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64 Articles found on Thursday, 31 March 2011
Croc watch
31-03-2011
An abnormally high Kunene River downstream from the Ruacana Falls has flooded the Serra Cafema site.Wilderness Kunene area manager Chris Bakkes is seen here standing watch for crocodiles with a gun in
readWorst flood-hit Oshana appeals
31-03-2011
OF the total number of 161 916 residents of Oshana Region severely affected by the flood, 11 922 need assistance which includes tents, canoes, food and medication, the Oshana Regional Disaster
readWorkers plan to sue Cabinet over GIPF
31-03-2011
CIVIL servants convinced that they have been cheated out of nearly N$600 million of their retirement money by GIPF investments that went bust, are going to sue Cabinet.The Public Servants Committee on
readGladiators banking on team spirit
31-03-2011
CAPTAIN of the Brave Gladiators, Queen Manga, said the positive morale in the team will push them to greater heights against Nigeria on Sunday. Manga said yesterday that the squad was in high spirits
readRebels retreat from Libya oil port under attack
31-03-2011
BREGA – Rebels retreated yesterday from the key Libyan oil port of Ras Lanouf along the coastal road leading to the capital Tripoli after they came under heavy shelling from ground forces loyal to
readSA, Nepad central to South-South coorperation
31-03-2011
SOUTH Africa is the most prominent supporter of South-South and triangular development cooperation in the southern African sub-region, and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) is the
readNotable Quotes
31-03-2011
AS a caring Government, it is the duty of the State to ensure that our people do not go hungry. – President Hifikepunye Pohamba said after he declared the flood situation an emergency. In an attempt
readSMSes for Thursday 31 March 2011
31-03-2011
SMS Of The Day *I READ with keen interest about the failings of the health system. My humble suggestion; you don’t put a doctor in to manage the hospital simply because being a doctor is something
readWorld has fallen into ‘dollar trap’, says China
31-03-2011
BEIJING – Dollar dominance is sowing the seeds of financial turmoil, and the solution is to promote new reserve currencies, a Chinese government economist said in a paper published on the eve of a G20
readShould the world be more like Belgium?
31-03-2011
BRUSSELS – This is a European country riven by ethnic tensions. Its public debt is almost as big as its total annual output and it’s in the middle of a political crisis so deep that this week it
readGreenspan hits out at US financial regulations
31-03-2011
LONDON – Sweeping regulation introduced by the US to prevent future financial crises could create major “market distortions” ex-Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan wrote in yesterday’s Financial
readSarkozy to decide on fate of Areva chief within days
31-03-2011
PARIS – President Nicolas Sarkozy will decide within days about the leadership of French nuclear group Areva, a government source has said, amid mounting speculation that Anne Lauvergeon will keep the
readAfDB launches green energy fund
31-03-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has established a US$57 million fund for renewable energy projects across the continent, the bank’s chief sector specialist has said.The
readTullow in Uganda deal with Total, CNOOC
31-03-2011
LONDON – British-based oil explorer Tullow Oil has agreed to sell stakes in its Ugandan operations to France’s Total and China’s CNOOC for US$2,9 billion, bringing in big partners to develop the oil
readSwaziland asks civil servants to take pay cut
31-03-2011
MBABANE – Swaziland’s cash-strapped government is asking civil servants to accept pay cuts of between 4,5 and ten per cent, adding to fears of instability in the southern African kingdom, media has
readGet the high-priority work done
31-03-2011
Time to work on high-priority projects can often be subsumed under a mountain of mandatory meetings, customer interactions and other busywork, says Harvard Business Review.If your calendar is like
readWorld’s poorest nations fall back in wealth
31-03-2011
UNITED NATIONS – Most of the world’s poorest countries got richer over the past decade but are falling further back in the global wealth ranks, a UN report has said.At least 37 of the world’s poorest
readRemove bottlenecks that prevent investment, says IPPR
31-03-2011
GOVERNMENT’S Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (Tipeeg) does not adequately address the bottlenecks that prevent investment, employment-creation and economic growth,
readZimbabwe tensions to top SADC summit
31-03-2011
LIVINGSTONE – African leaders will today try to defuse escalating tensions in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe is accused of cracking down on rivals ahead of polls expected later this
readIn Brief
31-03-2011
Berlusconi visits Lampedusa for evacuations LAMPEDUSA – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi visited Lampedusa yesterday as ships arrived to evacuate 6 000 immigrants from Africa who had swamped
readGaddafi welcome to live in Uganda
31-03-2011
KAMPALA – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is welcome to live in the East African nation of Uganda, the president’s spokesman told The Associated Press yesterday, in what appears to be the first country
readSetbacks mount in Japan at leaking nuclear plant
31-03-2011
TOKYO – Setbacks mounted yesterday in the crisis over Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear facility, with nearby seawater testing at its highest radiation levels yet and the president of the plant operator
readNine arrested in Israel after clash
31-03-2011
JERUSALEM – Israel police arrested nine Jewish settlers overnight following clashes at a settlement outpost in the northern West Bank, a police spokesman said yesterday.The clashes broke out when
readObese US man found fused to chair
31-03-2011
CHICAGO – An obese Ohio man had to be cut from a chair he had been sitting in for two years after his body became fused to it, local media reported.Police told WTRF news that the man’s skin had become
readStars to honour Gorbachev at London charity bash
31-03-2011
LONDON – Movie stars, singers and politicians will turn out on Wednesday for a gala concert in London to honour former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this
readCelliers wins cycling finale
31-03-2011
JACQUES Celliers of team Oakley/USN was the overall winner of the Windhoek Pedal Power (WPP) cycling series after the final leg of the series was held on Saturday.The finale of the WPP series was
readNDF dominates Doc Tournament
31-03-2011
THE Namibia Defence Force (NDF) Volleyball Club dominated at last weekend’s Namibia Volleyball Federation (NVF) Doc Tournament in Walvis Bay after winning the trophies in both gender categories.In the
readDe Goede wins Business Triathlon
31-03-2011
FORTY-TWO year old Patrick de Goede won the main event of the 2011 MTN Business Off-Road Triathlon at Friedenau Dam on Sunday. De Goede clocked two hours 12 minutes and 16 seconds ahead of 18 year old
readSri Lanka reap benefits
31-03-2011
MUMBAI – Sri Lanka stand one match away from reaping the benefits of their decision to devote more than two years to prepare for the World Cup.After the disappointment of losing to Australia in the
readIndians, Pakistanis bond during tense cricket clash
31-03-2011
MOHALI - Tens of thousands of Indians and a handful of Pakistanis packed the stadium for their cricket World Cup clash yesterday in a friendly atmosphere that belied diplomatic tensions between the
readWin! WIN! Win! Super football prizes up for grabs!!
31-03-2011
JOIN in the fun during the run-up to this year’s annual Namibian Newspaper Cup, to be held at Gobabis over the Easter weekend.Super prizes will be up for grabs each week. This week two lucky readers
readBA, African Stars in Katutura derby
31-03-2011
KATUTURA will be covered in red on Friday when two of the most supported teams, Black Africa and African Stars, face off in a much-anticipated derby in Round 19 of the MTC Premiership at the Sam
readChristchurch rugby W Cup games relocated
31-03-2011
WELLINGTON - Rugby World Cup organisers released their revised schedule yesterday, dividing up the five games that should have been played in Christchurch to five existing venues.Dunedin gained two of
readFootball Results
31-03-2011
Selected Internationals Wednesday, March 30 Mexico 1 - 1 Venezuela Costa Rica 0 - 0 Argentina El Salvador
readGhana’s Gyan shocked by Wembley equaliser
31-03-2011
LONDON - Asamoah Gyan admits he was shocked when he scored the historic late goal that gave Ghana a dramatic 1-1 draw against England in a friendly at Wembley.Gyan netted Ghana’s equaliser with a fine
readElelo lyUukwaluudhi lya gandja kuAlgino
31-03-2011
ELELO lyUukwaluudhi lyOmukwaniilwa, Josia Shikongo Taapopi mEtitano lyoshiwike sha zi ko, olya gandja omagano gooN$10,000 shi ka kwathele mepango lyokamati koomvula omugoyi kokoRehoboth kedhina
readEyalulo lyoshigwana
31-03-2011
EYALULO lyoshigwana sha Namibia etitatu ota li ka ningwa muAuguste nuumvo.Eyalulo ndyoka ha li ningwa mewiliko lyokOmmissi yomathaneko gopashigwana[NPC] olya tengenekwa oku katameka lwopehulilo lya
readAafuthi yiimuna yaadhikililwa
31-03-2011
AAKALIMO yaali poKaiti oya li ya kwatwa omaandaha sho ya adhikililwa kopolisi taya landitha oonzi dhili omilongo 67 dha yakwa. Ongushu yiimuna mbika oya tengenekwa yili oodola omayovi 100 500. Mbaka
readOmukuluntu gwoshipangelo a thigipo iilonga muMaalitsa
31-03-2011
OMUKULUNTU gwoshipangelo sha Katutura okwa thigipo iilonga mokati komalundilo kutya opena eipumomumwe pokati kiilonga ye. Onganga Rheinhardt Gariseb oya li ya lundilwa kuyele nuumvo kutya oha yi
readOmbaanga ya France BNP Paribas na Namibia
31-03-2011
OMBAANGA ya France BNP Paribas ota yi ka egulula mbala ombelewa mo Nigeria na ota yi ka nkondopeka omapungulo gayo moSouth Africa, na otayi ka konakona oompito dhokupungula palwe mwAfrica mwakwatelwa
readAachina ya zimine omaindilo gaaniilonga
31-03-2011
EHANGANO lyomatungo lyaaChina, New Era Investment olya zimine omaindilo ga ningwa kehangano lyaniilonga lya Metal and Allied Workers Union, konima yesiku limwe sho mbaka ya li ya ningi ekanka inaali
readOshikondo shoohi sha pata
31-03-2011
KONYALA aaniilonga omayovi 10 000 moshikondo shoohi dhohake ota ya kala yaana iilonga sigo opehulilo lyApilili nuumvo. Mbaka otaya kala pevi ethimbo lyomwedhi gumwe konima sho epangelo lya tokola lyaa
readPohamba a igidha onkalo yoshiponga
31-03-2011
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa igidha onkalo yoshiponga omolwa efundja ndyoka lya yelula iitopolwa yomuumbangalantu noshowo kashona mbyoka yokuumbangalantu zilo. Onkalo ya nika oshiponga oya
readIn Brief
31-03-2011
Zim’s MDC regains speaker seat HARARE – A top ally of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was on Tuesday re-elected as speaker of parliament after the Supreme Court nullified his 2008 election
readHuman virus threatens mountain gorillas
31-03-2011
NAIROBI – A new study has found that a virus causing deadly respiratory diseases in humans can be passed on to critically endangered mountain gorillas in Central Africa.Researchers who spent time in
readMozambique to raise food and fuel prices
31-03-2011
MAPUTO – Mozambique will raise food and fuel prices from April but subsidise food for 2 million poor, to avoid the sort of protests that have rocked North Africa and the Middle East, a government
readIvory Coast rebels advance on Abidjan
31-03-2011
ABIDJAN – Rebel forces backing Ivory Coast’s internationally recognised president were advancing toward the capital yesterday after seizing two more towns in the centre of the country.Captain Leon
readWhat the Tweet!
31-03-2011
THE Egyptian cobra that escaped from the Bronx Zoo in New York is having a hissing good time ‘hiding out’ on Twitter and by midday yesterday had 111 951 followers worldwide! Today, a couple of
readNamibian Music Awards: organisers take the rap
31-03-2011
THE organisers of the Namibian Music Awards have acted quickly to try and defuse controversy over some of this year’s choices.Dissent and Namibia’s premier music event are joined at the hip, so it was
readBeyonce splits from dad
31-03-2011
Beyonce will no longer be managed by her father, Mathew Knowles.The Grammy-winning singer and her father have parted ways “on a business level,” her publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told The Associated
readCommunity Turns Garbage Into Energy Source
31-03-2011
A community-based organisation in the Kenyan slum area of Kibera set out to clean up garbage and deal with waste water; Ushiriki Wa Safi ended up creating a community cooker that turns waste into an
readWorks want to expedite capital projects - Nghimtina
31-03-2011
MINISTER of Works and Transport, Erkki Nghimtina, said a “rule-driven” national budget, instead of a “mission-driven” one, is delaying Government capital projects and thus compromises service
readStrong support for petition against hotel
31-03-2011
A PETITION against the 'bulky' design of the Kempinski Strand Hotel planned for Swakopmund's Mole area received 2 040 signatures – double the number the organisers had hoped for.The petition has been
readStock theft suspects in court
31-03-2011
THE two suspects Police arrested on Monday after they were caught red-handed while selling 67 stolen goats valued at N$100 500 yesterday made a brief appearance in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court
readRetired civil servants slam pension increase
31-03-2011
THE National Pensioners’ Association (NPA) yesterday lashed out at the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) for only increasing by five per cent the monthly pension of retired civil servants,
readRehoboth could be ‘waterless’ if account isn’t settled soon
31-03-2011
AN OVERDUE account running into millions of Namibia dollars could leave Rehoboth residents without water soon.Residents are holding their breath after it became known that NamWater has threatened to
readPS appointments ‘above board’ – PM
31-03-2011
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula justified Government’s use of a “blended approach” of advertisements,“robust selection and nomination processes”, as well as promotions of existing management cadre, when
readNamPol creates community policing awareness
31-03-2011
AS PART of the Police’s community policing awareness campaign, Chief Inspector Vicky Matjila yesterday called on high school students “to wait until marriage on the altar of God before you can indulge
readLong distance drivers want equality of pay
31-03-2011
A POTENTIAL storm is still brewing in the long-haul transport industry even though a work stoppage by drivers of W.P. Transport ended yesterday.Drivers from several companies, speaking on condition of
readLAC condemns kicking cop
31-03-2011
THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has condemned the killing of a Katima Mulilo civilian – allegedly at the hands of a Police officer.LAC director Toni Hancox this week charged that Police officers
readGovernment on the ‘lookout’ for non-compliant businesses
31-03-2011
“THE Government and its agencies are always on the lookout for businesses that neglect ensuring regulatory compliance,” said Under Secretary of the Department of Trade and Commerce of the Ministry of
readFocus on ‘confession’ in double murder trial
31-03-2011
AN ALLEGED confession which double murder suspect Romeo Schiefer made after his arrest for the death of his parents became the focal point of his trial in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.Almost
readDiscord among Vaalgras leaders
31-03-2011
THE Orlam Chief Joel Stephanus has requested the Local Government Ministry to remove Manuel Hinda and Willem Apollus as Vaalgras Traditional Authority councillors and to discontinue their monthly
readCouncillor can’t afford to pay speeding fine
31-03-2011
Keetmanshoop town councillor Fiinna Elago was fined N$2 000 in the local Magistrate’s Court yesterday for speeding. Magistrate Alweendo Venasius sentenced Elago to a fine of N$4 000 or 12 months
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