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61 Articles found on Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Katali lays into foreign miners
11-05-2011
NAMIBIA has become an "Eldorado of speculators and other quick-fix, would-be mineral explorers and mining developers", Mines and Energy Minister Isak Katali said last night, adding that legislation
readFifth fuel price hike imminent
11-05-2011
CONSUMERS will probably face their fifth fuel price increase next week, with both grades of petrol becoming 31 cents per litre more expensive, while diesel is expected to go up by 15 cents a litre.The
readNigerian in-laws ‘detain’ Namibian
11-05-2011
A NAMIBIAN doctor claims that she is being detained by her in-laws in Nigeria. Dr Merlyn Ehileme (maiden name Tsîbes) also alleges that her late husband’s family have removed her children – aged one
readGlencore’s ‘dirty agenda’ exposed
11-05-2011
GLENCORE’S fuel supply contract with Namcor, which plunged the parastatal into bankruptcy in less than a year, was negotiated in “bad faith” to mask the UK giant’s ambition to take over Namibia’s oil
readNamibia amateur boxers in Botswana, at own expense
11-05-2011
THE national boxing team finally left for the Africa Boxing Confederation’s Zone Four Championships in Botswana on Sunday, but only after the Namibia Amateur Boxing Federation (NABF) scrambled for
readBin Laden’s neighbours vow revenge
11-05-2011
ABBOTTABAD – In a madrassa close to the house where Osama bin Laden lived and died, young Pakistani students are furious over the death of a terror mastermind they considered a religious hero.Venting
readLess than 10 per cent of Namibians are middle class
11-05-2011
ONLY 9,1 per cent of Namibia’s population falls into its middle class, living on between US$4 and US$20 a day, according to a study released by the African Development Bank (AfDB).Converted by
readSMSes For Wednesday 11 May 2011
11-05-2011
SMSes Of The Day *THE price of locally produced cement is an embarrassment to the nation. It is even more expensive than the imported cement from SA. It is a myth that locally produced items will be
readChasing the dots ...
11-05-2011
The Merchants of Spin THE Sasman interview with our HonMinInfo Kaapanda was excellent (The Namibian, 09/05/11). It opens up many debatable areas! It was additionally interesting as I have spent much
readNotable Quotes
11-05-2011
What forced him to do that is not known to us.– Khomas Regional crime Investigation co-ordinator Deputy Commissioner Silvanus Nghishidimbwa, as to what lead to Gavin van Wyk’s mystery suicide at his
readTurn fear-mongering on its head
11-05-2011
Fear is a very powerful emotion, and fear-mongering is one of the most effective strategies for killing good ideas. Harvard Business Review has some ideas for fighting back.One of the most effective
readSA government may sink deal, Massmart warns
11-05-2011
PRETORIA – The South African government could jeopardise Wal-Mart’s US$2,4 billion bid for retailer Massmart Holdings if it demands local procurement targets, the chief executive of the South African
readNamdeb listing ‘not on the cards’
11-05-2011
AN initial public offering for Namdeb is not on the cards, the group’s financial manager said yesterday.Markus Lubbe was responding to questions raised after managing director Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi
readChina should consider reducing foreign reserves
11-05-2011
BEIJING – China’s needs only between US$800 billion and US$1,3 trillion in foreign exchange reserves and it should consider channelling some of its huge stockpile into domestic companies and strategic
readCuba publishes awaited details of economic changes
11-05-2011
HAVANA – Cuba made official on Monday what had been rumoured for weeks: It is legalising the sale of real estate and cars and expanding the ranks of private cooperatives that could serve as engines
readOil cut losses as dollar retreats
11-05-2011
LONDON – Oil prices pared losses of more than two per cent yesterday as the US dollar erased gains.“The big thing driving oil at the moment is a stronger dollar... there are going to be excuses to
readJob hunting via social networks
11-05-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Almost one-in-four South Africans use social media as a tool to look for work, but are concerned about the potential career fallout from personal content on social networking sites, new
readEskom shuts power plant work due to protest
11-05-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South African power utility Eskom said yesterday it had suspended all construction work at its new 4 800 MW Medupi power plant due to protests by some 500 contract workers at the
readZim foreign owned mine firms submit empowerment plans
11-05-2011
HARARE – Foreign-owned mining companies in Zimbabwe have submitted their proposals on how they plan to sell a majority stake to locals to comply with the country’s empowerment law, the mines minister
readScientists stung by theft of research bees
11-05-2011
LONDON – Several thousand bees that were part a multi-million pound neuroscience research project have been stolen from a British university.Police in the Scottish region of Tayside were appealing for
readBreast-feeding linked to better behaviour: study
11-05-2011
LONDON – Babies who are breast-fed for several months develop fewer behavioural problems in early childhood than those who are bottle-fed, researchers have said.The British study which involved around
readWilliam and Catherine on secret honeymoon
11-05-2011
LONDON – Prince William and his wife Catherine have gone on their honeymoon, St James’s Palace said yesterday, though the royal newlyweds’ destination is a closely-guarded secret.The couple did not go
readIn Brief
11-05-2011
Mubarak’s detention extended: source CAIRO – Egypt’s public prosecutor has extended the detention of former president Hosni Mubarak by 15 days, a judicial source said yesterday.Pakistan may let US
readChina clampdown ‘fool’s errand’: Hillary Clinton
11-05-2011
WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an interview published yesterday denounced China’s clampdown on dissent as a “fool’s errand,” saying Beijing was trying to stop the course of
readOmeya ga pwinine ekwatho lya pumbiwa
11-05-2011
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi oshinene shEfundja niinima ye li pamba mOshakati mEtitano lya zi ko, Omuunganeki Omukuluntu mEfundja nIipambele yalyo Kolonela, Clement Mwala, okwa ti omeya gefundja
readOmukuluntu sikola ta tamanekwa poKaiti
11-05-2011
OMUKULUNTUSIKOLA gwenongelo lya Gutenhoas okwa holokele mompangu yamengestrata poKaiti omaandaha, metamaneko lyedhipago lyaashi lyowina. Paul Josef Goeieman [44] ina pulwa a tye sha noshipotha she
readOshipotha sha Imbambah sha undulilwa kuSeptemba
11-05-2011
OSHIPOTHA pokati kansela melelo lyoshilando sha Henties Bay, Paulus Imbambah na Meya gwoshilando shoka Gisela Cramer osha undulilwa komeho sigo oku September nuumvo.Mbaka oye na oku henukathana uule
readA monika ondjo medhipago lyomukadhona gwe nale
11-05-2011
OMULUMENTU ta fekelwa oye a dhipaga omukadhona gwomimvo 19, Jeanny de Klerk momeho gongundu yoombangi odhindji mo Venduka okwa monika ondjo medhipago, noshowo mokuponokela nelalakano
readKazenambo a indile oongeshefa dhi yambidhidhe
11-05-2011
OMINISTA Yaagundjuka, Omaudhano, Iilonga yopashigwna, nOonkuluhedhi, Kazenambo Kazenambo oya kumike oongeshefa opo dhi kuthombinga mehumokomeho lyomaudhano.Kazenambo okwa ninigi eindilo ndika
readEidhipago lya Van Wyk nuulingilingi
11-05-2011
EIDHIPAGO itaa li vulu oku fatululwa lyomulumentu eli mongeshefa yoololi dho kututa omitsalo gwomoVenduka otashi vulika li kale nekwatathano noshipotha shuulingilingi sha Esmerelda
readOmahangano gaaniilonga ga ekelehi egwedhelo lyoondjambi dhaniilonga
11-05-2011
OMAHANGANO ga kalelapo aaniilonga yepangelo oga tindi ooperesenda ndhoka epangelo lya gandja ongo egwedhelo koondjambi dhawo. Ota ku hokololwa kutya aaniilonga oku pitila momahangano gawo ina ya panda
readOonakweenda ya hupithwa mesilu lya Fish River
11-05-2011
ONGUNDU yaa endi koompadhi momakolombongo gomulonga gwa Fish River ye li 14 oya kuthwamo kuuMinisteli Womudhingoloko, nOmatalelopo omaandaha.Omuwiliki Gwomahala gokutalelapo, Ben Beytell okwa koleke
readMuremi a indile oveta yina oonkondo
11-05-2011
OSHILYO sho Parliamende sho ngundu yo Swapo megumbo etiyali lyopashigwana osha ti elundululo lyoveta yomalutu giimaliwa nenge Financila Institutions Amendment Bill na yi pitithwe megumbo ndele nashi
readEpangelo lyindile ya pewe ondjo medhipago patamaneko
11-05-2011
AAMWAYINATHANA, Gavin na Sylvester Beukes na ya monike ondjo yedhipago lyaantu ayehe yahetatu mboka ya dhipagwa pofaalama ya Kareeboomvloer mongundu mu Maalitsa gwomumvo 2005, osho sha patanwa mohofa
readLocal Golfers chase top prize
11-05-2011
NAIL-BITING action is expected during the 2011 Bank Windhoek Namibian Amateur Open Golf tournament this weekend. Approximately 80 golfers from all over Namibia will again pursue top honours when they
readSpecial Olympics Summer training camp starts in Windhoek
11-05-2011
SPECIAL Olympics Namibia officially opened its 2011 World Summer Games Preparatory Camp on Monday, which will be held in the capital city until Friday.The Windhoek camp is being held in preparation
readCosana Championships hosts losing streak continues
11-05-2011
NAMIBIA were again on the receiving end as they lost 34-50 to Botswana on day three of the under 21 Cosana Championship. Yesterday’s defeat is the fourth in a row of the tournament for the hosts, who
readChiefs could win a...photo
11-05-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Kaizer Chiefs will be presented with a picture of the Premier Soccer League trophy should they win the title on the last day of the season.Ajax Cape Town remain favourites for the
readNamibian shooters get medals in South Africa
11-05-2011
WINDHOEK Central Pistol Club took part in the annual SA championship for target shooting towards the end of April in Pretoria. The team collected 13 individual medals and two silver team medals in
readBafana name change damaging: Prof
11-05-2011
CHANGING Bafana Bafana’s name would be more expensive for the SA Football Association (Safa) than buying the rights to the existing name, the University of Stellenbosch Business School said on
readYoung hockey team impresses in SA games
11-05-2011
NAMIBIA gave a good account of itself at the SA U/21 Interprovincial A-level hockey tournament at Hartleyvale, Cape Town, last week. The tournament featured the best under-21 South African players –
readEls set for special Players tee-off as Hall of Famer
11-05-2011
MIAMI – Three-times major winner Ernie Els said on Monday that he felt a mixture of pride and humility about joining an elite group at this week’s Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach,
readFive star Liverpool rout Fulham
11-05-2011
LONDON – Liverpool kept up its relentless march to a finish in the Premier League’s European places, with Maxi Rodriguez scoring a hat trick Monday to help rout Fulham 5-2 at Craven Cottage.Rodriguez
readWIN N$500 and BBA t-shirts!
11-05-2011
A number of prizes will be up for grabs during BB Amplified. This week two prizes can be won: N$500 and a Big Brother t-shirt (courtesy of MultiChoice), and a Big Brother t-shirt and a The Namibian
readIt’s time to vote!
11-05-2011
OUR man Jossy is up for eviction this week! Along with Confidence, Weza, Vimbai, Vina and Danny. So it’s time to get down to business!Please remember that you’re voting to keep a nominated housemate
readBiggie Amps Up The Pace!
11-05-2011
While I am still trying to make heads or tails of this new AMPLIFIED Big Brother house – 26 housemates! – newspaper deadlines, death and taxes remain some of the only certain things in life. And, as
read‘Corrective rape heartless’: ANC
11-05-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Corrective rape is “heartless and senseless” discrimination, the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) said on Tuesday.“As the ANCWL, we regard corrective rape as nothing less than a hate crime
readIvory Coast says 120 killed in west by pro-Gbagbo forces
11-05-2011
ABIDJAN – Militia loyal to ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and Liberian mercenaries killed 120 civilians in attacks last week while fleeing to Liberia, the defence ministry said late on
readSouth Africa to reopen land claims process
11-05-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The South African government will reopen a claims process that compensates black families who were removed from their land under white rule to offer redress to those who failed to meet
readYouth demonstrators must forget payout – Shipoh
11-05-2011
THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sport, Dr Peingeondjabi Shipoh, has dismissed demands by a group of young people camping outside the Wanaheda Police Station in Katutura.“I saw
readTempers boil over oil refinery
11-05-2011
NAMIBIA has no chance of becoming an industrialised country without its own oil refinery, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Namibia, Prince Adegboyega C. Ariyo, charged yesterdayBy delaying the
readTabitha home closes its doors to the elderly
11-05-2011
THE Tabitha Old Age Home in Khomasdal closed its doors in January.It was established in 1996 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN). The church ran the home with its own
readReferral hospitals for each region: Swapo MP Nhinda
11-05-2011
A SWAPO MP in the National Council has urged the Ministry of Health and Social Services to establish referral hospitals in each and every region.Ruth Nhinda said this would help people in regions
readLüderitz flood victims return home
11-05-2011
THE 78 Lüderitz families who were displaced by floods last week have started returning to their homes. They were relocated to the Benguela Community Hall after their shacks were flooded last Sunday.
readLawyer withdraws from Americans’ case
11-05-2011
THE lawyer who has been representing one of the two American citizens accused of carrying out an execution-style murder in Windhoek early this year announced his withdrawal from the case
readLawyer withdraws from Americans’ case
11-05-2011
THE lawyer who has been representing one of the two American citizens accused of carrying out an execution-style murder in Windhoek early this year announced his withdrawal from the case
readFarm killer asks for an acquittal
11-05-2011
MULTIPLE murder suspect Sylvester Beukes, who has admitted that he killed eight people in the Kareeboomvloer farm massacre in March 2005, should be found not guilty, his defence lawyer argued in the
readDamage control cheaper than storm-water drainage at coast
11-05-2011
THE need for storm-water drainage systems in Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Henties Bay seems to have increased over the past couple of months due to above-average rainfall at the coast, but the
readDams surpass last year’s high water mark
11-05-2011
THE majority of dams in the country are above the levels recorded last rainy season according to NamWater’s dam bulletin, released last Thursday. There are only two dams that have recorded less than a
readBurglars use victims’ cars to transport goods
11-05-2011
HOUSE burglars operating in Windhoek’s Eros and Klein Windhoek suburbs appear to be making use of their victims’ vehicles to transport stolen goods from the scene of the crime.During the course of
readAfricat wins conservation award
11-05-2011
THE Africat Foundation has won the 2011 conservation award in the category Best Wildlife Organisation at the annual Indaba held in Durban, South Africa, over the weekend. Indaba 2011 is Africa’s
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