings if it doesn’t act urgently to deal with rampant youth unemployment, the leader of the country’s trade union movement has warned.As general secretary of the
readIn Brief
27-07-2011
The West, rebels consider Gaddafi staying TRIPOLI – An international consensus may be emerging over allowing Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to remain in the country if he steps down.Syria boosts
readEindilo lya Shipanga lya pitikwa mOmpangu
27-07-2011
OMUPOLISI nale ngoka a li a pewa egeelo lyomimvo 46 mondholongo oomwedhi ndatu dhapiti, molwedhipago lyomutalelipo Omundowishi okwa pewa ompito okupulakenwa kombinga yetokolo ndyoka a pewa mOmpangu
readOmategelelo geli pombanda maanona mOtjozondjupa
27-07-2011
AANONA aashona ta ya ningi omategelelo olyo eshongo enene moshilongo nuunene tuu moshitopolwa Otjozondjupa. Oshifo shika osha li sha talelepo omukunda gwa Mangetti Dune nomudhingoloko moka mwa
readEtokolo lya tegelelwa
27-07-2011
AALUMENTU mboka taya tamanekelwa edhipago lyomukwashigwana gwaNdowishi, Thielo Neumann poShiwakopo omumvogu oyena okutegelela sigo omuSeptemba okuuvaka kutya otaya ka ningwa ngiini metamaneko ndyoka.
readEhilathano lya tsikila mewawa lyaagundjuka yoSwapo natango
27-07-2011
NATANGO oshafa pena ehilathano pokati kaawiliki yewawa lyaagundjuka yoSwapo , Elijah Ngurare na Armas Amukwiyu. Eyooloko pokati kaawiliki mbaka yaali olya holoka sha landula ketalelopo lya Ngurare
readIihokolola yuundulilwa komeho
27-07-2011
OMUTEKULU gwomukokoliperesidende okwa holokele mohofa yaMengestrata gwa Venduka omaandaha ta tamanekelwa okuhinga akolwa. Samiki Nujoma okwa kwatelwe moVenduka Olyomakaya konima aniwa sho a dhenge
readAawiliki yoSwapo oya li yuuva oshiponokela
27-07-2011
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi sho RDP pOhangwena mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena Amushanga gwIipambele yOmaunganeko gOpapolotika mo RDP , Libolly Haufiku, okwa lombwele aanashigongi shawo mpoka kutya
readOndando yolusheno otayi gwedhwa nooperesenda 18 omwedhi tuuka
27-07-2011
EWILIKONGUNDU lyolusheno[Electricity Control Board][ECB] olya tseyitha egwedhelo lyondando yolusheno olwindji nooperesenda 18,28 ngaashi shakala sha tegelelwa.Omumvo gwayi ondando yolusheno oya
readSwapo iindike NBC aniwa yi kundaneke iigongi yoRDP
27-07-2011
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi sho RDP pOhangwena mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, Amushanga gwo RDP e na sha nOmauyelele, Omaunongononi nIinyanyangidhwa, Jeremiah Nambinga okwa ti
readOmaulikilo gIipindi ga Ngwediva omu Auguste
27-07-2011
OMAULIKILO gIipindi gOkomumvo ga Ngwediva nuumvo otaga ka kala ko okuza meti 24 Auguste sigo eti 4 September 2011 nokwa tegelelwa ga ka kaliwe kAauliki yIiipindi oyendji noshowo ga ka talelwe po
readEpangwe lya kwatwa poongamba
27-07-2011
OPOLISI oya kwata epangwe lyatulwa muupakete wuli 700 waadhika miihwa popepi nomweelo gwopoongamba mondjila onene ya Trans Kalahari. Omupolisi gwiilonga moshitopolwa shOmaheke, omukonakoni, Johan
readWelwitschias face South African Universities
27-07-2011
THE Welwitschias will play a match against a South African Universities side as preparation for the World Cup on August 6 at the Hage Geingob Stadium.Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) CEO Christo Alexander
readAmateurs fret over All Africa preparations
27-07-2011
NAMIBIA’s amateur boxers are yet to begin preparations for the All Africa Games that get underway in just over four weeks’ time.Team captain Tobias Munihango yesterday told The Namibian Sport that
readTsumeb holds Golf Day for charity
27-07-2011
A Fun Golf Day was held in Tsumeb on Saturday to raise funds for the newly established Dundee Precious Metals-Namibia Custom Smelters Tsumeb Community Trust.According to the organisers, the day’s
readNanyala is Junior Chess Champion
27-07-2011
SILVESTOR ‘Superman’ Nanyala played arguably his best classical chess this past weekend as he notched up another perfect score of 7/7 to become the 2011 Junior Chess Champion. Nanyala defeated all
readSKW Gymnastics Academy host qualifying tournament
27-07-2011
THE SKW Gymnastics Academy hosted the national qualifying competition rhythmic gymnastics over the weekend.According to event coordinator Yvonne Schadee “gymnasts from Tsumeb, Walvis Bay, Swakopmund
readJohn Muinjo sends Tim Isaacs to World Cup draw
27-07-2011
NAMIBIA Football Association (NFA) president John Muinjo has delegated Brave Warriors team manager Tim Isaacs to represent the country at the preliminary draw for the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Rio de
readComplimentary Rugby World Cup tickets could be ‘bribery’
27-07-2011
NEW Zealand companies dishing out Rugby World Cup tickets and government agencies receiving them may be blissfully unaware they risk penalties of up to 10 years in jail and unlimited fines for
readBatista quits Argentina after Copa failure
27-07-2011
BUENOS AIRES – Sergio Batista has stepped down as Argentina coach after his team were knocked out of the Copa America in the quarter-finals, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said on
readPhelps loses 200 free to Lochte
27-07-2011
SHANGHAI – Ryan Lochte overtook Michael Phelps on the final turn of the 200-metre freestyle to win one of the most highly awaited races of the world championships yesterday, reminding everyone that
readBig Brother Amplified: Fab BBA prizes Up For grabs!
27-07-2011
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 an
readBig Brother Amplified: It’s time to vote for a winner!
27-07-2011
IT’S time to vote again. The major difference this week is that you’re voting for the housemate you want to WIN! In short, you must VOTE for your FAVOURITE, the person you’d like to see walk off with
readBig Brother Amplified: Silence Of The Lames!
27-07-2011
Dayum, can’t believe I’m starting to feel the first twinges of Big Brother withdrawal! Monday night nominations are already gone with the wind. Now it’s only a matter of days before that seminal
readIn Brief
27-07-2011
Six Mauritius ministers quit – report PORT LOUIS – Six ministers in Mauritius, including the finance minister, resigned from the government yesterday following the arrest of the health minister over
readUN races food to hungry Somali refugees
27-07-2011
DOLO – The United Nations will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago – a crisis intervention to keep hungry
readWhat Elephants Think:Interviewing the world’s biggest land mammal
27-07-2011
THE bull elephant, a mountain of ivory and callous hide, lumbers to the waterhole in Etosha. These giants can drink 100 litres in one gorge, but this male has to stop; another bull flaps his ears on
readWestair employees unhappy over working conditions
27-07-2011
SOME Westair Group of Companies employees on Tuesday held a peaceful demonstration over wages, working conditions and unfair labour practices.Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union (Natau) shop
readThree charged over assault on high school teacher
27-07-2011
THREE men accused of assaulting a teacher at a Windhoek school on Friday last week made a first court appearance in connection with the incident yesterday.Teacher Fannes Tangeni Namhunya was allegedly
readHenties man (69) commits suicide
27-07-2011
JOHANNES Fransiskus Bergh (69) of Henties Bay committed suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun on Saturday night.According to Deputy Commissioner Chris Kalimbula of the Erongo Police, Bergh and
readCourt cuts sentence for deadly robbery
27-07-2011
THE effective prison term of 30 years which a young man received almost three years ago on charges connected to the murder of a Windhoek radio announcer during an armed robbery was cut by 10 years on
readGang of robbers caught at roadblock
27-07-2011
THE Windhoek City Police arrested an alleged gang of five robbers early yesterday morning after a search of their car found an array of tools used to cut through roofs. Two of the men have a history
readTell the nation, Iivula-Ithana dares RDP
27-07-2011
SECRETARY General of Swapo Party Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana said the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) should tell the nation what it knows about the Cassinga massacre without beating around the
readState paramedics up in arms
27-07-2011
AMBULANCE operators working for the Ministry of Health are up in arms over job regrading and the state of the ambulances and buses serving State health facilities in Windhoek. Speaking on condition of
readOtjiwarongo residents fight back
27-07-2011
A RESIDENT-DRIVEN neighbourhood watch in Otjiwarongo has quickly paid off for residents. According to people at the town, more than 200 have joined the recently established community crime-busting
readNorwegian attacks sadden Namibia
27-07-2011
THE Namibian Government has conveyed its deepest and heartfelt condolences to the Norwegian families who lost loved ones in the attacks by Andres Behring on Friday that resulted in the loss of over 90
readDausab’s double murder trial postponed
27-07-2011
DOUBLE murder suspect Julius Dausab is facing a further close to nine months in custody before his trial is scheduled to continue in the High Court in Windhoek.After nearly two weeks of proceedings
readWin! WIN! Win! An iPod Shuffle
27-07-2011
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
readLion attack victim’s family found
27-07-2011
THE sister of a man who was killed by a lion at the Harnas Wildlife Foundation two months ago has been traced.Teresa Kurpas, sister of the deceased Markus Mydlarz, was located in Poland and was told
readVeteran’s vehicle damaged in neighbours’ fight
27-07-2011
The work vehicle of liberation war veteran, Kleophas Shilongo, who owns and runs a security company, was damaged in a street fight involving his neighbours.The back screen of the canopy of his vehicle
readMore explosives found
27-07-2011
POLICE in the Ohangwena Region have found a cache of 21 mortars and 300 rounds of ammunition for AK 47 assault rifles.Police liaison officer Sergeant Abner Iitumba said the ammunition would be
readEthical leadership required for development
27-07-2011
AFRICAN leadership is central to the continent’s failure to sustain its own development, despite unfavourable external factors, suggested the executive director of the Namibia Institute of Public
readCalls for housing consumer protection intensify
27-07-2011
KAVANGO Block Brick founding member Heinrich Schroeder has called for a Housing Consumer Protection Act and a Namibian Home Builders Registration Council to address the country’s housing delivery
readBREAKING NEWS: Farm massacre judgement day
27-07-2011
JUDGE President Petrus Damaseb has started to deliver the verdict in Namibia’s largest murder trial since at least Independence.The delivery of the verdict in the trial of the four men facing charges
readBREAKING NEWS: Two convicted of farm massacre
27-07-2011
THE man who had been accused of masterminding the massacre of eight people at farm Kareeboomvloer south of Rehoboth in March 2005 was acquitted on all charges today. Windhoek resident Justus
readBreaking News Update: Two convicted of farm massacre
27-07-2011
THE man who had been accused of masterminding the massacre of eight people at farm Kareeboomvloer south of Rehoboth in March 2005 was acquitted on all charges today. Windhoek resident Justus
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