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53 Articles found on Monday, 20 June 2011
Shetu Trading fails in court bid
20-06-2011
A SECOND attempt to stop the delivery of rails bought by Government for the Northern Railway extension project ended in failure in the High Court on Friday.Acting Judge Raymond Heathcote dismissed an
readUnited Africa loses State pension case
20-06-2011
UNITED Africa Group’s legal challenge to its loss of the tender to handle the payment of State grants to pensioners and other beneficiaries until the end of 2015 was dismissed in the High Court in
readLet’s Sam-ba!
20-06-2011
Founding Father Sam Nujoma had his hands full on Friday night at the launch of oil company HRT Africa.Here the Father of the Nation is flanked by Brazilian samba dancers as political heavyweights
readKiiyala shoots back at board
20-06-2011
Things are getting messy at the Road Fund administration, with the suspended CEO, Penda Kiiyala, resorting to fight his board, in a bid to have his suspension reversed.In the latest skirmish, Kiiyala
readWermann wins top NPL prizes
20-06-2011
BLACK Africa’s Bradley Wermann scooped two awards and raked in N$55 000 in prize money at Saturday’s drab season-ending MTC Namibia Premier League awards ceremony. Wermann collected the N$15 000
readSyria tightens grip near border
20-06-2011
BOYNUYOGUN REFUGEE CAMP – Syrian troops tightened their grip on a restive area near the Turkish border, setting fire to homes and a bakery that was supplying bread to thousands of displaced people,
readEpangelo no threat
20-06-2011
DIRECTOR of Energy within the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Selma-Penna Utonih, has likened state-owned mining company Epangelo Mining to other parastatals such as NamPower and Telecom Namibia in an
readSMSes For Monday 20 June 2011
20-06-2011
SMS Of The Day *MR Kapofi in return for the final civil servants pay deal will you please advise the nation of agreed improvements in performance and productivity by civil servants. – Chris. Food
readNotable Quotes
20-06-2011
THE issue of children working and living on the streets in African towns and cities is only the visible face of large-scale violations of rights. – Agnès Kabore Quattara, chairperson of the African
readGlobal recovery held hostage by worldwide imbalances
20-06-2011
KIEL – European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet yesterday raised concern about widening global imbalances after the financial crisis, calling them one of the main challenges for the global
readScarcity does not feed creativity
20-06-2011
Some managers like to keep projects starved of resources, in the belief that scarcity drives creative innovation. But that strategy can backfire, says Harvard Business Review. Scarcity seems to have
readGrab opportunities, Govt urges
20-06-2011
GOVERNMENT has assured the private sector that it doesn’t intent to crowd them out with its N$14,7-billion employment creation programme and that business plays an important role in creating 104 000
readAfrica lectured on governance
20-06-2011
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia – Malaysian premier Najib Razak yesterday told a gathering of African leaders including Zimbabwe’s controversial President Robert Mugabe that good governance was vital to economic
readPrice monster feeds on expensive food
20-06-2011
PERSISTENTLY high food prices have caused at least one market watcher to up its year-end forecast for inflation in Namibia.Investment House Namibia (IHN) now expects year-on-year inflation of 7,08 per
readBusiness supports Govt jobs programme
20-06-2011
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) has called on Government to speed up the finalisation of its economic transformation policy and related legislation with greater urgency.The second
readNamibia needs a strategy on the Chinese influx
20-06-2011
NAMIBIA can benefit a lot from China, but needs to build a relationship that is mutually beneficial to both countries.So said Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI)’s chief executive officer
readEU hails Bonner’s struggle for rights
20-06-2011
BRUSSELS – Europe’s human rights-driven institutions, the European commission and European parliament, paid tribute yesterday to Soviet dissident Yelena Bonner, who died on Saturday aged 88, for her
read‘Barefoot Bandit’ pleads guilty in US
20-06-2011
LOS ANGELES – A teenager dubbed the ‘Barefoot Bandit’ pleaded guilty on Friday to a string of audacious crimes across the United States, which ended with his arrest in the Bahamas.Colton Harris-Moore,
readUN backs gay rights for 1st time
20-06-2011
GENEVA – The United Nations endorsed the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people for the first time ever on Friday, passing a resolution hailed as historic by the US and other backers and
readFloods in China affect over 5 million
20-06-2011
BEIJING – More than 5 million people have been displaced or otherwise affected by flooding in eastern China that is also pushing up food prices, state media reported yesterday.Torrential rains have
readYa ponokelwa koongwe
20-06-2011
AANAMIBIA yaali ha ya longo moshikondo shuukongo oya ehamekwa na yi komatotongwe oomwedhi mbali dha piti, sho ya li ya ponokelwa kiilikama mbika.Mwene gwoLodge Yakandonga, Henry Peters okwa falwa
readOmwenyo gwa Majiedt ogu li moshiponga
20-06-2011
OTASHI vulika Esmerelda Majiedt a ehamekwe nenge a dhipagwe ngele okwa mangululwa mokupewa iifutilemo mokakuma kopolisi moka a edhililwa.Shika ngele osha ningwa otashi ka ya moshipala ekonakono na
readScorpion a gandja omagano koosikola mOmusati nOhangwena
20-06-2011
OMINA yokulonga iipeleki ya Scorpion tayi adhika ko Rosh Pinah mo Karas muumbugantu wa Namibia, omasiku ga zi ko oya gandja omagano goongaku noondjakete dhuutalala kaanasikola yomOosikola ngashi
readIimaliwa yoshigwana ya longithwa okunyanyangidha
20-06-2011
OMAPULO oga pulwa pethimbo lyiihokolola yOmbelewa Yomuprima Minista, komeho goKommitte yoParliamende yinasha nomayalulo gepangelo. Epulo limwe ongaashi ndyoka lya pula eyooloko pokati kepangelo
readOshilandopangelo sha hala oomiliona 40 okutunga oombelewa oompe
20-06-2011
AAWILIKI yoshilandopangelo oya hala oku longitha oodola oomiliona 40 uule woomvula mbali dhiimaliwa tadhi landula okutunga oombelewa oompe dhawo noshowo yomuwiliki gwelelo lyoshilando.
readNelulu a kuthwa manga miilonga a yapukile omakonaakono
20-06-2011
EKUTHOMIILONGA lyOmunashipundi gwElelo lyAukwanyama, George Nelulu ngoka wo e li Elenga enene lya Eudaneko inali kwatela mo sha shimwe shi, ili kashi shi aniwa ashike okuyapukila omakonaakono ngoka
readTa yi gamene aaniilonga momagumbo nawa
20-06-2011
EHANGANO lya International Labour Organisation, olya pititha oveta yasimana yoku gamena aaniilonga momagumbo muuyuni. Okwa tengenekwa kutya muuyuni omuna aaniilonga yomomagumbo yeli lwopoomiliona 52,6
readOveta kombinga yomasimaneko gopashigwana
20-06-2011
OMINISTA yOonakulwa Aakulu, Nickey Iyambo okwa tula poshitaafula ontotwaveta kombinga yedhikopo lyomukalo gwokusimaneka pashigwana. Iyambo okwa tula ontotwampango ndjika komeho goshigongi
readOkamatyona ka dhipagwa koboma yopeke poCalueque mo Angola
20-06-2011
OKAMATYONA koomvula 14 lwaampoka komomukunda Calueque muumbugantu wa Angola kedhina, Simion Ambele oka si eso lyombaadhilila sho yo pamwe nakuume ke gwoomvula 11 Damiau Greyelume ya topelwa komboma
readMessi top’s football rich list
20-06-2011
IN terms of footballing prowess, they are the top two players in the world at the moment.And thus, it should be no surprise that when comes to raking in the moolah, they are on the peak too. According
readWilliams sisters aim to dominate at Wimbledon
20-06-2011
LONDON – Serena and Venus Williams aim to maintain a decade of dominance at Wimbledon from Monday with their fearsome reputations so established that even world number one Caroline Wozniacki is
readDoëseb confirms Arrows departure
20-06-2011
NAMIBIA Premier League (NPL) chairman Johnny Doëseb confirmed that he has pulled out of the agreement to head the coastal outfit Eleven Arrows seven years earlier than anticipated.Speaking to Namibia
readTop Namibian athletes off to Germany
20-06-2011
FOUR of Namibia’s top athletes left for Germany on Friday to compete in a series of German athletics events.Hitjiverue Kaanjuka and Globine Mayova, who will both run 100m and 200m, as well as
readModric crucial for Spurs future, says Redknapp
20-06-2011
LONDON – Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp said on Saturday that allowing Luka Modric to leave White Hart Lane would condemn the Londoners to mid-table mediocrity.Croatian star Modric wants to quit
readBulls miss out on Super 15 playoffs
20-06-2011
WELLINGTON – The Bulls’ reign as Super rugby champions was ended by South African compatriots the Sharks after the playoffs race was finally decided in the last match of an 18-week, 120-match regular
readBig Brother Amplified: Not Strapped For Comment
20-06-2011
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape that runs across the bottom of the BBA Amplified TV screen:* Happy Fathers Day to all BBA father fans. * Wendall is a boring bug. * You
readBig Brother Amplified: Girls Gone Wild!
20-06-2011
My goodness but the BBA gals have come out of their shells! OK, that’s a bit of an understatement, let’s say they’ve broken out in typical Beyonce fashion, ‘Who Run The World ... girls, girls!’Yeah!
readFormer president Chiluba of Zambia dies on Saturday
20-06-2011
LUSAKA – Zambia’s former president Frederick Chiluba, 68, credited with turning the page on the autocratic rule of founding father Kenneth Kaunda but later accused of plundering state coffers, died on
readLibya says Nato killing civilans
20-06-2011
TRIPOLI – The Libyan government accused Nato of bombing a residential neighbourhood in the capital and killing civilians early yesterday, adding to its charges that the alliance is striking
readYouth march to protest arrest
20-06-2011
MEMBERS of the Wisdom Youth Organisation (Wiyo) took the streets on Friday morning as they marched to the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court at Katutura in support of two of their members who were arrested
readTUN paper for education conference
20-06-2011
TEACHER’s Union of Namibia (TUN) president Mahongora Kavihuha has called for reform and practical positive changes in the education system, for more inclusive consultation, and for Government to be
readShixwameni irks State House
20-06-2011
ALL People’s Party (APP) President Ignatius Shixwameni has been called to account by the Minister of Presidential Affairs Albert Kawana for statements he made at his party’s Central Committee
readNew newspaper launched
20-06-2011
THE first “black-owned and black-initiated” bi-weekly newspaper, The Villager, was launched on Thursday evening by President Hifikepunye Pohamba. The newspaper is an initiative of publisher John
readN$71 m corruption:Majiedt still fighting for bail
20-06-2011
WHEN the bail hearing of Esmerelda Majiedt resumes on Wednesday, it will be the third week during which the 46-year-old multimillion dollar corruption accused will try to be released from the Wanaheda
readMPs can’t agree on Libyan events
20-06-2011
PARLIAMENTARIANS in the National Assembly last week failed to reach an agreement on the significance of events in Libya for Namibia.Nudo MP Arnold Tjihuko said the situation in Libya should serve as a
readLuxury development plans enter round two of study
20-06-2011
A SECOND round of environmental assessments will kick off at the Bowker Hill area in Klein Windhoek as part of a plan to develop it into a high-income residential area.The City of Windhoek recently
readLupalezwi denied bail in attempted murder case
20-06-2011
ATTEMPTED murder suspect Martin Lupalezwi, who is accused of trying to kill his girlfriend in a knife attack in Windhoek three months ago, remains in Police custody after his request to be released on
readKatutura residents face eviction
20-06-2011
AT LEAST ten residents of the Hakana Huidare build together project in the Moses Garoëb constituency in Katutura face eviction today for alleged non-payment.The residents are furious because they
readHerdsman gets 8 years in jail for child rape
20-06-2011
A YOUNG cattle herdsman from the Ohangwena Region was sent to prison for eight years last week over the rape of a two-year-old child which happened more than seven years ago.The young man - now aged
readDPN questions appointment of ECN commissioners
20-06-2011
THE Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN) wants the release and publication of the names of candidates that applied to serve as commissioners to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN).The party said it
readGovt won’t interfere in disputes, says Swartbooi
20-06-2011
KARAS governor Bernadus Clinton Swartbooi has reiterated Government's policy of not interfering in traditional chieftaincy disputes, and added that power struggles are not conducive to socio-economic
readDenials on ‘mediation talks’
20-06-2011
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba denied media reports that he has interfered in the ongoing saga in which death threats are alleged against National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) Secretary General
readTribal coalition between //Haboben and Kharo!Oan Nama tribes collapses
20-06-2011
The coalition between the Kharo!Oan and //Haboben Nama tribes under the leadership of the Blouwes Traditional Authority crumbled over the weekend due to an incessant wrangle over chieftainship
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