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63 Articles found on Thursday, 10 November 2011
Bee whisperer
10-11-2011
Beekeeper Roland Graf zu Bentheim was called by the Ministry of Works and Transport to a house in Simpson Street in Windhoek West to remove bees from an empty house. The house belongs to the ministry
readWitch-hunt allegations in Swapo Youth League
10-11-2011
THE Swapo succession fight is filtering from the national level to its regional and local structures.The latest allegations of a witch-hunt to weed out dissenters and opponents of powerful cliques
read‘Labour hire’ changes praised
10-11-2011
RULING and opposition parties hailed the proposed Labour Amendment Bill to deal with labour-hire companies as a step in the right direction. Labour Minister Immanuel Ngatjizeko last week introduced
readIyambo downplays crisis
10-11-2011
EDUCATION Minister Abraham Iyambo yesterday tried to downplay the fact that the vast majority of Namibian teachers fared poorly in a recent English proficiency test.In a rushed statement in Parliament
readDiergaardt readies for Vodacom Cup
10-11-2011
WHILE turmoil continues within the Namibia Rugby Union, Welwitschias coach Johan Diergaardt is quietly preparing a team for the Vodacom Cup. Yesterday, Diergaardt called up a sizeable pool of players
readIran won’t retreat from nuclear path: Ahmadinejad
10-11-2011
TEHRAN – Iran won’t retreat “one iota” from its nuclear programme, but the world is being misled by claims that it seeks atomic weapons, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday in his first
read‘High house prices not sustainable’
10-11-2011
PROPERTY prices are set to drop as Namibians don’t earn enough to continue paying for expensive houses, FNB Namibia economist Namene Kalili has said. House prices continued climbing in June,
readANC centenary bash tops N$100m
10-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The ANC’s centenary celebrations will cost more than N$100 million, the party said on Tuesday.“It will not cost less than R100 million, it is costly,” ANC national chairwoman Baleka
readANC’s Malema due to hear his fate today
10-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s ruling ANC will today announce the verdict of a disciplinary hearing that could derail the political career of its outspoken youth leader Julius Malema, a party power
readCops deny Liberia’s Tubman was targeted
10-11-2011
MONROVIA – Liberian police yesterday denied there was ever any attempt to assassinate presidential hopeful Winston Tubman at a rally on the eve of the run-off vote.Tubman, who cried foul after
readPrivate sector credit growth ‘zigzagging’
10-11-2011
CONSUMERS shied away slightly from borrowed money in September, with credit growing 11,2 per cent on an annual basis, down 0,7 per cent in August.Despite the contraction, September’s figure was still
readPush for decisive meetings Push for decisive meetings
10-11-2011
Conversations at many meetings risk drifting around in circles unless certain steps are taken, says Harvard Business Review.Meetings without outcomes are a waste of time. Yet, many meetings fail to
readMillionaires list favourite stocks
10-11-2011
BOSTON – Hedge fund managers Paul Singer, Robert Zoellner, Kyle Bass and Israel Englander are among the handful of people millionaires trust with their riches.TIGER 21, a high-end investment club
readMoody’s downgrades South Africa on ANC worries
10-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Ratings agency Moody’s downgraded the outlook on South Africa’s ratings yesterday due to worries that political pressure from unions and black voters wanting greater economic redress
readWall St bonuses to drop 30%
10-11-2011
WASHINGTON – Wall Street’s banking and broking elite, under attack in the US for excessive pay, will see their end-of-year bonuses cut by up to 30 per cent this year, according to a report. Bonuses,
readWorld risks ‘losing a decade’
10-11-2011
BEIJING – The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Europe’s debt crisis risks plunging the global economy into a “lost decade” and said it was up to rich nations to shoulder
readAngloGold reports record-breaking earnings
10-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – AngloGold Ashanti, the world No 3 gold miner, reported record-breaking third-quarter earnings yesterday, beating forecasts as bullion’s bull run filled its coffers.Adjusted headline
readAfrica set for 738 mln phones by end 2012
10-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Africa is the world’s fastest-growing mobile phone market and the poorest continent will be home to 738 million handsets, or nearly three mobiles for every four of its people, by the
readZambia president revamps wildlife authority
10-11-2011
ZAMBIA’S newly elected president Michael Sata last week disbanded the leadership of the country’s wildlife authorities and pardoned 76 convicted wildlife poachers.Remarks made by the president
readGermans fund SADC environment programmes
10-11-2011
GERMANY has agreed to fund transboundary use and protection of natural resources and the management of shared water resources by the Southern African Development Community member states.Following
readA young writer shares a lion’s end
10-11-2011
Nishi Felton is an avid reader and attends Windhoek International School. She writes short pieces of fiction, and this piece was written after reading ‘In Bushveld and Desert: A Game Ranger’s Life’,
readPanel says freakish weather worsens
10-11-2011
FREAKISH weather disasters – from the sudden October snowstorm in the Northeast US to the record floods in Thailand – are striking more often. And global warming is likely to spawn more similar
readLions in the balance
10-11-2011
“WE had a full guest list and were sitting down to breakfast. We watched four lionesses chase the buffalos just down there.” Lodge manager Simone Micheletti points across the river that flows in front
readTelevision star named AIDS Envoy
10-11-2011
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced on Tuesday that talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has been named as a Special Envoy for Global AIDS Awareness.In a letter to DeGeneres, Secretary
read‘BE INSPIRED!’: Heavy D
10-11-2011
It was as if Heavy D knew that it would be his last tweet.The self-proclaimed “overweight lover” of hip hop, who became one of rap’s top hitmakers with his charming combination of humour and
readPressure mounts on Greece to name new crisis PM
10-11-2011
ATHENS – Calls for Greece’s top two parties to quickly name a unity government grew yesterday after power-sharing talks dragged into a third day with the country in political limbo and facing imminent
readBerlusconi resignation fails to convince markets
10-11-2011
ROME – Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s pledge to resign after implementing economic reforms did nothing yesterday to staunch a perilous collapse in market confidence in Italy.Financial markets have
readEwiliko lyopombanda po NBC ina li gwanapo natango
10-11-2011
EWILIKO lyopombanda lyehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia[NBC] inali gwanapo natango.Omukuluntuwiliki gwa NBC, Albertus Aochamub okwa ti euliko lyiilyo ya hugunina yewiliko ndyoka olya
readYane ya si moshiponga
10-11-2011
AAKWASHIGWANA yane oya si miiponga iyali ya yooloka moNooli omasiku ngaka, shoka sha eta omwaalu gwoonakusa miiponga yiihauto okuza meti 28 Septemba 2011, gu kale paantu omilongombali nayatatu
readEpukululo
10-11-2011
Moshifo shetiyali mOshiwambo otwa tulile efano lya puka ponkundana ta yi popi Omuperesidende gwo SRC ya Unam. Mpaka ota pa monika Francine Muyumba, ota tu gandja ombili komunasikola ngoka twa pe
readOmidhimba mokila ya Rundu
10-11-2011
EZIMBA ndyoka lya li ta li zi mokila yomidhimba yoshipangelo sha Rundu olya etwamo komudhimba ngoka gwa li gwa yonuka sho gweetwamo moshipangelo. Omundohotola omukuluntu moshipangelo shoka, Maina
readAathingo ya nyeyetele Muni gwa Shakati
10-11-2011
AAKALIMO yomOthingo muuninginino wa Shakati otaya nyenyetele Muni gwa Shakati taya ti kutya okwa hala oku ya thiminika ya ze po pomahala gawo noshowo oku ya thiminika kutya inaya tunga we omagumbo
readOtashi vulika iiyaha yemwene okusa
10-11-2011
OMUFEKELWA medhipago lyaakadhona aamwayinathana ota ti okwiitaala kutya gumwe gwomaakadhona mboka ota shi vulika iiyaha yemwene lwaali sho a gwile pevi omanga a li a tya ondjembo ya lukilwa. Salmon
readGuiseb ke shiwe komufala
10-11-2011
ETHIGOPO lyiilonga yuukomufala womahogololo ku komufala ngoka aadhika opo a ulikwa moshilonga shika olya kolekwa. Ominista yiipambele yombelewa yOmuperesidende, Albert Kawana okwa koleke kutya, Rodney
readOshikondo shomatungo nashoopalekwe nawa
10-11-2011
EPANGELO olya fa aniwa ta li nkundipike omutalelo gwiilonga yomatungo galyo, naashika ota li shiningi tashi vulika shi ka nayipike oshikondo ashihe shomatungo moshilongo.Oshinima shika opwa itaalwa
readOmudhengingonyo Joe Frazier a hulitha
10-11-2011
OMUDHENGINGONYO Joe Frazier okwa mana oondjenda dhe mepipi lyomimvo 67, konima yuuwehame wokankela yehuli.Ofamilia ye oya tseyitha eso lye Omaandaha. Nakusa Frazier okwa sindana epapa lyuudhengingonyo
readBeukes ta kondjo
10-11-2011
OMUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu gwa Namcor nale ota kambadhala opo a pewe oshimaliwa shokuthigapo iilonga, konima sho a tidhwa miilonga ye omanga oshikako uvathano shiilonga ye inaashi pwako. Sam Beukes okwa
readOyendji naya longwe Oshiingilisa nawa
10-11-2011
KONYALA ooperesenda 98 dhaalongisikola moNamibia iha ya lesha, shanga noshowo iha ya popi nawa Oshiingilisa. Omwaalu nguka ogu lilepo aalongi omayovi 22 089 yomaalongi omayovi 23 000 mboka ya li
readPirates dominate Inline Championships
10-11-2011
COASTAL Pirates dominated the All-Namibian Inline Hockey Championships held at Swakopmund over the weekend when they won nine of the 10 categories.The top scorer of the tournament was Hans Christian
readSquash doubles a huge success
10-11-2011
THE Trustco-sponsored squash doubles contest, held at Wanderers over the weekend, featured some nail-biting matches as players battled it out in three categories to win trophies and prize money.In the
readNFA confident of fair resolution
10-11-2011
THE Namibia Football Association is optimistic that it will get a fair shout when its appeal against Burkina Faso’s inclusion in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations is heard next week. According to the NFA
readFifa for Health holds graduation
10-11-2011
MORE than 400 schoolchildren from Windhoek will tomorrow graduate at the A. Shifidi Secondary School from the Fifa Eleven for Health Pilot project, as plans to expand the programme countrywide get
readHanekom wins Döbra Loops
10-11-2011
JACO Hanekom won the Elite Men’s category at the Döbra Loops Cycling Race that took place in Brakwater outside Windhoek on Sunday morning.Hanekom received stiff competition from Ingram Cuff who stuck
readCameron wants Fifa’s poppy ban reviewed
10-11-2011
LONDON – British Prime Minister David Cameron says it’s “outrageous” that Fifa won’t allow England players to wear embroidered red poppies on their football shirts to honour Britain’s war dead.Cameron
readMickelson eyes improved play at Singapore Open
10-11-2011
SINGAPORE - Phil Mickelson says he’s keen to compete at this week’s Singapore Open to show off the fruits of his effort in home practice sessions to improve his game.Mickelson has slipped out of the
readTendulkar misses milestone, India beat West Indies
10-11-2011
NEW DELHI - Sachin Tendulkar’s sparkling 76 secured India’s five-wicket victory in the first test against West Indies on Monday while prolonging his agonising wait for his 100th international
readWin a N$500 meal from Hartlief!
10-11-2011
To celebrate the opening of Hartlief’s new Rooftop Bistro and Conference Centre in Windhoek, one lucky reader can win a dinner voucher valued at N$500 To be in the mix all you have to do is SMS us
readFrom The Twittersphere
10-11-2011
ENGLISH as she is spoke, and not spoke, taught and not taught, yesterday saw Namibians get tautological, trip the word fantastic, and poke fun at one another. It even left some wondering if Education
readNampa fires journalists over driver’s licences
10-11-2011
THE Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) has issued a terse press statement in which it announced the dismissal of three of its journalists – Fauster Claasen, John Tuerijama, and Romanus Konjore – who failed
readNamibian stove wins international award
10-11-2011
WITH a little bit of tweaking here and there, a group of Namibian women transformed a European-designed fuel-efficient stove into an international award winner.The EzyStove was awarded the 2012 iF
readNamdeb happy to have Anglo on board
10-11-2011
ANGLO American buying the Oppenheimers out of De Beers might just be Namdeb’s ticket to the billions it needs to keep the diamond mine open.Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi, managing director of Namdeb, yesterday
readLast arguments set stage for massacre sentencing
10-11-2011
THE two men convicted of murdering eight people in the Kareeboomvloer farm massacre in March 2005 are due to be sentenced in the High Court in Windhoek on Wednesday next week.With the sentencing of
readCivil society to hold land indaba
10-11-2011
CIVIL society organisations are jointly hosting a land workshop to review the current status of Namibia’s land reform process, which they have criticised as slow and riddled with inconsistencies and
readCouncillors hail Police
10-11-2011
COUNCILLORS in two constituencies in Katutura, where a community policing pilot project is being implemented, have welcomed the initiative.According to regional councillor Abisai Hangula of the Samora
readCensus workers still waiting for pay for extra three days worked
10-11-2011
CENSUS officials who worked during the 2011 Housing and Population Census are still waiting to be paid for the extra three days worked when the census was extended.The Namibian recently received a
readBenzine bites Otjomuise
10-11-2011
PARENTS in Otjomuise have pleaded to the Police to help curb their children’s addiction to benzine, claiming that the youngsters physically attack them when “high on drugs”.This seemingly new drug of
readAir Namibia imports Airbus pilots
10-11-2011
AIR Namibia has secured the services of a number of pilots from Europe to operate its new Airbus A319 aircraft at full capacity.The airline has been battling to cope with its increased flight
read/Khomanin to hear fate later
10-11-2011
WINDHOEK mayor Ellaine Trepper has no authority to enter into agreements on behalf of the City of Windhoek.This was said in the Windhoek High Court yesterday by the City’s legal representative when
read‘Police must respond faster’
10-11-2011
THE Police need to respond to communities’ concerns more quickly. This was admitted by Chief Inspector Vicky Matjila after a visit to the Otjomuise area last Friday. “Problem solving is an area which
readSMSes for Thursday 10 November 2011
10-11-2011
SMS Of The Day *NOT shocking news: 98% of teachers not fluent in English means 98% of Namibians are not fluent in English, but does not mean 98% of Namibians are stupid. SMS Your views to 99902
readNotable Quotes
10-11-2011
THIS is a new trend of drug dealers to use Namibian ladies as drug couriers. – Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu of the Namibian Police Force’s (NamPol) Public Relations said about the seven Namibian
readRight of Admission Researched
10-11-2011
There are plenty of shops, bars, pubs, hotels, restaurants and eateries that have the sign ‘RIGHT OF ADMISSION RESERVED’ displayed on the outside of the establishment. It is usually as small sign that
readUnfair disadvantage: Why can’t Namibia compete too?
10-11-2011
WITH ever-increasing competition for customers of all sorts of products and services, companies and manufacturers have had to come up with creative ways of attracting and retaining their consumers.
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