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56 Articles found on Monday, 16 May 2011
Two accidents kill 6 in the North
16-05-2011
THREE children died when a taxi they were travelling was hit from behind by a Land Cruiser bakkie on Friday afternoon at Oniingo village on the road between Ondangwa and Oshivelo. The taxi driver and
readRoad damage tops N$600m
16-05-2011
THE final bill of fixing Namibia’s damaged national road network after the rainy season could top N$600 million. Erkki Nghimtina, Minister of Works and Transport, last week said that the initial
readCharges over shock murder withdrawn
16-05-2011
THE killer of Windhoek schoolgirl Magdalena Stoffels is still on the loose.The man who has spent the past nine and a half months locked up in custody as the only suspect to have been arrested in
readCity relegated, Civics in trouble
16-05-2011
OSHAKATI City’s 15-year presence in the Namibia Premier League came to an end on Saturday, following a 4-2 defeat at SKW. While City wallowed in their misery, Mighty Gunners may yet have escaped
readIsrael-Palestinian violence erupts on three borders killing at least 8
16-05-2011
MAJDAL SHAMS – Violence erupted on Israel’s borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza yesterday, leaving at least eight dead and dozens wounded, as Palestinians marked what they term ‘the catastrophe’ of
readInflation continues to pick up speed
16-05-2011
APRIL’S annual inflation rate continued to edge its way upward to the year-end peak of 7,4 per cent forecast by Capricorn Investment Holdings (CIH), climbing one percentage point from March to end at
readSMSes For Monday 16 May 2011
16-05-2011
SMSes Of The Day Well known landmark *I JUST don’t get it! We have the best of all worlds ecologically, great for tourism and recreation for us locals. Yet we continue to sell out to foreigners for
readNotable Quotes
16-05-2011
Windhoek is the worst.– Dirk Reed, the divisional chief engineer of the City of Windhoek’s Roads and Storm Water Division said on Wednesday that although most road networks in local municipalities
readIMF warns EU debt crisis may still spread to core
16-05-2011
FRANKFURT/ATHENS – Despite bailouts for Greece, Ireland and Portugal, Europe’s debt crisis may yet spread to core euro zone countries and emerging Eastern Europe, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
readZambia miners to pay 30% more for electricity for new plants
16-05-2011
LUSAKA – Zambia raised the price of electricity for mining companies by 30 percent, power suppliers said on Friday, in a move that will spike costs for the sector in Africa’s leading copper
readWhen others fail, just empathise
16-05-2011
The empathetic response to failure is not only the most compassionate, it’s also the most productive because of the way it communicates trust, says Harvard Business Review.When people fail at work,
readShoprite enters Wal-Mart fray
16-05-2011
PRETORIA – South Africa’s biggest grocer, Shoprite Holdings has warned it would be forced to rely more on cheap imports if one of its rivals, Massmart Holdings, is taken over by US discount retailer
readWal-Mart grapples with cost of entering SA
16-05-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The biggest barrier to tapping into Sub-Saharan Africa’s blockbuster growth may be in Pretoria – just ask Walmart.The Competition Tribunal is hearing testimony until today on whether to
readLima Nawa means ‘good cultivation’
16-05-2011
IN her Owambo dress, Letta Sebrun looks every bit the traditional mahangu farmer. But the hat over her grey hairs gives the game away. It says Contill farmer, Lima Nawa, and her plot is a scientific
readIn Brief
16-05-2011
Floodgate diverts Mississippi River LOUISIANA – Water from the inflated Mississippi River gushed through a floodgate on Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades and headed toward thousands
readCost-cutting Britain to sell its best wines
16-05-2011
LONDON – Cost-cutting government plans to sell off some of its stock of fine wines to pay for cheaper bottles that will be offered to visiting dignitaries.The move would save the taxpayer nearly N$5.6
readTenerife beheading victim named
16-05-2011
LONDON – A British woman decapitated by a Bulgarian man in an attack on the Spanish island of Tenerife was on Saturday named as 60-year-old Jennifer Mills-Westley.The grandmother-of-five died on
readIMF chief accused of sexual assault at New York hotel
16-05-2011
NEW YORK – The leader of the International Monetary Fund and a possible candidate for president of France was arrested yesterday in connection with the violent sexual assault of a hotel maid after
readYa holoka mompangu molwa uufuthi womayego gondjamba
16-05-2011
AAKWIILONGO yatatu oya holoka mompangu ya mengestrata poRundu metamaneko lyoku kala nomayego gondjamba noshowo epangwe. Aafekelwa yatatu oyo aakwashigwana yaAngola nomukwashigwana gumwe gwo ko
readOveta ompe yomapungulo moNamibia
16-05-2011
EPANGELO ota li manitha omishangwa dhimwe koveta ompe yi nasha nomapungulo moshilongo. Oveta ndjika otayi ka kwathela okunkondopeka omahangano gepangelo na ishewe ota yi gandja oonkondo kaapunguli
readAkwathelwa komukalelipo gwa Namibia
16-05-2011
KOMUFALA gwOpombanda gwa Namibia ko Nigeria okwa kwathele omundohotola omuNamibia no yana mboka ta ku hokololwa aniwa a kwatwa ombambyona koohemweno koshilongo shoka.Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, Komufala
readIilambo mondjila ota yi ka kutha iimaliwa oyinjdi miilando
16-05-2011
OSHILANDO sha Venduka otashi ka longitha oodola oomiliona 15 okulongulula oondjila ndhoka dha yonwa komeya nuumvo. Iimaliwa mbika oyindji iikando itatu okuyeleka naambyoka ha yi longithwa shito
readYa tegelela natango edhagadhaga koNDF
16-05-2011
AAKALIMO yomo Caprivi mboka ya gumwa kefundja onkene ya tegelela edhagadhaga lyetanga lyegameno opo li ye oku kwathela koshitopolwa shoka.Edhagadhaga olya tegelelwa okuya koshitopolwa hoka li ka
readIihokolola yedhipago po Kareeboomvloer yu uka ketokolo
16-05-2011
AALUMENTU yane ta ya tamanekelwa edhipago lyaantu ya hetatu pofaalama momudhingoloko gwa Kalkrand mu Maalitsa 2005 ota ya ka tegelela okuuva kutya etokolo lyompangu yOpombanda ota li ka gandjwa
readOmilongo ndatu ya si miiponga moondjila mu April nuumvo
16-05-2011
OMWAALU gwaantu omilongo ndatu na ya tatu ogwa kanitha oomwenyo dhawo miiponga yiihauto omwedhi gwayi moNamibia. Omukuluntupitithi gwoshiketha Shiiponga yIiyenditho[MVA], Jerry Mwadinohamba okwa
readOkuya miilando eshongo enene Ekandjo
16-05-2011
OKUMBOMBOLOKELA kiilando unene tuu momalukanda giipeleki olyo eshongo enene moshilongo. Ominista Yomalelo giitopolwa, Iilando, Omagumbo neputuko komikunda, Jerry Ekandjo okwa ti ishewe okwaana
readIita and Amakoto win inauguaral Windhoek Nujoma Marathon
16-05-2011
REINHOLD Iita gave a great performance to win the inaugural Dr Sam Nujoma Windhoek Marathon on Saturday.Iita finished the 42km race in a time of two hours 30 minutes and six seconds in a race that
readTour denies Tiger was pressured to play
16-05-2011
PONTE VEDRA BEACH – US PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem denied there was pressure from the tour pushing Tiger Woods into competing at the Players Championship, an event he withdrew from due to
readFormer Pakistan player nabbed in illegal betting raid
16-05-2011
KARACHI – Former Pakistan international off-spinner Akram Raza was among seven people detained by police in Lahore for running an illegal betting ring.Police said that Raza, who is now a first class
readIndian board on the front foot in DRS opposition
16-05-2011
NEW DELHI – The Indian board is against the mandatory use of the Decision Review System (DRS) in all international matches and will oppose its introduction at a crucial meeting in Hong Kong next
readTP Mazembe disqualified from Champions League
16-05-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Defending champions TP Mazembe of Congo were thrown out of the African Champions League on Saturday for fielding an ineligible player and three other teams were handed long-term
readFootball authorities condemn match-fixing
16-05-2011
AS the current domestic football season draws to an end, the Namibia Football Association and Premier League jointly condemned bribery allegations on Friday.According to the two football bodies,
readReds on top, Cheetahs beat Crusaders
16-05-2011
SYDNEY – Queensland Reds are the new overall leaders of rugby’s Super 15 after stalling the Auckland Blues juggernaut this weekend, as the Central Cheetahs upset the Canterbury Crusaders.The Reds won
readGebrselassie wins 4th Great Manchester Run
16-05-2011
MANCHESTER – Ethiopian long-distance great Haile Gebrselassie won the Great Manchester Run for the fourth time, pulling clear of Chris Thompson of Britain to ease to victory in the 10-kilometre race
readJoost van der Westhuizen diagnosed with MND
16-05-2011
JOHANNESBURG – “As a rugby player you were the best in the world. Fight the disease. “A life with meaning is not something that just happens, but something you create.” This was the message of support
readManchester United’s Ferguson, English football’s best manager
16-05-2011
LONDON – Manchester United’s record 19th title confirms Sir Alex Ferguson as the greatest manager in English football history, the 36th trophy of a remarkable 25-year reign at Old Trafford that may
readCity gunning for title next year: Mancini
16-05-2011
LONDON – Roberto Mancini believes Manchester City’s FA Cup triumph can be the launchpad for an assault on next season’s Premier League.City ended their 35-year trophy drought on Saturday after downing
readBig Brother Amplified: WIN N$500 and BBA t-shirts!
16-05-2011
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
readBig Brother Amplified: Not Strapped For Comment!
16-05-2011
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape that runs across the bottom of the BBA Amplified TV screen: * The problem is SA has two housemates … but they share one brain. *
readBig Brother Amplified: Heads You Win, Tails You Lose!
16-05-2011
The second weekend in the BB AMPLIFIED house has come and gone, starting with a round of arena games on Friday afternoon, some jacuzzi fun later that night and a foam party on Saturday. As with all
readMubarak’s wife stable after health scare
16-05-2011
CAIRO – The health of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s wife has improved after suffering symptoms of a heart attack and she is now available for police to take her to prison, the health
readNato must widen campaign in Libya
16-05-2011
TRIPOLI – The head of Britain’s armed forces urged Nato to widen its bombing campaign as a revolt against Libya’s regime entered its fourth month and the UN special envoy was expected in Tripoli
readPohamba receives an honorary doctorate
16-05-2011
WINDHOEK – President Hifikepunye Pohamba received an Honorary Doctorate Degree (Doctor of Philosophy - Honoris Causa) from the University of Namibia (UNAM) on Friday.“I would like to thank everyone
readNCC refuses to back down on Wal-Mart
16-05-2011
THE Namibian Competition Commission (NCC) is serious about the public’s interest and will therefore continue to impose conditions on companies seeking approval to merge, NCC chairman, Lucius Murorua,
readNamrights report castigates Government
16-05-2011
A systematic disregard for democracy, human rights and good governance principles in Namibia are the primary causes of the numerous and connected civil, cultural, economic, environmental, political
readNamdeb strike looms
16-05-2011
NAMDEB’S mining operations might be brought to a standstill within the next week after the Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia (MUN) threatened to go on strike following news of possible retrenchments.The
readWoman survives suicide attempt
16-05-2011
IF it had not been for two Swakopmund residents walking along the Vineta beach on Wednesday evening, a young woman likely would have died of hypothermia after what is believed to have been a failed
readTelecom bends job requirements
16-05-2011
FEAR of a lawsuit forced Telecom Namibia to bend the job requirements for a management position, the parastatal has claimed.Telecom appointed a chief financial officer (CFO) who is not a chartered
readSwartbooi urges Nama tribes to shun divisive elected leaders
16-05-2011
THE Karas governor Bernadus Clinton Swartbooi has called Nama tribes to shun some elected leaders that are out to disturb peace in traditional authorities. “Communities must say no to councillors that
readKaras residents need proper housing
16-05-2011
KEETMANSHOOP – The lack of proper housing and sanitation for people living in settlements and villages in the Karas region is a serious concern for the Karas Regional Council.This was said by three
readGovt ‘gets’ half of sea and land diamonds
16-05-2011
NEGOTIATIONS between Government and De Beers on the restructuring of Namdeb, effectively giving the State 50 per cent of the interest in all De Beers’s land and sea operations in Namibia, are still
readEnforcement of Tobacco Act coming
16-05-2011
EXISTING agencies and institutions such as local municipalities and the police, enforcement officers and civil society will all play a vital role at every stage of the implementation and enforcement
readDeaf man wanted for mother-in-law’s murder
16-05-2011
THE Police in the Omusati Region are looking for a deaf man from Okapika B village in the Ruacana Constituency who ran away after allegedly killing his mother-in-law.According to the Police the
readBack to square one for retrenched NHE staff
16-05-2011
ELEVEN former National Housing Enterprise staff members who sued the parastatal after being retrenched in 2006 are back where they started, after a win they had scored against the NHE in the Windhoek
readAmericans fail with bid for freedom
16-05-2011
A SECOND attempt to win their freedom through an urgent application in the High Court in Windhoek ended in failure for American murder suspects Marcus Kevin Thomas and Kevan Donnell Townsend on
read‘Nothing to show for after 21 years of Independence’
16-05-2011
POVERTY, corruption, unemployment and a decline in health and education are the defining characteristics of the Namibian society, according to Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) President, Hidipo
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