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60 Articles found on Thursday, 13 October 2011
Violent crime escalates
13-10-2011
A TOTAL of 39 rapes were reported in Namibia last month. This means that more than one person is raped every day.Two weeks ago, The Namibian reported that 26 rapes had been reported to the Police by
readPublic servants still want answers on GIPF
13-10-2011
PUBLIC Servants Committee chairperson Adeline Black yesterday said civil servants will continue to seek a court order to gain access to the latest forensic audit to find out how the Government
readShalli probe ongoing
13-10-2011
PROSECUTOR General (PG) Martha Imalwa yesterday denied that she had taken a decision on the possible criminal prosecution of former Namibian Defence Force (NDF) chief Lieutenant General Martin
readMurder suspect denies killing mother and baby
13-10-2011
A RESIDENT of northern Namibia who is accused of murdering his baby son and the child’s mother and then setting their bodies on fire in January 2009 pleaded not guilty to all charges at the start of
readSymbolic visit
13-10-2011
Libya’s National Transitional Council leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil visited Sirte on Tuesday, as pro-Gaddafi forces resistance crumbled under heavy fighting from the revolutionary fighters. Jalil made
readSteady growth for jobs in retail, manufacturing
13-10-2011
JUST over 600 Namibians got jobs in the wholesale and retail, as well as manufacturing industries in the second quarter of 2011, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) has said.In total, the two sectors employed
readCutting water pressure saves millions
13-10-2011
A UNIQUE strategy to reduce water pressure in a Gauteng municipality has saved millions of rand and hundreds of thousands of litres of water. The Sebokeng and Evaton Water loss reduction project,
readUkraine tries to limit Tymoshenko damage
13-10-2011
KIEV – Ukraine yesterday attempted to contain the damage caused to its image and diplomatic ties after both the West and Russia angrily condemned the jailing of former prime minister Yulia
readAngelina Jolie hails Libya’s revolutionaries
13-10-2011
MISRATA – Actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie yesterday praised Libyans’ ‘extraordinary’’ participation in their homegrown revolution, and said she stood in solidarity with the country
readBrave Warriors to host Lesotho
13-10-2011
LOWLY Lesotho will provide the Brave Warriors much-needed game time when they visit Windhoek on October 29. The match – which does not fall on the Fifa internationals date – has been identified as a
readSMSes for Thursday 13 October 2011
13-10-2011
SMS Of The Day *Can you believe it? We (Namibia) import toilet paper from China.Food for Thought *WHERE does the Government find the incompetent people it staffs its offices with? With 50%
readQuotes
13-10-2011
I AM telling you – stay far away from me to be on the safe side. Let this be the last time that you ever contact me on my private number again. – Nicodemus Gaeseb, the chief executive officer (CEO) of
readWhat Facebook really wants
13-10-2011
WHEN the little billionaire nerds at Facebook sat down to strategise how to get more of your attention and money, how to have you consume more advertising and give up more of your privacy one slice
readE-mail invitations: The 419 Conference Scam
13-10-2011
A t one time or another we have received one or another kind of 419 type scam e-mails. Most of them read: Congratulations you have won US$ 500 000 000 in some mysterious sweepstakes that you did not
readHow to really get ahead
13-10-2011
C areers don’t always follow an upward trajectory, and there is good reason why they should not, says Harvard Business Review. Many people think that careers should follow an upward trajectory. In
readZigzagging inflation surprises economists
13-10-2011
THE annual inflation rate in September dropped for the second time in three months, catching analysts off guard. The rate edged back from 5,4 per cent in August to 5,3 per cent. Inflation also
readUS Senate approves China yuan bill
13-10-2011
WASHINGTON – The US Senate on Tuesday approved a controversial bill to punish China over its currency in an effort to save American jobs, sending it to the House of Representatives where its fate is
readUganda MPs vote to freeze new oil deals
13-10-2011
KAMPALA – Ugandan lawmakers voted late Tuesday to freeze new oil deals due to claims that some top politicians were given bribes by firms to secure business. Parliament also voted to withhold
readSasol reviewing Iran investment
13-10-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Sasol, the world’s top maker of motor fuel from coal, said it is reviewing its investment in Iran, which is facing sanctions over its nuclear programme, and has no plans
readSA could use FX reserves if necessary
13-10-2011
CAPE TOWN – South Africa could use its foreign exchange reserves if necessary to relieve market stress caused by global turmoil, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said yesterday.South Africa’s gross
readAnti-corporate protests to hit London
13-10-2011
LONDON – Protests against corporate power that have taken hold in the United States are to hit Britain on Saturday with a rally in front of the London Stock Exchange, organisers revealed
readWall Street protestors target homes of executives
13-10-2011
NEW YORK – Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protestors marched on the New York homes of wealthy executives on Tuesday, triggering one of their targets, billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, to
readViva Polly Higgins and Bolivia
13-10-2011
DURING a half-day visit to one of southern Africa’s more famous parks I experienced both bliss and horror. How thrilling it was to sit on the banks of an unspoiled river in the shade of a gigantic
readMaltahöhe has big tourism plans
13-10-2011
THE Maltahöhe Village Council wants to acquire Daweb Farm, situated east of Maltahöhe, to convert it into a tourist attraction as part of the development of the sleepy southern village.In an interview
readPresident Pohamba officially opens Dolomite Camp
13-10-2011
President Hifikepunye Pohamba says the Government has identified tourism as a very important and strategic sector in the creation of employment and income and the reduction of poverty in the
readTanzania reaches out to Namibia on climate change
13-10-2011
A TANZANIAN delegation of key environmental, political and scientific figures are holding a five-day workshop in Namibia with the aim of taking a page out of Namibia’s environmental success
readTens of thousands in Syria stage pro-Assad rally
13-10-2011
DAMASCUS – Tens of thousands of Syrians thronged a main square of the Syrian capital and nearby streets yesterday in a huge show of support for embattled President Bashar Assad, as he struggles to
readTerre’Blanche found with panga in his chest
13-10-2011
VENTERSDORP – AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche was found dead with a panga in his chest, “a lot of injuries” and blood on his face, a policeman testified yesterday.His body was lying on a bed in his
readJackson ‘did not cause own death ...’
13-10-2011
A MEDICAL examiner struck a major blow to the defence of Michael Jackson’s doctor on Tuesday, saying it is unreasonable to believe Jackson could have given himself a fatal dose of the powerful
readAdele leads AMA nominees
13-10-2011
A dele has the year’s most popular album with ‘21’, so it makes sense that she’s the most nominated artist for this year’s American Music Awards. The nominees were announced on Tuesday in Los
readMessage in a bottle leads to rescue
13-10-2011
ROME – British and US forces freed an Italian cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in a dramatic rescue on Tuesday after retrieving a message in a bottle tossed by hostages from a porthole alerting
readNigerian cops nab four reporters
13-10-2011
LAGOS – Police in Nigeria raided a newspaper office yesterday after detectives arrested four journalists over the publication of a purported letter from the nation’s former president instructing its
readMugabe hints at WikiLeaks probe
13-10-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe may probe top party officials who said that he has prostate cancer in US diplomatic cables on the whistle blower website WikiLeaks, state media said
readSwapo mOmusati ya mona ombelewa
13-10-2011
A AKWASWAPO yomOshitopolwa sha Musati ya mona Ombelewa yawo ompeempeeka nonene nawa, ya tungwa pashinanena noya egululilwe pambelewa kOmupresidende gwa Namibia Omundohotola Hifikepunye Pohamba ngoka
readOkomisi ya ACC ota yi longo nuuyuki
13-10-2011
O MUWILIKI gwoKomisi yokukondjitha iilonga yuulingilingi okwa ti ACC ota longo payuki niinima mbyoka a lopotelwa na iha hogololoa kutya oshinima shini ta ka konakona naashoka keena oku
readEkondjelo lyOmaulikilo gIikwaipindi gokomumvo
13-10-2011
E LELO lyaNdangwa olya tseyitha oshiwike sha zi ko kutya lyo kali shi Ehangano epe tali popiwa aniwa kutya olyo lya kutha ko Omaulikilo giikwaipindi gokomumvo gaNdangwa, tali ithanwa aniwa Ondangwa
readIipindi yili pevi moshitopolwa
13-10-2011
E HANGANO lyiipindi noofabulika lya Namibia,NCCI oli na omaipulo unene kiipindi mbyoka yili pevi mokati kiilyo longo ya Southern African Development Community. Omukuluntupitithi gwa NCCI, Tarah
readNamibia na China ota ya ka shaina euvathano
13-10-2011
E UVATHANO lyokulanditha iilongomwa yuunamapya noohi ota shi vulika li shainwe kiilongo mbika iyali omwedhi ta guya moshilandopangelo sha China , Beijing. Ominista yOshikondo shUunamapya, John
readPohamba omukanselili gwa Unam ngashingeyi
13-10-2011
O MUPERESIDENDE, Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ulikwa ongo omukanselili gwOunivesiti ya Namibia[Unam]. Pohamba ota landula Omukokoliperesidende, Sam Nujoma moku wilika oshiputudhilo shika . Etseyitho
readRock is hot property: Tobias
13-10-2011
PROMOTER Nestor Sunshine Tobias has described Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda as “hot property”, as the boxer edges ever closer to a world title shot.Tobias yesterday said the WBO Africa bantamweight title
readRock is hot property: Tobias
13-10-2011
PROMOTER Nestor Sunshine Tobias has described Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda as “hot property”, as the boxer edges ever closer to a world title shot. Tobias yesterday said the WBO Africa bantamweight
readBierbach stars at World Champs
13-10-2011
TOP Namibian rhythmic gymnast Nicole Bierbach gave an accomplished all-round performance at the World Championships in Montpellier, France, at the end of September.Bierbach, the sole Namibian
readNam take on Northerns
13-10-2011
NAMIBIA’S campaign in the 2011/12 Cricket South Africa series gets underway today when they play host to Northerns at the Wanderers cricket grounds in Windhoek. Namibia and Northerns will contest a
readAUCKLAND – A lighter look at Rugby World Cup 2011
13-10-2011
The numbers 1 - The first semi-final between Wales and France will be their first meeting at any Rugby World Cup tournament. 6 - New Zealand will play in a record sixth Rugby World Cup semi-final
readFrance and Greece qualify the hard way
13-10-2011
BERNE – France grabbed a place at Euro 2012 after a late Samir Nasri penalty salvaged a 1-1 draw at home to Bosnia on Tuesday and Greece also did it the hard way by scoring two late goals to win 2-1
readFrom The Twittersphere
13-10-2011
NAMIBIANS and other tweeps take issue on issues, and wax wise and witty on everyday life:@AwesomeNaambo: If wild fire killed that much wild life in Etosha,Shipping to Cuba can as well be cancelled or
readUnam’s Hangula on long leave
13-10-2011
THE vice-chancellor of the University of Namibia (Unam), Professor Lazarus Hangula, has been absent from work for a large portion of the year, and will not be back in the office before December.Unam
readTeen pregnancy rife in Ohangwena
13-10-2011
ONE hundred and eleven girls dropped out of school due to pregnancy in the Ohangwena Region from January to April this year. Education Minister Dr Abraham Iyambo said this at Okanghudi village during
readSupreme Court test for stock theft sentences
13-10-2011
THE severe prison sentences being prescribed by Namibia’s Stock Theft Act met their last test in the Supreme Court in Windhoek yesterday.In an appeal heard by Chief Justice Peter Shivute, Judge of
readStrydom is new President of UCCSA
13-10-2011
DURING the recent Assembly of the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA) held in Mozambique end last month, Namibia’s Reverend Phillip Strydom was elected as President-elect of the
readRössing and MUN did not only agree on bonuses
13-10-2011
BESIDES agreeing to pay about 1 000 workers several lump sums (amounting to about N$20 000) over the next six months based on certain conditions, Rössing Uranium Limited and the Mineworkers Union of
readRDP branch fails to recall Bethanie councillor
13-10-2011
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) Bethanie branch recalled the party's local council representative Andreas Knouwds – but failed after the party's Karas regional secretary, Willem Stephanus,
readPoly staff threaten with strike
13-10-2011
DISGRUNTLED employees at the Polytechnic of Namibia have threatened to derail the institution’s graduation ceremony on Friday with strike action if their employer fails to meet their demands.A group
readPolicemen not guilty of theft
13-10-2011
TWO Police officers accused of stealing money and other items from the scene of a horrific bus crash near Grootfontein at the end of May 2005 were found not guilty in the Grootfontein Magistrate’s
readSenior reporter at NBC sacked
13-10-2011
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) on Tuesday fired Hitjevi Tjihuiko, a senior television news reporter, for failing to submit a story.Tjihuiko was found guilty of failing to comply with a
readNapwu struggles with worker trust
13-10-2011
NAMIBIA Airports Company (NAC) employees’ loss of faith in the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) leadership was also experienced by workers at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) earlier
readGovt to fund town councils
13-10-2011
THE Ministry of Local Government is looking to incorporate the capital budgets of local authorities into its own budget for the next three financial years. A two-day consultative meeting hosted by
readGlobal recognition for local woman
13-10-2011
EDITH Mbanga, a member of the People Square Saving Group and the national facilitator of the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia, was awarded the UN Habitat Scroll of Honour in Mexico recently.The
readDax defends search for GIPF’s top job
13-10-2011
THE acting CEO of the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF), Maria Dax, says “allegations and speculations” about the recruitment and appointment process of a new head of the institution are
readDouble farm murder suspect wants bail
13-10-2011
A RIFLE stolen in the armed robbery during which an elderly Omaruru area farming couple was murdered in March 2009 was later found in the possession of one of the men charged with the couple’s murder,
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