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67 Articles found on Thursday, 1 September 2011
High spending on birthday wishes worries President Pohamba
01-09-2011
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has expressed concern about the high spending by institutions, organisations and individuals on newspaper advertisements congratulating him on his birthday and urged them
readAmbassadors
01-09-2011
The Welwitschias pose for a group photo at the Hosea Kutako International Airport before their departure for New Zealand yesterday. The team will compete at the IRB Rugby World Cup that is due to
readGoat theft sentence cut from 20 to 5 years
01-09-2011
A TWENTY-YEAR prison sentence that a Kunene Region resident received almost three years ago over the theft of a flock of goats has been slashed to an effective term of five years on appeal in the High
readThe Namibian’s unbanning welcomed
01-09-2011
THE lifting of a decade-long advertising ban against The Namibian was roundly welcomed by political and other organisations yesterday. “I am delighted about this,” commented the secretary general of
readDoctor questioned over baby’s death
01-09-2011
ONE of the doctors charged with unprofessional conduct over the death of a baby during delivery yesterday admitted that he failed to check the mother’s blood pressure despite it having been high since
readRugby stadium sale off
01-09-2011
THE Hage Geingob stadium will no longer go on auction after Government and the Rugby Union reached a temporary agreement, the Namibia Sport Commission’s acting chief sport administrator Walter Haseb
readThousands mark Eid in Tripoli
01-09-2011
TRIPOLI – Residents of Tripoli marked the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr yesterday, kneeling in prayer at the landmark Martyrs’ Square as they rejoiced at the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.At dawn,
readLanger Heinrich mine powers Paladin Energy
01-09-2011
LANGER Heinrich remained the heavyweight in the Paladin Energy stable during the past financial year, bringing in nearly 62 per cent of the uranium miner’s total consolidated revenue of US$268,9
readIdols SA: Erin and Dené bow out
01-09-2011
Kelly Fortuin’s dramatic save in last week’s Idols Results Show put extra pressure on the Top 8 this week as it meant that two of them had to leave on Tuesday night.Before the tense build-up to
readIn Brief
01-09-2011
South Africa road accident kills 11 JOHANNESBURG – A bus overturned on a road in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, killing 11 people including one child, the transportation ministry said
readSA youth groups condemn riots by Malema supporters
01-09-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The SA Students Congress and the Eastern Cape ANC yesterday condemned the violent behaviour by ANC Youth League supporters in Johannesburg while their leaders were facing disciplinary
readSA unveils new land reform draft policy
01-09-2011
CAPE TOWN – South Africa aims to restrict private and foreign land ownership in a new draft reform policy released yesterday that aims to overhaul lagging efforts to transfer farms to the black
readNew service for consumers
01-09-2011
Western union has come to Namibia. While Western Union currently offers money-transfer services across more than 50 markets in Africa, the agreement between Western Union and Magnet Bureau de
readCan the customer be wrong?
01-09-2011
‘The customer is always right’ is a service business maxim that most businesses ascribe to. While adapting this saying encourages service providers and business owners to always strive to meet
readInvestigating pyramid schemes
01-09-2011
ACCORDING to their website, Travel Ventures International (TVI Express) is a dynamic company dedicated to bringing today’s lifestyle-conscious consumers superior travel and hospitality products and
readPitfalls of best practices
01-09-2011
Failure to adapt and failure to adopt are two of the pitfalls that can doom the implementation of so-called best practices, according to Harvard Business Review.When embarking on a new project or
readBullion price poses golden opportunity
01-09-2011
NAMIBIA has cashed in on higher gold prices, selling about N$329 million worth of the commodity during the first six months of the year.Despite lower production levels than the first six months of
readRecord numbers visit northern trade fair
01-09-2011
ONGWEDIVA – Nearly 40 per cent more visitors have streamed through the gates of 2011 Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair (OATF) during the first three days of its opening compared to last year.OATF’s public
readIMF review slams crisis-hit Swaziland
01-09-2011
MBABANE – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday gave cash-strapped Swaziland a firm thumbs-down on its fiscal reform programme, effectively dashing King Mswati III’s hopes of accessing
readFukushima impact on nuclear lingers, but outlook strong
01-09-2011
PERTH – Japan’s nuclear crisis will make the nuclear-power industry safer and stronger, rather than knock it off course, Australian uranium miner Paladin Energy said yesterday.Paladin, which has
readFractional employment is changing Namibian non-profits
01-09-2011
FEWER things are more emblematic of the future of work than robots. Sadly, they aren’t cleaning our homes Jetsons-style yet, but when we spoke to Trevor Blackwell, CEO of a company making adorable
readNamibia and sustainability: dancing with dragons
01-09-2011
FROM the onset of the industrial revolution (about 180 years ago) until the 1960s, people in Europe and America remained largely unaware of the damaging impacts of development. Natural resources were
readGrowing energy demand adds stress to water supply
01-09-2011
SINGAPORE – A Google search for “world water shortage” will produce more than four million results in 0.17 seconds. It will also use a tenth of a teaspoon of water, experts say. Given water’s role in
readA clear view of the future
01-09-2011
WINDHOEK – The fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reveals Africa as one as the most affected continents by climate change and variability, a situation
readIt’s all in the name
01-09-2011
WHY Hurricane Irene and not Hurricane Britney or Hurricane Nomalanga? The choice of names for hurricanes is not merely a matter of meteorologists’ whimsy. We have an English weatherman to thank for
readFrom The Twittersphere
01-09-2011
A FEW chirps from Twitter:@ItsNas: #deadlineday BREAKING NEWS Man City Bid £35m For Gaddafi !!!! They’ve Never Seen Him Play But Have Heard That Everyone Is After Him! @jjwicks: Emile Heskey has
readReview: Lil Wayne still crazy on ‘Tha Carter IV’
01-09-2011
LIL WAYNE’S new album arrives preceded by controversy over a track that seems to make a barely veiled threat against rival Jay-Z. If Hova pays any mind to the schoolboy taunt at all, he can rest
readSurrender offer from Gaddafi son
01-09-2011
TRIPOLI – Muammar Gaddafi’s son al-Saadi is trying to negotiate the terms of his own surrender, the rebel commander in Tripoli told The Associated Press yesterday. The commander, Abdel Hakim Belhaj,
readMourners served cocaine-coated biscuits
01-09-2011
ATHENS – Hundreds of mourners which gathered for a traditional Greek Orthodox funeral service near Athens were in for a surprise when they were served cocaine-coated biscuits, radio reports said
readSuspect admits shooting US airmen
01-09-2011
FRANKFURT – A 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian confessed yesterday to killing two US airmen at the Frankfurt airport, saying in emotional testimony at the opening of his trial that he had been influenced
readPolice say three bombers behind Chechnya attack
01-09-2011
GROZNY – Three suicide bombers were responsible for killing at least nine people in the capital of Russia’s Chechnya region, a police official in the North Caucasus province said yesterday.The attack
readAayaluli oya futwa iimaliwa yawo
01-09-2011
OMUWILIKI gwiilonga yokuyalula oshigwana nomagumbo nuumvo okwa ti aayaluli oya futwa iimaliwa mbyoka yena okufutwa nomalongekidho oga ningwa okufuta mboka ye li nale miilonga ta ya yalula aantu.
readYa pewa iikulya kepangelo opo yaaka hadhe iiyagaya
01-09-2011
AANTU omilongo 54 mboka ya li yiikwatelela mokwiihupitha noondya dha kusha ndhoka hadhi ekelwahi petoto lyopo Kupferberg pondje ya Venduka oya tameke oku pewa iikulya koholomende Omaandaha oshiwike
readTrans Namib a tokola okugandja eyakulo ewanawa
01-09-2011
PETHIMBO ta popitha ongundu onene yAanangeshefa pOsasiona yOmashina gokolutenda ya Nehale lyaMpingana pOndangwa mOshitopolwa sha Shana ongula yOmaandaha ga zi ko, Omunambelewa Omukuluntupitithi gwa
readNgoka a ponokelelwe po Rehoboth a popi
01-09-2011
OMUNKIINTU ngoka a li ponokelwa komufekelwa ngoka ta kongwa kopolisi sigo etiyali kwali okwa ti okwa li a lombwele omuponokeli gwe kutya Kalunga ote mu yambeke ngele ina guma omwanakadhona.Ndika olyo
readOmupolisi a sile moshiponga mondjila
01-09-2011
EIPUMOMUMWE pokati kosheenditho shopolisi nashimwe shoondongelwa oshishona olya fala meso lyo munambelewa gwopolisi gumwe nolya thigi aantu yatatu yeehamekwa noonkondo.Oshiponga shoka osha ningilwa
readSelco newiliko lya Kaiti ka yuuvitathane
01-09-2011
EWILIKO lyoshilando sha Kaiti naandyoka lyehangano lyoku gandja olusheno muumbugantu woshilongo kaguuvitathane omolwa oondando dholusheno ndhoka dha ya pombanda pathaneko lya, Southern Electricity
readEsiku lyiihokolola yaalongi po Gymnasium ya Venduka lya tseyithwa
01-09-2011
IIHOKOLOLA yaalongi yatatu nomukuluntu sikola taya tamanekelwa edhengo nelalakano lyokweehameka ota yi ka pulakenwa mOhofa mu February 2012. Aalongi mbaka nomukuluntusikola penongelo lya Windhoek
readOshipotha poNamdeb osha tsikila natango
01-09-2011
OSHIPOTHA poNamdeb osha tsikila noshiwike shika oshititatu nopwaa wetike ondjila okupotokonona okwaa uvathana pokati koongundu mbali dhili moshipotha shika.Sigo oompaka ehangano lyokumina okawe olya
readOondjindikila dhokulanda oThe Namibian dha kuthwapo
01-09-2011
OONDJINDIKILA ndhoka dha li dha ningilwa oThe Namibian kEpangelo omimvo 10 dha piti odha kuthwapo. Oshifo osha taamba etokolo lyEpangelo kombinga yekuthepo lyoondjindikila metiyali oshiwike shika.
readMathew Haikali saga reaches Labour Commissioner’s desk
01-09-2011
EXPELLED NPL CEO Mathew Haikali has taken his dispute with his former employers to the Labour Commissioner. Haikali told The Namibian Sport yesterday that he decided to take his drawn-out expulsion
readBrazil’s Siqueira to face Hitman
01-09-2011
BRAZILIAN fighter Sidney Jose De Siqueira will step into the ring against Paulus ‘Hitman’ Moses in Windhoek on September 24 following the withdrawal Chilean Oscar Bravo.Fight promoter Nestor Sunshine
readIsaacs still eyeing Nations Cup spot
01-09-2011
NAMIBIA coach Brain Isaacs still harbours hopes that his side can clinch a spot at next year’s Africa Cup of Nations 2012, albeit through the boardroom.According to Isaacs, the Brave Warriors need
readFootball Briefs
01-09-2011
Inter sign Forlan, Zarate Inter Milan have confirmed the signing of striker Diego Forlan from Atletico Madrid and Argentine forward Mauro Zarate from Lazio.Mertesacker set to join Arsenal Arsenal
readGames preparations in full swing
01-09-2011
PREPARATIONS for the All-Africa Games are in full swing with most of the African countries having arrived in Maputo, Mozambique.The Athletes’ Village is teeming with athletes from all over Africa.
readOlga Kaniskina breaks through Daegu curse
01-09-2011
DAEGU – A gritty Russian racewalker won the solitary gold up for grabs yesterday as a world championships characterised so far by drama and disqualifications reached its midway point.Olga Kaniskina
readNamibia U20 drawn in tough Cosafa group
01-09-2011
NAMIBIAN footballers will face Angola, Madagascar and Zimbabwe in the 2011 Metropolitan Cosafa Under-20 Youth Championships according to the draw held on Monday.Group D is expected to be hotly
readBA appoint female team manager
01-09-2011
BLACK Africa Sport Club appointed Salimi Shikulo as the new team manager of the football side its chairman Cassius Moetie said yesterday.Having long served in various capacities at the club, Shikulo
readTop squash action on cards this weekend
01-09-2011
TOP squash players from the region and Namibia will be seen in action over the weekend at the Namibia Open Squash Championships sponsored by The Namibian newspaper this year.A big draw features
readFrance ready for All Black scarecrows
01-09-2011
PARIS – France has been pushing their players to the limit in preparation for the World Cup and a positive unit has emerged which will not be overawed by ‘scarecrows’ New Zealand, their forwards’
readDjokovic, Serena impress at US Open
01-09-2011
NEW YORK – Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal are seemingly not the only ones sick of the sight of Novak Djokovic and his domination of men’s tennis.At the US Open on Tuesday, food poisoning victim Conor
readVolunteers make a difference
01-09-2011
FIVE months ago, three women living in the informal settlement of Nau-Aib in Okahandja got together and decided to clean up their surroundings.The people living in the informal settlement threw their
readTunacor stopped from using scab labour
01-09-2011
THE Namibian Seamen and Allied Workers’ Union (Nasawu) has won an interim labour court interdict preventing Tunacor Fisheries from using scab labour as well as using workers not participating in the
readSalary increases for Shoprite staff
01-09-2011
THE Namibia Wholesale and Retail Workers Union (NWRWU) has gained a double victory, securing a 12 per cent wage increase for Shoprite employees and winning a labour court ruling over rivals Namibia
readPoliceman shoots lover, then self
01-09-2011
A MEMBER of the Namibian Police at Opuwo in the Kunene Region, Warrant Officer Andreas Haraeb (42) shot and killed his girlfriend Josephina Rwiishi (23) before he turned the gun to himself and
readMan wants jail for a crime he ‘did not commit’
01-09-2011
THE orderlies of Swakopmund’s Magistrate’s Court had to hush a giggling audience on Monday after Gavin Shandejeda (20) pleaded with Magistrate Bernard Tjatjara to find him guilty for a crime he says
readKiller nurse gets sentencing date
01-09-2011
FORMER Katutura State Hospital nurse Jeckonia Dimbulukweni Hamukoto, who killed three people and wounded three more in a shooting incident in a bar in early 2007, is set to be sentenced in the High
readIncest trial postponed
01-09-2011
THE hearing of arguments in the trial of a Koës resident accused of raping his teenage daughter was postponed for four weeks in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.The final arguments before Judge
readGroth’s death a huge loss – ex-detainee organisation
01-09-2011
BREAKING the Wall of Silence (BWS), an organisation of former Swapo detainees, has expressed sadness over the news of Pastor Siegfried Groth’s death on August 23. Groth, author of the controversial
readCoD condemn ‘sex for marks’
01-09-2011
CONGRESS of Democrats (CoD) secretary general Tsudao Gurirab has questioned the quality of higher education in Namibia following the ‘sex for marks’ scandal reported in the media yesterday.In a press
readChief Afrikaner was humble
01-09-2011
THE late chief of the Afrikaner Nama clan, Hendrina Martha Afrikaner, one of the few women to ever lead a Namibian tribe, combined capacity with a humble personality that made her accessible. This
readShedding a kilo for cancer
01-09-2011
MORE than 200 people from across Namibia are taking part in the ‘Shed A Kilo For Cancer’ fundraiser in aid of the Cancer Association of Namibia. Participants are from Windhoek, Outjo, Otjiwarongo,
readCabinet embraces education recommendations
01-09-2011
CABINET on Tuesday this week endorsed all recommendations made at the watershed national education conference held in June and July. “These are not recommendations anymore; these are now decisions,”
readDelays in bush allowance payments for teachers
01-09-2011
NAMIBIA National Teacher's Union (Nantu) is not happy with the delays in payment of recruitment and retention incentives for qualified teachers in remote areas.Nantu secretary general Basilius
read‘Avid’ Boonzaaier’s fraud case postponed
01-09-2011
THE fraud case of Peter Boonzaaier, who allegedly shared over half a million from the lost Avid millions, was yesterday postponed until October for further Police investigations to be done.Boonzaaier
readSMSes for Thursday 01 September 2011
01-09-2011
SMS Of The Day *THE secret to good driving is to drive defensively and not aggressively. SMS your views to 99902 Food for Thought *IT is shocking to note that while the Government is still in
readNotable Quotes
01-09-2011
I TOLD him God will bless him if he doesn’t touch my daughter. – This was the heart wrenching plea from a Rehoboth mother to a man who wanted to sexually attack her 12-year-old daughter. YOU cannot
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