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68 Articles found on Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Budget billions expected to roll for jobs
09-03-2011
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila is expected to start clamping down on unemployment by pumping an additional N$1 billion or more into the economy, pushing up total expenditure to above N$30
readKatjiuongua dies
09-03-2011
VETERAN politician Moses Katjiuongua died early yesterday morning at his house in Rocky Crest, Windhoek, after having been in poor health for a long time. Family members gathering at Katjiuongua’s
readFloods shut schools in North
09-03-2011
A NUMBER of communities in the Ohangwena and Oshana regions have been cut off from main towns, especially Oshakati, which serves as their supply route for essentials, because of the rising levels of
readAfrican Stars, Pirates set for Leo Cup showdown
09-03-2011
DEFENDING Leo NFA Cup champions African Stars will meet Orlando Pirates in the quarterfinals of the competition in Windhoek on April 10. The two premier league rivals’ encounter is arguably the most
readLibyan airstrikes hit rebels at oil port
09-03-2011
RAS LANOUF – Libyan warplanes launched at least five new airstrikes yesterday near rebel positions in the oil port of Ras Lanouf, keeping up a counteroffensive to prevent the opposition from advancing
readChinese bid for chunk of Husab’s yellowcake
09-03-2011
MELBOURNE – Shares of Extract Resources, owner of the Husab uranium deposit, jumped 7,3 per cent yesterday on expectations it could become a target for global miner Rio Tinto after a Chinese bid
readSMSes for Wednesday 09 March 2011
09-03-2011
SMS Of The Day *WHEN will the City of Windhoek start pulling out the grass growing on pavements and traffic islands? This would keep pedestrians off the road and at some intersections one cannot see
readChasing the dots ...
09-03-2011
The Gauntlet Of Governance I HAD a dream, well sort of, as our budget presentation is imminent. My mind flooded with images of capital projects yielding commercial returns, public servants migrating
readNotable Quotes
09-03-2011
THIS in turn creates a very real trial-related prejudice, and the impression is created that the State patches up its case as gaps are discovered. – Judge Elton Hoff ruled in the High Court on the
readChanging rules is bad business, says Banda
09-03-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Zambian President Rupiah Banda ruled out windfall taxes for mining companies currently enjoying record copper prices, saying yesterday that changing the rules for foreign investors was
readBeijing set to be top uranium user before 2030
09-03-2011
BEIJING – China will surpass the United States as the world’s largest consumer of uranium before 2030 as the nation’s imports rise sharply to feed a growing nuclear industry, a senior energy official
readTiming entrepreneurship decision
09-03-2011
It takes a lot of bravery to open up your own shop or finally pursue your big idea. The risks of entrepreneurship are many, but for those who are successful, the benefits are plentiful. Here are three
readWatchdog sets tough 2011 bank stress test
09-03-2011
FRANKFURT – The European Union’s powerful new banking watchdog is setting out a tough fitness test for the region’s lenders to ensure they can withstand future financial crises, documents from the
readIMF: Signs of overheating in emerging markets
09-03-2011
WASHINGTON – Emerging market economies that powered the global recovery may be growing too fast for their own good as inflation pressures build, a top International Monetary Fund official has
readOld Mutual profit up 14%
09-03-2011
LONDON – Anglo-South African financial conglomerate Old Mutual narrowly beat expectations with a 14 per cent increase in profits and said it was sticking by a three-year strategy aimed at simplifying
readOpec ministers talking oil
09-03-2011
KUWAIT CITY – Members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting (Opec) countries are holding consultations over the oil market in light of the Libyan turmoil, the Kuwaiti oil minister said
read‘More acute price risks’ threaten world
09-03-2011
BASEL, Switzerland – A spike in food and oil prices has made the threat of inflation more acute, leading central banks have warned, but they cautioned tightening of policy in response will not proceed
readIMF to focus more on jobs
09-03-2011
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund is rethinking how it reviews national economies after being criticised for glossing over high unemployment in countries such as Egypt where it led to
readMutorwa slams growing imports of red meat
09-03-2011
THE Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, John Mutorwa, has said he is worried that the domestic meat market is only benefiting foreign producers through the imports of red meat to
readEgypt court upholds Mubarak asset freeze
09-03-2011
CAIRO – A Cairo criminal court yesterday upheld a decision to freeze the assets of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his family, the official Mena news agency reported.Last month, Mubarak,
read‘Illiterate’ boy sues the state
09-03-2011
SYDNEY – A 15-year-old Australian boy is suing the government of an Australian state after allegedly being left illiterate and innumerate despite being taught at a state-run school, officials have
readAndrew slammed over friend
09-03-2011
LONDON – The royal family is supposed to burnish Britain’s image, but Prince Andrew has generated quite a different buzz by consorting with a convicted US pedophile and having contacts with the Libyan
readTaliban bomb kills 25 at Pakistan petrol station
09-03-2011
FAISALABAD – Militants set off a car-bomb at a natural gas filling station in the Pakistani city of Faisalabad yesterday killing 25 people, many of them lining up for fuel for their cars, police said.
readSick groom marries bride in Skype wedding
09-03-2011
LOS ANGELES – A California couple whose wedding plans appeared thwarted when a lung infection landed the groom in the isolation ward of a hospital were married over the weekend, in a ceremony
readSimon’s fight rescheduled
09-03-2011
HARRY ‘Onkugo’ Simon’s fight that had been scheduled for 18 March has been postponed by a week to March 25 after it emerged that the Namibia Boxing and Wrestling Control Board (NBWCB) refused to
read‘Toetsie’ shoots for top recognition
09-03-2011
UNITED Kingdom-bound netball star Jatjinda ‘Toetsie’ Kambatuku will use the next 11 weeks to shoot herself into the top European leagues. The 23 year-old lanky shooter said she would use her loan
readTop stars take aim at Indian Wells title
09-03-2011
INDIAN WELLS – World number ones Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki lead a world-class field into the US$4,5 million BNP Paribas Open, a combined WTA and ATP Masters series event that begins
readMelbourne Rebels’ forwards firm up for Shark hunt
09-03-2011
MELBOURNE - Melbourne Rebels coach Rod Macqueen has demanded more aggression from his forwards as the stuttering Super rugby newcomers prepare for a bruising test against competition-leaders, the
readRedknapp vows to attack Milan
09-03-2011
LONDON - Harry Redknapp has promised Tottenham will go on the attack when they face AC Milan in the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie at White Hart Lane tonight.Redknapp’s side are in
readICC Cricket World Cup
09-03-2011
Result Monday, March 7 Canada won by 5 wickets Kenya Fixture Wednesday, March 9 India v Netherlands
readCanada down Kenya to win battle of associates
09-03-2011
NEW DELHI – Canada overcame some early jitters with the bat to eventually win the battle of the associates by beating Kenya by five wickets and register their first win in the World Cup on Monday at
readNo more writing for Bangladeshi players
09-03-2011
CHITTAGONG – Bangladesh’s World Cup cricketers have been told to stop writing newspaper columns during the tournament after controversy arose over comments by its skipper Shakib Al Hasan in a
readSangakkara backs angry Dilshan
09-03-2011
PALLEKELE – Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara told Tillakaratne Dilshan to stay angry despite the opener losing out to Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait in an ugly World Cup war of words.Dilshan and
readTicket-hungry India fans assaulted
09-03-2011
NAGPUR – Ticket-hungry fans, desperate to see India’s World Cup clash against South Africa on Saturday, were baton-charged by police as they queued, witnesses said yesterday.The clashes happened
readMoses Katjiuonga a hulitha
09-03-2011
OMUNAPOLITIKA eshi ku popya a tseyika nawa , noshilyo shegumbo lyopashigwana, Moses Katjiuonga okwa mana oondjenda dhe mepipi lyomimvo 69 ongula yetiyali moVenduka. Ehulopo lye olya eta pehulilo
readOmilongo 54 yasi omeya okuza muNovomba
09-03-2011
OKUZA omwedhi gwa Novomba omumvogu, aantu yeli 50 oya si omeya miishana, muukweyo, momithima noshowo muundobe miitopolwa Oshana , Omusati, Oshikoto nOhanguena. Opolisi mOmusati, Ohanguena, Oshana
readEgeelo lya kuthwako
09-03-2011
OMUKALIMO gwomOshakati ngoka a li ta tamanekelwa edhipago lyomukadhi sha landula eso lyomukadhi lyombaadhilila konima yomimvo ndatu okwa pewa egeelo lyomimvo ndatu ndhoka adhihe dha kuthwako, sho
readEindilo lyokwiifutilamo lyAmerica kompangu yopombanda
09-03-2011
AAFEKELWA yaali aakwashigwana yAmerica mboka ta ya fekelwa oyo ya dhipaga omuNamibia, Andre Heckmair mu January nuumvo oya holoka mompangu omaandaha. Ota ku tiwa otashi vulika eindilo lyawo
readDivundu ta kamuna oohi
09-03-2011
ENDIKI lyezulonkalo poDivundu moshitopolwa sha Kavango ota li ka tameka okutula po iilambo moka tali tekula oohi.Edhiladhilo ndika olya popiwa komukuluntu gwoondholongo , komufala Evalistus Shikongo.
readOmvula ya piyaganeke eteyo po Divundu
09-03-2011
ENDIKI lyezulonkalo poDivundu olya li neteyo lyiilya yomboloto lya nkundipala omumvo 2010. Nando pendiki opwa li pwa kunwa iilya pehala lyoohektara 14, oohektara ashike dhili mbali odho dha gandja
readAatengeneki yongushu ya toto ehangano lyawo
09-03-2011
EHANGANO lyaa neithano moshitopololwa shoku tengeneka ongushu yevi olya totwa moshilongo pehulilo lyomwedhi gwa yi. Olutu nduka lwedhina Namibia Institute of Valuers olyo ta li ka la noku wilika
readOshikondo shomakolofishi tashi longo nawa nuumvo
09-03-2011
OSHIKONDO shomakolofishi poLindili osha longo nawa omumvogu okuyeleka nomathimbo gasho ga piti. Osha longo nawa momwaalu gwasho oku kwata noshowo muunene womakolofishi ngoka ga kwatwa noondando
readOtwa kuthilwa mo shike: Hepeni Shilongo ta pula
09-03-2011
OMUKWATAKANITHI gwOpaati yo Swapo mObrancha yUupindi mOshakati, omusamane Johannes ‘Hepeni’ Shilongo, okwa hala okuuva nawa kutya omolwashike naanaa a li a kuthwa mo molista yOokandidate dhoSwapo
readAafuthi ina ya kwatwaO
09-03-2011
POLISI onkene nantango ta yi kongo aafuthi mboka ya teya ositola yuulinga, oowili niikwamalyenge ya American Swiss konyala konima yoshiwike shimwe.Afuthi mboka ya yaka iinima yongushu yoodola
readEkanka lya Basil Read komeho
09-03-2011
AANIILONGA yehangano lyokutunga haya longo pomina ya Rossing Uranium natango oya li mekanka, nonando ohofa yaaniilonga oye ya keelele ya tsikile nekanka, noshowo ya ti oshipotha shoka kashi li
readOmambo ga gwanena
09-03-2011
OMPUMBWE yomambo giilongwa ota yi ka gwanithwapo shuudha oku ya pomumvo 2013. Minista Yelongo, Abraham Iyambo okwa ti uuministeli we otawu ka pa omulongwa kehe embo lyoshilongwa limwe okuya momumvo
read‘Iron Mike’s’ keeping it real
09-03-2011
MIKE Tyson is taken with a new kind of sparring these days.The former heavyweight champion admits he is a big fan of the ‘Real Housewives’ franchise on the Bravo network. Tyson says he likes the
readThe name’s Bond, Jane Bond
09-03-2011
JAMES Bond actor Daniel Craig is giving ‘Bond girl’ a whole new meaning, dressing up in drag for a short film to support International Women’s Day.The 007 star trades his signature suit for a flowing
readTrending on Twitter
09-03-2011
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day was the top trending topic on micro-blogging site Twitter yesterday, followed by #dealwithit and #pancakeday (for Shrove Tuesday).International Women’s Day • LivinToInspire:
readCharlie Sheen axed!
09-03-2011
Charlie Sheen was fired from the TV situation comedy ‘Two and a Half Men’ on Monday by Warner Bros Television following the hard-living actor’s bouts of wild partying, repeated hospitalisations and a
readIn Brief
09-03-2011
51 Dead in new South Sudan fighting JUBA – Fighting between Southern Sudan’s military and forces loyal to a southern rebel leader has killed 51 troops and dislodged the renegade army commander from
readLead kills 400 more Nigerian children
09-03-2011
ABUJA – Lead poisoning linked with illegal gold mining has killed a further 400 children in northern Nigeria since November, the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) said on Monday.The latest
readGbagbo to skip AU mediation
09-03-2011
ABIDJAN – Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo will not attend an African Union meeting tomorrow to settle a dispute over the presidency but will be represented by the leader of his party, a party
readInternational Women’s Day: some facts
09-03-2011
HERE are a few facts about women in the workplace and in education as International Women’s Day was observed yesterday:There has been an International Women’s Day since the early 1900s, a time of
readWitness tells of family murder scene shoe print
09-03-2011
A BLOODY mark on a bathroom floor in the house of his murdered parents was one of the first things that cast suspicions on double murder suspect Romeo Schiefer, according to testimony heard in
readUnam students march against violence
09-03-2011
A GROUP of University of Namibia (Unam) students yesterday said in a petition they are fed-up with male lecturers and students who “abuse female students verbally” and want to inform students about
readStock theft orgy coming to end
09-03-2011
THE days are numbered for stock thieves in the Otjozondjupa Region as the community and Police intensify their teamwork and come down hard on the scourge of stock theft. “Every person who tries to
readSecond SPYL defamation suit settled
09-03-2011
THE claims that Swapo Party Youth League executive member Veikko Nekundi made about a dinner where senior Government officials were the guests of the German ambassador to Namibia almost two years ago
readRegistration of veterans suspended
09-03-2011
THE Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs has suspended the registration of veterans of the liberation struggle this month for administrative reasons.So far more than 30 thousand veterans have been registered
readPolice hot on heels of Rehoboth stock thieves
09-03-2011
THE Rehoboth Police are hot on the heels of three suspects accused of having masterminded a mass stock slaughter at a farm outside the town on Friday.Two men, who were allegedly contracted to pick up
readMeatco’s Okapuka feedlot gets green light
09-03-2011
MEATCO’S Okapuka feedlot has been given the green light to resume business after it was placed under quarantine last month when it emerged they had administered a substance to cattle that is banned in
readHospital guards paid at last
09-03-2011
FOLLOWING a strike by security guards at the Windhoek Central Hospital on February 28, Sitore Security Services has paid its employees’ salaries for January.According to David Nenghete of the Namibia
readHeavy rain countrywide
09-03-2011
THE tropical weather that has moved in from Angola and is moving in a south-easterly direction across Namibia is expected to bring heavy rains to large parts of the country in the next week. To date,
readElderly woman beaten to death in her Rehoboth house
09-03-2011
A CLOSE relative of an elderly Rehoboth woman (76) is suspected to have beaten her to death Monday evening.The woman, Elizabeth van Wyk, was found dead in her house by one of her sons early yesterday
readCanal vandalism costs millions
09-03-2011
NAMWATER has expressed concern about the continuous vandalisation of the Calueque/Ogongo canal by people living along the waterway. NamWater spokesman Johannes Shigwedha said at Oshikuku on Friday
readBoy (13) accused of raping girl (11)
09-03-2011
THE Police at Aranos last week arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of raping an 11-year-old girl. It is alleged that the boy pushed the girl onto the ground while they were playing at the Rooiduin
readBoois back in dock on graft charges
09-03-2011
FORMER Karas governor Dawid Boois on Friday again made a brief appearance in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court on charges of corruption. Boois, now a Member of Parliament and regional councillor for the
readNational plan of action
09-03-2011
On GBV on the cardsTHE Namibian Government is in the process of developing a national plan of action on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), which aims at promoting active prevention of violence against girls
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