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79 Articles found on Friday, 16 September 2011
Westlife have landed
16-09-2011
Irish pop group Westlife arrived in Windhoek yesterday afternoon ahead of their scheduled performance at the ‘Hart van Windhoek’ festival which takes place today and tomorrow at the Doc Jubber Hockey
readLawyer in ‘serious conflict of interest’
16-09-2011
A DEFENCE lawyer representing an alleged double murderer and arsonist is in a “very serious conflict of interest” after it emerged yesterday that she previously acted for the State against the same
readDiamond strike ends
16-09-2011
THE worst strike in the local diamond industry ended last night when Namdeb and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) signed an agreement at State House.This morning, a new era of rebuilding labour
readACC arrests former Govt official
16-09-2011
A FORMER official in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Willem Mulokoshi, landed in the dock in the Windhoek Regional Court together with three co-accused on a range of corruption, fraud
readFootball league kicks off
16-09-2011
THE Namibia Premier League kicks off this weekend, starting with what should be a gripping clash between dethroned Champions African Stars and Orlando Pirates at Sam Nujoma stadium tonight.Football
readBritish, French leaders visit Libya
16-09-2011
TRIPOLI – Libyans applauded as British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday became the first world leaders to travel to Libya since revolutionary forces seized
readPower deal sparks debate in Zimbabwe again
16-09-2011
PUBLIC discontent in Zimbabwe is growing over the US$40-million deal between NamPower and Zesa which forces the country to export electricity to Namibia at below cost while suffering severe power
readIn Brief
16-09-2011
Zuma appoints inquiry into arms deal PRETORIA – President Jacob Zuma has appointed a commission of inquiry into South Africa’s arms deal, the presidency announced yesterday.Spaniards aboard tanker
readANCYL to fight for liberation songs
16-09-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The ANC Youth League intends going all out to keep liberation songs alive, its president Julius Malema signalled on Wednesday.He said the league would challenge a court ruling that
readEthiopian journalist named in WikiLeaks flees country
16-09-2011
ADDIS ABABA – An Ethiopian journalist identified in a diplomatic cable released last month by WikiLeaks has fled after being questioned by authorities, a media rights watchdog said yesterday.Argaw
readAngolan army says 17 dead in plane crash
16-09-2011
LUANDA – Angola’s military said 17 people died in the crash of an air force plane in the central city of Huambo, the official Jornal de Angola newspaper reported yesterday.A military official told AFP
readBrics give lukewarm response to Brazil euro plan
16-09-2011
BRASILIA/NEW DELHI – Brazil’s proposal to support the crisis-hit euro zone has garnered only lukewarm support from fellow Brics countries, as doubts mounted whether the five emerging market powers
readSwazi king complains about IMF
16-09-2011
MANZINI – The International Monetary Fund should be helping impoverished Swaziland, not calling for budget cuts, the southern African country’s embattled king has said.Mswati III, who critics accuse
readKBB promises cheaper houses
16-09-2011
DESCRIBED as a breakthrough for Namibia, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African continent, the Kavango Block Brick (KBB) One Stop Innovation Centre and Interlocking Masonry
readWorld economy faces new ‘danger zone’
16-09-2011
WASHINGTON – The head of the World Bank has said the world has entered a new economic danger zone and that Europe, Japan and the United States all need to make hard decisions to avoid dragging down
readRand meddling may boomerang, says Marcus
16-09-2011
JOHANNESBURG – There are no guarantees that strategies to weaken the rand would work and such options are limited now that the government’s budget is in deficit, Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus
readDiamond company paves way for disabled
16-09-2011
TEOPOLINA Shevaanyena is a diamond cutter and polisher at Schachter and Namdar Diamond Cutting and Polishing company and she is good at her job.At first glance she seems like just another worker. It
readBounce back from a blunder
16-09-2011
Blunders happen, but communicating effectively means you can limit the damage and even strengthen your connection with your truest fans, says Harvard Business Review.Eventually, every leader will need
readIn Brief
16-09-2011
Norway ship on fire, 100s evacuated OSLO – Hundreds of people were evacuated from a Norwegian fjord cruise ship yesterday after a fire broke out in the engine room, injuring two people, rescue
readMalema one of Africa’s most powerful young men: Forbes
16-09-2011
JOHANNESBURG – ANC Youth League president Julius Malema is one of Africa’s 10 most powerful young men, according to a list compiled by business magazine Forbes.“The ANCYL wields enormous power in
readWhat smutty Silvio let slip about Merkel
16-09-2011
ROME – Silvio Berlusconi is at the centre of fresh controversy over claims he made a derogatory comment about Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel.The Italian prime minister, 74, is accused of insulting
readKenya was warned about fuel pipeline
16-09-2011
NAIROBI – The Kenyan government was repeatedly warned about the dangers of people living on top of a petrol pipeline that leaked fuel and exploded days ago, killing 95 people, experts said.Families
readPut A Moratorium On Land Redistribution
16-09-2011
SINCE the government embarked on its land redistribution programme, there has been scepticism and suspicion that the exercise is only benefiting a certain group of people.This suspicion has been
readControls Are Crucial
16-09-2011
DR A R Lichtman wrote a highly emotional letter under the above-mentioned header ‘Toxic Economic Benefits’ in The Namibian of September 9, 2011. As it is of utmost importance for our society to
readExport Of Cattle From Namibia To Angola
16-09-2011
THIS is an open letter to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Andrew Ndishishi.We are owners of a farm in Angola, situated in the Libollo District, Kuanza-Sul
readEveryone Is Silent About Angola
16-09-2011
I READ about Julius Malema and about those who protested against his disciplinary hearing in South Africa.I read about Elijah Ngurare who spoke out in defence of as well as others against Malema to be
read400 000 Namibians On Verge Of Starvation?
16-09-2011
REFERENCE is made to some parts of the article, written by Hidipo Hamutenya, under the heading: ‘The Shame of Incompetent Governance’ in The Namibian newspaper of 30 August 2011, on page 7.I make
readCorporal Punishment In Schools
16-09-2011
CORPORAL punishment has been banned in Namibian schools with the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Namibia. The alleged punishment administered to learners by teachers at Windhoek
readDevelopment = Tax Money
16-09-2011
TO DEVELOP anything in this world you need money. One of the American Presidents once said that there are only two things in life that you can be sure of, and that is death and taxes.With great
readKaunda Can Buy Himself A House
16-09-2011
ALLOW me to express my disappointment with Namibian leaders. I was very shocked to read the article in the your newspaper ‘Namibia buying a house for Kaunda’.President Hifikepunye Pohamba, this
readFalse And Slanderous
16-09-2011
IN RESPONSE to a letter of Reinhard J Schmidt published in The Namibian, 9 September 2011, ‘This Stinks’.You are correct only in stating that a group of Polytechnic students camped at the Namib Desert
readI Am No One’s Stooge
16-09-2011
ALLOW me space in your esteemed paper to share a view and indeed a personal response regarding the newly appointed Commissioners of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) of which I am one of the
readNamibia Is A Ghomtja Nation
16-09-2011
THE rot has definitely set in and it is about time Namibians systematically start trimming it away.When media reports refer to one or a few activities, it is easy to miss the bigger picture, but few
readAngula’s Views Of Office Are Frozen In Permanent Inertia
16-09-2011
Ranieri was given this sorry trademark because he could not stick to any notable winning formula as he was in a state of permanent experimentation and improvisation. Ultimately the billionaire owner
readHow Can We Keep On Doing This? Reflections On Higher Education
16-09-2011
THE forces of demand and supply have been playing themselves out unevenly on the higher education front, and supply has been taking most of the blows. The increased demand for access to higher
readB!tche$ Behave!
16-09-2011
I saw girls salivating with schadenfreude as the rumour mill went into overdrive with the news that the very sexy Alicia Keys’ husband, one Swizz Beats allegedly had a kamboroto. Others were rolling
readOur Roads Are A Dice With Death
16-09-2011
CABINET this week announced the formation of a special committee to investigate the causes of the road carnage in Namibia, as hundreds of people are being needlessly killed and maimed because of the
readPolitical Perspective
16-09-2011
I FOR one am tired of Namibia’s visible material excess, most of which clearly emanates from ill-gotten gains and not a lifestyle that has borne fruit after decades of hard work and dedication. Some
readUusiku a futwa omolwehadho lyegumbo lye
16-09-2011
OMUKALIMO gwomomukunda Okaku mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shana, Joel Uusiku ngoka egumbo lye lya hadhelwe kOpolisi pa zimino lyOmpangu nenge lya Mengestrata gwa Ndangwa meti 28 Novemba 2009 taku tiwa
readOlusheno talu ka dhima mOsoondaha mOshakati
16-09-2011
OMUNAMBELEWA e na sha nIilonga Yopautekenika mEhangano ndyoka hali gandja olusheno kOshakati lyedhina Oshakati Premier Electric, omusamane Leo Hanekom, okwa tseyitha kutya mOsoondaha yeti 18 Septemba
readNORED osho a gwedhele olusheno lwe
16-09-2011
EHANGANO ndyoka hali gandja olusheno mIitopolwa yomoNooli, ngashi Okaprivi, Okavango, Oshikoto, Oshana, Ohangwerna, omusati nOkunene tali ithanwa NORED (Northern Electricity Distribution Company),
readIntaka a apewa iilonga yohapi
16-09-2011
EWILIKONGUNDU lyokugandja iilonga yepangelo olya koleke kutya Intaka Technology okwa shaina euvathano lyoku gundja ohapi nomiku dhilwe miipangelo omi 32 yepangelo moshilongo ashihe. Eshaino
readOmanima galya po ishewe iikombo yaantu
16-09-2011
OMANIMA ngoka haga dhipaga nokulya po iikombo yaantu momikunda dhomoshitopolwa sha Shana nosha Shikoto, osho gi iteyele mOmashaka pOndangwa mOshitopolwa sha Shana mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika
readOmaindilo goku kwata oohi masiku ga pu thiluthilu
16-09-2011
IILONGA yoku konakona nokutala nawa omaindilo gaamboka ya hala okupewa uuthemba woku kwata oohi mefuta lya Namibia oya manithwa. Iilonga mbika oya pwa nomushangwahokololo kombinga yayo ogwa pewa
readKapena euvathano natango moshinima sha Tunacor
16-09-2011
KONYALA aaniilonga 150 yomefuta naamboka yokomutunda ya kutwa ku Tunacor pOmbaye otaya gwanitha konyala oomwedhi mbali yeli moshipotha. Oshipotha shika sha tamekele momasiku 23 ga Juli nuumvo osha
readAagandji yiilonga ya lulilwa komakuyunguto miilonga
16-09-2011
EHANGANO Lyaagandji yiilonga ya Namibia[NEF] olya ti iikolokosha momahala giilonga mbyoka tayi monika moshilongo oyina okutalwa nawa nokutulwa koshiyalo, oku tala kutya oshike naanaa sheeta uupyakadhi
readSwapo ta fala ya Teko kompangu
16-09-2011
EHANGANO lyoSwapo, Namib Contract Haulage[NCH] olya ningile, Teckla Lameck na Jerobeam Kongo Mokaxwa oshipotha shongushu yoodola omiliona yimwe noshinkwanu ntano. Lameck na Mokaxwa oya li nale
readEkanka lya Namdeb lya guma oongeshefa
16-09-2011
OONGESHEFA ndhoka hadhi ngeshefele mOrangemund odha kanitha iiyemo omolwa ekanka lyaaniilonga ndyoka lya ningi omasiku konyala gevule 29 ngashingeyi. O The Namibian oya popi naawiliki yoongeshefa
readNgurare ta longitha oonkondo dhe mewiliko pombambo
16-09-2011
AATALINAWA otaya ti amushanga gwewawa lyaagundjuka yo Swapo ota kambadhala oku kala muuwiliwiki wewawa ndyoka. Mbaka oya popi ndhika sha landula sho, Elijah Ngurare aniwa a tula miilonga iilyo ya
readJohannes wins half marathon bronze
16-09-2011
HELALIA Johannes won a bronze medal in the Women’s Half Marathon at the All Africa Games on Thursday morning when she came third in one hour, 11 minutes and 12 seconds.It was Johannes’ best time this
readBonking, Eating and Drinking
16-09-2011
This column is the fifth in a series of eight that will be published in the build-up to this year’s The Namibian Pick n Pay Cycle Classic. It’s aimed at conveying important information about the event
readNamibia back on ‘home turf’
16-09-2011
GISBORNE swings back into Rugby World Cup mode on Thursday today with the return of the Namibian team.After two bruising losses to Samoa and Fiji, the team is back in Gisborne where they will mix a
readSpoilers hold AGM
16-09-2011
SPOILERS Sports Club of Okahandja is set to hold their Annual General Meeting on Sunday.All players and supporters are welcome to attend the meeting scheduled for 13h00 at the Eden Primary School in
readWIN LIKE A CHAMPION!
16-09-2011
Kapow! Do you want to see some of Africa’s top boxers, as well as our very own champ, Paulus ‘Hitman’ Moses, in action? Now’s your chance to try and score a ticket KO!The Hitman will fight Brazil’s
readFifa funds Namibian women
16-09-2011
NAMIBIAN women’s football received US$40 000 injection from Fifa toward the development of its league structures.This revelation was made recently after Fifa re-assured the Namibia Football
readBotha returns for injury-hit Springboks
16-09-2011
WELLINGTON – South Africa lock Bakkies Botha likened himself to ‘an old farm vehicle’ that would take a while to warm up but would ultimately be ready to play against Fiji tomorrow after his recovery
readVries thwarts Botes as Arrows win
16-09-2011
BRAVE Warriors first choice goalkeeper Virgil Vries saved a penalty from his compatriot Henrico Botes as Golden Arrows beat Platinum Stars 3-1 in a South African Premiership match on Wednesday. A
readFootball Results
16-09-2011
Uefa Champions League Wednesday, September 14 Man City 1 - 1 Napoli Villarreal 0 - 2 Bayern Munich Lille
readBoas aims to douse United fire
16-09-2011
LONDON – Andre Villas-Boas has enjoyed a steady if unspectacular start to his reign at Chelsea but the Portuguese coach will get a clearer idea of the challenge he faces to wrest the title away from
readTIPEEG rollout starts
16-09-2011
THE race is on to roll out projects under the multi-billion-dollar Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (TIPEEG), with just six months left before the end of the current
read‘Strange animals’ search costs Police N$100 000
16-09-2011
A SUPERSTITIOUS fear of “strange animals” which led to a Police raid on a family home in northern Namibia almost two years ago is now set to cost Namibia’s taxpayers N$100 000.The home of the Uusiku
readSafe fun for youngsters at DTS sport complex
16-09-2011
IN the heart of Windhoek is a colourful, safe new playground which promises endless fun for children. The Kids Bush Park in Olympia next to the DTS sport complex in Tennis Street is the brainchild of
readPower cut in Oshakati on Sunday
16-09-2011
OSHAKATI Premier Electric (OPE) has announced that there will be a power cut for the whole of Oshakati on Sunday from 07h00 to 13h00 due to repairs by NamPower.OPE manager for technical services Leo
readPolice shoot escapee
16-09-2011
A MAN sustained serious injuries last week when he was shot by a Police officer after escaping from custody. A case of attempted murder has been opened against the Okahandja Police officer.Fanie
readLameck still drawing salary from PSC
16-09-2011
THE continued term of office of Teckla Lameck on the Public Service Commission (PSC) is turning into an embarrassment for the commission, opposition parties said. Lameck was put on “temporary absence
readKilling of goats a 'mystery'
16-09-2011
A FAMILY at the Omashaka village near Ondangwa are alleging that the Police and nature conservation officials are refusing to investigate the killing of more than seven goats Wednesday night.Paulus
readKalkrand council mired in controversy
16-09-2011
THE appointment of Connie Bock as acting village secretary at Kalkrand was noted as a ‘mere relief’ by the Ministry of Regional Government and Housing because there was no-one else in the council to
readFunds needed to protect heritage
16-09-2011
PEINGEONDJABI Shipoh, the Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, on Wednesday told SADC delegates that because of the shortage of money, other sources
readFarmers irked by export handicaps
16-09-2011
NAMIBIAN livestock breeders are frustrated following a tightening of controls on the export of breeding stock to Angola. Now, their Angolan counterparts have added their voice to the appeal to
readCensus officials want payment
16-09-2011
NEW questions have been raised over the payment of enumerators in the 2011 Housing and Population Census.Speaking on condition of anonymity, one enumerator who was deployed in the Khomas Region told
readBusinesses team up to save wild dogs
16-09-2011
THE N/a’an ku sê wildlife sanctuary's annual Wild Dog Corporate Eco-Challenge will be held on October 15. The fundraiser pits local companies against one another in a tough nature challenge to win a
readBaby dumping horror...Men make gruesome find at dumpsite
16-09-2011
UNEMPLOYED people searching for empty bottles at the Rehoboth dumpsite discovered the burnt corpse of a newborn baby on Tuesday.They made the grisly find at about 08h00, Police said. The baby's body
readAgra gets second green light for conversion
16-09-2011
THE intended conversion of Namibia’s largest supplier of agricultural goods and services, Agra, from a co-operative into a public company can go ahead as planned, in the wake of a judgement handed
read33 tons of sugar ‘disappears’ at Usakos accident scene
16-09-2011
THIRTY-three tons of white sugar, worth around N$300 000, disappeared during a free-for-all looting frenzy by hundreds of people at Usakos on Wednesday after a truck tipped over in the town’s centre
readSMSes for Friday 16 September 2011
16-09-2011
SMS Of The Day You’re not the only ones. *RESIDENTS living in Gevers and Gloudina streets who have dogs that bark non-stop all night, why don’t you go outside and find out why they are barking and
readNotable Quotes
16-09-2011
WE do not support this nonsense. – An insider within the Swapo Youth League said. Insiders within the SPYL have criticised secretary Elijah Ngurare’s move of appointing additional members to the SPYL
readI am the voice of SA’s AfrikanerYouth –Snotkop
16-09-2011
Snotkop made his musical breakthrough as upcoming kwaito artist Lekgoa, after he signed his first big recording contract in 2002. Born Francois Henning in Zimbabwe from South African parents, he grew
readFrontlining on Twitter
16-09-2011
THE anniversary of black consciousness hero Steve Biko was one of this week’s trending topics, as was Miss Universe, which saw Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, take the crown: #SteveBiko @mathidube: If not
readWestlife Promise Big Hits at Hart van Windhoek Tonight
16-09-2011
‘More than Words’, Queen of my Heart’, ‘I Lay My Love on You’...If you thought I was about to launch into a love poem of note, worry no more – I am simply naming a few of the best loved songs by
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