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58 Articles found on Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Evacuating
23-03-2011
Martha Herman from Onawa village near Oshakati waits for a municipal truck to move her belongings to the Oshoopala flood relocation centre. She said her homestead and mahangu field were
readShaduka appeal bid dismissed
23-03-2011
AN attempt to appeal to the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Windhoek businessman Lazarus Shaduka on a charge of murder seven months ago ended in a prosecution defeat yesterday.In a judgement
readNamibia’s diplomats evacuated from Japan
23-03-2011
THE Namibian diplomatic mission in Japan was evacuated and returned to Namibia on Sunday: shellshocked, but happy to be on solid ground. Three members of the embassy and four family members caught the
readFraud suspected in refugee seekers
23-03-2011
PASSPORT fraud is suspected in an apparent sudden surge of Namibians seeking refugee status in Canada, The Namibian was reliably informed. A report in a Canadian newspaper, Toronto Sun, said that more
readWarriors to take on Burkina Faso
23-03-2011
THERE were few surprises when Brave Warriors interim coach Brian Isaacs announced a 19-man squad for Saturday’s crucial AFCON 2012 qualifier against Burkina Faso yesterday.Isaacs showed faith in some
readSaleh to resign by year’s end
23-03-2011
SANAA – Yemen’s embattled US-backed president pledged to step down more than a year early but refused to immediately resign yesterday, infuriating tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding his
readEconomists sack Saara’s job blueprint
23-03-2011
GOVERNMENT’S plan to create 128 new direct and indirect jobs every workday over the next three years is unsustainable pie in the sky and will burden Namibia with a high-risk fiscal policy by plunging
readRegional support erodes for air war on Libya
23-03-2011
WHEN the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) imposing a no-fly zone in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya passed on Thursday by a predicted 10-0, no one stopped to ask what ends
readLibya: Infamy of ‘no-fly zone’
23-03-2011
WHEN the United Nations was created in 1945, the ugly horrors of genocide, ethnic cleansing, racial supremacy and brutal occupations in Europe were painful legacies that dominated the atmosphere in
readNotable Quotes
23-03-2011
WE deplore and regret the latest invasion led by some European countries and the United States (of America) and Canada.– President Hifikepunye Pohamba condemned the missile strikes “by non-African
readSMSes for Wednesday 23 March 2011
23-03-2011
SMS Of The Day Happy Independence Day HAPPY 21st Independence Anniversary, Namibia. May we ALL put hands together to ensure that Namibia is fully developed for the good of all regardless of colour,
readAnswers, not corporate spin
23-03-2011
At times of big changes within your organisation, and even when conditions are ‘normal,’ give your employees real answers, not corporate spin about strategic vision, says Harvard Business
readEgypt gears up for stock market reopening
23-03-2011
CAIRO – Egypt’s stock market is poised to reopen after a nearly two-month closure that many feared would further rattle already-shaken investor confidence in the country after the mass uprisings that
readConsumers win in mobile rate war
23-03-2011
THE Namibian Communi-cations Commission’s (NCC) latest intervention in the mobile market, putting a price cap on calls to other networks and fixed lines, will boost competition between the three
read‘Yes, we can,’ says Alweendo
23-03-2011
THE Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (Tipeeg) is Government’s short-term attempt to brake unemployment and put Namibia back on track to achieve the goals set out in
readChina pumps millions into Zim economy
23-03-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe and China have signed a raft of agreements worth US$585 million aimed at reviving the southern African country’s health, mining and agriculture sectors.“We acknowledge the efforts by
readSmelter study shows potential health hazards
23-03-2011
TSUMEB – The first results of an ongoing environmental impact assessment of the Tsumeb Smelter recently confirmed that annual sulphur dioxide emissions exceed international guidelines in some places,
readILO to help Tunisia, Egypt social reforms
23-03-2011
GENEVA – The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said it aims to play a key role in helping Egypt and Tunisia reform their social policies, after the two countries sought help from the UN
readEconomic griefs spur Mideast turmoil, World Bank says
23-03-2011
WASHINGTON – The economic and social grievances behind the Middle East’s political turmoil will not end because one leader is replaced by another, World Bank President Robert Zoellick has warned.“As
readAfrican Briefs
23-03-2011
Museveni slams West’s action on Libya KAMALA – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni yesterday denounced the West’s military action against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, terming it
readHalt to refurbishing Zuma home
23-03-2011
PRETORIA – South Africa’s Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde announced yesterday that she has put a halt to the refurbishment of Jacob Zuma’s residence in Pretoria.Speaking at a media
readMedvedev breaks ranks with Putin over Libya
23-03-2011
MOSCOW – Russia yesterday adjusted to a shift in its politics after President Dmitry Medvedev for the first time broke ranks with Vladimir Putin by slamming the premier’s comments on the Libya
readEx-Israeli president jailed for rape
23-03-2011
TEL AVIV – An Israeli court ordered former Israeli President Moshe Katsav to prison for seven years yesterday following a rape conviction, rejecting his attorneys’ request for leniency and making him
readAmericans ‘woefully ignorant’ about US
23-03-2011
WASHINGTON – Americans are woefully ignorant about their own country, let alone anywhere else, reveals a survey.More than a third failed the official US Citizenship Test, a rudimentary exam taken by
readGerman ‘incest trucker’ gets 14 years
23-03-2011
KOBLENZ – A German court yesterday jailed for an ex-trucker for 14 and a half years for sexually abusing his daughter, stepson and stepdaughter, with whom he fathered eight children.In a trial that
readMore fake pilots found in India
23-03-2011
NEW DELHI – Two more airline pilots with fake certificates have been arrested in a growing investigation of corruption in awarding aviation licences, an official said on Tuesday.The two working for
readIn Brief
23-03-2011
Power lines reconnected at Fukushima FUKUSHIMA – Workers reconnected power lines to all six reactor units at Japan’s radiation-leaking nuclear plant yesterday, its operator said, marking a
readRebels wary of Gaddafi forces near east Libya town
23-03-2011
NEAR AJDABIYAH – Rebels in east Libya outside Ajdabiyah said yesterday concerns that heavily armed troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi could still overwhelm them were stopping them advancing on the
readLibya, Ivory Coast cede home advantage in Nations Cup
23-03-2011
JOHANNESBURG - Both Libya and the Ivory Coast must play scheduled African Nations Cup qualifiers on neutral turf this weekend because of the precarious security situation in their countries, CAF
readUEFA president Platini re-elected for 2nd term
23-03-2011
PARIS - UEFA president Michel Platini was re-elected unopposed for a second four-year term yesterday, pledging to continue his efforts to bring club spending under control and fight match-fixing and
readBlatter confirms bid will be final FIFA mandate
23-03-2011
PARIS – Sepp Blatter confirmed here yesterday that should he be re-elected to a fourth term at the head of football’s world governing body FIFA, it would be his final spell in charge.Blatter, 75,
readPonting in survival battle
23-03-2011
NEW DELHI - Under-fire Ricky Ponting was fighting for his future as Australia skipper yesterday, just two days before his defending champions tackle India in a heavyweight World Cup quarter-final
readFans fume after US$2,72 semi-final tickets sell out
23-03-2011
COLOMBO - Angry Sri Lankan fans criticised local organisers after tickets costing just $2.72 for a World Cup semi-final that could feature Kumar Sangakkara’s men sold out in just 90 minutes
readBlue Boys to be charged
23-03-2011
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) has condemned the abandonment of the MTC Premiership match between Orlando Pirates and Blue Boys over the weekend.The match was abandoned midway through the second
readBasson impressed with MTC Namibian PGA
23-03-2011
THE Namibia Professional Golfers’ Association’s (NPGA) president, Adri Basson, says he was impressed with the standard of competition at the annual MTC Namibia PGA Championship, which took place in
readOmuniilonga mOshipangelo a monika mo
23-03-2011
OPOLISI naayaluli yiinewe otaya konakona oshipotha shuufudhi wOondola omauyi mOshipangelo shEpaneglo pOshaanda, taku popiwa kutya omu na wo omukwanambelwa gumwe.Oonzo dhomauyelele odha tengeneke kutya
readMoKavango oshi li ngaa hwepo natango
23-03-2011
NONANDE omeya momulonga gwa Kavango oge li taga londo gu uka pombanda, omagumbo ashike gamwe ogo ku niwe uumbanda kutya otashi vulika ga ka ye momeya.Ndhika odha popiwa ku Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa sha
readHumphries a hulitha
23-03-2011
MWENE gwOkampani yOosekuliti yedhina Humphries Security Company, omusamane Laurentius Humphries (51), okwa hulitha uusiku wOlyomakaya ga zi ko mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Katutrura.Humphries, ngoka
readZimbabwe oku li mompumbwe onene yiikulya
23-03-2011
HARARE – Iitopolwa ihamano yomiitopolwa omulongo ya Zimbabwe, oya taalela ompumbwe onene yiikulua na Epangelo olya gandja elombwele kOlaata yEpangelo yoshilongo yi tume epangu kiitopolwa mbika,
readOmalelo goondoolopa ga mona ookadhimamulilo
23-03-2011
GAMWE gomOmalelo goondoolopa moNamibia mngoka ga kala kaage na Ookadhimamulilo osho ga landelwa Omahuato ngaka gokudhima omililo kUuministeli wOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa, Omagumbo nOmahumithokomeho
readAakalimo momalukanda gamwe ya tembudhwa
23-03-2011
KONYALA aakalimo yeli 1102 momalukanda gomOshakati oya tembudhilwa komahala goku ka hupa komeya gefundja okuza tuu nkene oshilonga shetembu sha tamekele. Aakalimo ye li omathele 961 oya tembudhilwa
readPohamba a kondema iiponokela mu Libya
23-03-2011
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa pangula iiponokela yoomisile mbyoka ya ningilwa AaLybia kiilongo yaashi yAafrika.Pethimbo a li ta popi poshituthi oshiti: 21 shokudhimbulukwa emanguluko lya
readWhat the TWEET!
23-03-2011
DESPITE the seriousness of ‘Odyssey Dawn’, launched by coalition forces in support of rebels under attack by the Gaddafi regime in Libya, many people on Twitter this past weekend sought refuge in
read‘Hemliner’ launch postponed
23-03-2011
Fashion designer Hem Matsi’s dream of launching her mobile shop ‘The Hemliner’ in Windhoek on Friday (March 25) has had to be put on hold after Lounge 435 withdrew from the deal. The launch was to
readThat you, Fergie?
23-03-2011
THE Internet was on-fire with comments about pop singer Fergie’s face after The Black Eyed Peas performed on ‘American Idol’ last week.The group performed its latest single, ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’,
readParis Hilton prosecutor held for buying cocaine
23-03-2011
The Las Vegas deputy district attorney who prosecuted Paris Hilton for cocaine possession was arrested over the weekend after allegedly buying a rock of cocaine, authorities said on Monday.Clark
readTop cop scot-free after promotion debacle
23-03-2011
NAMPOL chief Sebastian Ndeitunga on Friday admitted that the Police were caught with their pants down when his deputy, Major General James Tjivikua, made himself guilty of conflict of interest, since
readNYC condemns Libya attacks
23-03-2011
JOINING President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s condemnation of the attack on Libya, the National Youth Council (NYC) yesterday charged that the “brutal attack” is “opportunistic, abhorrent and
readNgepi Camp gets urgent interdict against Chief
23-03-2011
THE troubled relations between one of the best-known tourist camps in the eastern part of the Kavango Region and the leadership of the Hambukushu Traditional Authority led to an urgent interdict being
readKuiseb causes new water chaos at Walvis
23-03-2011
JUST when NamWater was making some headway in fixing water-supply pipes under the Kuiseb River, which were damaged when the river came down in flood last month, the river started flowing strongly
readKatima Mulilo Policeman charged with killing civilian
23-03-2011
A KATIMA Mulilo Police officer appeared on a charge of murder in the town’s magistrate’s court yesterday after he allegedly kicked a civilian to death over the weekend.The accused, Sergeant Mordekai
readKaribib poachers ‘executed’
23-03-2011
ALL eight dogs that were allegedly members of a poaching syndicate in the Otjimbingwe area, and were ‘arrested’ and impounded at the Swakopmund SPCA at the beginning of March, have been
read'If they won't listen,Let them pay'
23-03-2011
METJE Street, Schantzen Road, Von Eckenbrecher Street, Makenzie Sreet, Eros Road and Bowker Street in Klein Windhoek are closed to traffic due to wash-aways caused by the Klein Windhoek River and
readGerman geologists ‘on verge of great discovery’
23-03-2011
A GROUP of German geologists have set up shop in Windhoek but are very secretive about their objective, besides claiming to be on the verge of Africa’s greatest discovery to date. The geologists, who
readFamily outing ends in tragedy
23-03-2011
A FAMILY outing on Saturday ended in a tragedy when a three-year-old boy drowned in the Naute Dam. The boy, identified as Armand Pieterse, drowned after falling into the dam while playing with other
readCuca shops produce drunkards and killers, says Iivula-Ithana
23-03-2011
THE Minister of Justice, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, has urged small business owners to “go beyond cuca shops”.“Cuca shops do not take us anywhere, they only produce drunkards and killers,” she said. “A
readCriminals are enemies of the State: Pohamba
23-03-2011
CRIME, especially corruption, topped the list of concerns in President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s Independence address at Otjiwarongo yesterday.He said addressing the evils of corruption and greed and
readContinuous rains paralyse the North
23-03-2011
BUSINESSES, especially informal markets in and around Oshakati, funeral and church services have been severely affected by weekend rains and flooding in the North.Churches were not as full as usual as
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