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56 Articles found on Wednesday, 21 September 2011
‘It is our land’
21-09-2011
Members of the /Khomanin community gathered in Independence Avenue in Windhoek yesterday and marched to the office of Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo. They handed over a petition over to
readEhafo workers to ‘report for duty’
21-09-2011
WORKERS on the payroll of the Ministry of Education stationed at Ehafo on the eastern outskirts of Windhoek say they will report for duty at the ministry’s head office at the Government Office Park in
readProbe continues as top cop is fined
21-09-2011
NEW developments in the internal investigation against the head of the Police’s Explosives Unit, Deputy Commissioner John Alweendo, suggest that former Deputy Prosecutor General Johnny Truter might be
readMUN, Rössing meet in bid to avoid strike
21-09-2011
WINDHOEK – Management at Rössing Uranium mine met with union representatives yesterday in a bid to avoid a strike over production incentives that could hurt output at one of the world’s largest
readSuspect admits N$1,9m fraud
21-09-2011
ANGER over not receiving a promotion at work prompted a former employee of hardware and building material dealers M. Pupkewitz & Sons to commit fraud to the tune of almost N$2 million, a judge heard
readNamibia replace six for Boks
21-09-2011
AUCKLAND – Namibia has made six changes - five in the forward pack - for the World Cup match with neighbour South Africa tomorrow (10h00).Bertus O’Callaghan was swapped with Hugo Horn at hooker on
readLibyan forces hold off on storming Gaddafi bastions
21-09-2011
SIRTE / BANI WALID – Libyan provisional government forces held off from attacking Muammar Gaddafi’s last bastions in the country yesterday as civilians kept streaming out ahead of more assaults.There
readTweya urges Spanish to invest in Nam
21-09-2011
MADRID – Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Tjekero Tweya on Monday called on Namibian and Spanish businesses to make use of the Reciprocal Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement between the
readDewani case moved to SA High Court
21-09-2011
CAPE TOWN – The trial of the alleged killers of newlywed honeymooner Anni Dewani was yesterday moved to the High Court in Cape Town, where proceedings will start in February, a magistrate ruled.“A
readRiots erupt in tight Zambian election
21-09-2011
LUSAKA – Stone-throwing mobs smashed cars and blocked roads during voting yesterday in Zambia’s capital, after opposition leader Michael Sata accused President Rupiah Banda’s rival camp of rigging the
readReinvent your professional self
21-09-2011
BOSTON – It is possible to reinvent your work identity when making a challenging mid-career switch, says Harvard Business Review. Just don’t over think it. A mid-career switch can be challenging,
readAnti-corruption conference set for Windhoek
21-09-2011
AN INTERNATIONAL fraud and corruption conference is set for Windhoek next week.The gathering organised by Gahel Investment & Consultancy will be known as ‘All Africa Fraud &Corruption
readIMF downgrades outlook for US and Europe economies
21-09-2011
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund has sharply downgraded its outlook for the US economy through 2012 because of weak growth and concern that Europe won’t be able to solve its debt
readYukos: Western darling and Kremlin pest
21-09-2011
MOSCOW – Yukos was Russia’s biggest and fastest-growing oil company when its high-flying boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky was snatched off his private jet by state security agents in October 2003.What
readBank faces dual attack in parliament after loss
21-09-2011
ZURICH – The Swiss parliament piled pressure on the nation’s biggest banks on Monday in the wake of UBS AG’s US$2,3 billion loss from rogue trading, as a centre-left party pushed for a ban on risky
readUBS to seek confidence vote after rogue trade
21-09-2011
ZURICH – Banking giant UBS is to hold a board meeting today in Singapore, when it will decide whether to maintain support for its chief executive Oswald Gruebel after a rogue trading case, Swiss press
readRivals circle UBS star bankers
21-09-2011
LONDON – Rivals are circling Switzerland’s UBS AG to poach its star deal advisers and equity specialists, as a US$2,3 billion rogue trading scandal and the prospect of low or non-existent bonuses
read‘Two and a Half Men’ kills off Sheen’s character ...
21-09-2011
‘Two and a Half Men’ creator Chuck Lorre introduced Ashton Kutcher as a new star of television’s most popular comedy on Monday, and gained a measure of revenge against the departed Charlie Sheen in
readHong Kong police make record cocaine bust
21-09-2011
HONG KONG – Police said on Sunday they have made the southern Chinese territory’s largest ever cocaine bust, seizing more than half a ton of the drug, worth around N$577 million.Authorities said drugs
readAustralian PM in sex scene row
21-09-2011
CANBERRA – Australia’s national broadcaster faced calls for a review of funding on Tuesday over a television comedy scene with a fictional Prime Minister Julia Gillard draped in a national flag after
readEU in ‘last-ditch’ bid to save food aid for Europe’s poor
21-09-2011
BRUSSELS – Europe’s farm ministers were to decide yesterday whether to agree a plan to ditch 80 per cent of the food aid being delivered to 13 million Europeans too poor to afford proper meals, a plan
readIn Brief
21-09-2011
Death toll 60 as violence rocks Yemen capital SANAA – Gunfire and shelling rocked Sanaa for the third straight day yesterday as the toll from the worst outbreak of violence in Yemen’s capital in
readChasing the dots ... Financial Flatulence and Political Whores
21-09-2011
THREE years ago excrement hit the fan as the financial algorithmic thugs (traders) suddenly found that their source of apparently infinite, over leveraged credit created by a small number of “too big
readEgwedhelo lyaaniilonga ya Roads Authority
21-09-2011
EHANGANO lyoondjila naandyoka lyaaniilonga yomepangelo Namibia Public Workers Union[Napwu] oya shaina euvathano konima yoonkundathana ndhoka dha kwata oomwedhi ntano omaandaha moVenduka. Euvathano
readOmufekelwa meponokelo lya Graig a pewa iifutilemo
21-09-2011
OMUFEKELWA gumwe meyugo kwahomatiwa pegumbo lya Meya nale gwa Venduka okwa pewa iifutilemo mondholongo omaandaha. Omufekelwa Paulus Lukas ngoka kwatiwa oye humbata iinima mbyoka ya li ya yakwa okuza
readNamibia ina yalula NTC mo Libya
21-09-2011
NAMIBIA natango ota yambidhidha omuleli gwa Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, nonando nguka okwa tidhwamo miilonga koonkondo. Namibia okwa yambidhidha Gaddafi pethimbo lyoshigongi shaayehe shIigwana Hangano
readEkanka po Rossing tashi vulika
21-09-2011
KONYALA aaniilonga yeli 1 054 ,mboka yeli iilyo yehangano lyaaniilonga yoomina noya gumwa koshinima shomapandulo molwiilonga iiwanawa oya hogolola oku ninga ekanka. Aaniilonga newiliko lya Rossing oya
readNatango opena omashongo po Namdeb
21-09-2011
NONANDO oshipotha shaaniilonga poNamdeb osha hulapo, natango opena omashongo ngoka gena oku taagulukwa.Limwe lyomwaangaka olya gandjwa kOmbelewa ya Komufala gwaaniilonga opo li potokononwe. Oshiwike
readMeme omugundjuka a pila mondunda noyana
21-09-2011
MEME gwoomvula omilongondatu nane (34), gwomomukunda Onambeke mOniingo mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto Fiina Nuusiku Malima okwa si pamwe nuunona we uyali eso lyombaadhilila sho ya pile mondunda
readOsheendo shomilongo 62 ta shi katala iipongolo
21-09-2011
OSHEENDO shaantu 62 otashi ka ya koNdowishi oku ka taamba pambelewa iipongolo yomitse dhaakwashigwana aaNamibia. Iipongolo mbika ota yi ka gandjwa kosheendo shika kepangelo lya Ndowishi momasiku 30
readDhopolitika ina dhi taamba uuthikepamwe
21-09-2011
NONANDO oongundu dhopolitika moshilongo aniwa otadhi ti odha hala okuhumitha komeho uuthike pamwe paludhi lwomuntu noshowo ekuthombinga lyaakiintu momatokolo, ndhika aniwa kadhina omikalo nkene tadhi
readSiqueira will say my name: ‘Hitman’ Moses
21-09-2011
FORMER lightweight world titleholder Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses said yesterday that Sidney Jose De Siqueira “will say my name” after he beats him next week. These were his welcoming words to Siqueira,
readWIN LIKE A CHAMPION!
21-09-2011
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
readBest mountain bikers reap rewards
21-09-2011
THE stars of Namibian mountain biking shone bright last Wednesday when the Rock and Rut MTB Club rewarded some of the best cyclists in the country during a Gala evening at the Windhoek Country Club.
readTennis stars could strike: Murray
21-09-2011
LONDON – The world’s leading players are ‘not afraid’ of going on strike unless officials heed their calls to improve the crammed tennis calendar as soon as possible, Andy Murray warned on Monday.For
readNPL branding unrest persists
21-09-2011
THE branding dispute surrounding the Namibian Premiership has not been resolved, according to acting NPL CEO Joshua Tovey Hoëbeb. Hoëbeb said a number of clubs are still opposed to last week’s hasty
readSamoan ‘holocaust’ ranter escapes ban
21-09-2011
AUCKLAND – Samoa centre Eliota Sapolu Fuimaono’s apology for comparing the scheduling of his team’s rugby World Cup matches to the holocaust has saved him from disciplinary action by tournament
readNamibians visit injured rugby player
21-09-2011
HE Namibian Rugby World Cup team may have only just left the district but the first thing they did at their new ‘base’ was visit a special ‘Gizzy lad’.Poverty Bay age group representative player Joel
readParisse inspires Italy past Russia
21-09-2011
NELSON – Inspirational Italy captain Sergio Parisse steered his side to a 53-17 win over Russia in their rugby World Cup Pool C match at Trafalgar Park yesterday.Parisse was instrumental in at least
readWork for money, not for food
21-09-2011
GOVERNMENT’S food-for-work programme, which has encouraged around 100 people to relocate from Windhoek’s dumpsites to jobs in the city, has received a mixed response. “We were able to make a living
readViolent men labelled ‘sick’
21-09-2011
MEN must join hands to fight the evils of violence and abuse in Namibian society, says the organisation Namibian Men for Change.In a media statement released by the organisation, it is condemning
readFrom The Twittersphere
21-09-2011
CONGRATULATIONS to Namibian tweeter @RihannaNavy_Nam, an ace networker, as well as a huge Rihanna fan, who’s clocked up more than 2 900 followers! In other timeline news, more wit and hints of wisdom
readTucna wants representation on parastatals
21-09-2011
THE Trade Union Congress of Namibia (Tucna) has called for representation on the Tender Board of Namibia as well as on other statutory boards.These were among a number of resolutions taken at Tucna’s
readSwapo suggests ‘peace deal’ in Kaiyamo saga
21-09-2011
A RECOMMENDATION by Swapo’s regional executive committee in the Oshikoto Region that former National Council member Nico Kaiyamo be expelled from the party has been snubbed.Kaiyamo was suspended for
readStorm brewing at SSC
21-09-2011
“YOU are all advised that I will fight you guys head on, on professional level and we may fight physically on personal level and I will not take any instructions from both of you from today onwards.
readSmall-scale Hoodia growers in the South linger in uncertainty
21-09-2011
A CLOUD of uncertainty is hovering over the future of Hoodia farming in the South. Government and other stakeholders' silence on the Hoodia industry's future has left many small-scale hoodia growers
readRehoboth accused in court, back to hospital
21-09-2011
DEON Lehman, who recently allegedly held his family hostage for hours, is recovering in the State hospital at the town.He was transferred from the Katutura State Hospital last week and made a brief
readNepotism alleged in Katima land deals
21-09-2011
A STORM is brewing at Katima Mulilo following allegations of corruption levelled against members of the town council for allegedly fast-tracking land applications made by family members.Speaking on
readMillion dollar ‘dagga dealer’ still in custody
21-09-2011
SIMON Nangaku, the Katutura resident at whose house a record quantity of dagga was found in August, was again refused bail on Monday morning.The 46-year-old man made a second appearance in the
readKatwitwi road enters third phase
21-09-2011
THE Roads Authority (RA) has signed a N$275 million contract with the Roads Contractor Company (RCC) and China Henan International Cooperation Group (Chico) for the construction and upgrading of a
readIllegal fencing in Omusati by ‘well-connected’
21-09-2011
RESEARCHER with the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) Land, Environment and Development Project Willem Odendaal said large tracks of communal land in the Omusati Region are being illegally fenced by
readFavouritism alleged in City’s cleaning contracts
21-09-2011
DISGRUNTLED bidders who hoped to land lucrative street cleaning tenders from the City of Windhoek are crying foul saying the tender awards smacked of favouritism.The tenders divided in 16 wards are on
readA match made on a dusty road
21-09-2011
A KITTEN had the adventure of a lifetime when it stowed away in the chassis of a 4x4 travelling through the Kaokoveld, to Windhoek and finally to Germany where it now lives with two other cats in
read/Khomanin ask Minister for help with evictions
21-09-2011
A GROUP of /Khomanin community members marched to the office of the Minister of Local Government, Jerry Ekandjo, to hand over a petition about their pending eviction from an area that they regard as
readSMSes for Wednesday 21 September 2011
21-09-2011
SMS Of The Day Drugs *A SOLUTION to the growing number of foreign drug-traffickers. 1. Arrest 2. Blacklist 3. Deport them. Don’t waste scarce public funds on long trials, water, food and state legal
readNotable Quotes
21-09-2011
Those are confidential cases, they don’t go to newspapers, because they are still under investigation. – Orestus Shilunga, acting chief executive officer of the Oshakati Town council said on Monday
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