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59 Articles found on Monday, 4 July 2011
‘The Hitman’ the hero in street robbery case
04-07-2011
HANDBAG snatcher Lukas Shikongo really did not have a good day on July 31 last year.Not only did a street robbery in which Shikongo grabbed a young woman’s handbag and made a run for it not turn out
readEx-mayor brutally attacked
04-07-2011
FORMER Windhoek mayor Vivienne Graig and her family became the latest victims of a brutal attack by violent criminals during a break-in in the early hours of Friday morning.The attack on Graig, her
readNBC’s Aochamub gets N$90 000 cash bonus
04-07-2011
EMPLOYEES of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) are up in arms after their director general, Albertus Aochamub, recently received N$90 000 after tax as a “performance payment”.Aochamub
readWarriors experiment begins
04-07-2011
BRAVE Warriors interim coach Brian Isaacs and his new-look side left for Blantyre today as the team’s latest make-over chapter unfolds. The side are set to play Malawi on Wednesday in an
readGaza flotilla plots next move
04-07-2011
ATHENS – Organisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla said yesterday they have not abandoned their plans, despite a Greek government ruling that bars vessels from leaving Greek ports for the Palestinian
readCanadian uranium giant eyes Namibia
04-07-2011
TORONTO – Canadian uranium producer Cameco Corp is shopping for development-stage uranium projects and will consider opportunities in Africa, the company’s incoming chief executive has said.Cameco is
readSMSes for Monday 04 July 2011
04-07-2011
SMS Of The Day *SO early education receives N$4 million out of the N$8 billion total budget for education which is 0.05%. At the same time 30% of our population is under 5. How about channeling more
readNotable Quotes
04-07-2011
I HAVE expressed my views and critique of the judgement as a public official and a free citizen, at which stage I have never attacked or attempted to attack the person or dignity of the judge or the
readNew developments in oil exploration blocks
04-07-2011
LONDON – Enigma Oil & Gas Exploration has received Government approval to move to the first renewal phase for various blocks offshore Namibia. According to Offshore Magazine, these are central blocks
readImmediate Greek default prevented, outlook fragile
04-07-2011
BRUSSELS – Greece has been pulled back from impending default when eurozone finance ministers signed off on a vital loan instalment. But the country’s international creditors are showing more concern
readNew feasibility studies at Langer Heinrich, Etango
04-07-2011
PERTH – International engineering and project management company AMEC has been awarded two definitive feasibility studies for the further development of uranium projects in Namibia.Mining Review on
readFree of house arrest, Strauss-Kahn takes in New York
04-07-2011
NEW YORK – With the sex assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn hanging by a thread, damning new revelations emerged Saturday about his accuser, whose mounting credibility problems prompted the
readState oil companies hold keys to access for private sector
04-07-2011
LONDON – State-owned oil companies are a rising force in the global energy sector as private rivals such as BP and Total seek access to new supplies and push to expand their markets.More than half of
readPolicy may have to look beyond rates
04-07-2011
PRETORIA, – Monetary policymakers may have to look at other tools other than interest rates in the future to achieve their goals, a South African Reserve Bank official said on Friday.South Africa’s
readUS manufacturing growth up; Europe, Asia slip
04-07-2011
NEW YORK/LONDON – Growth in US manufacturing posted a surprise gain in June, contrasting with Europe and Asia where manufacturing activity lost steam for a second month as interest rate hikes there
readStop chasing too many priorities
04-07-2011
If you feel you have too many priorities and claims on your attention, you are hardly alone. It’s time to draw some lines in the sand, says Harvard Business Review.Overloaded and overwhelmed is the
readEconomy takes rocky ride through first quarter
04-07-2011
NAMIBIA’S international investment position maintained a net surplus position at the end of the first quarter of 2011, with residents’ stock of foreign assets exceeding their liabilities, Paul
readJobs initiative widely misunderstood, says Tom Alweendo
04-07-2011
GOVERNMENT’S expanded public works programme to be implemented over the next three years will be exempted from some tender procedures to ensure speedy implementation, National Planning Commission
readIn Brief
04-07-2011
Four policemen killed in Baghdad BAGHDAD – Four Iraqi policemen were killed in an attack targeting their patrol west of Baghdad yesterday, a security source said.Woman catches toddler who fell 10
readKenyan wins CNN journo award
04-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The top prize at this year’s CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2011 Awards Ceremony was scooped by Fatuma Noor, an investigative journalist from Kenya.Noor, who works for Kenyan
readIn Brief
04-07-2011
Volcano in central Indonesia blows JAKARTA – A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted in clouds of smoke and searing gas that shot up nearly six kilometres into the air. State volcanologist Surono,
readThai opposition wins by a landslide
04-07-2011
BANGKOK – The sister of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra led her party in a landslide election win yesterday, exit polls showed, a victory for red-shirt protesters who clashed with the
readNo room for fat cops in Russia
04-07-2011
MOSCOW – Russia’s interior ministry has issued a warning to its pudgy police officers – lose weight or get the sack.The move comes as Russia seeks to cut its bloated police force and improve its image
readGeingob nosheendo ko Angola
04-07-2011
OMINISTA yIipindi nOofabulika Hage Geingob oku li ko Angola pamwe nosheendo shaanangeshefa noshowo aanambelewa yepangelo lya Namibia. Osheendo oshi li moAngola oku humitha komeho omakwatathano
readOngeleka ya kwathele aantu
04-07-2011
ONGELEKI ya ELCIN omasiku ga zi ko oya gandja OoN$40,000 kOonakuhepekwa komeya gefundja moshilongo, unene tuu mboka yokoNooli ya Namibia noshowo OoN$20,000 kOsenda yAanuulema ya Nakayale mOshitopolwa
readOombudhi tadhi yugu noondunge
04-07-2011
OONGUNDU dhoombudhi odha yugu aakalimo pOtjiwarongo konyala oodola omayovi 20 000 oomwedhi mbali dha piti. Opolisi oya koleke oshinima shika kutya ongundu ndjika ota yi kwatelwa komeho komulumentu
readMVA a taalela eshongo lyiiniwe nena
04-07-2011
OSHIKETHA shekwathelo kombinga yiiponga yomoondjila[MVA Fund] osha taalela eshongo enene lyompumbwe yoshimaliwa oku kwathela mboka ya mona iiponga. Uuyelele mbuka owa gandjwa momushangwa gwoshiketha
readElongo lyopetameko lya pumbwa oshimpwiyu shinene
04-07-2011
AANAWINO melongo oya indile Epangelo opo li dhiladhile oku totapo oshiketha shelongo lyopetameko lyaanona. Oshiketha shika osha pumbwa okudhikwapo opo shi nkondopeke elongo ndika. Oshikwawo elongo
readYa kala pehala lyaAndimba Toivo yaToivo ta ya tidhwapo aniwa
04-07-2011
AAKALIMO yomOluno pOndangwa, ye vulithe 12 mboka taku tiwa kutya oya kala mehala lyOmunapolotika a tseyika nawa, Andimba Toivo yaToivo mOluno mOndangwa ya lombwelwa ya ze mo mehala meendelelo ngashi
readEtokolo moshipotha shedhipago lya ya hetatu po Kareemboovloer popepi
04-07-2011
OMASIKU 13 ga Juli nuumvo ogo natango taga lalakanenwa ongo ethimbo moka Omupanguli Persidende Petrus Damaseb ta ka gandja etokolo lye moshinima shedhipago lyaantu yahetatu pofaalama ya
readOpena uupyakadhi nonando iimaliwa opo yili
04-07-2011
ELONGO lyaanona muuyuni olina omashongo nuupyakadhi natango nonando ndika oha li pewa iimaliwa oyindji.Ndhika oohapu dhomuwiliki nomukalelipo gwOmbaanga Yuuyuni moNamibia, Ruth Kagia, ngoka a ti
readSuburbs beat United
04-07-2011
WESTERN Suburbs got back to winning ways when they beat United 35-31 in a close MTC Rugby Premier League encounter at Suburbs Park on Saturday.United seemed to be on track for victory when they led
readFootball Results
04-07-2011
Saturday, July 2 Fifa Women’s World Cup USA 3 - 0 Colombia Korea DPR 0 - 1 Sweden Copa America Colombia 1 - 0 Costa Rica Argentina 1 - 1 Bolivia Friday, July 1 New Zealand 1 - 2 England Japan 4 - 0
readMessi frustrated with Argentina’s poor start
04-07-2011
BUENOS AIRES – A frustrated Lionel Messi said a joke goal had complicated Argentina’s Copa America start as the hosts struggled to impose themselves in their 1-1 draw with Bolivia in the tournament’s
readFavourites advance to quarter-finals in World Cup
04-07-2011
SINSHEIM – Group C favourites the United States and Sweden advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s World Cup on Saturday beating Colombia 3-0 and North Korea 1-0 respectively.The demolition of
readKvitova wins first Wimbledon title
04-07-2011
WIMBLEDON - Unknown no more, Petra Kvitova is a Wimbledon champion.The 21-year-old Czech, who has worked her way up the rankings from 34th at the end of last season to No. 7 on Monday, beat Maria
readTwo off to World Youth Championships
04-07-2011
SHIIVOMWENE Shilongo and Sune Wittman qualified to represent Namibia at this year’s IAAF World Youth Championships in Lille, France from July 6 to 10.According to team manager Modestus Mwiila, a third
readSunshine Academy trains in Gobabis
04-07-2011
THE Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing Academy on Saturday held a training session for junior amateur boxers at Epako Community Hall in Gobabis.Boxing promoter and manager Nestor Tobias told Nampa that his
readKlitschko happy to silence Haye’s trash-talk
04-07-2011
HAMBURG – Undisputed world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko says his unanimous defeat of Britain’s David Haye in their unification bout was a victory for boxing after Haye’s persistent
readCrusaders chase title against Reds
04-07-2011
SYDNEY – The Queensland Reds will host their first Super Rugby final next Saturday against seven-time champions Canterbury Crusaders following decisive semi-final victories for both sides this
readBig Brother A,plified: Fab BBA prizes and N$250 up for grabs!
04-07-2011
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 anwer! Three lucky readers stand a chance of winning one of three
readBig Brother Amplified: Not Strapped For Comment
04-07-2011
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape that runs across the bottom of the BBA Amplified TV screen:* Ha, ha, Wendall is a white boy wasted! * At least Vimbai can think for
readBig Brother Amplified: Lap Dancers And Strippers!
04-07-2011
Aloha peeps! A glimpse of the Caribbean and a taste of Hawaii set the mood in the BBA house this past weekend as housemates boogied down to a Caribbean-themed party. It was flowers and colours here,
readIvory Coast issues warrant for Gbagbo youth leader
04-07-2011
ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast’s state prosecutor has issued international arrest warrants for four close allies of former president Laurent Gbagbo, including notorious youth leader Charles Ble Goude.At a
readClinton slams Gaddafi threat to launch attacks on Europe
04-07-2011
MADRID/TRIPOLI –US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped up Western calls on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit, brushing off his threat to attack Europeans in their homes and offices.“Instead
readTraffic cop busted for theft
04-07-2011
THE chief of the Otjiwarongo traffic unit appeared in court last week after he was busted for allegedly stealing two crates of beer from a truck.Unit Commander Warrant Officer Naftali Aebeb (47), was
readThree burn to death in Oshakati
04-07-2011
A 26 old man from Oshoopala informal settlement at Oshakati, his girlfriend and their seven month old baby boy died when the shack they were sleeping in caught fire during the early hours of
readSwakopmund councilor allegedly inciting illegal squatting
04-07-2011
THE Swakopmund Town Council has accused a current or former councillor for inciting people to take land on the outskirts of the DRC informal settlement.No particulars of the councillor would be given,
readSevere prison term for fatal stoning
04-07-2011
A NIGHT of deadly domestic violence has turned into 45 years of imprisonment for Stampriet resident Frans Basson.Basson’s trial came to an end in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday, when he was
readPlans afoot for weather bureau
04-07-2011
PLANS to expand Namibia’s network of weather stations was addressed during a recent visit to the Namibia Meteorological Service (NMS) by Chief Samuel Ankama, the Deputy Minister of Works and
readNankudhu laid to rest
04-07-2011
THE name of John Ya Otto Nankudhu, the late former People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) Commander, will be remembered and revered by current and future generations of Namibians.This was said by
readNAC workers voice their discontent
04-07-2011
A HOUSING allowance demand and a seemingly uncommitted management were the reasons for a peaceful demonstration by Namibia Airports Company (NAC) employees at Hosea Kutako International Airport on
readMore than 12 families evicted from Toivo’s plot
04-07-2011
MORE than 12 families from Oluno suburb in Ondangwa have received an eviction order from the High Court to vacate their houses.Some of them have lived there and operated businesses for more than 20
readMayor’s actions in daughter’s crash were ‘above board’
04-07-2011
THE way in which Walvis Bay mayor Derek Klazen handled a car accident involving his daughter, Daniél (20), about two weeks ago was “above board”, according to the town’s traffic chief, Eben Platt.Two
readMayor Kathindi resigns after 7 months
04-07-2011
THE Oshakati Mayor Ben Kuutumbeni Kathindi has resigned from his position, as well as that of councillor, with immediate effect on June 30, after serving for only seven months.His deputy Katrina
readGrade one applicants compete for space in Swakop
04-07-2011
PARENTS were already standing in line by 23h00 on Thursday-evening to enroll the children for next year’s grade one on Friday (July 1) at Swakopmund schools.Most sought after was Namib Primary School
readFormer lover’s murder case postponed
04-07-2011
ANTHEA Arnold made her second court appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s court on Thursday in connection with the murder of Michael Breder.Appearing before Magistrate Vanessa Stanley and
readEducation minister declares revolution on inertia
04-07-2011
“WE can with confidence say that we know what is and where the problem is; we know what works and what does not work. We know what to retain and why. We know what is to be improved and why. We know
readDibasen assault leads to a police investigation
04-07-2011
A TEACHER at the Dibasen Junior Secondary School in Okombahe has laid a charge of assault against the Head of Department (HoD) after an incident last week in which the teacher was allegedly cursed and
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