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66 Articles found on Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Making history
27-09-2011
History was made on September 16 when one Namibian and three South Africans became the first people ever to make officially sanctioned paragliding flights off the highest mountain in Africa, Mount
readMother claims injection damaged baby
27-09-2011
A BABY boy, Lot Tuningeninawa Kondo, suffered brain damage during birth earlier this month because he was deprived of oxygen. His mother blames the Katutura State Hospital.Esther Ndifikeko (25) says a
read3 Pupkewitz workers charged with fraud of N$5,1 million
27-09-2011
THREE former employees of Pupkewitz Megabuild at Oshikango have made a first appearance in the High Court in Windhoek on fraud and theft charges involving more than N$5,1 million.The three men –
readRapists on the rampage
27-09-2011
THE prominence of violent crime, especially murder and rape, in Namibia is a matter of grave concern to the Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga.Over the
readNamibia out of World Cup
27-09-2011
AUCKLAND – Namibia came to the Rugby World Cup intent on not just making up the numbers.But the first team eliminated in the pool stage will leave a few numbers in its wake. Of most disappointment was
readCivilians flee Gaddafi loyalist stronghold Sirte
27-09-2011
SIRTE – Hundreds of civilians fled Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown yesterday to escape growing shortages of food and medicine and escalating fears that their homes will be struck during fighting between
readEpangelo in first venture, claims 10 per cent stake
27-09-2011
STATE-OWNED Epangelo Mining Company has clinched a ten per cent stake in a uranium venture after signing its first partnership agreement with a foreign investor.Namibia Rare Earths (NRE), listed on
readNaked Khanyi pictures surface online
27-09-2011
While everyone was easing out of the weekend on Sunday, someone decided it was the perfect time to turn Twitter into a Playboy centrefold.A series of naked pics said to be of Khanyi Mbau surfaced
readAngolan cops block youth protest rally
27-09-2011
LISBON – Angolan police on Sunday blocked about 100 protesters from marching through the capital, said Portugal’s state news agency, in the second youth rally in under a month demanding President Jose
readKenya’s peace laureate Wangari Maathai dies
27-09-2011
NAIROBI – Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai who became the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize has died of cancer at the age of 71, her family announced
readSteps to a better network
27-09-2011
Many people, under the guise of building the right network, waste time investing in fruitless connections, says Harvard Business Review.Having the right network is crucial to getting ahead in today’s
readBidvest bids for Taeuber & Corssen
27-09-2011
BIDVEST Namibia, the Windhoek-listed subsidiary of the Johannesburg-based Bidvest Group, yesterday announced the acquisition of 100 per cent of the issued shares in Taeuber & Corssen SWA (Proprietary)
readAfrican ‘lions’ can still rise
27-09-2011
WASHINGTON – A global downturn may tone down the roar of Africa’s bounding ‘lion’ economies, but they can keep a spring in their step if governments deepen reforms and maintain prudent policies, the
readBuilding Namibia is building industry
27-09-2011
WHAT is ‘development’? I think of it as better access to health, education and shelter. It includes improved availability of basic amenities such as water and electricity. It also encompasses movement
readSwakara remains an international favourite
27-09-2011
ALL of the 52 215 Swakara pelts sent by Agra to the Kopenhagen Fur pelt auction in Denmark recently were sold.Producers achieved a 4,89 per cent higher price in Namibian dollars, with an average of
readNamibia lifts ban on livestock movement
27-09-2011
GOVERNMENT has lifted the month-long ban on the movement of livestock in the previously restricted parts of Grootfontein, Otjiwarongo, Okahandja, Gobabis and the Otjinene state veterinary
readNo land grab, Tweya assures farm owners
27-09-2011
VALENCIA – Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Tjekero Tweya has assured farm owners in Namibia that the expropriation of farms will only take place with fair compensation to absentee
readJay-Z protege J Cole preps for the spotlight
27-09-2011
J Cole’s time on hip-hop’s sideline is almost over.More than two years after being hand-picked by rap impresario Jay-Z as the first artist on the music mogul’s fledging Roc Nation imprint, the 26
readAbout 100 pangolins saved in Thai trafficking bust
27-09-2011
BANGKOK – Authorities in Thailand have rescued nearly 100 endangered pangolins worth about N$262 400 that they say were to be sold and eaten outside the country.Customs Department Director-General
readSarkozy defeated in the Senate
27-09-2011
PARIS – President Nicolas Sarkozy was huddling with top allies after the French left defeated his fellow conservatives in Senate elections – a rebuff less than seven months before France’s
readProtests as Yemen opposition spurns Saleh call for vote
27-09-2011
SANAA – Yemen’s opposition held mass protests yesterday, escalating demands for the immediate departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh after the ailing leader said his future should be determined at
readPiranhas take bite out of Brazilian beach fun
27-09-2011
RIO DE JANEIRO – Authorities in a state in Brazil’s northeast are scrambling to take the fright and the bite off the beach after piranhas sunk their teeth into about 100 beachgoers, UOL Noticias
readIn Brief
27-09-2011
Attack on Kabul CIA office kills 1 American KABUL – An Afghan employed by the US government killed one American and wounded another in an attack on a CIA office in Kabul, officials said yesterday.UN
readObey the rules, new Zambia leader tells China
27-09-2011
LUSAKA – New Zambian President Michael Sata told Beijing yesterday he welcomed Chinese companies investing in Africa’s biggest copper producer but only if they obeyed the law, especially by employing
readPirates demand R33m for SA hostages
27-09-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Somali pirates who kidnapped a South African couple last year have demanded a $4m (R33m) ransom from the family, according to a newspaper report yesterday.Durban residents Bruno
readAaniilonga ya Nedbank tashi vulika yakankame
27-09-2011
AANIILONGA Yombaanga ya Nedbank otashi vulika ya ninge ekanka, sha landula okwaatsakumwe kombinga yegwedhelo lyoondjambi dhawo. Konima yendopo lyoonkundathana pokati kewiliko lya Nedbank naaniilonga
readA tegelela egeelo lye muufuthi womiliona
27-09-2011
OMUNIILONGA nale gwa M Pupkewits and Sons ngoka a zimine ondjo ye mOmpangu yOpombanda ya Venduka oshiwike shayi, kutya okwa yaka omuhona gwe oodola konyala oomiliona 2 otaka pewa egeelo lye pehulilo
readOshili otashi ka holoka shoshili
27-09-2011
EWILIKO lyoshilando shAmbaye olya ti olya haluthwa komalundilo gopahofa ngoka ga ningilwa omunambelewa gwalyo gumwe. Muni gwaMbaye okwa ti ita ka katukila Leevy Lee Abrahams oonkatu dhokuvulikitha
readAaniilonga pEhafo meshongo enene
27-09-2011
AANIILONGA yopEhafo moVenduka mboka ya tile otaya ka ya kUuministeli wElongo etine lya yi , ina ye shi ninga we, oku ka tsakanena newiliko lyoshikondo shoka okukundathana kombinga yiilonga yawo
readNaruseb a londodha mboka taya tula evi lyaayehe molugumbo inaa shi pitikwa
27-09-2011
OMINISTA yEvi nOmatulululo oya indile aanafaalama yokomahala gaayehe opo ya ethepo oshinima shokutula evi molugumbo inaashi pitikwa. Alpheus !Naruseb okwa ti aantu ina ya longitha enwethemo
readTobie ota holoka mu February 2012
27-09-2011
OMUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu nale gwehangano lyomahala gokuvululukilwa ga Namibia[NWR] opamwe nomufekelwa omukwawo, otaya ka holoka mompangu opo ya tinde nenge ya zimine ondjo ngele oye yi na nenge ngele
readAaniilonga ya Rossing ya tindi euvaneko
27-09-2011
IILONGA pomina ya Rossing Uranium oya ende kashona okuza etitano shalandula sho omwaalu ogundji gwaaniilonga pomina ndjoka ya tameke ekanka. Ekanka ndika olya yi komeho nonando ewiliko lya Rossing
readIipotha ta yi ningwa mokwaathike pamwe
27-09-2011
EINDJIPALO miiningwanima yaaniilonga taya ningi omakanka otaku tiwa oyeetwa konkalo yo kwaathike pamwe, pahapu dhomutseyinawa kombinga yaniilonga, Herbert Jauch. Okwa ti opena ongeyo yo pankalathano
readLegal plunder crumbles Zimbabwean businesses
27-09-2011
FOR the second time in my life since 2000, I am about to experience another nasty bout of state-sponsored private property plunder under some nefarious law purportedly meant to ‘empower’ me – the
readIndustrialisation: Lessons From Latin America And South-East Asia
27-09-2011
NAMIBIA derives its income mainly from the export of raw materials. According to the National Accounts Tables 2000-2010 of the Bureau of Statistics, the Namibian economy has recovered well in 2010.
readSouthern Stream poised for kick-off
27-09-2011
THE Southern Stream First Division is set to kick off the new season on October 8. The league’s hierarchy decided on the date at its annual general meeting held in Windhoek over the weekend.While the
readHarry Simon fight moved to November
27-09-2011
HARRY Simon’s world title fight has been rescheduled from this Friday to November 4, WBF president Howard Goldberg told The Namibian Sport yesterday.Simon will face Serbian Geard Ajetovic in Windhoek,
readTweets From The Try Line
27-09-2011
NAMIBIA’S Welwitschias yesterday played their last Rugby World Cup match. They went down 81-7, but continue to draw praise for their braveheart, gutsy, give-it-all performances: @MsShikoyeni: Watched
readFlying Bayern host Man City
27-09-2011
LONDON – After beginning the season in rampant style in both the Bundesliga and in Europe, Bayern Munich will look to cut big-spending upstart Manchester City down to size in the standout game in the
readHaq puts Scotland in charge against Namibia
27-09-2011
A CAREER-BEST 6 for 32 from off-spinner Majid Haq, a century by Preston Mommsen and a second fifty of the match for Kyle Coetzer helped Scotland build an almost impenetrable 347-run lead with six
readMonitronic start training
27-09-2011
FIRST Division side Monitronic Success College started with preparations for the new season yesterday.The club invites old and new players to report for training at Eldorado Secondary School in
readChampion’s trunks sell for N$200 000
27-09-2011
NAMPOWER forked out N$200 000 for the boxing shorts of former WBA lightweight champion Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses at an auction held during Saturday’s international boxing bonanza in Windhoek.The
readNamibian paraglides off Kilimanjaro
27-09-2011
CHRIS Lotter made history last week when he and three South Africans became the first people ever to make officially sanctioned paragliding flights off the highest mountain in Africa, Mount
readNamibia out of World Cup
27-09-2011
AUCKLAND – Namibia came to the Rugby World Cup intent on not just making up the numbers.But the first team eliminated in the pool stage will leave a few numbers in its wake. Of most disappointment was
readYa Nangoloh wants to sue SPYL’s Siyauya
27-09-2011
NAMRIGHTS executive director Phil ya Nangoloh has instructed the law firm PF Koep & Co to institute civil action against Charles Siyauya for utterances made against him. In a note to his lawyers, ya
readFrom The Twittersphere
27-09-2011
NAMIBIANS and other tweeps give their rundown on life:@BenKatamila: Africans (Namibians) we should maker sure to get leaders (at all levels) into positions that want to do things and not want to do
readTenderers jostle for N$37 million street-cleaning share
27-09-2011
LAST Friday’s pre-tender meeting for three remaining cleaning wards of the City of Windhoek open-space and street-cleaning services turned into a boisterous affair as about 100 prospective tenderers
readSalmaan’s trial set for February
27-09-2011
THE former Karas chief regional officer (CRO), Salmaan Jacobs, on Friday appeared briefly in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court on corruption charges. The case was postponed to February 28 next year for
readNTB strike ended by agreement
27-09-2011
A WEEK-LONG strike by employees of the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) came to an end last week when workers and management struck a deal on a nine per cent salary increase.The strike began on September
readMUN says Rössing Uranium violates rules of the strike
27-09-2011
THE management of Rio Tinto’s Rössing Uranium Limited is being accused of using non-striking employees to volunteer and perform the work of striking workers as part of the company’s contingency
readMove to harmonise SADC education sector
27-09-2011
A MEETING of education and training ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Windhoek last week said progress has been made in regionally identified areas. These areas include
readLands minister defends PS’s resettlement
27-09-2011
MINISTER of Lands and Resettlement Alpheus !Naruseb last week said ministers making use of the Affirmative Action Loan Scheme (AALS) should also be frowned upon if the resettlement of Lands permanent
readHeckmair murder suspect must give handwriting sample
27-09-2011
ONE of the American suspects accused of the gangland-style murder of a young man in Windhoek early this year was again ordered to provide a handwriting sample to Police investigators yesterday.A court
readHammer murder trial to continue next year
27-09-2011
THE man accused of murdering a young radiographer in a hammer attack in the Windhoek Central Hospital Nurses’ Home almost two years ago is scheduled to go on trial in the High Court in Windhoek early
readFormer Karas governor’s corruption trial resumes
27-09-2011
THE corruption trial of former Karas governor Dawid Boois resumed yesterday in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court with former Karas chief regional officer (CRO) Salmaan Jacobs in the witness stand.
readEnyana school teacher killed
27-09-2011
THE Police in Ohangwena Region are investigating a case of murder after a 27-year-old teacher was allegedly killed by his 18-year-old girlfriend.It is alleged that Wason Matome was repeatedly hit on
readAfrican groups push for access to information
27-09-2011
THE Africa Information and Media Summit (Aims) adopted the ‘African Platform for Access to Information’ (Apia) in Cape Town last Monday. Through this, African governments are called to adopt
readZebra and horse best of friends
27-09-2011
A ZEBRA mare and a horse mare have become close friends in Omaruru, so much so that the unlikely pair have become inseparable.The mountain zebra mare belonged to Claus Byrne, a farmer who bottle-fed
readCrisis management reviewed in Omaruru
27-09-2011
A MEETING to review and strengthen the existing crisis management operations in Omaruru was held last week, attended by all stakeholders including a delegation from one of Omaruru’s twin towns,
readA bird lover’s paradise
27-09-2011
IN recent months a number of motorists and visitors to Walvis Bay have been puzzled by a structure outside Walvis Bay, next to the road to the airport. At the onset of the construction process some
readOmaruru to stay clean
27-09-2011
ABOUT 1 000 schoolchildren and their teachers participated in a clean-up campaign in Omaruru recently, collecting rubbish off the streets in an attempt to make Omaruru one of the cleanest towns in the
readUranium impact lecture at Swakopmund
27-09-2011
EARTHLIFE Namibia is hosting a lecture on uranium and its impacts by Bruno Chareyron, an expert on nuclear physics and the director of the CRIIRAD Laboratory in Valence/France, at Swakopmund on
readAreva Namibia announces new MD
27-09-2011
ALAIN L’Hour was recently appointed as Managing Director of Areva Resources Namibia and Areva Processing Namibia, and will also resume the role of Chairperson for the Erongo Desalination Company.The
readNew salt refinery adds flavour to Walvis economy
27-09-2011
A NEW N$50 million salt refinery, Ekango Salt Refinery, was inaugurated by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Hage Geingob, in Walvis Bay last week.The new refinery is the second in Walvis Bay (with
readSMSes for Tuesday 27 September 2011
27-09-2011
SMS Of The Day *SINCE Friday, 57 reported motor vehicle accidents in Windhoek. Why? Is the main reason not that there are no visible traffic officers doing what they are supposed to do? So many
readNotable Quotes
27-09-2011
There is nothing good I can think of France and its government apart from being a murderous state that is killing our brothers and sisters in Libya. – Former Swapo Party Youth League information
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