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65 Articles found on Thursday, 3 March 2011
Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya remain in turmoil
03-03-2011
VICTORY CELEBRATIONS ... Rebels hold up a Kingdom of Libya flag as they stand on top of a tank on the outskirts of Ajdabiyah, on the road leading to Brega, yesterday. The flag which was used when
read300 builders down tools at Rössing
03-03-2011
ABOUT 300 workers of Basil Read Construction, one of the main contractors at Rio Tinto’s Rössing Uranium at Arandis, have gone on strike over health and safety concerns, and money allegedly owed to
readSuspects deny card cloning fraud charges
03-03-2011
THE trial of an alleged gang of international bank card fraudsters who are accused of committing more than a thousand acts of fraud with cloned bank cards during 2007 started in the High Court in
readTransNamib losing steam
03-03-2011
TRANSNAMIB continued its runaway losses in 2008, plunging about N$254 million into the red – 82 per cent deeper than the parastatal was the year before.The total loss for the year was N$253,8 million,
readZimbabwe plan Namibia camp
03-03-2011
ZIMBABWE’S Warriors are reportedly planning to camp and possibly engage the Brave Warriors in a friendly match in Namibia this month. According to an online report by Zimbabwean publication NewsDay,
readGaddafi vows to fight to the last man and women in Libya
03-03-2011
TRIPOLI – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the “last man and last woman” to defend his country.Gaddafi was addressing supporters and foreign media yesterday in a conference hall in
readNo breather in businesses’ battle
03-03-2011
THE local business climate worsened for the second month in a row as slow commercial vehicle sales, sluggish construction and a struggling fish sector took its toll.IJG’s Business Climate Index’s shed
readSMSes for Thursday 03 March 2011
03-03-2011
SMS Of The Day *I DON’T understand WHY race is still an issue amongst the Namibian community? When will we ALL be considered as equals and not as blacks and whites? Food for Thought *COULD someone
readClose the loop on favours
03-03-2011
One of the biggest mistakes people make after receiving a flavour is failing to follow up. Whether someone gives you advice on a job application or makes an introduction to a colleague or client, be
readWant to have your say on how Finance budget is tabled.
03-03-2011
Want to have your say on how Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila should spend taxpayers’ hard-earned money when she tables the new budget on March 8? Post your comment on the paper’s dedicated
readWindhoekers eager to build, but cash-strapped
03-03-2011
BUILDING plans approved in Windhoek last month increased by 26 per cent on a monthly basis and by 33 per cent on a yearly basis, mainly because of strong growth in additions, the latest figures
readSage Pastel payroll software increases African footprint
03-03-2011
WITH business partner representation in 18 African countries, payroll and HR software developer Softline Pastel Payroll is extending its international business and providing focused sales and support
readSign on for NDTC sightholder webinars
03-03-2011
THE Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) will have two webinars next Tuesday to provide support to companies considering registering to become a sightholder for the next supplier of choice contract
readPractical tips for NGO finances
03-03-2011
THE Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) has published ‘A Practical Guide to the Financial Management of NGOs’ as part of its Fundamentals of NGO Management series.Compiled and written by Theunis
readFull honours as Sarkozy courts President Zuma
03-03-2011
PARIS – France hosts South African President Jacob Zuma today with all the pomp due the leader of an emerging regional power and a key player in Paris’s plan to use its G20 presidency to reform world
readLibyan rail projects suspended, workers evacuated
03-03-2011
SHANGHAI – China Railway Group, the country's biggest railroad builder, said it was suspending its three projects in Libya as it evacuates workers due to escalating violence in the African nation.The
readChina railway scandal widens, raising criticism
03-03-2011
SHANGHAI – A widening probe into corruption in China's powerful Railways Ministry is raising questions over the scale and pace of its multibillion-dollar drive to build costly high-speed railways,
readIndonesia asks Saudi Arabia to spare maid
03-03-2011
JAKARTA – Indonesia said yesterday it had appealed to Saudi Arabia to commute the beheading of a maid convicted of killing her employer in what she called an act of self-defence.A court in the Saudi
readFighting in South Sudan leaves dozens dead
03-03-2011
JUBA – Fighting in a tense area of Southern Sudan last weekend killed dozens of people only weeks after some 240 people died in violence in the same area, two officials said yesterday.The clashes
readIn Brief
03-03-2011
Foreign radio pulled off air in Ivory Coast ABIDJAN – Two major foreign radio stations, Radio France International and the BBC, stopped broadcasting yesterday in Ivory Coast in what appeared to be a
readPirates move would be a dream: Bester
03-03-2011
NAMIBIAN international forward Rudolf Bester says a move to Soweto giants Orlando Pirates would be a “dream come true”. Although he has dismissed reports linking him with a move to Soweto giants
readEsterhuizen, Winckler out of Sharks game
03-03-2011
LOCK forward Nico Esterhuizen and wing Llewellyn Winckler have both been ruled out of Saturday’s Vodacom Cup match after failing to recover from injuries.Esterhuizen injured his collarbone against the
read‘Swim for Life’ aims for Guinness record
03-03-2011
ORGANISERS of the Swabou Swim for Life yesterday said they will attempt to break the world record for the longest distance swum in a day and earn a spot in the Guinness Book of Records The Namibian
readBoxing clubs contest amateur tourney
03-03-2011
FOUR boxing clubs pitted their promising boxers against each other at the Golden Boxing Club Tournament in Katutura last Saturday. Amateur boxers from Soweto Boxing Club (SBC), Jacob Mistake Gariseb
readTop Ten starts athletics season
03-03-2011
THE Khomas athletics season gets into full swing on Saturday when the Coca-Cola Top Ten Club Championships will be held at Windhoek’s Independence Stadium.The championships, which determines the top
readLuiz in spotlight, Ferguson rages at referee
03-03-2011
LONDON – Chelsea defender David Luiz was the centre of attention after scoring in their 2-1 comeback win at home to Manchester United on Tuesday as visiting manager Alex Ferguson unleashed another
readSA pumped up for Dutch
03-03-2011
MOHALI – South Africa will not lower their guard against the Netherlands as they look to build on a good start to their World Cup bid, coach Corrie van Zyl said yesterday.The Proteas thumped the West
readMalinga plays down historic hat-trick
03-03-2011
COLOMBO – History-making Lasith Malinga played down his landmark second World Cup hat-trick, insisting that his famous four wickets in four balls against South Africa in 2007 was a greater
readWaqar urges end to talk of fixing
03-03-2011
COLOMBO – Pakistan coach Waqar Younis yesterday insisted the World Cup was clean and urged an end to talk about match-fixing in cricket.His comments come after Sri Lankan state TV channel ITN
readOminina yaSkorpion ta yi kongo ookuume menkondopeko
03-03-2011
VEDANTA Resource ngoka a landa po ehangano lya Skorpion zinc ota kongo ehangano lyaaluudhe opo eya nkondopeke moku ya ninga omahewa miilonga mbika yokufula o zinc muumbugantu woshilongo.Vedanta ota ka
readZimbabwe ta landithapo Zesa
03-03-2011
EPANGELO lya Zimbabwe ota li dhiladhila oku landithapo omaliko ga Zesa..Uule womimvo mbali oshilongo otashi hwepopala pamahupilo naashika osha fala pombumbwe yi li pombanda yolusheno. Shika osha
readOinginia dhomuuyuni tadhi kwathele poKudu
03-03-2011
NAMPOWER okwa ulike ehangano lyoinginia dhopaigwana dhe dhina ESB oku gandja omathaneko gopaungomba noshowo oku gandja omayele kombinga yokutunga osasiona yolusheno yomegawatt 800 pOranjemund.
readOombakumbaku dha holomende inaadhi silwa oshimpwiyu
03-03-2011
OOMBAKUMBAKU dhepangelo piilonga yuunamapya ya Warmquelle moshitopolwa sha Kunene otaku tiwa odha ethiwa nayi nodhi li monkalo ombwinayi. Ongundu yaantu mboka ya piti pehala mpoka oyo ya mono sho
readAashona yowala ha ya futu olicensa dho teevee muka
03-03-2011
KONYALA ooperesemda adhike 30 moshilongo dha futile olisensa yoteevee oku ya mu Desemba 2008. Uuyelele mbuka owa hololwa komushangwa kombinga ya NBC, ngoka gwa tulwa miilonga gwedhina Air Namibia
readOmunafaalama a indile ekwatho ku TransNamib molwiimuna ye
03-03-2011
OMUNAFAALAMA momudhingoloko gwa Karibib okwa tumine omathano giimuna ya sa kombelewa ya TransNamib ta kongo ekwatho, opo uufuthi wiimuna ye wu shonopekwe. Johan du Plessis omusilishimpwiyu gwoofaalama
readNUNW a hala omushangwa gwa GIPF gu gandjwe
03-03-2011
OSHIGONGI shaawiliki ya NUNW, ondundahangano yomahangano gaaniilonga moNamibia shoka sha gongalele ehulilo shiwike osha tokola,okupula omuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba opo a gandje omushangwa
readNamibia a indike onyama yiimuna oku za ko SA
03-03-2011
NAMIBIA okwa tula po oondjindikila dhokweeta mo onyama niikwanyama yiimuna yomakondo ga shandjuka nenge mbyoka ha yi ekeshele. Oondjindikila ndhika odha tulwapo omolwa eholoko lyomukithi gwekondo
readBeukes ota ka pulakenwa
03-03-2011
OMUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu gwa Namcor, Sam Beukes ina gandja omatompelo kewilikongundu lyehangano kutya omolwashike keena okutulwa pevi.”Ondi na omatompelo gandje kutya omolwashike inaandi gandjela
readAmupadhi oye amushanga gwo The Namibian
03-03-2011
OTHE NAMIBIAN oya ulike Tangeni Amupadhi ongo amushanga omuulikwa uule woomwedhi hamano, sigo uuna ndoka a kolekelwa miilonga mbyoka konima yoomwedhi ndhoka. Ngele okwa kolekwa konima yoomwedhi hamano
readOmutengenekothaneko tagu gandjwa oshiwike tashiya
03-03-2011
OMUTENGENEKO gwiimaliwa yokulongithwa nuumvo sigo omumvo ta gu ya otagu tulwa poshitaafula moshigongi shopashigwana oshiwike tuuka. Minista Yiimaliwa Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila otaka lombwela
readIRDNC’s conservation hero Lieb Kamba dies
03-03-2011
NAMIBIA’S Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) last month lost one of its most respected champions, Lieb Kamba.Since he joined IRDNC in 1998, Kamba provided the field-based leadership
readLeopard attacks first two cheetahs released at Okonjima
03-03-2011
TWO cheetahs that were released on the Okonjima Private Nature Reserve in June 2010 were attacked by leopards early in February. Trish was killed while Charlie, the stronger of the two, survived with
readWild animals are not pets!
03-03-2011
SEASONS of extreme weather always produce something new. In the last week of last month, a comb duck – also known as a knob-billed duck – arrived in Walvis Bay. This is an extremely rare record,
readSheen media blitz heads to Twitter after TV shows
03-03-2011
The public’s fascination with Charlie Sheen’s melodrama showed no sign of slackening as his new Twitter account took only hours to attract more than a half-million followers.On Tuesday, the day
readBleary-eyed Christina arrested for public intoxication
03-03-2011
Apale, and bleary-eyed Christina Aguilera stares directly into the camera in her mugshot after her arrest for public intoxication.The 30-year-old singer was taken in by police around 02h45 on Tuesday
readPro-Gbagbo youth groups rampage against foreigners
03-03-2011
ABIDJAN – Youth supporters of Ivory Coast’s incumbent Laurent Gbagbo rampaged through the business district of Abidjan on Tuesday, pillaging shops owned by foreigners.The violence followed a call on
readManuel slams ANC spokesman on ‘coloureds’ remarks
03-03-2011
JOHANNESBURG – A powerful member of the African National Congress yesterday accused the new government spokesman of making racially insensitive comments that echoed the injustices of the apartheid
readDTA’s Moongo wants traffic fines reviewed
03-03-2011
DTA MP Phillemon Moongo says stiff traffic fines must be done away with or reviewed, suggesting that fines should be affordable to the ordinary person and not a uniform one-fine-fits-all format in a
readSwakop hit by water problems
03-03-2011
SWAKOPMUND lost about 15 per cent of its water supply because of damage to pipelines caused by a flooding Kuiseb River last week.A warning from NamWater to the Swakopmund Municipality stated that the
readShaanika urges tolerance in business community
03-03-2011
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) CEO, Tarah Shaanika, has called for an end to racial division in Keetmanshoop’s business community, saying this is hampering economic growth at the
readSADC Council of Ministers considers regional budget
03-03-2011
THE Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is meeting in one of its annual meetings in Windhoek this week to discuss the 2011/12 SADC budget and corporate plan. The
readEscapees from Police cells loot Otavi farm
03-03-2011
AFTER escaping from the Otavi Police holding cells two weeks ago, two trial-awaiting inmates went on a looting rampage at a farm in the district.Otto Gareb (31) and Albertus Haraseb (24) are accused
readPolice speak to community to make Erongo safer
03-03-2011
THE Erongo Police are holding a series of consultative meetings in the region to allow the communities to air their views and concerns, and advise the regional commander, Commissioner Festus Shilongo,
readOutjo man pays for stubbornness
03-03-2011
AN Outjo man, who refused to show the Police his driver’s licence after he was caught driving without a seatbelt,was hit with a total bill of N$2 000 this week.Johan Hendrik Potgieter was stopped on
readOranjemund readies for annual diamond festival
03-03-2011
PREPARATIONS for the annual Oranjemund diamond festival scheduled for March 18 and 19 are in full swing. Organising committee member Israel Kalenga said the annual event started small as African Gala
readLocal schools win ATKV Handevat award
03-03-2011
THE Jacob Marengo and Jan Möhr Senior Secondary Schools jointly won third prize in the international Handevat 2010 award of the Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging (ATKV) in South Africa last week.
readForeign students swamp Home Affairs
03-03-2011
LONG queues formed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Windhoek yesterday as hundreds of foreign students applied for study permits to enable them to study in Namibia.The ministry’s permanent
readMariental farm killer gets sentencing date
03-03-2011
FORMER farmworker Axarob Basson, who last week admitted that he murdered and raped a young woman after breaking into her home on a farm near Mariental almost a year ago, maintained his silence as his
readTop heads roll at DMH
03-03-2011
A LARGE-SCALE restructuring at Democratic Media Holdings (DMH) will affect all three its daily publications, Republikein, Allgemeine Zeitung and Daily Sun.The restructuring has also claimed
readWindhoek gradually improves bus service
03-03-2011
DESPITE the fact that the Windhoek Municipality plans to expand its public bus service by increasing routes and the number of buses in operation, the expansion of the service cannot come quickly
readBoy in court on rape charges
03-03-2011
A 15-year-old boy accused of raping two other boys, aged 9 and 10, made a brief appearance in the Mariental Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The suspect was not asked to plead and the case was postponed
readAlugodhi sues municipality for firing her
03-03-2011
REGINA Alugodhi, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of the Okahandja municipality, continues her battle with the municipality for hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to sources close to
read23 new classrooms opened at coast
03-03-2011
THE Deputy Minister of Education, Dr David Namwandi, on Friday opened 23 new classrooms in Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. The classrooms were built from the N$84 million emergency funding allocated to the
readNotable Quotes
03-03-2011
I ran with this wire still hanging from my body ... I was too scared to stop and pull it off.– A rape survivor told The Namibian in an interview that her nightmare began at about 04h00 on Sunday, when
readGovt splurges billions ‘to create jobs’
03-03-2011
GOVERNMENT will pump about 100 per cent more money into the development of agriculture, tourism, transport, as well as housing and sanitation this year as part of its grand plan to create 104 000 jobs
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