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58 Articles found on Thursday, 5 May 2011
Kilus faction: Aletta Nguvauva ‘not a chief’
05-05-2011
ALETTA Nguvauva is neither a queen nor a paramount chief, two senior members of one of the Ovambanderu supreme councils said yesterday.The two members, who spoke to The Namibian on condition of
readCourt freezes money found at ‘drug house’
05-05-2011
MONEY that was found in two alleged crack dealers’ house at Walvis Bay has become the subject of the fourth court case in which Namibia’s Prevention of Organised Crime Act has been used to freeze and
readRemembering Cassinga
05-05-2011
Around 500 people turned up at the UN Plaza in Katutura yesterday morning to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Cassinga mas- sacre.Founding President Sam Nujoma lit candles in remembrance of
readJudge orders release of arrested bride
05-05-2011
A WINDHOEK businesswoman who found herself being arrested by an immigration official on her wedding day had to get an urgent court order to win her release from Police custody at the end of last
readBenjamin to leave Hamburg
05-05-2011
BRAVE Warriors captain Collin Benjamin’s tenure at Hamburg SV is set to finish at the end of this season because the club will not renew his contract for the next season.The 33-year-old, who was
readDaughter saw Osama bin Laden killed: Official
05-05-2011
Islamabad – A young daughter of Osama bin Laden, now in custody with a Yemeni wife of the al Qaeda leader, saw her father shot dead, a Pakistani intelligence official said yesterday.The official from
readChinese bid halt won’t stop Husab development
05-05-2011
EXTRACT Resources will continue with the development of Husab as one the world’s five biggest uranium mines while its main shareholder, Kalahari Minerals, continues takeover discussions with China
readChasing the dots ...
05-05-2011
Tender Stakes IN my 20 years in the private sector playing smelters and mills a significant amount of time was spent ensuring availability of technical, operational supplies, which happened to
readNotable Quotes
05-05-2011
Is that white lady really dead? – Keetmanshoop murder suspect Quinton Pieters is said to have asked Detective Warant Officer Theodore Kotungondo this question after his arrest at the Keetmashoop
readSMSes For Thursday 5 May 2011
05-05-2011
SMS Of The Day *WE have had National Development Plans 1, 2 and 3. But is the National Planning Commission publishing reports to show who achieved the goals that were set? We get news about budgets
readConsumer Protection Act: What does it mean for consumers?
05-05-2011
WE have highlighted some portions of a letter from Mihe Gaomab II, secretary and chief executive of the Namibian Competition Commission, which explores some of the provisions and rights contained
readWal-Mart and consumers
05-05-2011
WAL-MART has recently been accorded entry into the Namibian market as the High Court of Namibia unanimously upheld its application to invalidate all conditions attached by the Namibian Competition
readEncourage meeting participation
05-05-2011
Meetings hold a lot of promise for your business but are rarely executed well, often because the same people hog the spotlight. Harvard Business Review has some ideas for turning that around.You know
readBusiness feels upbeat about Namibia
05-05-2011
NAMIBIA’S business confidence gained ground in March as consumer consumption increased and the business sector took a positive view of the trading outlook, a survey showed on Tuesday.The Business
readGordhan says SA fortunate to have strong rand
05-05-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday said it was fortunate that the rand currency was strong right now and helping to cushion the impact of higher international oil
readRinging results for Telecom Namibia
05-05-2011
RIDING on the back of increasing subscriber additions for its broadband offerings, Telecom Namibia last year rang up a three per cent increase in total revenue, totalling N$1,16 billion.Releasing its
readExports, consumption to drive African growth
05-05-2011
WASHINGTON – Another year of strong growth is in prospect for most of the 29 low-income countries (LICs) in Sub-Saharan Africa, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.The IMF’s latest Regional
read‘Horrific’ N Korean prison camps growing: AI
05-05-2011
SEOUL – North Korea has expanded its political prison camps in the past decade to hold about 200 000 people in “horrific” conditions, with some inmates eating rats to survive, Amnesty International
readCuban rolls record 81.8 metre cigar
05-05-2011
HAVANA – A Cuban cigar roller broke his own record on Tuesday by rolling the world’s longest cigar, a monster smoke that stretched 81.8 metres.Once it is officially accepted by Guinness World Records
read101 Journalists killed in 2010: IPI
05-05-2011
VIENNA – The number of journalists killed across the globe last year hit 101, the second highest figure since the 1990s, the International Press Institute (IPI) said on Tuesday.The most dangerous
readFatah, Hamas proclaim landmark reconciliation pact
05-05-2011
CAIRO – Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have proclaimed a landmark, Egyptian-mediated reconciliation pact aimed at ending their bitter four-year rift. The ceremony took place yesterday at
readOshigongi oshinene shefundja mOshakati
05-05-2011
OMUKULUNTUUNGANEKI gwefundja naayihe yapamba efundja mIitopolwa yomoNooli, ano moCaprivi, mOkavango, mOshikoto, mOhangwena, Moshana noshowo mOmusati Kolonela Clement Mwala ngoka wo e li Amushanga
readYandeni okutopola oshigwana
05-05-2011
NGOLONEYA gwa Karas okwa kumagidha nokuganda aawiliki yamwe yopolitika mboka a ti oyi ipyakidhila nokutopola oshigwana nelalakano okunyateka eholokepo lyepangelo nenge oku luudhika holomende
readOmbaanga ya Namibia ya zimine ombapila yombaanga yo SME yi gandjwe nuumvo
05-05-2011
OMBAANGA onene yaNamibia oya zimine okugandja ombapila yokutotithapo ombaanga yoongeshefa ooshona nodhopokati [SME bank].Momushangwa Ombaanga ya Namibia oya ti ezimino ndika olya gandjwa pamautho
readEtopoko moNabta lya etitha ekaleko lyokongressa
05-05-2011
OMINISTA yIilonga Niiyenditho, Erkki Nghimtina okwa ti oshigongi shehangano lyuubesa nuutekisa moNamibia sha li shina oku ningwa ehuliloshiwike lyaziko oshuundulilwa komeho. Oshigongi osha li sha
readOshipotha po Keetmanshoop masiku shapu
05-05-2011
OMPANGU yOpombanda ya Venduka oya uvu uumbangi wa hugunina kombinga yaalumentu yaali mboka taya tamanekelwa edhipago lyomulongi poshilando sha Kaiti omimvo ndatu netata dha piti po. Oshipotha moka,
readElenga enene lyomukiintu lyAambanderu lya ulikwa
05-05-2011
YINA ya nakusa Keharanjo Nguvauva ngoka a li iidhipaga iiwike itatu ya pitipo okwa ulikwa a ninge omuwiliki omunene gwoludhi lwAambanderu Osoondaha yapiti. Omuwiliki omuseniora melelo
readOmunangeshefa omukwashigwana gwa Putu a dhipagwa pOndobe
05-05-2011
OPOLISI mOhangwena ota yi konakona oshipotha shedhipago, konima sho omudhimba gwomunangeshefa omukwashigwana gwa Portugal gwaadhika melundu momudhingoloko gwaNdobe komatango getine oshiwike
readAakwiilongo oya li taya mana po ethimbo niikwamina yoshilongo
05-05-2011
EPANGELO olya tokola okugandja uuthemba wokumina nokukonga iifulwa mevi ya simana moNamibia kehangano lyalyo lyedhina Epangelo Mining Company, oshoka omahangano galwe gopaigwana ngoka ha ga pewa
readOsama bin Laden a dhipagwa
05-05-2011
AATSEYINAWA yopolitika moNamibia ota ya ti osha pumbiwa oku tegelela noku tala shoka tashi landula konima ye tseyitho kutya omuwiliki gwehangano lya Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden ke ko we.Bin Laden okwa
readMonitronic heads promotion push
05-05-2011
MONITRONIC College Football Club heads the Southern Stream First Division race for promotion to the premier league. The Windhoek-based club’s push for a first ever appearance in the premier division
readZone IV boxing tournament in Botswana
05-05-2011
THE Zone IV Boxing Championships that were billed to take place in Namibia will now take place in Botswana from May 9 to 14 and the Namibian team will leave on Sunday to compete at the tournament.The
readTillakaratne to take fixing claims to ICC
05-05-2011
COLOMBO – Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne said on Tuesday he was ready to share information on alleged match-fixing with the International Cricket Council, the game’s world governing
readRusch, Leicher top Badminton rankings
05-05-2011
JÜRGEN Leicher and Julie Rusch are the top-ranked badminton players in the country.According to the Badminton Federation of Namibia’s rankings released on Monday, the two were the most consistent
readSerena Williams stalker charged
05-05-2011
PALM BEACH GARDENS – A man was charged with stalking tennis star Serena Williams after police said they caught him trying to walk into her gated subdivision in South Florida.Palm Beach Gardens police
readWozniacki beats Jovanovski 6-4, 6-4 at Madrid Open
05-05-2011
MADRID – Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by beating Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday.Wozniacki broke her opponent twice in the first set and
readBeckham still wants to play at 2012 London Games
05-05-2011
LONDON – David Beckham still wants a place on Britain’s Olympic football team at next year’s London Games.Even though he played the last of his 115 internationals for England in October 2009 and
readFifa sets target for goal-line systems
05-05-2011
ZURICH – Fifa has set a target date of July 2012 to approve goal-line technology systems that could be introduced before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.Football’s governing body said Tuesday that
readRefs favour Barca: Ronaldo
05-05-2011
BARCELONA – Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo repeated allegations that referees favour Barcelona after his side were eliminated from the Champions League by their bitter rivals in the semi-finals
readCity approves landfill gas extraction project at Kupferberg
05-05-2011
A PROJECT that will reduce methane emissions and generate significant revenue for the Windhoek Municipality, known as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project, was approved by the Windhoek City
readConservation needs passion: Owen-Smith and Jacobsohn
05-05-2011
ACHIEVING conservation goals does not come quickly. It requires passion and perseverance.This is what Namibia’s award-winning legendary conservationists, Garth Owen-Smith and Dr Margie Jacobsohn, who
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped for Comment
05-05-2011
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA Amplied screen:* BBA is not just Africa’s biggest show, it’s the WORLD’S best! * Let’s go Africa, the
readBig Brother Amplified: ‘Come Fly With Me!
05-05-2011
JA, well, no, fine! The egos have landed. The ab fabs, the fab abs and the flab abs!!Sjoe, I think some of them could even give Real Madrid’s Ronaldo a run (or should that be a dive?!!) for his money
readDewani extradition hearing starts
05-05-2011
LONDON – A British businessman wanted in South Africa on charges of ordering his wife’s murder while on honeymoon in Cape Town began his extradition hearing in a London court on Tuesday.Hugo Keith, a
readRockets force Libyan exodus
05-05-2011
TRIPOLI – Libya’s army fired volleys of rockets at the rebel-held town of Zintan in the Western Mountains, pressing on with a campaign that has created a humanitarian crisis and forced thousands to
readUS issue visa fraud alert in Namibia
05-05-2011
The US Embassy in Windhoek issued an alert yesterday regarding recruitment companies claiming to work closely with United States Citizen and Immigration Services or the U.S. Department of State. The
readUnam Medical School campus officially opened
05-05-2011
GOVERNMENT’S vision of ending a situation where many Namibians lack access to medical doctors, has taken a major step with the new University of Namibia (Unam) School of Medicine.This was the message
readTUCNA calls for regulation of labour hire companies
05-05-2011
THE Trade Union Congress of Namibia (Tucna) demanded the Ministry of Labour develop a code of good practice as stipulated in the Labour Act, and that government regulate labour hire companies, labour
readSecurity guards still waiting for salaries
05-05-2011
THE saga between security guards employed by Sitore Security Services, the security firm, and the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), which saw security guards stationed at the Windhoek
readSwapo commemorates 51 years of existence
05-05-2011
A handful of Swapo Party supporters gathered at Okuryangava in the Khomas region to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the Swapo Party. The decision to commemorate the party’s anniversary on May Day
readSAEF calls for free media ownership
05-05-2011
THE Southern African Editors’ Forum (SAEF) said countries should embrace self-regulation as a mechanism to promote media freedom. Commemorating Press Freedom Day in Windhoek, the meeting attended by
readRecord drug bust in Erongo Region
05-05-2011
THE Erongo Police, with help from Swakopmund’s Welwitschia Security Services and Walvis Bay’s Narraville Neighbourhood Watch, have possibly made the biggest drug bust at the coast since
readTwo Okahandja children run over
05-05-2011
AT least two Namibians died on the roads this past long weekend. According to Khomas Deputy Commissioner Silvanus Nghishidimbwa, two children – aged one and four – died at Okahandja over the
readMayor requests Government help on informal settlements
05-05-2011
DESPITE having recently received N$300 million, from the Ministry of Regional and Local Government, for water and sanitation projects in informal areas, Windhoek mayor, Elaine Trepper says long term
readKaras Police break up major stock theft operation
05-05-2011
POLICE in Karas Region are claiming success in smashing a major stock theft operation which has landed seven suspects behind bars. Deputy Police Commissioner, Johannes Tsuseb, said senior officials
readHIV couple’s labour case ‘above board’
05-05-2011
THE labour case in which two HIV-positive workers accepted a month’s salary after making claims of unfair dismissal was above board and done in a professional manner.So said Roland Zirzow, the
readDPN slams Boois over /Hai-/Khaua unity
05-05-2011
THE Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN) is accusing Parliament and Berseba regional councillor Dawid Boois of undermining the /Hai-/Khaua clan’s unity. In a statement issued this week, the party’s
readBerseba tribe ignores minister
05-05-2011
THE Minister of Local Government, Jerry Ekandjo, has advised the /Hai-/Khaua tribe of Berseba to first seek Government recognition for their designated chiefs, Johannes Isaak and Stephanus Goliath,
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