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54 Articles found on Monday, 30 May 2011
Lay litigant fined for contempt of court
30-05-2011
ONE of Namibia’s most active lay litigants landed in serious trouble with the High Court on Friday, when he was convicted of contempt of court for a second time.Having been involved in seemingly
readAsset declaration law pending for senior public officials
30-05-2011
A DRAFT law forcing officials who hold public office to declare their interests, as well as those of their relatives, will be presented to the Minister of Justice Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana in 18 months’
readPower, water up
30-05-2011
Residents of Windhoek will have to dig deeper in their pockets for water and electricity from this week.The price of electricity is going up by 18% and water by 15% from June 1.Photo: Henry van Rooi
readAvid fraud trial delayed
30-05-2011
THE trial of the seven people facing fraud and other charges over a failed investment of N$30 million by the Social Security Commission in early 2005 will not be starting as scheduled this
readCongo keeps Arrows promise
30-05-2011
ELEVEN Arrows’ 2-0 victory over Civics in the Leo NFA Cup final on Saturday earned Congo Hindjou his first piece of silverware as a coach and ensured that he kept his promise of winning the trophy for
readNato air strike kills 14
30-05-2011
LASHKAR GAH – An air strike called in by Nato-led troops in southern Afghanistan killed 12 children and two women, Afghan officials said yesterday, one of the worst civilian death tolls by foreign
readAGOA forum to discuss trade improvements
30-05-2011
OVER 1 000 delegates from governments, businesses and civil society organisations are anticipated to attend the annual Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum in Lusaka, Zambia on June 8 to 10.
readSMSes for Monday 30 May 2011
30-05-2011
SMS Of The Day *HOW long will the Government keep wasting money with bad business decisions taken by appointing the wrong people? Telecom Namibia is the latest example! Why are the same mistakes
readNotable Quotes
30-05-2011
I did not issue any threat to anybody. – Lands Minister Alpheus !Naruseb has denied reports that he has made a death threat to National Union of Namibian Workers secretary general Evilastus Kaaronda.
readCuba announces tax break for some businesses
30-05-2011
HAVANA – Cuba has announced new measures to spur the island’s push into private enterprise. The government is instituting a moratorium on payroll taxes for small business owners and loosening limits
readQatar pledges US$10 billion investment in Egypt
30-05-2011
CAIRO – Qatar has pledged to invest US$10 billion in Egypt, a country with which it had strained relations under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, a minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.Egypt’s
readAgra revamps Keetmanshoop branch
30-05-2011
LOCAL agriculture and consumer products provider Agra has invested N$3.9 million in refurbishing one of its 17 branches at Keetmanshoop. The outlet with a new modern design which offers more floor
readNamibia needs to broaden industrial base
30-05-2011
OKAHANDJA – The Minister of Trade and Industry says there is an urgent need for Namibia to broaden its industrial base in order to withstand adverse global dynamic imperatives.Hage Geingob, whose
readNo paperwork on near US$500m of Kabulbank loans
30-05-2011
KABUL – A failed Afghan bank doled out nearly half a billion dollars in unsecured, undocumented loans to a roster of Kabul’s elite, including sitting cabinet ministers and a powerful former warlord,
readIMF urges Ghana to be ready to fight inflation
30-05-2011
ACCRA) – The International Monetary Fund warned Ghana of the risk of inflation on Friday, urging its central bank to be ready to tighten monetary policy if needed.“Ghana faces inflation risks from
readIndustry wobbles in Zimbabwe’s second city
30-05-2011
BULAWAYO – Ravens squawk from the rooftop of a deserted building, once a top producer of animal feed that employed hundreds in Zimbabwe’s second city of Bulawayo.Empty factories are now a common sight
readSierra Leone announces plans for new city, airport
30-05-2011
FREETOWN – Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma on Friday announced plans to build a new city and give the country’s airport a makeover to further lure investors to the west African nation.Koroma was
readTo make a point, tell a story
30-05-2011
If you need to make an argument about an issue about which you feel very strongly, don’t use harsh rhetoric but rather try a parable to illustrate the point, says Harvard Business Review.“When it
readWest African leaders to pick new bank governor
30-05-2011
LOME – Leaders of West African countries are to hold an extraordinary summit today to appoint a regional bank chief to replace an ally of Ivory Coast ex-strongman Laurent Gbagbo, media said
readIMF chief needs knowledge of Europe: Lagarde
30-05-2011
LONDON – French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Friday that nationality shouldn’t be a decisive factor in appointing the new chief of the International Monetary Fund, but argued that a sound
readIn Brief
30-05-2011
Syrian troops kill 2 in besieged town: witness AMMAN – Syrian forces killed two people and wounded scores more yesterday in the town of Rastan in central Syria, which has seen large demonstrations
readFrench minister accused of sexual harassment resigns
30-05-2011
PARIS – A French junior minister accused of sexual harassment resigned yesterday, two weeks after former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York on sex crime charges.Civil service
readDutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops
30-05-2011
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch government on Friday said it would start banning tourists from buying cannabis from “coffee shops” and impose restrictions on Dutch customers by the end of the year.The
readAl Qaeda group tightens grip on Yemeni town
30-05-2011
SANAA – An al Qaeda group tightened its grip on a Yemeni coastal town while in the capital Sanaa a truce was holding yesterday between President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s forces and armed rebels, hours
readYa pewa egeelo edhigu kompangu medhipago
30-05-2011
AALUMENTU yaali ya monika ondjo medhipago lyomutalelipo Omundowishi, Johannes Fellinger pethimbo lyetalelopop lye moNamibia mu Juli 2007 oya pewa kehe gumwe omimvo 46 mondholongo.Omupolisi nale Fanuel
readOmudhipagi gwa Stoffels ta kongwa natango
30-05-2011
OPOLISI natango ota yi kongo ngoka a dhipaga nakusa Madgalena Stoffels , mokati komagandjo gombedhi mokukwata omufekelwa a puka. Omanga aanawino miilonga yiikulumuna ita ya tsu kumwe kutya
readAapangi mOshana ya dhana Esiku lyawo lyopaigwana nomukumo
30-05-2011
AAPANGI mOshana, meti 24 Mei 2011 osho ya dhana Esiku lyOpaigwana lyAapangi, nokupopithwa kAapopi ya simana, mwa kwatelwa Gavena yaShana, Klemens Kashuupulwa, Omuwiliki gwUuhaku mOshana, Omundohotola
readTa kamitha ootjotji moondjila dha Namibia
30-05-2011
AAHINGI yiihauto otaya londodhwa kutya moondjila dha Namibia omwa fa tamu iyakele oombudhi dhiihauto nosho tuu, tadhi dhenge iihauto nomamanya nelalakano lyaashiwike.Omuniilonga mOmbaanga ya
readAagundjuka yo Swapo ye li kumwe
30-05-2011
EWAWA lyAagundjuka yoSwapo[Swapo Youth League] SPYL, ota ya ulike ye li kumwe naamushanga gwewawa, Elijah Ngurare, konima yoshigongi shongundumutima sha gongalele etiyali lya yi no sha kwata ootundi
readIna tilitha muntu !Naruseb a ti
30-05-2011
OMINISTA yOmavi nOmatulululo, Alpheus !Naruseb oya ekelehi omipopyo kutya yo oya tilitha amushangandjayi gwondundahangano yaaniilonga aaNamibia[NUNW], Evilastus Kaaronda neso.“Inandi ningila nando
readFifa clears Blatter, suspends Warner and Bin Hammam
30-05-2011
ZURICH – Fifa’s ethics committee cleared president Sepp Blatter in yesterday’s soccer’s bribery investigation.Executive committee members Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner were provisionally
readJacques Burger puts heartbreak to bed
30-05-2011
SARACENS flanker Jacques Burger revealed the disappointment of last year’s final ran through his head in the closing stages of his side’s 22-18 Aviva Premiership Final victory over Leicester Tigers on
readKenya friendly called off
30-05-2011
THE Brave Warriors’ proposed friendly match against Kenya’s Harambee Stars today has been called off, team manager Cyril Isaacs said yesterday. Isaacs said Kenya had experienced trouble with their
readBolt happy to blow away the cobwebs after victory
30-05-2011
ROME – Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt said he was happy to have blown away the cobwebs after winning his comeback race following a nine-month lay-off.The 24-year-old world record holder was a little
readTurmoil over Fifa top job as Bin Hammam withdraws
30-05-2011
PARIS – The battle for Fifa’s top job was thrown into further turmoil yesterday when president Sepp Blatter’s main rival for the post, Mohamed bin Hammam, ended his campaign amid a bitter fall-out
readLizarazu to run naked for promoted Evian
30-05-2011
PARIS – Former France defender Bixente Lizarazu will run naked through the streets of Evian to celebrate the local club’s promotion to Ligue 1.Evian were promoted earlier this month and clinched the
readLjubicic targets ‘shaken’ Nadal at French Open
30-05-2011
PARIS – Veteran Ivan Ljubicic hopes to take advantage of a “shaken” Rafael Nadal and send the five-time champion and world number one out of the French Open today.Although the 32-year-old Croatian
readReds beat Crusaders in Super 15 epic
30-05-2011
WELLINGTON – The Queensland Reds gave the strongest statement of the strength of their title challenge in rugby’s Super 15 when they beat seven-time champions Canterbury 17-16 in the tournament’s 15th
read‘Juju’ thanks Orlando Pirates fans
30-05-2011
ORLANDO Pirates’ two-goal hero Thulasizwe ‘Juju’ Mbuyabe has attributed their success this season to hard work and dedication from everybody involved with the Mighty Buccaneers.After Black Leopards
readBarca outclass Man U, again
30-05-2011
WEMBLEY – Over 25 years Alex Ferguson has turned Manchester United into English football’s most successful side, but an all-powerful Barcelona side is thwarting his quest for European domination.A
readBig Brother Amplified: Welcome Home Jossy!
30-05-2011
Jossy Joss, Big Brother AMPLIFIED’s first evictee, was welcomed home in style on Friday, as friends and fans partied up a storm at his eviction party, held at Cheers Lounge in Windhoek. The local DJ,
readRebels upbeat ahead of ‘exit’ talks
30-05-2011
BENGHAZI – Libyan rebels applauded a G8 call for Muammar Gadd- afi to go ahead of a visit today by South Africa’s president for talks that officials said will focus on an “exit strategy” for the
readVaalgras community to convene meeting in defiance of tribe leader
30-05-2011
DISGRUNTLED members of the Nama-speaking Herero tribe, known as the Orlams, have vowed to defy an order by their Chief Joel Stephanus not to convene a community meeting at Vaalgras this Saturday. In a
readTaxi fare war looms between Nabta, Govt
30-05-2011
A TAXI fare war is expected to cause an uproar in the public transport industry this week. The lead actors in the imminent fight are the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) and the Ministry of
readNew brooms at national broadcaster
30-05-2011
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) spends 60 per cent of its total expenditure on salaries.Although the current restructuring process is not aimed at “putting people on the streets”, director
readKaaronda rejects death threat denials
30-05-2011
EMBATTLED Secretary General of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), Evilastus Kaaronda, released a press statement on Friday in which he rejected “in the strongest terms possible and the
readHilton Hotel officially opens
30-05-2011
GLITZ and glamour was the order of the day on Thursday evening as the Hilton Hotel in Windhoek was officially opened, bringing together the who's who of Namibia's political leadership and
readForeign investors welcome: Pohamba
30-05-2011
GOVERNMENT has undertaken a number of initiatives to improve Namibia’s competitiveness at both regional and international level, according to President Hifikepunye Pohamba.Speaking at the official
readFish trucks bought with Spanish help
30-05-2011
THE Spanish ambassador to Namibia, Alfons Barnuevo, says although Namibia is rich in fish, the level of local fish consumption is low, partly due to the difficulty in buying fish.He said most of
readNamibia, SA, Angola launch fisheries project
30-05-2011
BY improving knowledge of basic ecosystems processes, improving the assessment of fish stocks and involving stakeholders in the management of fisheries, the ECOSFISH project will develop a new
readErongo official killed in car crash
30-05-2011
THE deputy director of planning of the Erongo Regional Council, Vikurupa Kavendjii, was killed on Friday after the car he and three others were travelling in crashed over a breakwater wall at Walvis
readNdeitunga warns recruits not to become 'bosses'
30-05-2011
KALAHARI – The Inspector General of the Namibian Police (NamPol), Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga, on Friday warned 404 Police cadets joining the force never to become “bosses” of the
readAU wants political solution for Libya
30-05-2011
AN extraordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) held last week said it is convinced that only a political solution to the Libyan conflict will make sustainable peace possible.It
readAcquittal after spending 11 years in prison
30-05-2011
A WINDHOEK resident who has spent the past eleven years in jail over an armed robbery at a school in the city heard on Friday that he has succeeded with an appeal against his conviction and 17-year
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