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51 Articles found on Monday, 28 March 2011
FOOLHARDY MOVE
28-03-2011
A Toyota Land Cruiser was swept away by the Klein Windhoek River on Friday afternoon when the driver tried to cross the river in Eros Road, which had been closed a week earlier because of water
readNBC restructuring survives challenge
28-03-2011
AN ATTEMPT by four senior managers at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation to get the Labour Court in Windhoek to order a stop to the NBC’s latest round of restructuring ended in failure on
readRehoboth boy (7) shocked to death
28-03-2011
A REHOBOTH family is battling to come to terms with the electrocution death of their seven-year-old son.Wilbort Angermund, who turned seven last Sunday, was shocked to death on Thursday when he
readWal-Mart merger to court
28-03-2011
WAL-MART is dragging the Namibia Competition Commission (NCC) to court after the watchdog demanded certain conditions be met before giving the go-ahead for a merger between the American retail giant
readRamblers, Pirates up the pressure
28-03-2011
RAMBLERS and Orlando Pirates kept the pressure on Black Africa by beating Oshakati City and Mighty Gunners respectively on Saturday.Discarded Brave Warriors winger Eslin Kamuhanga scored a hat-trick
readPotentially lethal radiation hampers Japan’s plant rescue
28-03-2011
TOKYO – Workers were pulled back from a reactor building at Japan’s earthquake-wrecked nuclear plant yesterday after potentially lethal levels of radiation were detected in water there, a major
readSacu in tug of war over customs money
28-03-2011
PRETORIA – A tug-of-war over how to divide billions of dollars earned from customs duties in Southern Africa dominated a regional summit Friday that could have a major impact on the region’s poorest
readSMSes for Monday 28 March 2011
28-03-2011
SMS Of The Day *JUDGING from the Meat Board statistics of 2010, maybe some SMEs could come together and set up some meat processing and canning plants to cut these imports of processed and canned
readNotable Quotes
28-03-2011
THE workers feel equally let down by the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), which is dragging its feet to implement resolutions taken at the umbrella body’s congress last year.– Adeline Black,
readWobbly currencies take shine off the carry trade
28-03-2011
JOHANNESBURG – African central banks have started to train their sights on inflation bubbling up across the region, although wobbly currencies are making foreigners think twice about chasing lofty
read‘Chinese invasion’: old foes police a new frontier
28-03-2011
THE construction site, at first blush, is like any other. Located in northern Namibia, in the former SA Defence Force stronghold of Oshakati, it is little more than a sun-baked clearing that reeks of
readOutrage over Marange sales
28-03-2011
HARARE – The chairperson of the Kimberley Process has agreed to allow Zimbabwe to sell diamonds from its disputed Marange fields, Zimbabwe deputy mines minister Gift Chimanikire said on Friday.The
readSeal pelts ban goes to WTO court
28-03-2011
GENEVA – Seal pelt exporter Canada won the right on Friday to have its grievance against a European Union (EU) import ban heard through the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) court system.The issue now
readCould Your Enemy Be Your Ally?
28-03-2011
Instead of deciding that everything about a hated colleague is negative, try getting to know him better, says Harvard Business Review.When a colleague’s agenda is seemingly opposed to your own, it can
readSwakop River flushes sand mining
28-03-2011
SWAKOPMUND – The sand mining industry at the coastal town of Swakopmund has been severely affected by the flowing Swakop River.The Swakop River has been flowing strongly due to continuous rain inland
readIn Brief
28-03-2011
Israeli airstrike kills 2 Gaza militants JERUSALEM – Israeli aircraft struck a Palestinian rocket squad in the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing two militants as the military prepared to activate a new
readIndia’s tiger population ‘on the rise’: census
28-03-2011
NEW DELHI – India’s tiger population has increased for the first time in decades, a newspaper said on Saturday, citing a national tiger census report slated to be released next week.According to the
readSaleh says only talks can prevent war
28-03-2011
SANAA – Yemen’s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he does not want to cling on to power and warned that only dialogue can save the country he has ruled for three decades from sliding into
readIn Brief
28-03-2011
Syrian govt: 12 killed in seaside city DAMASCUS – The Syrian government says 12 people were killed in violence rocking a seaside Mediterranean city. Syria’s state-run news agency said unknown armed
readGladiators beat Botswana 1-0
28-03-2011
THE Brave Gladiators will travel to Nigeria with some confidence after they beat Botswana 1-0 in a friendly in Windhoek on Saturday.The goal came from Shirley Cloete as a result of a penalty after
readWarriors lose heavily to Burkina Faso
28-03-2011
NAMIBIA suffered humiliation on Saturday when the senior national football team alias the ‘Brave Warriors’ went down by 4-0 to Burkina Faso in their away 2012 African Cup of Nations’ (AFCON) qualifier
readStormers cut loose to claim top spot
28-03-2011
SOUTH Africa’s Stormers put the Western Force to the sword on Saturday to remain the only unbeaten team after six rounds of the Super 15 series.The Cape Town-based Stormers routed the Australian
readEasy wins for Germany and England
28-03-2011
GERMANY and England maintained the strong starts shown by Europe’s big guns in Euro 2012 qualifying when easy wins over Kazakhstan and Wales respectively on Saturday kept them on course for the
readVettel refuses to get carried away by fast F1 start
28-03-2011
MELBOURNE – A coy Sebastian Vettel was determined not to get carried away with a blistering start to his world title defence at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton of Britain
readSri Lanka storm into Cup semis, Kiwis evict SA
28-03-2011
A DRAINED Tillakaratne Dilshan was helped out of the park but not before his all-round show had taken Sri Lanka closer to their second World Cup title while prolonging England’s agonising wait for
readMeroro loses on points
28-03-2011
NAMIBIAN boxer Vikapita ‘The Beast Master’ Meroro’s hopes of clinching a world title were dashed when he was beaten by Isaac Chilemba on points in the 12-round World Boxing Council (WBC) International
readBotswana qualify, SA and Senegal close
28-03-2011
BOTSWANA qualified for the African Nations Cup finals for the first time with a 1-0 away win in Chad on Saturday ensuring them a place in next year’s 16-team tournament.The Southern African nation,
readUshona loses to Vassell
28-03-2011
TYSON Ushona failed in his bid to win the Commonwealth welterweight title when Denton Vassell of England beat him on a unanimous points decision on Saturday night.Ushona put up a good challenge and
readOshinima eiyuliko ashike: Uuministeli wOomina tau ti
28-03-2011
OSHINIMA shoka taku tiwa oshiholekwa shi itsuwa kaakonakoni yiikwavi nuuyamba womevi pokati kehala lyOmaulikilo gOpaipindi nEndiki lyoongeshefa lya Maerua Mall mOveduka,ka shi shi sha ihe osho owala
readOdama ya Neckartal ta yi tamekwa mu Auguste nuumvo
28-03-2011
ETUNGO lyOndama ya Neckartal pomulonga gwa Fish River (gu li ookilometa konyala 40 kuuninginino wa Keetmanshoop), olya ziminwa koKabinete na iilonga yokutunga oya tegelelwa yi ka tameke muAuguste
readOld Mutual a tunga endiki lyoongeshefa
28-03-2011
OKAMPANI ya Old Mutual, pamwe pamwe newiliko lyoshitopolwa sha Karas, oye na edhiladhilo okutunga endiki lyoongeshefa oonene po Keetmasnhoop, tali ka pula oshimaliwa shOondola oomiliona
readNampower Foundation a gandja N$300,000 kOosikola nokOprojeka
28-03-2011
NAMPOWER Foundation omasiku ga zi ko okwa gandja omagano gOoN$151, 656.93 kOngwediva Control Primary school mOshitopolwa sha Oshana noshowo OoN$107, 378.99 kOprojeka yedhina Onankali Mahangu Paper
readEso lyomelefa olya etwa kuuhasha
28-03-2011
MWENE gwOkampani ya Electro 24 Services, ndyoka lya li ta li pangele omalefa mOshipangelo sha Katutura pethimbo pwa ningilwe oshiponga shoka sha dhipaga aaniilonga yaali otashi vulika a ka pangulwe
readMinista Iyambo a hala Oosikola dhi na omihandjo
28-03-2011
OMINISTA yElongo Abraham Iyambo oku na edhiladhilo okumona oshimaliwa shokutunga Osikola yi na omuhandjo kehe moshitopolwa, moka hamu holoka omeya gefundja.Elalakano lyokutunga Oosikola dhi n
readEyelu lya piyaganeke omanongelo
28-03-2011
EFUNDJA enene muumbangalantu wa Namibia olya piyaganeka elongo mOosikola odhindji miitopolwa ngashi Omusati, Ohangwena, Oshikoto nOshana. Epiyaganeko ndika olya yooloka okuza kOsikola nOsikola nosho
readChris Brown sorry for outburst, album heads to No 1
28-03-2011
R&B singer Chris Brown apologised for throwing a tantrum over renewed questions about his assault on ex-girlfriend Rihanna, but said he felt exploited and “wanted to release the anger inside
readMadonna-backed group ends plans for Malawi school
28-03-2011
A charitable group backed by pop star Madonna has scrapped its plan to build a school for impoverished girls in Malawi due to mismanagement, the New York Times reported on Thursday.The organisation,
readElizabeth Taylor late for her own funeral!
28-03-2011
Elizabeth Taylor’s funeral started late – just the way the screen legend wanted it.Her family held a brief private service on Thursday at a Southern California cemetery famous for being the final
readOuattara rejects African Union crisis envoy
28-03-2011
ABIDJAN – Ivory Coast’s internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara on Saturday rejected the African Union’s choice to mediate the crisis, citing the envoy’s “personal relations” with his
readTsvangirai meets Zuma over tensions: media
28-03-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai met with South African President Jacob Zuma amid rising tensions within the unity government with President Robert Mugabe, media said
readLibyan rebels push west as strikes hit Gaddafi forces
28-03-2011
ROAD TO BREGA – Libyan rebels reached the oil terminal town of Brega yesterday after routing government forces from a strategic eastern town, as Muammar Gaddafi’s troops pounded the main rebel
readTourist murder suspects convicted
28-03-2011
GUILTY as charged, is the verdict in the trial of the two men accused of murdering German tourist Johannes Fellinger in an armed robbery in the Khomas Hochland west of Windhoek in July 2007.The
readSchool athletes out in cold
28-03-2011
THE annual schools’ athletics championships got off to a bad start on Thursday when 22 pupils from Etosha Senior Secondary School had to sleep on the floor at the stadium as no provision was made for
readPolice on trail of car smugglers
28-03-2011
POLICE in the Karas Region are clamping down on what appears to be a car-smuggling syndicate operating in Namibia and neighbouring South Africa following the arrest of a man in possession of a car
readNorthern floods a crisis, says governor
28-03-2011
OSHANA governor Klemens Kashuupulwa says this year’s seasonal efundja flood is the worst he has ever seen and thousands of people need help.Kashuupulwa said his traditional homestead at Ondjondjo
readKaras eyes own crime prevention forum
28-03-2011
THE Keetmanshoop Regional Agriculture Union has proposed forming a crime prevention forum to help the Police fight stock theft in the Karas Region. The union roped in farmer Frikkie Engels, who was
readKaiyamo wants ‘patriotic’ cadres
28-03-2011
SWAPO Party Member of Parliament Elia Kaiyamo says ministries and other government institutions should be headed by “tested cadres” to drive the development agenda. He said a recommendation by the
readGoat-sex man pays four cows
28-03-2011
THE 20-year-old man who was ordered by village elders to pay six cows as punishment for having sex with several goats at Namutuntu village in the Kavango Region has so far only managed to pay four
read‘Geological discovery’ unveiled
28-03-2011
THE nominees of the MTC/NBC Namibia Music Awards (NAMAs) 2011 – that is the ‘geological’ discovery revealed by German geologists who have been camping in Windhoek over the past week. The curtain went
readChinese business interests grow in SADC
28-03-2011
GROWING Chinese interests in southern Africa are experienced through increased exports to and imports from China, a report suggested. It stated that China has also assumed a key role as a source of
readAvoid petty issues, Karas governor tells politicians
28-03-2011
KARAS governor Clinton Swartbooi has urged politicians not to waste time on “petty issues” but rather focus on people-centred economic development. “Progress is what we want. It’s all about people” he
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