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62 Articles found on Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Hospitals oxygen full of hot air
01-06-2011
LITTLE action seems to have been taken more than six months after a damning World Health Organisation (WHO) investigation into allegations of substandard oxygen at State hospitals established that the
readTobacco - not easy to say no
01-06-2011
A SMOKE-FREE Namibia may seem like a utopia today, but according to Health Minister Richard Kamwi it can be reached in the near future. The minister spoke at the Government Office Park auditorium
readOmuthiya poll fraud trial delayed again
01-06-2011
NAMIBIA’S former Director of Elections, Philemon Kanime, and two co-accused are facing a further wait of close to eleven months before they will be going on trial on charges over the alleged
readUnregistered ‘doctor’ allowed to practise
01-06-2011
THE lives of Namibians who rely on State hospitals may be at the mercy of doctors with questionable qualifications allowed to work at these facilities without rigorous vetting and registration by the
readWe can still do it: Isaacs
01-06-2011
BRAVE Warriors coach Brian Isaacs still harbours faint hopes of making it to next year’s African Cup of Nations according to a report on cafonline.com yesterday. Isaacs has pinned his hopes of
readRatko Mladic will face UN tribunal in The Hague
01-06-2011
BELGRADE – Judges have rejected an appeal by war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic seeking to stop his extradition to a UN tribunal, Serbia’s chief war crimes prosecutor said yesterday, paving the way for
readSA proposes African nuclear power plan
01-06-2011
THE South African government has bucked the world trend of reticence over continued investment in nuclear power by backing a shared continental approach to electricity generation projects, including
readSMSes For Wednesday 1 June 2011
01-06-2011
SMS Of The Day *PLEASE do some research and write more academic articles with regards to Epangelo so that we the readers can make up our own minds.Also is it really accurate to stress that the
readChasing The Dots...Mining Ores Of The Mind
01-06-2011
SO, as a confused being I pitch up at a “session” at NamPower organised by FES. Billed as a get-together between civil society and a government deputy Minister to explore matters economic pertaining
readNotable Quotes
01-06-2011
THAT’S a bit close to the bone. – Telecom Namibia Managing Director Frans Ndoroma responding to a question on how Telecom’s Mobile arm, Switch, was doing. Ndoroma admitted that Switch was not doing as
readGordhan concerned about euro debt
01-06-2011
CAPE TOWN – South Africa is on track to achieve growth of 3,4 per cent this year, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said yesterday, although he added that he was concerned about the impact of the
readLeave your bad day at work
01-06-2011
BAD days at the office are many times unavoidable, but there are ways to separate from the troubles without needing to go home and kick the cat, says Harvard Business Review.We all have them: Those
readNam poultry farm orders hi-tech equipment
01-06-2011
SKOV has entered into an agreement to supply complete ventilation and production control systems for 53 poultry houses in Namibia.The first part of the supply will be delivered in August and the farm
readNamibia voted world’s top travel destination
01-06-2011
NAMIBIA has been voted the world’s top travel destination of 2011 in the Wanderlust Travel Awards, the UK-based Wanderlust Travel Magazine has announced.In this category of ten countries, Namibia
readTullow Oil unveils plans for Ghana listing
01-06-2011
LONDON – Anglo-Irish energy explorer Tullow Oil yesterday announced plans for a secondary stock market listing and large share offering in Ghana, underlining its commitment to the West African
readUK fraud watchdog probes Saudi defence deal
01-06-2011
LONDON – Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is investigating allegations that European defence group EADS bribed Saudi Arabian officials to win a US$3,3 billion communications contract.The probe centres
readWal-Mart deal approved with conditions
01-06-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa approved Wal-Mart’s US$2,4 billion bid for local retailer Massmart without other conditions that could have jeopardised the deal, opening the door for the US giant to
readEenhana Town Council and Standard Bank partnered for trade, business expo
01-06-2011
STANDARD Bank Namibia (SBN) will again partner with the Eenhana Town Council to sponsor this year’s Eenhana Trade and Business Expo scheduled for July 25-30 this year.The expo, an annual event,
readNo conclusion to WTO trade talks this year for South Africa
01-06-2011
CAPE TOWN – The troubled decade-long Doha round of global trade talks will not be concluded this year, South African Trade Minister Rob Davies said on Monday.“There is now a recognition that the 2011
readIndustry wobbles in Zimbabwe’s second city
01-06-2011
BULAWAYO – Ravens squawk from the rooftop of a deserted building, once a top producer of animal feed that employed hundreds in Zimbabwe’s second city of Bulawayo.Empty factories are now a common sight
readKingston in ICU
01-06-2011
Chart-topping hip-hop star Sean Kingston has been hospitalised in intensive care after his personal watercraft hit a bridge in Miami Beach, a spokesman for his record label said. “Sean Kingston
readGil Scott-Heron dies
01-06-2011
MUSICIAN Gil Scott-Heron, who helped lay the groundwork for rap by fusing minimalistic percussion, political expression and spoken-word poetry on songs such as ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’,
readTeen kills for game money
01-06-2011
HANOI – Vietnamese police say they have arrested a teenage boy who allegedly killed a 7-year-old neighbour to steal her gold earrings to pay for computer games.Police Capt Kha Van Hoi in central Nghe
readSuspect held in Russian journalist’s murder
01-06-2011
MOSCOW – Russian authorities have detained the main suspect in the killing of investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, Russian media reported yesterday.Rustam Makhmudov, the man
readEuropean E coli outbreak kills 16
01-06-2011
BERLIN – Two new deaths linked to a mysterious bacterial outbreak in Europe blamed on tainted vegetables were reported yesterday, including the first outside Germany, as the number of people falling
readBerlusconi suffers poll defeat
01-06-2011
MILAN – Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s coalition suffered a humiliating defeat in mayoral elections in Milan and Naples on Monday, casting doubt over the legally embattled Italian leader’s
readYamwe ya lukilwa
01-06-2011
OMUKOKOLIPRESIDENDE Sam Nujoma noku li Omukuluntu gwoUNAM nomupevi gwe,Omuprofesore, Lazarus Hangula, omunangeshefa gwIihauto,nakusa, Johannes Shali nOmbaanga ya Namibia, oya lukilwa yimwe yomoongulu
readTelecom a etha omapungulo miilongo yilwe
01-06-2011
TELECOM Namibia okwa tokola okwi ikuthamo momapungulo gaali moSouth Africa naAngola.Ehangano lyiikwangodhi lyaNamibia olya ti omapungulo galyo goodola adhihe kumwe oomiliona 544 ndyoka lya ningile
readOmasipa gomuntu giitsuwa megumbo
01-06-2011
OPOLISI ya Shakati mOshana oya tuma iipongolo yomuntu mbyoka ya adhika megumbo lyomukalimo gumwe momukunda Oshuulo mUukwambi mOshana pehulilo lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Opolisi oya tuma omasipa ngaka
readNamWater okwiipyakidhila newapaleko lyomukanka
01-06-2011
PETHIMBO lyOshigongi shAatoolinkunda sha ningilwa pOsasiona onene yokupomba omeya ya Calueque/Kaluheke muumbugantu waAngola, sha ningilwe mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, Omunambelewa gwa Namwater John Kady
readWal-Mart a ziminwa
01-06-2011
EHANGANO lyoongeshefa oonene moAmerica Wal-Mart olya pewa eziminino oku ya mo South Africa. Etokolo ndika olya ningwa kOmpangu Yomathigathano yoshilongo shoka. Etokolo olya gandjwa pwaana nando
readYaali ya ethiwa kohofa monkambadhala ye yugo
01-06-2011
OMATAMANEKO ngoka ga li ta ga ningilwa aafekelwa yaali miihokolola yonkambadhala yoku yuga ehangano lyaagameni yomaliko moVenduka omimvo mbali dha piti oga kuthwapo kompangu moshilandopangelo
readEhangano UNA lya totwa moNamibia
01-06-2011
EHANGANO lyIigwana Hangano mo Namibia olya dhikwapo oshiwike sha yi moVenduka.Ndika oli na elalakano okuhumitha komeho ontseyo nuunongo mokati koshigwana sha Namibia. Omalalakano omakwawo ogo oku
readNdowishi ota tsikile oku kwatha Namibia natango
01-06-2011
EPANGELO lya Ndowishi ota li tsikile oku kwatha Namibia mehumokomeho natango. Omasiku ga piti Omukuluntu gwOkommissi yOmathaneko gOpashigwana, Tom Alweendo okwa li a kwatele komeho osheendo sha
readOfuto yo kudheula ta yi tulwa miilonga mbala
01-06-2011
OSHILONGO otashi ka kala mbala noshiketha shomadheulo. Oshiketha shika elalakano lyasho oku kwathela noku kumika elongo lyopaungomba moshilongo opo pu hulithwepo ompumbwe yuunongo ndjoka ta yi adhika
readUnited Stars yet to receive prize
01-06-2011
NORTHERN Stream First Division champions United Stars are yet to receive their winnings despite romping to the league title over a week ago.The Rundu-based football team was supposed to receive its
readRafa, Robin meet again at French Open
01-06-2011
PARIS - Robin Soderling is going to get another chance to double Rafael Nadal’s career loss record at the French Open.The fifth-seeded Swede served his way into the quarterfinals Monday to set up a
readChampions League Competition winners
01-06-2011
N$500: Joseph K Nagombe OTB Voucher: Robert Ramek Goodie Bag: Theophilus Tiwes Ambondo, Davidson Shidondora, Julius Goagoseb, Simon Narushia, Rajiv Dedig
readReho Falcon remain unbeaten
01-06-2011
REHO Falcon continue to lead the MTC Rugby League log at the end of Round 6 after beating Kudus in Rehoboth on Saturday.They beat Kudus 45-19 to stretch their lead on top of the log to 30 points with
readNamibia to host SA in mid-amateur golf
01-06-2011
NAMIBIAN golfers are set to play against top ranked South African opponents in a “landmark Ruder Cup-styled” mid-amateur test, starting this weekend. The organisers yesterday announced that the
readFifa needs major surgery, says ethics delegate
01-06-2011
MELBOURNE – Fifa needs ‘complete structural’ reform as the current set-up is based on political motives, according to Australian Les Murray, who sits on the global soccer governing body’s 13-man
readDismay in Pakistan over Afridi quit shock
01-06-2011
KARACHI – Pakistani greats expressed dismay yesterday at Shahid Afridi’s shock decision to quit international cricket, as officials said the “doors are open” for the influential all-rounder’s
readScholes retires from football
01-06-2011
LONDON – Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes announced his retirement from football on Tuesday, ending the trophy-laden career of a famously low-key player widely regarded as one of the most
readBig Brother Amplified:Not Strapped For Comment
01-06-2011
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape that runs across the bottom of the BBA Amplified TV screen:* I might need some explanation from the BBA guys. I voted a number of times for
readBig Brother Amplified: It’s time to vote for a favourite!
01-06-2011
IT’S time to vote again. Three housemates (from Tails) are up for eviction this week: Bhoke from Tanzania, Ernest from Uganda and Miss P from Botswana. Please remember that you’re voting to keep a
readBig Brother Amplified: The House Of Pleasure!
01-06-2011
YAAAAY! It was all yah and no boo on Sunday night – Namibia’s Bernadina lived to booyah another day!! If not another week or two.Our girl got a respectable percentage of the votes, 17,3%, which means
readIn Brief
01-06-2011
Mubarak unfit to be moved to prison CAIRO – Ailing former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is not well enough to be moved to prison from his hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the
readSA envoy guilty of hate speech
01-06-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s ambassador to Uganda, a country criticised for threatening the rights of gays, has been found guilty of hate speech for an anti-gay column he wrote before his
readGaddafi: I will not leave
01-06-2011
TRIPOLI – Muammar Gaddafi is emphatic he will not leave Libya, South African President Jacob Zuma said yesterday after talks with the Libyan leader that left prospects for a negotiated end to the
readYouth, OVC on SADC ministers’ agenda
01-06-2011
A MINIMUM package of services for orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) and youth will be presented to Southern African Development Community (SADC) ministers this week. The package was developed
readWater costs going up
01-06-2011
CABINET has approved an average increase of 14 per cent in water tariffs for all NamWater clients.This marks the start of a period of high tariff levels, as NamWater is facing a capital recovery
readSwakopmund woman murdered in quarrel
01-06-2011
AN argument that apparently started last Wednesday came to a brutal end on Friday, when a 29-year-old man allegedly killed his girlfriend in their home at Swakopmund’s Mondesa single quarters.A person
readSuspended Kalkrand CEO back at work
01-06-2011
THE Kalkrand chief executive officer, Neville Smith, who was put on three months’ paid suspension a week ago to allow an investigation into allegations against him, was back at office last Thursday.
readSecond death after Kavendjii crash
01-06-2011
A SECOND person died on Sunday after a car crash in which Erongo deputy director of planning, Vikurupa Kavendjii, was killed on Friday in Walvis Bay after the vehicle they were travelling in went over
readPublic servants’ wage negotiations resume
01-06-2011
NEGOTIATIONS for wage increases of public servants resumed with the Office of the Prime Minister this week, and are anticipated to be concluded today. Civil servants were not satisfied with the N$844
readOKACOM at the helm of management of the river basin
01-06-2011
The Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) met in Swakopmund last week to discuss issues pertaining to management of the Okavango River Basin. Among the issues discussed at this
readGobabis rape retrial starts
01-06-2011
A YOUNG man accused of raping a woman in a near-fatal attack at Gobabis in October 2006 went on trial in the High Court in Windhoek for a second time this week.The trial of Conradt Kharigub (22), who
readGIPF’s Safland N$450 million loan criticised
01-06-2011
THE Public Service Union of Namibia (PSUN) said it was shocked by the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) board that has decided to go ahead and sign a N$450 million loan with Safland. This
readFears of possible job losses mount at Telecom
01-06-2011
THERE is not yet any indication of possible job losses at Telecom Namibia, which started restructuring in November last year.Employees, especially those at the lower levels, are fearing that the
readCabinet says no to Jatropha plantations for biofuel
01-06-2011
CABINET has banned large-scale Jatropha plantations for biofuel production in the Kavango and Caprivi regions.Cabinet’s decision of last week is based the fact that cultivating the Jatropha plant has
read‘Paper rights’ but no ‘substantive rights’ for SADC women
01-06-2011
SENIOR government officials and delegates from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) agencies responsible for gender and women’s affairs are meeting in Windhoek to consider successes and
read‘Paper rights’ but no ‘substantive rights’ for SADC women
01-06-2011
SENIOR government officials and delegates from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) agencies responsible for gender and women’s affairs are meeting in Windhoek to consider successes and
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