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60 Articles found on Wednesday, 15 June 2011
New bid for bail in card-cloning case
15-06-2011
ONE of the men facing a massive 1 516 criminal charges over the alleged cloning of bank cards in Windhoek during 2007 launched a renewed bail application yesterday.With his trial scheduled to continue
readCold front to hit the South today
15-06-2011
A COLD front is expected to reach southern Namibia later today and will be felt tomorrow.Although temperatures will drop significantly in the South, the rest of the country’s weather is expected to
readFighting polio
15-06-2011
The first round of this year’s National Immunisation Days is being held countrywide until tomorrow. The second round will be from July 19 to 21. During the first round, oral polio vaccine and vitamin
readBeasts wreak havoc in North
15-06-2011
SEVENTEEN people were killed by elephants and crocodiles in Namibia in 2009, the latest annual report of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has shown.The Kavango turned out to be the most
readRukoro defends under-20’s age
15-06-2011
NAMIBIA’s under-20 football side was granted “special permission” to play in the recent under-17 VfL Theesen International Youth Tournament, NFA secretary general Barry Rukoro said yesterday.Rukoro
readSyrian tanks, troops push deeper into border areas
15-06-2011
BOYNUYOGUN – Syrian tanks pushed toward more towns and villages near the Turkish and Iraqi borders yesterday, expanding the crackdown against a 12-week uprising to the north and east as more Syrians
readThree years to launch African free trade zone
15-06-2011
PRETORIA – The 26 African countries that have opened negotiations for the continent’s largest free trade zone have given themselves three years to begin launching it, South Africa’s trade minister has
readChasing the dots ...To BEE or to PEE?
15-06-2011
Apart from taxes and death the only other certainty in Namibia is that Swapo, solidly in power since Independence, will remain in power for the next ten years and maybe longer. This reality is largely
readSMSes For Wednesday 15 June 2011
15-06-2011
SMS Of The Day *I AM shocked to hear what the learners of mMwadhina gwaNambenge Secondary School are doing.I was a learner as well but never talked back, insulted or beat back a teacher. If your
readNotable Quotes
15-06-2011
I AM going to urge all journalists and media prac- titioners to boycott that platform.It’s tantamount to censorship. There is nothing worse than censor- ing a journalist. – Insight Namibia journalist
readBrics to cash in on African Grand Free Trade Area
15-06-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The US$1 trillion agreement to create a free trade bloc of African countries, signed by African leaders over the weekend, would serve as a considerable boost to the Brics accord, Miller
readGlobal research chief sees continental rice boom
15-06-2011
MADRID – Sub-Saharan Africa could double or triple rice yields and one day even export to Asia where urban sprawl and rising sea levels threaten paddies, a global research chief has said.Large parts
readGreece rated worst in the world
15-06-2011
ATHENS/NEW YORK – Greece became the lowest-rated country in the world according to Standard & Poor’s, which downgraded it on Monday and warned that any attempt to restructure the country’s debt would
readPoor air connectivity hampers region’s take-off
15-06-2011
POOR connectivity by air to major economic, business and tourism areas, both inside and outside the sub-region remains a major challenge for the Southern African Development Community
readSA’s interference with Wal-Mart deal ‘aggressive’
15-06-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The South African government’s intervention in Wal-Mart’s bid for control of Massmart Holdings was “aggressive” and could have been handled better, Massmart’s CEO told Business Report
readLook beyond the financials
15-06-2011
Your balance sheets can tell you a lot, but there are many intangibles that can not be captured by numbers, says Harvard Business Review.There is only so much you can know about your company by
readInflation continues its onslaught
15-06-2011
NAMIBIA’s consumer inflation quickened to 5,2 per cent year-on-year in May from 4,8 per cent in April, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on yesterday.The May annual inflation was the highest
readReinheitsgebot takes root locally
15-06-2011
NAMIBIA Breweries’ plan to grow barley locally kicks off on Friday with the start of a feasibility study and a seeding event.NBL managing director Desmond van Jaarsveld conveyed the news to Prime
readLocal business women to meet Michelle Obama
15-06-2011
TWO Namibians have been selected to attend a two-day Young African Women Leaders Forum in South Africa next week, attended by, among others, US First Lady Michelle Obama.The forum is sponsored by the
readGerman two-year-old dies from E. coli
15-06-2011
BERLIN – A two-year-old boy yesterday became the first child to die in an outbreak of a virulent strain of E coli in Germany that authorities say is abating, taking the death toll to at least 37.The
readScandal in Russia over official’s plane hold-up
15-06-2011
MOSCOW – A pilot for Russia’s flag carrier Aeroflot was yesterday hailed as a hero by bloggers for indignantly objecting to a command by air traffic control to delay his flight to allow a top official
readJapanese kids to get radiation meters
15-06-2011
TOKYO – Japan’s Fukushima city said yesterday it would hand radiation dosimeters to 34 000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres away.The city
readCut soot, smog to limit climate change: UN
15-06-2011
AMSTERDAM – The struggle to contain climate change usually focuses on reducing carbon dioxide. But black carbon and ozone, the main ingredients of soot and smog, also add to global warming, and
readIiyimbi mondjila yiipindi yamanguluka
15-06-2011
IILONGO 26 muumbugantu noshowo muuzilo wAfrica oya tula po ondjila thaneko oku ya konkalo ndjoka aantu yiilongo mbika oshowo iilongomwa yawo tayi ka kala ta yi inyenge memanguluko. Elalakano
readKamwi ta indile faleni aanona ketuntilo mbala
15-06-2011
PETHIMBO ta tula miilonga oshikonga shomatuntilo kombinga yOmukithi gwOpolio pOkapalelona mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati Omaandaha, Oministeli yUuhaku nIilonga yOnkalonawa Omundohotola, Richard
readSwanu ita popile omageelo omadhigu muufuthi wiimuna moshilongo
15-06-2011
ONGUNDU yo Swanu oya ti ita yi popile eindilo lyOmutamaneki ndjayi okukondjitha etokolo lyOmpangu yOpombanda moshinima shomatokolo omadhigu gaangoka ya yaka iimuna.Swanu okwa ti etokolo lyompangu
readTata a landa iipambuliko oyindji ya Neotel
15-06-2011
OSHITAYI shomakwatathano shehangano lyaTata mo India osha landa iipambuliko oyindji mehangano lyoongodhi lya Neotel oku za pooperesenda 49 okuya pooperesenda omilongo 61, 5. Oshinima shika osha
readUundjugo ihaa wu longitha omeya moVenduka
15-06-2011
EWILIKO lyoshilando sha Venduka olya tula miilonga etungo lyuundjugo wedhina Otji-toilet.Elalakano lyoshinima shika oku humitha komeho eyogopaleko momalukanda giipeleki nomwaangoka gaana omayakulo
readJosea gwa Avid a tilithwa nedhipago
15-06-2011
OMUKULUNTUWILIKI gwa Namangol Investments, Nico Josea aniwa okwa ningilwa etilitho lyeso. Josea gumwe gwaantu yaheyali ya taalela iihokolola mekengelelo lyiimaliwa yoodola oomiliona 30 dha guma
readNBC a lundilwa ta manga komilungu
15-06-2011
AATOLINKUNDANA yaali yaNamibia oya indile ooyakwawo moshilongo opo ya tinde oku holoka moprograma yo Teevee ndjoka yedhina “The Week That Was” ha yi ulikwa oshiwike kehe.Eindilo thaneko ndika olya
readAapangi ya holola omadhiladhilo
15-06-2011
OMATUNTILO gopashigwana gaanona kohi yomimvo ntano oge li metifa nonando aapangi yamwe mboka ye li iilyo yehangano lyaapangi, Namibia Nurses Union[Nanu] oya li ya tilitha kutya ota ya ka tinda
readEtopoko mo NUNW ta li nkundipaleke aaniilonga
15-06-2011
ETOPOKO mehangano lya National Union of Namibian Workers[NUNW] ota shi vulika li nkundipaleke ehangano ndika noshowo aaniilonga yoyene, pahapu dhomunawino miinima yaaniilonga, Herbert Jauch.
readFanie Steenkamp wins Endruro fourth round
15-06-2011
THE fourth race in the Bank Windhoek Namibia Motorsport Federation Enduro Championship Series 2011 on Saturday saw Fanie Steenkamp ride away victorious in the Quad Bike class.Fifty-three riders
readInterviews for new Cricket Nam CEO post conclude
15-06-2011
AN independent panel last week concluded interviews for the position of Cricket Namibia’s chief executive officer (CEO).Incumbent CEO Laurie Pieters told Nampa late last week that five applicants from
readYoungsters off to SA cricket festival
15-06-2011
CRICKET Namibia selected 13 cricket players to represent Namibia in the Eastern Junior Club Cricket Association U/13 Cricket Festival to be held in Benoni, South Africa, from tomorrow.The team will
readSri Lanka seeks bailout after World Cup
15-06-2011
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka Cricket is seeking government grants and a soft loan to meet part of the US$69 million it spent on co-hosting the 2011 World Cup, the island’s sports minister said yesterday.The
readSPCA Golf Day on the horizon
15-06-2011
AUAS Motors plans to host a golf day in aid of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on July 15. The format will be a Four Ball Best Ball Stableford with a Scramble Drive on all the
readBadgers edge Cazadores
15-06-2011
BADGERS beat Cazadores 1-0 in a thrilling penalty shootout to win the Open division at the Cazadores Inline Hockey Tournament that finished on Sunday.The two sides battled to a 2-all draw at the end
readUsmanov slams Arsenal board
15-06-2011
LONDON – Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov has slammed the Arsenal board for the Premier League club’s failure to win a major trophy in any of the past six seasons.Usmanov, 57, who is not a Gunners
readSA start anti-doping campaign
15-06-2011
AN increase of 100 per cent in performance-enhancing drug offences among adolescent athletes and the adult population prompted the South African Institute for Drug Free Sport (Saids) to launch its ‘I
readVenus’s sixth sense saved Serena’s life
15-06-2011
EASTBOURNE – Venus Williams has always taken her role as big sister to Serena very seriously but never before had she thought a bit of family intuition would end up saving the life of the 13-times
readBig Brother Amplified: How viewers reportedly voted ...
15-06-2011
SEVEN housemates were up for eviction in Heads this past week: Confidence, Hanni, Millicent, Vimbai, Vina, Weza and Zeus.According to the official take on the Big Brother site, three contestants
readBig Brother Amplified: It’s time to vote for a favourite!
15-06-2011
IT’S time to vote again. Five housemates from Tails are up for eviction this week: Karen from Nigeria, Kim from Zambia, Kenya’s Nic, South African Luclay and Ethiopia’s Danny.Please remember that
readBig Brother Amplified: Heads You Lose, Tails You Win!
15-06-2011
Awesomeness has left the Heads house.Yip, the divalicious Confidence and Weza have been banished to kingdoms far, far away. Good on them! And shame on those of you – yes, SHAME – who voted for …
readIn Brief
15-06-2011
Libyan rebels ‘tricked’ by Gaddafi BENGHAZI – Rebels said they suffered heavy losses in eastern Libya after being “tricked” by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, as the US pressed Africa to take tougher
readUganda girls to get pepper spray
15-06-2011
KAMPALA – Uganda will give free pepper spray to young women to help them fight off rapists, said newly appointed junior minister for youth and children Ronald Kibule, who has vowed to fight a high
readAid agency denied access in Sudan: UN
15-06-2011
GENEVA – The UN refugee agency urged Sudanese authorities yesterday to allow road and air access for aid workers trying to help thousands of people fleeing fighting in the border state of Southern
readTransNamib and union ink wage deal
15-06-2011
TRANSNAMIB has agreed to spend an additional N$600 000 per month on salaries and allowances to its employees.This agreement with the Namibia Transport and Allied Union (Natau) was reached last week
readSwanu wants Independence Museum renamed
15-06-2011
PARLIAMENT should approve a name change for the Independence Memorial Museum, one that reflects the site’s gruesome history of genocide and concentration camps, Swanu president Usutuaije Maamberua
readScrapbook of memories
15-06-2011
Forty years after her deportation from the country by the South African apartheid regime, Antoinette (Toni) Halberstadt returned to Namibia to share her scrapbook memories with her former students.
readWin Fabulous Father’s Day Prizes!
15-06-2011
2 Gift Hampers Can Be WonTwo fabulous Hartlief gift hampers – worth N$ 250 each – can be won ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday, June 19. Hartlief is, of course, famous for its meat products – ranging
read‘People’s House’ is for all – //Garoëb’s Damaras say
15-06-2011
THE Namibian government had no right to hand over the ‘Damara People’s House’ to the !Oë ≠Gân Traditional Authority or the clan’s Chief, Immanuel /Gâseb, because the house already belonged to
readUnion petitions Ombudsman on GIPF
15-06-2011
THE president of the Public Service Union of Namibia (PSUN), /Awebahe //Hoëseb, has used the media to lay a ‘formal’ complaint with the Ombudsman against alleged death threats against trade unionists
readNamibian activist honoured by United States
15-06-2011
THE United States Department of State has recognised Esme Kisting, executive director of Namibian NGO King’s Daughters Organisation (KDO), for her exceptional commitment to fighting human trafficking.
readGrape farmers again face eviction
15-06-2011
THE Agriculture Ministry has again served eviction notices on about 20 small-scale grape farmers at the Orange River Irrigation Project (ORIP).“The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is
readGovt avails AgriFinance for farmers
15-06-2011
GOVERNMENT’S AgriFinance Scheme is intended to stimulate agricultural production, provide employment and income generation.The scheme, which was developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and
readFull lunar eclipse over Namibia tonight
15-06-2011
SKY gazers in Namibia are in for a celestial treat tonight when the moon will turn a rusty red during the first full lunar eclipse over southern skies this year. Regarded as a rare total lunar eclipse
readBethanie under fire over tender
15-06-2011
AN unsuccessful bidder for a catering tender is accusing the Bethanie Council of “favouritism” in awarding tenders. Martha Riekert claimed the council recently favoured a certain Irene Meintjies in a
readAttempted murder suspect asks bail
15-06-2011
AN incident in which a young mother suffered life-threatening knife wounds in Windhoek three months ago was an accident, the man charged with attempted murder over the event claimed in the Windhoek
readAletha Nguvauva appointment hailed
15-06-2011
THE election of Aletha Karikondua Nguvauva as the first female Ovambanderu paramount chief has been described as a step in the right direction regarding the empowerment of women.Nguvauva's appointment
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