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62 Articles found on Thursday, 26 May 2011
SPYL presents united front
26-05-2011
THE Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) presented a unified front with its embattled Secretary Elijah Ngurare emerging unscathed after its Central Committee marathon meeting that went on for 20 hours. The
readCaprivi assault claims settled
26-05-2011
ANOTHER batch of damages claims against Government over the alleged torture and unlawful arrest and detention of people in the Caprivi Region in the wake of separatist attacks at Katima Mulilo in
readTraditionally African
26-05-2011
NamWater celebrated Africa Day on Tuesday and all their staff dressed up in traditional cloth- ing. Photo: Tanja BauseThey also cooked traditional dishes and everyone got to taste them. This was done
readRainy season was one for the record books
26-05-2011
THE record-breaking rainy season that large parts of Namibia have been experiencing this year can be attributed to the strongest La Niña condition in the Pacific Ocean in at least 35 years.This is
readStramis fumes at NFA blunders
26-05-2011
According to the competition’s rules, Isaacs cannot feature in the final against Eleven Arrows because he “received two yellow cards in a match” leading up to the final.Stramis said the rule in
readObama, Cameron predict success in Libya
26-05-2011
LONDON – Predicting success in Libya, President Barack Obama said yesterday that Muammar Gaddafi would ultimately be forced to step down if Nato keeps up its military campaign with the US playing a
readIndia inks cooperation deals with Africa
26-05-2011
ADDIS ABABA – India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed trade and investment deals yesterday to expand India’s economic footprint on the African continent, where China has made huge advances.The
readSMSes for Thursday 26 May 2011
26-05-2011
SMS Of The Day *YES I am a veteran of the liberation struggle. My contribution to the fight for freedom of my country can never be rewarded with monetary payments! Not N$20 000, N$50 000 nor N$1
readThe Old Contemptible
26-05-2011
SO it’s Africa Day, the OAU, formed 48 years ago and now colonialism is eliminated from our continent and we are all free, we changed the organisation to the AU. This pleased Colonel Gaddafi whose
readNotable Quotes
26-05-2011
It is unheard of and an insult of the highest order to infer that the Namibian Police acted under someone’s directive when in fact it acted in good faith to ensure that law and order prevailed at the
readThe Best and Worst of…
26-05-2011
NAMIBIA is a beautiful country, with wonderful landscapes, lovely weather and friendly people. But let’s face it, sometimes customer service sucks and that is just one thing that can do with some
readGo away, Getaway Abroad
26-05-2011
Please do me a favour and publish in the newspaper to warn our fellow Namibians about this Going Abroad issue. I personally called the given number in the UK and when I talked to him about being
readUS sues big oil traders for 2008 manipulation
26-05-2011
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON – US regulators launched one of the biggest ever crackdowns on oil price manipulation on Tuesday, suing two well-known traders and two trading firms owned by Norwegian billionaire
readChina treating foreign companies ‘unfairly’
26-05-2011
BEIJING – A growing number of European companies in China believe they are being treated unfairly by the government and expect discrimination to increase, a business group said yesterday.The European
readLagarde to launch IMF bid
26-05-2011
PARIS/WASHINGTON – France’s finance minister entered the race to head the IMF yesterday, succeeding the fallen Dominique Strauss-Kahn, despite anger in big emerging economies over Europe’s “obsolete”
readEmerging economies strain tight commodity supplies
26-05-2011
HONG KONG – Buoyant commodities demand from emerging economies is straining tight supplies and putting more pressure on producers to ramp up output, Glencore’s chief executive said yesterday.A
readIn Brief
26-05-2011
New storms threaten battered US towns JOPLIN – New storms yesterday threatened a devastated Missouri town still looking for survivors from one of the strongest tornadoes on record after deadly
readPope shuts down ‘partying’ monastery
26-05-2011
ROME – Pope Benedict XVI has shut down a famous community in Rome that organised dances by a former nightclub dancer nun and hosted VIPs like Madonna, earning the disfavour of the Vatican.The closure
readObama and Cameron in talks on Arab Spring
26-05-2011
LONDON – US President Barack Obama held talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday, grappling with the turmoil across the Arab world and the NATO effort to dislodge Libya’s Muammar
readYokOotenda dhokOshoopala nEkuku taya popi omaudhigu
26-05-2011
Aantu yehamekwa komeya gefundja mOshakati mboka ya tembudhilwa kootenda dhi li kOsenda ya Shoopala nEkuku moNooli ya Shakati, otaya ti kutya oya hala okupewa uuyelele kAaleli yawo yomOshakati mboka
readDon Barden gwooShefa a mana oondjenda
26-05-2011
OMUNANGESHEFA omvalele yAmerica, Don H Barden okwa si mepipi lyomimvo 67 metine lyoshiwike shayi. Nakusa Barden ota dhimbulukiwa moNamibia sho a li a tungu ofabulika yoku tula kumwe iihauto yoo Shefa
readMutorwa a pula Nored a fale olusheno po Sikondo
26-05-2011
MINISTA yUunamapya, Omeya nOmakuti, John Mutorwa okwa indile ehangano lyokwaandjaganeka olusheno muumbangalantu[Nored] li endeleleke iilonga yoku nenepeka ehala lyokugandja olusheno ndyoka lili
readAagundjuka ya Africa ya hala okugongala olwindji
26-05-2011
AAKALELIPO poshigongi shotango shaawiliki aagundjuka aa Afrika na China, sha li moVenduka oshiwike sha yi oya hala iigongi ya tya ngaaka yi kale ha yi ningwa olwindji. Aagundjuka oya hala woo iigongi
readOndjalula ompe yomanongelo
26-05-2011
UUMINISTELI wElongo ota wu dhiladhila okweetapo ondjalulamasiku ompe yomanongelo. Elalakano oku yanda epiyaganeko lyiilonga yosikola kefundja lyomumvo kehe unene tuu miitopolwa yokuumbangalantu
readTaya longo
26-05-2011
EWILIKO lyoshitopolwa sha Hardap ota li lalakanene okweetapo oompito dhiilonga noshwo okwoopaleka ongushu yelongo moshitopolwa. Omunashipundi shewiliko lyoshitopolwa shika Jeremia van Neels okwa popi
readOlutenda lwa Shikango lwa tamekwa
26-05-2011
IILONGA yokutula iitenda yolutenda kondjila yolutenda okuza pOndangwa oku ya kOshikango oya tegelelwa okutameka omwedhi tuuka. Iilonga mbika ota yi ka tameka mesiku lyotango lya Juni konima sho ya
readIilonga moomina ya nenepala
26-05-2011
OSHIKONDO shoomina osha li sha gandja iilonga kaantu omayovi 7 000 omumvo gwa yi. Oomina oonene mbali ya Namdeb na Rossing odho natango dhi na aaniilonga oyendji moshikondo shika. Pauyelele
readYa hala okukala pOshoopala nEkuku
26-05-2011
OONAKUHEPEKWA komeya gefundja mboka ya tembudhilwa mOotenda dhokOshoopala nEkuku mOshakati otaya indile kEpangelo, kElelo lya Shana nokElelo lyOndoolopa ya Shakati ya tulululwe thiluthilu opo yaa kale
readYoung Gladiators braced for Germany
26-05-2011
THE Namibia Football Association has selected a relatively young team of 20 female players for their tour of Germany next month.According to national team coach Jacqueline Shipanga, the trip is an
readOchurub nets golden boot award
26-05-2011
HAROLD Ochurub of Mighty Gunners netted just 12 goals in the 2010/11 season to get the “golden boot” title in the MTC Premiership that recently concluded.Ochurub scored a hat-trick in his team’s 4-2
readYou can also be a champ when Man United and Barca clash!!!
26-05-2011
SHARE the passion of champions. Live the excitement. Join in the countdown to next Saturday’s Champions League final, which pits La Liga champions Barcelona against English Premier League champs
readClijsters returns to French Open after five years
26-05-2011
PARIS – Right after winning her first Australian Open title, Kim Clijsters started thinking about, and preparing for, the French Open.The two-time runner-up, who last played on the red clay of Roland
readRooney the dangerman, says former team mate Pique
26-05-2011
BARCELONA – Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has highlighted former team mate Wayne Rooney as the danger when they face Manchester United in the Champions League final at Wembley on Saturday.Pique
readNamibian hockey teams to play in SA
26-05-2011
THE Namibia Schools’ Sports Union (NSSU) on Saturday conducted hockey trials to select under-14, under-16 and under-18 national hockey teams to participate in an international hockey festival in South
readYouth motivational workshop in Lüderitz
26-05-2011
YOUTH Development through Football (YDF) Namibia, in conjunction with GIZ and the NFA, will hold a life skills and motivational workshop at Lüderitz from tomorrow until Sunday.The workshop will focus
readHigh stakes in women’s amateur golf
26-05-2011
THIS weekend the Windhoek Country Club will host a fierce battle when the top female golfers in Namibia compete to lift the Bank Windhoek Namibian Open Ladies Amateur Golfer trophy.Thirty-six golfers
readLast chance for fistballers
26-05-2011
SPECTATORS can expect some exciting and tense games when the Bank Windhoek Namibian Fistball Championship continues on Saturday. The games begin at 08h00 and will be played at the SKW fistball fields
readTalk from palaeontologists
26-05-2011
‘News from the Past: What Fossils can tell us about Climate Change,’ is the title of a presentation by two European palaeontologists on Monday next week at the Franco-Namibia Cultural Centre.The
readNacoma gets a year extension
26-05-2011
THE World Bank granted the Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project (Nacoma) another year to ensure its initial five year plan’s objectives are finalised.The original agreement ended at the
readAAP-Namibia donates to enviro school clubs
26-05-2011
ENVIRONMENTAL clubs at nine schools and the University of Namibia have been given a total amount of N$ 500 000 by a climate change adaptation project in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.The
readGlobal environmental convention fails to deliver
26-05-2011
INTERNATIONAL environmental negotiations continue to be derailed by disagreements between involved parties.The just-ended 19th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Sustainable Development
readWin! WIN!!! Win! BBA party tickets
26-05-2011
TWO lucky readers can win two tickets each, courtesy of DStv-MultiChoice, to Jossy’s eviction party in Windhoek tomorrow night, May 27!All you have to do is SMS us the second half of Jossy’s name!
readBig Brother Amplified: It’s time to vote for a favourite!
26-05-2011
IT’S time to vote again. Five housemates are up for eviction this week: our girl Bernadina, Ghana’s Confidence, Vina from Nigeria, Uganda’s Sharon O and Michael from Mozambique. Please remember that
readBig Brother Amplified: Not Strapped For Comment
26-05-2011
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape that runs across the bottom of the BBA Amplified TV screen:* Living the Amplified life is living the Good Life! * Am so loving BBAmplified.
readBig Brother Amplified: Rapture And Ruptures!
26-05-2011
GREAT to see a whole host of messages supporting our girl Bernadina on the Big Brother Amplified message strap. And not just from Namibians. Way to go! Have seen texts from South Africa, Malawi and
readIn Brief
26-05-2011
Zuma plans Gaddafi’s ‘exit strategy’ talks PRETORIA – South African President Jacob Zuma will visit Tripoli next week, his office said yesterday, for talks that officials told AFP would focus on an
readEgyptians rejoice over Mubarak trials
26-05-2011
CAIRO – Many Egyptians are rejoicing that Hosni Mubarak, the dictator they overthrew in a popular uprising, will face trial, but some say they are sorry to see the former president “humiliated.”“I am
readUp to 40 000 flee unrest in Sudan
26-05-2011
JUBA – Violence in and around Sudan’s contested Abyei district has driven up to 40 000 people from their homes, a senior UN official said yesterday, amid reports of war crimes, looting and
readWalvis water restrictions end
26-05-2011
NAMWATER has repaired some water infrastructure in the Kuiseb River, resulting in a steady supply of water to Walvis Bay.Consequently, the municipality of Walvis Bay on Tuesday lifted its water
readIllegal Keetmanshoop squatters face eviction
26-05-2011
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council has issued eviction notices to about 70 illegal squatters occupying municipal plots in the Ileni informal settlement since 2008.According to the notices, the council
readRDP slams Namibia’s public health system
26-05-2011
THE state of healthcare in public hospitals and clinics has deteriorated alarmingly since Independence, says the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP). In a press statement issued on Tuesday, RDP
readProblems with Angolan suspects’ extradition
26-05-2011
NAMIBIAN authorities have run into problems with the extradition from Angola of two Angolan suspects in the killing of Portuguese businessman Dos Santos Alves Henriques Jorge Manuel (47).When
readOshana nurses mark their day in style
26-05-2011
NURSES in the Oshana Region commemorated International Nurses Day at Oshakati on Tuesday, starting with a march from the Oyetu shopping complex to the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital where the event
readMissing teens found in Swakop
26-05-2011
THE 15-year-old girl from Karasburg who ran away from home two weeks ago is expected to be reunited with her grandmother in Windhoek today.Elvira Cloete and her friend, Mavis Kaaronda, both grade nine
readMigrants reluctant to embrace formal housing
26-05-2011
SLOW delivery of serviced land as well as unaffordable prices are just two of a number of reasons why people migrating from rural to urban areas prefer to live in informal settlements instead of
readLAC tackles unmarried couple’s rights
26-05-2011
COUPLES living together in Namibia without a ring on their fingers receive little protection from the law. In response, the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) recently published “A family affair”,
readKilus faction ‘sets the record straight’
26-05-2011
AS far as the Kilus Nguvauva faction of the divided Ovambanderu community is concerned, “there is only one horse left in the race [for chieftainship]”.So said Kapanola Marenga – a senior advisor to
readHunt for Stoffels killer still on
26-05-2011
AMIDST accusations of a wrongful arrest and detention and a multi-million dollar civil claim in the Magdalena Stoffels murder case, crime experts differ on whether the trail for the killer has gone
readBarriers to affordable housing must be reviewed
26-05-2011
REVIEWING the current legislative and institutional framework relating to infrastructure development and the National Housing Policy are amongst a number strategies required to address informal
readGochas rape suspect out on bail
26-05-2011
THE Gochas man who is accused of having raped his 15-year-old neighbour has been released on bail of N$800.George Titus (32) handed himself over to the Police after a six-day manhunt last week. He was
readAnti-corruption lacks in key areas – IPPR
26-05-2011
DESPITE extensive legislation aimed at fighting corruption, the Namibian anti-corruption laws do not go far enough in regulating against the potential for corrupt behaviour, according to the Institute
readAlgeria poised for change
26-05-2011
Algeria has started a constitutional reform process that promises to open political and social participation. The country also wants to strengthen and expand its relations with Namibia. The
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