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57 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Poll appeal hearing goes into third day
05-10-2011
THE appeal hearing that should determine the validity of Namibia’s National Assembly election of late 2009 will be stretching into a third day of arguments in the Supreme Court today.Senior counsel
readNamibian skulls return
05-10-2011
ABOUT 4 000 people from the Ovaherero, Ovambanderu and Nama groups in full tribal regalia and red, black and white flags gathered on the tarmac at the Hosea Kutako International airport to witness the
readKiiyala resignation in limbo
05-10-2011
THE board of the Road Fund Administration (RFA) will have an extraordinary meeting today to discuss possible criminal charges against its former chief executive officer, Penda Kiiyala, for allegedly
readWelwitschias attract foreign interest
05-10-2011
A SIGNIFICANT number of the Welwitschias’ Rugby World Cup squad have caught the eye of foreign clubs, The Namibian Sport has learned. According to club representatives and national team coach Johan
readLibyan forces plan final attack on Sirte
05-10-2011
SIRTE – Bullet-ridden cars carrying terrified, ill and hungry civilians crawled out of Muammar Gaddafi’s home town yesterday as anti-Gaddafi fighters said they were planning a final attack.Government
readHousing remains an expensive dream
05-10-2011
PROPERTY prices rose by 6,4 per cent in real terms in May, while the national income increased by a mere 0,5 per cent.Although the FNB House Price Index for the month fell to 134,6 points, it remains
readBig S&T spenders must tighten their belts
05-10-2011
GOVERNMENT needs to scrutinise subsistence and travel allowances to see whether the millions spent are really worth it, Ericah Shafuda, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance, said
readStart your day with focus
05-10-2011
When you’re working on large goals, days can easily blend together. Instead of thinking about what needs to happen today, you’re focusing on what needs to get done this week, month, or quarter.But,
readCuba bustles with small business year after reform
05-10-2011
HAVANA – A year after reforms opened the door to more small business, Cuba has seen a flourishing of new shops and services despite problems of bureaucracy and a difficult transition for many on the
readEU can ‘count’ on Brazil in eurozone crisis
05-10-2011
BRUSSELS – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told Europe yesterday that it can count on Brazil for help in the eurozone debt crisis but she urged governments to avoid drastic measures that will curb
readManufacturing shrinks for first time since 2009
05-10-2011
WASHINGTON/LONDON – Global manufacturing shrank for the first time in over two years in September, reinforcing fears of another recession despite a modest bounce in US factory activity.Against the
readDark clouds ahead for airlines
05-10-2011
CAPE TOWN – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that whilst global airlines are bracing for tough times, carriers in Africa are adding more seats than is needed to meet
readMine capex to rise despite economic wobbles
05-10-2011
LONDON – Miners will splash out more on building new mines in 2012, despite recent falls in industrial metals prices, in the belief that new projects are needed in coming years to satisfy China’s
readAfrica’s population to explode to 2 bln by 2050
05-10-2011
SUB-SAHARAN Africa’s population is expected to hit the two-billion mark in the next four decades, which will result in more than a fifth of the world population being African, Standard Bank research
readGordhan slashes growth hopes
05-10-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Earlier projections for South Africa to grow at average rates of around four per cent per annum are “clearly far too ambitious” in the current context, South African Finance Minister
readBotswana’s economy rebounds in second quarter
05-10-2011
GABORONE – Diamond-rich Botswana’s economy rebounded in the second quarter with 9,6 per cent growth compared to the previous three months, despite an eight-week strike by public workers, the
readOld-timer tops charts
05-10-2011
TONY Bennett has good reason to walk on the sunny side of the street. His ‘Duets II’ sold 179 000 copies in its first week out, making him by far the oldest artist ever to earn the top spot on the
readIdris Elba would love to be next 007
05-10-2011
YOU love him as British cop ‘Luther’, you loved him as the thinking man’s drug kingpin Stringer Bell on ‘The Wire’, and Idris Elba (pictured right) hopes one day you’ll love him as the post-Daniel
readJackson doctor’s phone footprints on display
05-10-2011
Prosecutors in the manslaughter trial against Michael Jackson’s personal physician are keeping jurors focused on the doctor’s phone records from the day the singer died, attempting to show that Dr
readDalai Lama cancels SA trip
05-10-2011
DHARAMSHALA, India – The Dalai Lama has cancelled a trip to South Africa this week, his office said yesterday, accusing authorities of deliberately failing to grant him a visa in time.Anti-apartheid
readSpy games come to New York for UN General Assembly
05-10-2011
NEW YORK – When Iran’s president accused the United States at the United Nations General Assembly last year of orchestrating the September 11 attacks, American diplomats were not caught flat-footed by
readItalian appeal court clears Amanda Knox of murder
05-10-2011
PERUGIA, Italy – An Italian court cleared 24-year-old American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend of the 2007 killing of British student Meredith Kercher and ordered they be freed on Monday after
readSomalis get life in prison over pirating US vessel
05-10-2011
NORFOLK – A US judge on Monday sentenced two Somali pirates to spend the rest of their lives in a federal prison for their roles in the hijacking of two American couples who later were killed,
readJolie appeals for Somalia at UN refugee award ceremony
05-10-2011
GENEVA – Angelina Jolie made a surprise appearance on Monday at a UN refugee agency’s ceremony to honour a Yemeni aid group credited with rescuing thousands of desperate Somali and other African
readOyendji kayena omagumbo moshilongo ishewe
05-10-2011
KONYALA oodola oomiliona 500 odha pumbiwa kehangano lyokutunga omagumbo lyopashigwana omumvo kehe opo ndika li vule oku tunga omagumbo ge li 1 200 omumvo kehe opo ndika lyaadhe ondjodhi yokugandja
readKiiyala ota ka pandulwa methigopo lyiilonga
05-10-2011
OMUWILIKIPITITHI gwehangano lya Road Fund Administration[RFA] ota ka pandulwa konyala noshimaliwa shoodola dhomwaalu gwondjambi ye yokomvula lutatu nenge luhamano, molwa okuthigapo iilonga.
readEwilikongundu lyiilonga tali konakona
05-10-2011
EWILIKONGUNDU lyokugandja iilonga yepangelo ota li ka konakona oshinima shehangano, Goldex Investments, konima sho kuuvika kutya amushanga takalele mOshikondo Shaagundjuka Iilonga yopashigwana
readShomahogololo sha tameke ishewe
05-10-2011
OSHIPOTHA tashi kondjitha omahogololo goshigongi shopashigwana gomu Novomba omumvo gwa yi osha tameke mOmpangu onene yoshilongo mOmaandaha moWindhoek no sha tsikila oshiwike shika.Aapanguli yatano
readEvi na li longithwe nawa momahala agehe
05-10-2011
EVI lyoofaalama momahala gaayehe naangoka goshitopolwa shiipindi oga pumbwa okulongwa nawa noku hwepopekwa omolwa eyokomeho lyuunafaalama nuulongi womapya. Ngaka ogo omayele ga gandjwa kOmuwiliki
readOmapeya ga yonagula noku dhipaga iimuna
05-10-2011
OMAPEYA momudhingoloko gwa Blumevelde oga dhipaga konyala oonzi 2 300 noongombe 28 uule wiiwike ya pitipo, pankundana ndjoka ya gandjwa moshifo shehangano lyuunamapya lya Namibia[NAU].Ehangano ndika
readOkulongwa iilonga okwa pumbiwa unene muka
05-10-2011
EHANGANO lyaagandji yiilonga muunamapya[Agricultural Employers Association] olya itaala kutya omukalo gwokulonga aanona mboka yathigipo osikola iilonga yuunamapya nuuniimuna ota shi kwatha oku
readA galukile kiilonga konima yomimvo hamano eli pevi
05-10-2011
OMUNAMBELEWA mOshikondo shOondholongo sha Namibia, okwa galulilwa iilonga ye konima yoku kala pevi uule womimvo hamano. Omuyakuli Komufala, Melvin Martin okwa kala a tulwa pevi okuza omumvo 2005,
readBotes at a loss over away form
05-10-2011
PLATINUM Stars striker Henrico Botes is at a loss to explain the team’s poor away form this season.All of Dikwena’s seven points in the 2011/12 Absa Premiership campaign have come at home where they
readMallembu ready to save United Stars
05-10-2011
RUNDU-BASED Premiership outfit United Stars’ former coach Paul Mallembu says he is ready to take his coaching job back, should he be approached by the team’s management to do so.If the ship continues
readStosur out of China Open
05-10-2011
BEIJING – US Open champion Samantha Stosur was knocked out of the China Open yesterday in another upset at the tournament following shock defeats for the women’s Wimbledon and French Open
readFans turn World Cup into fancy dress parade
05-10-2011
AUCKLAND – Fans are the lifeblood of any sporting event and New Zealand has had them by the millions for Rugby World Cup 2011.Rugby New Zealand 2011 chief executive Martin Snedden trumpeted the
readNDF take the lead in volleyball cup
05-10-2011
THE Namibian Defense Force (NDF) Men’s team took an early lead after the first weekend of matches in the NVF Cup. NDF, the defending champions beat SKW on Saturday, after they already took points
readNovel Kwata Cricket Coaching Guide released
05-10-2011
CRICKET Namibia in partnership with Unicef and MTC presented and released the first ever Kwata Cricket Coaching Guide at the Wanderers Sport Field on Saturday. The event was held at the same time
readWelwitschias still 19th on IRB rankings
05-10-2011
THE Welwitschias remained unchanged on 19th on the IRB World Rankings released on Monday.The Namibians also remained second on the African continent behind South Africa’s Springboks. Namibia returned
readEnglish behaviour unacceptable: Guscott
05-10-2011
LONDON - Former England centre Jeremy Guscott told the BBC on Monday that the behaviour of some of the England players during the World Cup has been ‘unacceptable’.England have been dogged by negative
readIRB raises stake in feud as controversies dominate
05-10-2011
WELLINGTON – The International Rugby Board (IRB) set themselves on a collision course with New Zealand over their threat to boycott the 2015 World Cup as off-field controversies yesterday overshadowed
readFrom The Twittersphere
05-10-2011
NAMIBIA’S twitterati dusted off their satire, stuck their tongues in their cheeks, and got some verbal stand-up going this week on #HowToMakeItInNam. They chirped about everything from taxis to
readTreason accused mentally fit to continue standing trial
05-10-2011
CAPRIVI high treason suspect Isaya Shaft Kamwanga, whose mental state became an issue in his trial late last year, is mentally fit to continue standing trial, it was ruled in the High Court at
readSwindler cons Grootfontein out of thousands
05-10-2011
A FAKE security guard tricked a cashier at the Grootfontein municipality out of N$50 000 this week. The robbery took place early on Monday morning, after the security guard managed to convince a
readRössing and union agree
05-10-2011
WHETHER or not Rio Tinto's Rössing Uranium Limited and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) have found common ground on issues relating to lingering labour disputes will be made known
readOvaherero march at Keetmanshoop
05-10-2011
A GROUP of Herero people at Keetmanshoop yesterday slammed the German government for allegedly giving a ‘cold shoulder’ to a Namibian delegation. The 60-member delegation arrived back in Namibia
readNasawu withdraws court action against Tunacor
05-10-2011
THE Namibia Seaman and Allied Workers Union (Nasawu) withdrew a Labour Court application for contempt of court against Tunacor Fisheries after Judge Petrus Damaseb found fault with an earlier interim
readNamibia ‘clarifies’ position on Libya
05-10-2011
MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete said Namibia’s position on Libya is guided by principles and not by a desire to acquire resources in that country. “We wish the people
readLabour relations at NTB sinking lower
05-10-2011
INDUSTRIAL relations at the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) are deteriorating despite a recent nine per cent wage increase.NTB employees staged a protest yesterday to express dissatisfaction over their
readKeetmans mayor walks out of ECB meeting
05-10-2011
THE mayor of Keetmanshoop, Moses Titus, yesterday walked out of an information meeting with the Electricity Control Board (ECB) after a fiery exchange of words with the ECB economic regulation
readGobabis Epako residents angered by power outage
05-10-2011
RESIDENTS of the Epako township in Gobabis have been without electricity since Sunday morning, and are losing patience with the Gobabis Municipality.Most of the residents Nampa spoke to on Tuesday
readFire at Old Mutual Tower
05-10-2011
A NUMBER of west-facing corner offices in the Mutual Tower building in the centre of Windhoek’s Central Business District were on fire shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning.Based on a statement
readBethanie protest drags on
05-10-2011
ANGRY residents of Bethanie village in the South are still protesting in front of the Village Council, objecting to the renewal of the work contract of the council’s CEO, Willly Humphries.The protest
read‘Baby thief’ in court
05-10-2011
SHE took the baby to keep as her own as people teased her about not having her own child.This is the claim of Maria David (22), who allegedly stole a one-month-old baby boy in Katutura on Sunday.
readSMSes for Wednesday 05 October 2011
05-10-2011
SMS Of The Day *If one looks at how much money is spent to come up with slogans on billboards and adverts in newspapers to stop people not from drinking and driving, I came to the idea of changing
readChasing the dots ... Youth and Labour Pains
05-10-2011
NO, not teenage pregnancies or sexually transmitted grades (STGs), it is about the idiocy of supposed policies of job creation internationally, regionally and even locally while prattling on about
readNotable Quotes
05-10-2011
THE basis for such resignation is that it is obvious that Mr Kiiyala no longer enjoys the confidence of the board of the RFA as CEO. – Lawyers of Penda Kiiyala, the former chief executive officer
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