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57 Articles found on Monday, 14 March 2011
High fuel price hits 2008 levels
14-03-2011
FUEL will become between 40 cents and 60 cents per litre more expensive on Wednesday, chasing the price up to above N$8 per litre for the first time since 2008.In the latest of a string price
readNo DNA link in Schiefer trial
14-03-2011
DNA analysis that was done in Canada did not link double murder suspect Romeo Schiefer to the killing of his parents in their home in Windhoek in January 2008, according to testimony heard in
readNamibians in Japan safe
14-03-2011
ALL Namibian citizens registered or known by the country’s representatives to be living in Japan seem to have been accounted for, according to well-placed sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.As
readPohamba puts a lid on debates
14-03-2011
WHILE President Hifikepunye Pohamba put a firm lid of public discussions – including those on Facebook – on the Swapo Party presidential succession debate, inside sources in the party’s Central
readBA close in on NPL million
14-03-2011
BLACK Africa confidently shrugged off Civics 3-0 on Friday to edge closer to claiming the Namibia Premier League’s million-dollar top prize. A brace from mercurial midfielder Marco van Wyk and a tap
readJapan scrambles to avert nuclear meltdown
14-03-2011
FUKUSHIMA – Japan fought yesterday to avert a disastrous meltdown at two earthquake-crippled nuclear reactors as estimates of the death toll from the tsunami that charged across its northeast rose to
readState tax coffers continue to bulge
14-03-2011
BY the end of March 2014, 29 cents out of every N$1 Namibia generates through it gross domestic product (GDP) will flow into state tax coffers – five cents more than the amount during 2010-11, FNB
readNotable Quotes
14-03-2011
WE’RE not spending as if there is no tomorrow, but to safeguard a better tomorrow.– Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila hit back at the budget breakfast under the theme ‘Spending as if there
readSMSes for Monday 14 March 2011
14-03-2011
SMS Of The Day *THE succession issue should be left to the people of this country to decide who they want to rule them and should not be treated as a private matter. Let the public debate on it. No
readAttracting top talent
14-03-2011
The most successful businesses often thrive because of their talent. Getting the best people should be at the top of every manager’s list. To become a talent magnet, try developing these three habits:
readPatience, tenacity key to business in Africa
14-03-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Doing business in Africa is not for the faint-hearted and requires patience, good local staff and above all respect for the continent, bankers and executives say.Speakers at last week’s
readLibya turmoil could hurt regional food security
14-03-2011
ROME – The United Nations expressed serious concern on Friday about the impact of the Libyan uprising on food security across North Africa because of the region’s dependency on cereal imports.“The
readAfrica’s creaking infrastructure needs big deals
14-03-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Woefully inadequate infrastructure that may be the single biggest threat to Africa’s long-term growth, also represents a huge opportunity for investors to finance bridges, roads and
readGood year for Old Mutual
14-03-2011
OLD Mutual Namibia is strongly capitalised, was the primary message from Sakaria Nghikembua, Old Mutual Namibia’s CEO of Operations, as the group ended 2010 with N$1.16 billion in excess capital,
readOil and gas explorers expected back: Katali
14-03-2011
CROATIAN company INA Industrija gave up its exploration licence for gas and oil in the Maltahöhe area on November 10 last year when it failed to find partners to fund a drilling exercise. The company
readMining companies will to part with 26% shares
14-03-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s mining companies would be comfortable with selling stakes of 26 per cent to local owners under a government plan that aims to eventually transfer majority control, the head of the
readDespite major steel deal, investors doubt Zimbabwe
14-03-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe last week won its biggest foreign investment in a decade with a US$750-million steel deal, but that left other firms even more confused about the rules of business in the troubled
readIn Brief
14-03-2011
Gbagbo forces go on killing spree in I Coast ABIDJAN - Troops loyal to Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo went on a rampage on Saturday, randomly shelling an area of Abidjan in what his rival’s
readTsvangirai wants a ‘divorce’ from Robert Mugabe
14-03-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday called for a “divorce” in his unity government with President Robert Mugabe, proposing new elections under a regional
readArab League boost for Libyan rebels
14-03-2011
UQAYLA – Libyan rebels, forced back by air strikes and shelling from loyalist forces, got Arab League backing in their quest for a no-fly zone to ground Muammar Gaddafi’s warplanes.Forced to abandon
readIsraeli settler family murdered
14-03-2011
NABLUS – An attack blamed on Palestinians killed five members of an Israeli family in their beds in their West Bank settlement, sparking a huge manhunt by the Israeli army on Saturday.Media reports
readAround 300 000 protest job insecurity in Portugal
14-03-2011
LISBON – Upwards of 300 000 people took to the streets in Lisbon and other Portuguese cities on Saturday to protest job insecurity, responding to an initiative launched on the Facebook social
readAustralian in surgery after croc attack
14-03-2011
SYDNEY – An Australian fisherman underwent surgery on Friday for horrific injuries he suffered while fighting off a huge crocodile that tried to snatch him from a riverbank, the hospital said.“He is
readYemen protests turn violent
14-03-2011
ADEN – Two anti-regime protesters died in Yemen yesterday, a day after police shot them in the head, a medic said, raising the death toll to seven from demonstrations against President Ali Abdullah
readHerunga second to Semenya
14-03-2011
NAMIBIA’s Tjipekapora Herunga finished second to South African Caster Semenya in the 400m at the third Yellow Pages athletics meeting in Bellville, South Africa, on Thursday.World 800m champion
readWP see off game Welwitschias
14-03-2011
WESTERN Province remained unbeaten in the Vodacom Cup with a 56-9 (halftime 24-6) victory over a game but outclassed Namibia Welwitschias team at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday.At this level, and in
readThe Coastal Sharks break free from Super pack
14-03-2011
WELLINGTON - The Coastal Sharks and Western Stormers remained the only unbeaten Super 15 sides after round four at the weekend while the Canterbury Crusaders served notice they are back on track.With
readFootball Results
14-03-2011
Saturday, March 12 English FA Cup Man Utd 2 - 0 Arsenal Birmingham 2 - 3 Bolton German Bundesliga Bremen
readGladiators to play SA, Botswana
14-03-2011
THE Brave Gladiators will play international friendlies against South Africa and Botswana this month as they prepare for next month’s crucial London 2012 Olympic Games qualifier in Nigeria in early
readMan United on track for treble
14-03-2011
LONDON – Manchester United kept their treble dreams alive by knocking Arsenal out of the FA Cup five days after the London side’s Champions League exit thanks to a deserved 2-0 quarter-final win at
readICC Cricket World Cup
14-03-2011
Results Saturday, March 12 South Africa beat India by 3 wickets Friday, March 11 Bangladesh beat England by 2 wickets West Indies beat Ireland by 44 runs Thursday, March 10 Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by
readShowboating India under fire
14-03-2011
NEW DELHI – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni accused his team of World Cup showboating after their Nagpur nightmare while New Zealand and Australia were Sunday poised to reach the
readOmageelo meyako lyiimuna kage li pakotampango
14-03-2011
OMAGEELO omadhigu ga pewa aapogoli yuufuthi wiimuna pautho lyoveta yuufuthi wiimuna moveta ya lundululwa yomumvo 2004 oga monikwa itaaga tsu kumwe nekotampango. Oshinima shika osha monikwa kompangu
readEgameno lyombepo ya Namibia li li hwepo ngashingeyi
14-03-2011
NAMIBIA okwa kuthwamo momusholondondo gwehangano lyomalweendo goodndhila gopaigwana [ICAO] . ICAO okwa li a tula oshilongo kohi yekonakono omolwa iinima yinasha niilonga yomatuko goondhila ya li yina
readRDP ita longo na ngoloneya gwaKhomas
14-03-2011
ONGUNDU yo Rally for Democracy and Progress oya ti ita yi ka longa nangoloneya gwoshitopolwa sha Khomas, Samwel Nuyoma, shila ongele aniwa a shunitha omupopyo gwe ngoka a li a luku oongundu
readOmeya ga tegelelwa okuyeluka
14-03-2011
UULE womeya miitopolwa oMusati nOshana otaga shuna pevi ndele uule womeya pEngela moshitopolwa Ohangwena otawu yi pombanda.Omukuluntu gwiikwameya mUuministeli wuunamapya, Guido van Langenhove okwa ti
readObiliona yimwe okulanda omambo giilongwa
14-03-2011
KONYALA iimaliwa yivule oodola obiliona yimwe ota yi ka longithwa okulanda omambo giilongwa nokonyala oodola oomiliona 307 otadhi ka longithwa oku tunga oongulu dhomanongelo dhili 1 197 nuumvo. Shika
readIipumbiwa yetulululo ya lundululwa
14-03-2011
OSHIGONGI iilonga shoongoloneya kombinga yiipumbiwa yetulululo osha tokola kutya oshipumbiwa kutya omuntu ha mono iiyemo yoodola 200 000 pondje yuunamapya nashi tendwemo osha ziminwa.Oshipumbiwa
readOkanona kokOmapopo ka kana, nopolisi tayi ka kongo natango
14-03-2011
KAANSELA gwOshikandjohogololo shUuvudhiya mOshitopolwa sha Shana tate Amutenya Ndaafa, okwa igidha moNBC Radio Oshiwambo kutya otaku kongwa okanona kokamati koomvula ndatu hoka ka kana mEtitatu
readOmunafaalama pOutjo a kwatwa
14-03-2011
OPOLISI pOutjo oya kwata omunafaalama ye omunangeshefa konima yekonakono lya landula ekwato lyomuhingi gwololi a kwatwa ta enditha oongombe keena uuthemba okushininga. Adriaan Hermanus Louw Steenkamp
readOmahooli ga londo
14-03-2011
ONDANDO yomahooli ota yi londo pombanda noosenda 40 nosenda 60 molitera yimwe metitatu lyoshiwike shika. Ominista Yoomina noonkondo Isak Katali okwa tseyitha momushangwa kutya iiyeti mbyoka ya
readMinista yIimaliwa ta longitha unene
14-03-2011
ODOLA kehe yomoodola oobiliona 120 ndhoka Minista Yiiniwe a ti ota ka longitha uule woomvula ndatu, oosenda 18 odho adhike tadhi yi koshitopolwa shependulepo liwetike monakuyiwa.Iikwawo nenge oosenda
readRefugees fined for smuggling migrants
14-03-2011
TWO refugees in Namibia who helped smuggle migrants into the country during last year were sentenced to fines totalling N$35 000 or five years’ imprisonment each in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court
readPoliceman falls to death during skydiving exercise
14-03-2011
A MEMBER of the Namibian Police’s Special Reserve Force fell to his death during a skydiving exercise in Swakopmund on Friday.Warrant Officer Shivute Amunyela (40) was based in Windhoek, said Erongo
readMoses Katjiuongua remembered
14-03-2011
TRIBUTES to the late Moses Katjiuongua streamed in from friends, his political friends and those whose paths he crossed during the Namibian liberation struggle and the country’s transformation to
readLeopard mauls photographer to death
14-03-2011
A German tourist was reportedly mauled to death by a leopard over the weekend. It is understood that the woman was bitten at about 16h00 Friday afternoon on Ongos, the farm of veterinarian Dr Ulf
readKidney disease increasing in the North
14-03-2011
THE Ongwediva Medipark dialysis unit, which was opened in May 2008, is the only specialist unit dealing with kidney failure in the North.The unit consists of five dialysis machines that treats 10
readHospital bungles rape examination
14-03-2011
POLICE are preparing a complaint of negligence against the Grootfontein State Hospital, claiming that evidence in a rape case was lost due to negligence. According to sources close to the case, Police
readEtunda project goes from strength to strength
14-03-2011
THE Etunda irrigation project in the Omusati Region expects to harvest between 700 and 800 tons of maize from next week.Other crops to be harvested next month are tomatoes and cabbage, with butternuts
readCooperation curbs stock theft in Okahandja district
14-03-2011
STOCK THEFT in the Okahandja district has decreased dramatically since December, farmers in the district confirmed on Friday.Members of the Okahandja Regional Agricultural Union, a forum that
readCampaign to turn men into more caring fathers
14-03-2011
FIRST Lady Penehupifo Pohamba has launched a campaign to increase male involvement in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme.The slogan of the campaign is 'An HIV-free
readBody of man (77) found in Klein Windhoek
14-03-2011
THE Police are still not certain how the 77-year-old Peter Koch was murdered in his Klein Windhoek home last week.His partially decomposed body was found in Klein Windhoek’s Nelson Mandela Avenue
read30-year prison term given for child rape
14-03-2011
AN INCIDENT that occurred at an Outjo area farm more than seven years ago left a former charcoal worker with a prison term of 30 years for child rape last week.The trial in which Oupa Johannes (35)
readHelao Shityuwete – Still a fighter
14-03-2011
Born in Evale, a village in southern Angola, to Nelindi Shityuwete, a descendant of the Evale Royal Family, Helao was born in a large family.His father had about five wives of which his mother was the
readIt’s a Girl!
14-03-2011
Victoria Beckham is finally going to get her very own mini Spice Girl! While attending an L.A. Galaxy soccer luncheon on Friday, David Beckham let the cat out of the bag that the couple’s impending
readUnconventional sells best
14-03-2011
Adele has the US’ bestselling album for the second week in a row and Lady Gaga is topping Billboard’s singles chart. There is almost nothing about Adele’s single ‘Rolling in the Deep’ or its
readThat didn’t take long!
14-03-2011
Justin Timberlake romantically-linked to Mila Kunis one day after split from Jessica BielTheir spokesperson has insisted that their split was a mutual decision and their relationship had just run its
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