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54 Articles found on Monday, 21 November 2011
Education Ministry probes Polytech
21-11-2011
A HIGH-LEVEL investigation team has been set up by the Minister of Education, Abraham Iyambo, to probe allegations of mismanagement and corruption at the Polytechnic of Namibia.The team comprises the
read'Sweet setback' at library
21-11-2011
RENOVATIONS of the National Library in Windhoek's Lüderitz Street suffered another setback when part of a newly painted wall had to be broken down to remove honeycombs. The honey was running down
readNinja’s appeal bid dismissed
21-11-2011
A BELATED appeal attempt by life sentence prisoner Paulus ‘Ninja’ Shimweefeleni failed in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday.The setback to Shimweefeleni’s attempt to get the Supreme Court to reduce
readPohamba takes charge
21-11-2011
SWAPO's Central Committee has set up a three-member probe team to investigate allegations of a smear campaign between the party's vice president Hage Geingob and its secretary general Pendukeni
readNPL emotions run high
21-11-2011
AFRICAN Stars lost their cool, Blue Waters almost shocked the champions and Rusten Mogane jumped for joy during an eventful round of Namibia Premier League action over the weekend. While Heinrich
readGaddafi’s son arrested after three months on run
21-11-2011
TRIPOLI – Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has been captured after a three-month manhunt and will be given a “fair trial”, Libya’s interim prime minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib announced on
readRussians want 38% of Kudu gas
21-11-2011
GAZPROMBANK, the lending arm of Russia’s biggest company, is in final talks to buy a 38 per cent stake in Namibia’s delayed Kudu gas project, Bloomberg has reported“Mid-December is the expected time
readMbeki backs ANCYL firebrand
21-11-2011
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema was asking the right questions about how the government and big business were running the country into the ground, which was why he had been unfairly shut up
readFrance leads race to add women to boards
21-11-2011
WASHINGTON – France is racing to the top in putting women on corporate boards, thanks to a new government quota requirement aimed at promoting gender equality, a new study said Friday.A number of
readMurky bailout creates unease in Swaziland
21-11-2011
MBABANE – The Swazi government was tight-lipped Friday over details of a bailout package that has enabled the tiny kingdom to stay afloat, amid dissident claims that public bank shares were used as
readUK businesses see euro crisis as biggest challenge
21-11-2011
LONDON – More than two-thirds of business leaders in Britain believe the eurozone debt crisis will be the biggest challenge facing the country’s economy next year, an opinion poll showed
readEgypt to formally seek IMF financing
21-11-2011
CAIRO – Egypt will formally ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to start negotiations for a new US$3,2 billion financing package after the country turned down such a facility in the summer, the
readPope Bernedict warns against ‘unconditional’ market surrender
21-11-2011
COTONOU – Pope Benedict, arriving on his second trip to Africa as Roman Catholic leader, on Friday urged African nations to resist the temptation to surrender to market forces as they grow and
readBrussels paper pushes eurobonds as solution
21-11-2011
BRUSSELS – Eurobonds could quickly ease the debt crisis and reinforce resistance in the eurozone to another crisis, says a European Commission green paper to be published Wednesday.The document, seen
readUS nears 11th hour with no deal seen
21-11-2011
WASHINGTON – A US Congress “supercommittee” on Saturday showed no sign of closing in on a deal to shrink swollen US deficits, unable to close partisan gaps on cutting social programs and raising taxes
readRussians want 38% of Kudu gas
21-11-2011
GAZPROMBANK, the lending arm of Russia’s biggest company, is in final talks to buy a 38 per cent stake in Namibia’s delayed Kudu gas project, Bloomberg has reported“Mid-December is the expected time
readIt’s official, Demi divorcing Ashton and she’s determined to make him pay!
21-11-2011
Demi Moore is determined to grab a slice of Ashton Kutcher’s approximately US$150 million fortune – in revenge for the betrayal that led her to seek a divorce. Moore (49), once dubbed a cougar who
readZuma spokesman took bribes from Thales, newspaper alleges
21-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – A spokesman for South African President Jacob Zuma is said to have received bribes from French weapons maker Thales, which is at the centre of an arms deal probe, the Sunday Times
readNurse charged in Sydney blaze that killed six old people
21-11-2011
SYDNEY – The leader of Australia’s New South Wales state ordered a review of criminal checks on nursing home staff yesterday, as a sixth elderly person died following a suspicious inferno at a Sydney
readNamwandi a indile ekwatho kaaleli
21-11-2011
OMINISTA yOpevi yElongo oya indile aaleli yopamuthigululwakalo opo ya kwathele aalelwa yawo okumona oonzapo dhomavalo.David Namwandi okwa ningile eindilo ndika sho a popithile aaleli mbaka poshigongi
readKaunapawa iifutilemo mondholongo
21-11-2011
KAUNAPAWA Helvi Crowley ngoka a ningile omwedhi gumwe konima yekumba mondholongo yopolisi okwa mangululwa etine oshiwike shayi sho a pewa iifutilemo noodola omayovi gatano. Omukulukadhi nguka okwa li
readAapolilisi ta ya lundululwa
21-11-2011
AANAMBELEWA yopolisi poondondo dhokugandja omalombwelo miitopolwa yoshilongo ota ya lundululwa. Mokati kaanambelewa mbaka omwakwatelwa na komufala, Christoph Nakanyala ngoka nuumvo a li a
readOomeme ta ya mono naya kwathwe
21-11-2011
OMINISTELI yUuhaku nIilonga yOnkalonawa, Richard Kamwi, pethimbo ta egulula Oklinika yUuhaku pOlupandu mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Musati mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko, okwa ningi eindilo enene e li
readEtaambathano lyoshipundi
21-11-2011
Omukanseliili omukulu noshowo gwotango,Omukokoliperesidende, Sam Nujoma okwa gandja, ondhimbo noshinakugwanithwa shUukanselili nuukuluntu wenongelo lyopombanda lya Namibia, ano oUnivesiti ya Namibia,
readEpangelo lya gandja omagano kaantu
21-11-2011
OMINISTA yOmudhingoloko, nOmatalelopo, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah okwa gandja iikombo 50 nomashisha 50 oplastika noshowo omasiga 200 ngoka ha ga longitha nawa iikuni. Iinima mbika oya pewa iilyo
readDortmund relish Arsenal trip after Munich win
21-11-2011
BERLIN – Teenage star Mario Goetze said German champions Borussia Dortmund are anticipating their next matches against Arsenal and rivals Schalke after his goal sealed a 1-0 win at Bundesliga leaders
readMan City power past Newcastle
21-11-2011
LONDON – Free-scoring Manchester City maintained their grip at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 home win over Newcastle United on Saturday to take their goals tally to 42 from 12 games.Mario
readReal maintain lead with Valencia win
21-11-2011
BARCELONA - Spanish leader Real Madrid outlasted Valencia 3-2 in a thrilling contest to remain three points ahead of Barcelona after the Catalan side cruised to a 4-0 win over Zaragoza on
readNamibia hold on for a draw
21-11-2011
NAMIBIA managed to hold on for a draw in their 3-Day CSA Challenge against Free State on Saturday.Free State dominated from the start as they set a huge first innings total of 467/5 with Rudi Second
readGrant stops Botha for WBF title
21-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – American Michael Grant knocked out South Africa’s Francois Botha in the last round of their heavyweight fight to claim the vacant WBF title on Saturday.Grant dropped Botha with a right
readInspirational cricketer Basil D’Oliveira dies
21-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Basil D’Oliveira, the South Africa-born former England cricketer who became a pivotal figure in sport’s long-running battle against apartheid, died Saturday after a lengthy illness. He
readWoods pays back with a winning point
21-11-2011
MELBOURNE – Tiger Woods delivered the knockout punch to the International team on Sunday to silence critics of his early Presidents Cup selection by captain Fred Couples.Woods captured the 18th and
readTwo boys killed by lightning
21-11-2011
TWO pupils from Endola Primary School in the Ohangwena Region died when they were struck by lightning near their school on Thursday.According to the Police, four other children survived the incident
readFrom The Twittersphere
21-11-2011
NAMIBIANS were here, there, everywhere and nowhere over the weekend! Unfiltered views on Namibia, the ins and outs of daily life, and a couple of South African ‘interventions’:@oshikuku: I believe we
readThird treason trial to continue in April
21-11-2011
THE third Caprivi high treason trial made a brief return to the High Court at Oshakati last week, only to be postponed again until next year.The trial, in which a lone suspect, Albius Moto Liseli
readThieves target sport club
21-11-2011
MUIS Burger, chairperson of the Wanderers Sport Club, confirmed that thugs looted their club house last week.The unknown suspects left with goods worth approximately N$100 000. According to Burger,
readTax policy reform proposed
21-11-2011
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said in Parliament on Thursday that the proposed Value-Added Tax (VAT) Amendment Bill to zero-rate the supply of health services is in line with the
readSentencing awaits Outjo triple killer
21-11-2011
OUTJO resident Ernestus Aibeb, who is on trial over the brutal murder of two children and their babysitter in May 2009, is due to be sentenced in the High Court at Oshakati today.Aibeb (41) pleaded
readPortugal seeks closer relations
21-11-2011
THE Portuguese Secretary of State and Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Luís Brites Pereira, says relations between Namibia and Portugal should be strengthened through increased political and economic
readPolice officer busted for bribery
21-11-2011
A POLICE officer and two sidekicks were arrested last week after they allegedly tried to bribe a traffic officer for two driver’s licences in Outjo. Otjiwarongo-based police officer Sergeant Johannes
readNMRC bans painkiller in Namibia
21-11-2011
THE Namibia Medicines’ Regulatory Council (NMRC) will enforce the ban on the painkiller Synap Forte following a judgement in a Pretoria High Court on Tuesday to stop the sale of this drug.The South
readMore condemnations of Kazenambo rantings
21-11-2011
NAMRIGHTS has “vehemently condemned” the “racist and vituperative” attacks by Youth Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo against the editor of the Namibian Sun, Jan Poolman. The executive director of
readImbamba pleads guilty
21-11-2011
HENTIES Bay local councillor Paulus Imbamba (39) on Thursday pleaded guilty in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court to a charge of assaulting the town’s Mayor, Gizela Cramer (66), during April this
readGrape farmers balk at contract again
21-11-2011
TEN small-scale farmers at the Orange River Irrigation Project (ORIP) are once again reluctant to sign an agreement with Agribank and Cool Fresh Namibia. A meeting held on November 2, attended by
readGovt drags feet on land reform – civil society
21-11-2011
DESPITE claims by Minister of Lands and Resettlement Alpheus !Naruseb that the land reform programme is on track, the situation on the ground reads differently, insisted civil society organisations at
readFormer inland revenue clerk arrested for fraud
21-11-2011
POLICE at Keetmanshoop on Friday arrested a 22-year-old former Inland Revenue clerk for allegedly conning a local businesswoman out of N$74 000. The suspect is set to appear in the Keetmanshoop
readPart two of ‘Born in Etosha’ screening tonight
21-11-2011
Etosha National Park is world-famous for its huge herds of wildlife and stunning desert landscapes. ‘Born in Etosha’, the two-part documentary by Andy Botelle and Robert Scott of Mamokobo Video and
readErongo RED workers complain about salaries
21-11-2011
ERONGO RED workers at Walvis Bay and Swakopmund yesterday held two separate demonstrations where they handed over petitions to the company and the Swakopmund municipality.They complained about
readAirNam prevents strike
21-11-2011
AIR Namibia has buckled to the pressure of a strike threat by its cabin crew staff, and has reached an agreement with the Namibia Cabin Crew Union (NCCU) on salary negotiations.Air Namibia has been
readSMSes for Monday 21 November 2011
21-11-2011
SMS Of The Day *NEVER mind that Germany has already provided hundreds of millions in development aid for Namibia and will continue to do so – we want more. The trip to Germany was turned into a
readNotable Quotes
21-11-2011
Why should other tenderers suffer unnecessary expenses and time during tendering when the beneficiary is already known? – Dissatisfied tenderers, Siwape TE and Wakudumo Civil Engineering Solution
readFind and keep a sponsor
21-11-2011
BOSTON –The best sponsors go way beyond just mentoring, but need to be earned with outstanding performance and loyalty, says Harvard Business Review.Sponsors are like turbocharged mentors. They offer
readCabinet meeting on challenges
21-11-2011
A special Cabinet meeting will be held this week to discuss issues pertaining to the local economy.President Hifikepunye Pohamba announced this on Friday during the Swapo Party central committee
readPlumber, shop win DBN’s youth business awards
21-11-2011
GIDEON Haufiku of Ohangwena Plumbing Services and Thomas Hamutenya of Etosha Mini Market in Onamutai have received the Development Bank of Namibia’s (DBN) awards as Best Achievers in the National
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