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73 Articles found on Friday, 2 September 2011
Man shoots boy, kills horse
02-09-2011
A REHOBOTH man in his sixties is expected to appear in court today on a charge of attempted murder after he wounded a boy (16) and killed a horse. The incident took place yesterday afternoon on a farm
readIt is time...
02-09-2011
Namibia will change back to summer time on Sunday morning at 01h00, when clocks and watches have to be turned forward one hour to be the same as in South Africa. Tracey Allies yesterday decided to get
readNamdeb lifts lockout but strike continues
02-09-2011
DIAMOND miner Namdeb has lifted a nine-day lockout of striking workers at its mines with effect from Tuesday.The lockout lifting gives workers an option to report for duty within three days, or they
readCity hikes power tariffs
02-09-2011
WINDHOEK residents will now have to dig deeper into their pockets to keep the lights on as the Electricity Control Board (ECB) approved an average 13 per cent tariff increase for the City of Windhoek
readDoctors guilty of baby’s death
02-09-2011
THE guilty verdict and suspension of two Rundu-based doctors over a baby’s death shows the Health Professions Council “is not just a dog with a bark, but also a dog with a bite”.This was said by Dr
readBrave Warriors in good shape
02-09-2011
APART from a knock on the rib cage of playmaker Bradley Wermann, the Brave Warriors are in relatively good health and a raring to go in their final Afcon qualifier against Gambia tomorrow.Team manager
readGaddafi said to be in desert
02-09-2011
TRIPOLI – Muammar Gaddafi is in a desert town outside Tripoli planning a fight-back, a Libyan military chief said yesterday, as Libya’s interim rulers met world leaders to discuss reshaping a nation
readBusiness confidence retains its rosy glow
02-09-2011
LOCAL business confidence recovered for the third month in a row in July, driven by a stronger exports on the back of better metal and meat prices.The IJG Business Climate Index crawled up 0,7 basis
readSA boycotts Libya conference
02-09-2011
OSLO – South Africa disagrees with Nato’s military intervention in Libya and took no part in yesterday’s conference in Paris dedicated to rebuilding the war-torn country, President Jacob Zuma said.“We
readPik Botha in hospital with heart trouble
02-09-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Apartheid-era South African foreign minister Pik Botha was hospitalised in Pretoria on Wednesday with heart trouble, the hospital and the diplomat’s wife Ina said.The 79-year-old was
readHearing opens against ex-ministers over Kenyan election bloodshed
02-09-2011
THE HAGUE – Former Kenyan minister William Ruto faced the world crimes court yesterday as a hearing opened to confirm if he should stand trial for masterminding Kenya’s deadly post-election violence
readEurope rejects IMF call for more bank capital
02-09-2011
FRANKFURT – European bankers and politicians leapt to defend the region’s banks on Thursday, rejecting an International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimate that they need 200 billion euros (US$290 billion)
readDinars from heaven as Britain’s RAF flies in to Libya
02-09-2011
LONDON – Britain’s Royal Air Force flew in crates of freshly printed bank notes worth US$227 million to Libya on Wednesday to help its new rulers pay public workers and banks to replenish cash
readEtango’s Bannerman still talking to Chinese
02-09-2011
PERTH − Uranium hopeful Bannerman Resources, owner of the Etango uranium project in Namibia, have told delegates at the Africa Downunder conference that it was still engaging in discussions with
readTschudi mine commercially viable, says Weatherly
02-09-2011
LONDON – AIM-listed mining company Weatherly International yesterday said testing at its Tsumeb site in Namibia has revealed enough minerals to potentially make the site commercially viable.Following
readRio Tinto sees gold in iron ore
02-09-2011
PERTH – The world needs at least 100 million tonnes of additional iron ore supply each year for the next eight years to meet demand growth projections in steel making, miner Rio Tinto said
readWorld Bank still wary of Zim
02-09-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe, still struggling to recover from a catastrophic economic collapse three years ago, is still “far off” from qualifying for World Bank financing, a senior bank official has said.The
readSinking outlook for zinc production
02-09-2011
LOW ore grades took the zing out of Namibian zinc sales during the first six months of 2011, the latest commodity review by Capricorn Investment Holdings (CIH) shows.Sales brought in more than a
readIn Brief
02-09-2011
Hurricane Katia surging across Atlantic MIAMI – Hurricane Katia is making its trek across the Atlantic with little change in strength. Katia had maximum sustained winds early yesterday of nearly
readWikiLeaks charges Guardian - with leaks
02-09-2011
BERLIN – The online whistleblower platform WikiLeaks said yesterday that hundreds of thousands of secret, unfiltered US diplomatic cables are now available online in a security breach it blamed on
readSyrian city of Hama raided, official resigns
02-09-2011
AMMAN – Syrian forces raided houses in Hama for the second day yesterday, residents said, hours after the city’s attorney general declared on YouTube he had resigned in protest against bloody
readUnqualified Teachers
02-09-2011
WE NEED to be honest, the problem [of unqualified teachers] will never be solved if the higher educational institutions don’t change their syllabuses. In most cases, the reason why vacant teaching
readOne Nation At Odds With Tribal Chiefs
02-09-2011
IN YOUR paper of the 25th August Aribeb wants to know as to “what happened with One Namibia One Nation”.Many of us who grew up in the times and era of the Kwame Nkrumahs, Julius Nyereres and Patrice
readPohamba Happy To Follow Nujoma
02-09-2011
I HAVE noted, with dismay, a [reader’s letter] written by a certain Nathaniel Lucas, and published by The Namibian newspaper on 12 August 2011 with the heading ‘Leadership Vacuum in Namibia’. In the
readNato Must Clean Up Libya
02-09-2011
NOW that the rebels have taken over all strategic towns in Libya, including the capital, the question is: will the rebels be able to maintain law and order as everyone in the country has a weapon?The
readUnrepentant U-Turns
02-09-2011
GOVERNMENT leaders publicly commit serious mistakes and blunders out of political ignorance and arrogance.After reversing their own mistakes, they expect to be praised and thanked by the people of
readPlease End The Strike
02-09-2011
An open letter of concern with regards to the current Namdeb situation [strike] from concerned employees, local businesses and fellow Oranjemunders.NAMDEB is well known as the pillar of Namibia, a
readA Solution To The Housing Crisis
02-09-2011
WINDHOEK has reached the worst housing crisis point. The ministry responsible for housing has failed the nation, the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) has missed the focus.The Windhoek housing problem
readThe Need To Remember Heroes
02-09-2011
HEROES Day was observed on Friday last week, but I would like to comment on the content of Thursday’s (August 25, 2011) Political Perspective in The Namibian.Who are we to deny the heroes of Namibia
readPeople Still Drink Dirty Water?
02-09-2011
THREE months ago I visited two constituencies, namely Epembe and Ongenga, both in the Ohangwena region. To my surprise I noted that most of the people are still drinking contaminated water and there
readDo Something Urgently, Please!
02-09-2011
ALLOW me space in your reputable newspaper to air my disappointment with the Namibian Government and its drive to alleviate poverty in this country!On 21 August 2011 my family and I were cruising down
readShooting Ourselves In The Foot?
02-09-2011
HATS off to President Hifikepunye Pohamba for moving to end boot-licking, a practice that is in no small measure at the core of what is rotten with governance in Namibia and many other countries,
readPrime Minister Angula As A Columnist Is Unsound PracticeIn A Democracy
02-09-2011
ORDINARILY, it may appear sobering and perhaps courageous for a sitting Prime Minister to become a columnist for a newspaper that has been banned by government.However, when Nahas Angula was asked as
readBack to the Kunene Again
02-09-2011
FACTS are sacred and opinions are free, wrote C.P. Scott, perhaps the greatest editor of The Manchester Guardian many decades ago. That has become one of the journalistic creeds since his time. But
readNamdeb Dispute: A Lose-Lose Situation
02-09-2011
THAT the Bogenfels dispute and industrial action was allowed to run on for more than 15 days, in the process causing losses of N$50 million to Namdeb and Government, is beyond my understanding.The
readBeaten and Bruised But What Would You Have Done?
02-09-2011
TO say Namibians like English football is a bit of an understatement. We adopt English teams and follow them with religious fervour and refer to our or my team even if we wouldn't be able to find the
readPolitiacal Perspective
02-09-2011
‘NOT with a bang but a whimper’ is how the ban on Government advertising in, as well as purchase of, The Namibian ended on the 26th anniversary of the newspaper this week. In force for over a decade,
readSipitikopa ta hepeke oshigwana
02-09-2011
MOSHITOPOLWA sha Musati omu na Omupolisi gwOsipitikopa taku tiwa kutya o Jonas ta hepeke oshigwana shomOmusati noonkondo, unene, tuu aahingi yIihauto.Oshigwana tashi nyolwa nokupewa uutiketa shaa li
readHaikali a fala uudhigu we ku Komufala
02-09-2011
OMUWILIKI gwa Namibia Premier League, Mathew Haikali okwa fala uupyakadhi wetidho lye miilonga kombelewa ya kOmufala gwaaniilonga. Haikali okwa lombwele o The Namibian kutya okwa fala oshinima shika
readTunacor a indikwa kaalongithe yalwe
02-09-2011
EHANGANO lya Namibian Seamen and Allied Workers Union[Nasawu] olya sindana moku indila ohofa yaaniilonga ndjoka ya indike ehangano lyoohi lya Tunacor Fisheries opo ndika lyaalongithe aaniilonga yalwe
readEkuthopo lyoondjindikila lya taambwako nawa
02-09-2011
EKUTHOPO lyoondjindikila dhepangelo okulanda oshifo sho The Namibian noshowo oku ninga omatseyitho giipindi musho kiikondo yepangelo noshowo komahangano gepangelo olya taambiwako nenyanyu
readOmuperesidende ti ipula kelongitho lyoshimaliwa
02-09-2011
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ulike eipulo lye kombinga yelongitho lyoshimaliwa komalutu, omahangano noshowo oohandimwe mokuninga omatseyitho miifo, oku mu halela elago nompolo mesiku
readOmagumbo ga ninga ondilo miilando
02-09-2011
AALANDI yomagumbo lwotango oye na uudhigu okulanda omagumbo molwaashoka ngaka oga ninga ondilo noonkondo.Uundilo womagumbo mbuka owa thiminike aalandi mbaka opo ya kale taya zi momagumbo galwe
readOmupolisi a dhipaga ohonda ye, ye naye ti idhipaga
02-09-2011
OMUPOLISI gwokOpuwo mOshitopolwa sha Kunene okwa yaha okusa ohonda ye ye wo naye ti iyaha noku idhipaga, sha ningilwa aniwa mositiola ya China yedhina Ocuvelai China Shop mOndoolopa ya Puwo moka
readOkabinete ka taamba omathaneko
02-09-2011
OKABINETE oka koleke omathaneko ngoka ga ningilwe koshigongi shelongo sha gongalele mu Juni na Juli nuumvo. Minista yElongo, Abraham Iyambo okwa ti ngoka ngashingeyi ogo omatokolo gena okutulwa
readEgandjo lyomapapa kaadhani nokOosipana
02-09-2011
GUMWE gwAawiliki Aauluntu mOshana Village Based Football League Paulus Herman Kalimbo, okwa lombwela The Namibian kutya ngula mOlyomakaya meti 3 Septemba 2011, otaya ka kala noshiithanene oshinene
readWIN N$1 000!
02-09-2011
You don’t even have to be a rugby fan ...This is it! The final countdown to the Rugby World Cup 2011, which starts on Friday, September 9. Join in the build-up with The Namibian and stand a chance of
readPohamba leaves for fight in Zambia
02-09-2011
WELTERWEIGHT boxer Mandume ‘The President’ Pohamba left for Livingstone yesterday to honour his matchup against Zambian Pythias Kambembe.The two meet an an international non-title bout sanctioned by
readCoastal Pirates host consecutive in-line hockey tournaments
02-09-2011
SWAKOPMUND’s in-line hockey club, Coastal Pirates, play host to two consecutive weekends of action packed in-line hockey. Competition is stiff and the clubs are all hungry for a win to secure their
readOpen Letter No 3: Getting fit!
02-09-2011
Dear P. Not only have you committed yourself to being “a cyclist and not a spectator” in this year’s Namibian PicknPay Cycle Classic, but you have been seen on a nice bike. In fact, you have even
readNamibia face Irish over four days
02-09-2011
NAMIBIA’S senior National cricket team will play in its first International Cup match for the season starting September 6 to in Belfast, Ireland. After a successful campaign in the ICC Shield
readCycletec Spring Festival arrives
02-09-2011
CYCLETEC’S Spring Festival only comes around once a year, but when the dust settled after the first weekend of next month, every walker, runner and cyclist will have enough memories to linger until
readSCORE A KNOCKOUT!
02-09-2011
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
readWelfare golf tees-off this weekend
02-09-2011
THE thirteenth annual Bank Windhoek Golf Day in Aid of Welfare starts today at the Windhoek Golf Club. A total of 28 teams entered in the Bank Windhoek Golf Day enabling the Bank to raise N$85 000.
readHorse jumping challenge held
02-09-2011
THE Gymkhana Club Windhoek hosted the 33rd FEI World Jumping Challenge last weekend. The aim of the competition was to give the less experienced riders who, under normal circumstances, cannot take
readVeld fire at farms kills two
02-09-2011
A VELD fire that raged across the Otjozondjupa Region last week destroyed grazing on six farms and claimed the lives of at least two people.The farms of Sport Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo and Health
readUnemployed Keetmans resident cashes in on empty bottles
02-09-2011
IT is six o'clock in the morning. This is the time when unemployed Keetmanshoop resident Rudi 'Raka' Christiaan hits the dusty streets of his neighbourhood with his wheelbarrow to buy empty
readTwo Rehoboth residents die in crash
02-09-2011
TWO Rehoboth residents died, and another sustained serious injuries, when the bakkie in which they were travelling overturned on a gravel road near Uhlenhorst in the Hardap Region on Tuesday night.
readSuspected measles cases test negative
02-09-2011
RECENTLY reported suspected cases of measles at Gainachas village in the Berseba constituency have turned to be negative. This was confirmed by the acting Karas regional health director, Jan
readRelocation and intervention
02-09-2011
Oshipwatapwata is an Informal Settlement in Oshikango in the northern part of Namibia with 1 299 registered shacks, some being residents and some being residents and places of business. Rubbish heaps
readPatients wait hours at hospital
02-09-2011
OUTPATIENTS at the Katutura State Hospital in Windhoek were made to wait for hours on Tuesday to see medical staff, with one person allegedly collapsing according to other patients.When The Namibian
readOkahandja dump: a home and a workplace
02-09-2011
THERE are 20 adults and five children living permanently in makeshift shacks on the Okahandja rubbish dump.They scavenge about in the rubbish for food, clothing and anything else they can use to
readNot all happy with ECN commissioners
02-09-2011
WHILE it remains the prerogative of President Hifikepunye Pohamba to appoint commissioners to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), disappointment was expressed over some notable exclusions. “We
readNew GIPF board members announced
02-09-2011
THE Government has appointed three new board members to the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) board to replace Hartmut Ruppel and Gordon Elliot, whose terms have expired. The new board
readNew !Oë ≠Gân chief to be crowned
02-09-2011
THE ceremonial crowning of the new !Oë ≠Gân Chief, Abed Ganaseb, who was elected by the !Oë ≠Gân community to take over from Immanuel /Gâseb in August, will take place on October 8 at
readMechanical error caused pilot's death
02-09-2011
MECHANICAL error was the cause of death of a young Namibian pilot in May this year at the Hosea Kutako Intentional Airport, the final report on the incident has found. The investigation into the death
readKeep the ‘Vision’ away from Swakopmund
02-09-2011
AT a recent public feedback meeting about Gecko Namibia’s N$12 billion ‘Vision Industrial Park’ (VIP), Gecko Managing Director, Phillip Ellis, asked “where should such a park then be located?”He asked
readGive the gift of breath
02-09-2011
LAWINA Garoës (17) was born prematurely in the Katutura State Hospital and was admitted to the ICU immediately after birth for a couple of weeks as her lungs were not able to function properly.During
readGerman’s escape charge dropped
02-09-2011
A GERMAN national whose alleged escape out of Police custody in Windhoek ten months ago ended with his re-arrest at Mariental after three days on the run could be charged again after the case against
readAppeal over fatal robbery succeeds
02-09-2011
THE conviction of a man found guilty of staging a deadly armed robbery at a shop at Oshakati more than 11 years ago has been set aside on appeal.A single witness identified Gabriel Natangwe Kanime as
readSMSes for Friday 02 September 2011
02-09-2011
SMS Of The Day *I’M so tired of people who drive without caring about themselves or their passengers. I almost died on Wednesday when the taxi I was in overtook three cars at once and suddenly an
readNotable Quotes
02-09-2011
WE’RE not at the stage of signing contracts, but to understand how the NTC is managing this crisis. – Michel Casals, said about the mission of French companies heading to Libya next month to
readBBA’s Thami takes time out to give back
02-09-2011
FORMER Big Brother Africa 3 housemate Thami Prusent is a man on a mission.At the end of last month he set off on a trip from Cape Town to Cairo, in order to raise awareness about the situation in
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