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51 Articles found on Wednesday, 28 September 2011
A passion for shoes and kids
28-09-2011
Telle /Hoeses has two passions in her life, one is education, as she is a teacher, and the other is shoes.She owns more than 350 pairs of shoes, many of which are designer shoes. Most of the shoes
readGovt pension distributor settles loan dispute
28-09-2011
THE row over a purported unpaid loan agreement between Peace Garden Transportation and Government pension distributor Epupa Investment Technology was settled out of court last week. Peace Garden had
readOrphanage benefits N$130 000 from Hage’s birthday bash
28-09-2011
THE orphanage of Martha Haufiku will receive a total of N$131 000 over three years from Trade Minister Hage Geingob’s recent lavish birthday bash.In a statement released yesterday, it was announced
readTigers in ‘bid to sell’ leased land
28-09-2011
TIGERS Sport Club’s management is allegedly plotting to sell off the community club’s land without the blessing of its supporters before month-end.According to a source in the Tigers Supporters Club
readTigers fire ‘shocked’ Jacobs
28-09-2011
COACH Woody Jacobs has labelled Tigers “unethical” after the club fired him on Sunday, barely two months into the job. A “shocked” Jacobs is said to have been summoned to club chairman Onesmus
readChina trains collide, over 200 hurt
28-09-2011
SHANGHAI – Two subway trains collided in central Shanghai yesterday injuring more than 200 passengers, though none critically, prompting public anger just two months after a deadly crash between two
readInsurance industry needs to up its game
28-09-2011
DEPUTY Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein has slammed insurance and financial brokers who sell as many contracts as possible to consumers regardless of whether the client needs it, saying it is
readIn Brief
28-09-2011
Seven killed in Western Sahara violence MARRAKESH – Seven people, including two policemen, were killed in fighting that broke out after a weekend football match in Dakhla, a Western Sahara port city,
readFighters capture Gaffadi’s hometown port
28-09-2011
SIRTE – Anti-Gaddafi fighters overran the port of Sirte early yesterday, scoring a strategic victory in their battle for control of the defeated Libyan leader’s birthplace, his loyalists’ most
readIt hurts, but do what we did, Africa tells Europe
28-09-2011
WASHINGTON – As the world’s finance czars clamoured last week for decisive action to clean up Europe’s debt crisis, ministers from the planet’s poorest region, Africa, were quietly saying “been there,
readChina orders tighter controls on rare earths
28-09-2011
SHANGHAI – China is further tightening controls on strategically vital rare earths for the sake of what it says is “sustainable and healthy development.”The order seen yesterday on the website of the
readNestle Zim must cede 51%
28-09-2011
GENEVA – Swiss food giant will have to cede 51 per cent of the ownership of its Zimbabwe subsidiary to local black people, Swiss economic weekly l’Hebdo reported yesterday.The move is to comply with a
readCompanies paid bribes to secure oil in Liberia
28-09-2011
MONROVIA – International firms and local officials are paying bribes to secure future contracts in Liberia, a report by a London-based watchdog said Monday, even though oil is yet to be discovered in
readCombat decision paralysis
28-09-2011
Leaders and employees alike often struggle to make or follow through on decisions, but there are some ways around the problem, says Harvard Business Review.Indecisiveness plagues many companies.
readNamibia needs Italian expertise and capital
28-09-2011
MILAN – The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Tjekero Tweya, has said Namibia needs the Italians’ expertise, capital and international know-how to help develop Namibia’s natural resources for
read‘Flexibility’ needed on India trade deal
28-09-2011
BRUSSELS – European Union trade commissioner Karel De Gucht warned Monday that a long-planned free-trade agreement between Europe and India is in trouble failing more “flexibility” from both sides.“We
readEni, Total resume oil production in Libya
28-09-2011
ROME – Italian energy giant Eni said Monday it has resumed oil production in Libya after months of interruption because of the civil war, tapping 15 wells and producing some 31 900 barrels of oil per
readMJ’s doctor to face music
28-09-2011
More than two years after Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest at his mansion, the doctor who was treating the ‘Thriller’ singer is facing a jury – charged with responsibility for his death.Dr
readIn Brief
28-09-2011
Roadside bomb kills 16 in western Afghanistan HERAT – Sixteen people, including 11 children, were killed yesterday when a roadside bomb detonated under a van carrying a group back from an engagement
readSyria forces storm refuge for army defectors
28-09-2011
AMMAN – Syrian forces backed by tanks and helicopters stormed into the central town of Rastan yesterday to crush army deserters who are fighting back after months of mostly peaceful protests against
readAll countries now allowing women the right to vote: Gurirab
28-09-2011
GENEVA – Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow women to vote and run in municipal elections means that no country in the world now discriminate against women on the books when it comes to elect leaders,
readSarah Palin threatens to sue over ‘Rogue’ biography
28-09-2011
ANCHORAGE – Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin threatened on Monday to sue the author and publisher of an unflattering biography she said was filled with “lies and rumours presented as fact”.The book
readChasing the dots ... Enemy Deprivation Syndrome (EDS)
28-09-2011
STRANGE lot us humans, assuming we are! (and how do we know?) We profess love, co-operation, reasonableness, patience and lots of other supposedly good things but when it comes down to reality we
readTa ya hokololithwa ekengelelo lyoomiliona
28-09-2011
AANIILONGA nale po Pupkewitz Megabuild pOshikango oya holokele mOhofa yOpombanda moVenduka taya tamanekelwa ekengelelo noshowo uufuthi wa kwata oodola oomiliona 5,13.Aaniilonga mbaka Immanuel David
readOmulongisikola a dhipagwa
28-09-2011
OPOLISI yomOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otayi konaakona oshipotha shi na sha nedhipago lyomulongisikola gwomulumentu, taku tiwa sha ningwa kohonda ye yomukiintu gwoomvula omulongo nahetatu, sha ningilwe
readEkowe lyUugulu mOlutsiidhi lya pya po
28-09-2011
EKOWE nepya lyomukalimo gwomOlutsiidhi mUukwambi mOmusati, Fillemon Melekisedeck Uugulu olya pi po komulilo,Olyomakaya gomasiku 17 September 2011.Omulilo ota ku tengenekwa gwa zilile aniwa kegumbo
readSha Nandjokwe noomvula ethele
28-09-2011
OSHIPANGELO sha Nandjokwe mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto sha dhana oshituthi shoomvula ethele mOlyomakaya ga zi ko nokupopithwa kOmupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba nOshipopiwa sha leshwa pehala lye
readRegions bid for Newspaper Cup
28-09-2011
THE Karas and Otjozondjupa regions will today bid to host the 2012 and 2013 The Namibian Newspaper Cup editions. Karas was the only region to put in a bid for next year's under-20 Easter tournament,
readSKW win 2011 Fistball League
28-09-2011
THINGS did not go the way of the favourites at the play-offs of the 2011 Bank Windhoek National Fistball League. After trailing their rivals for much of the season, SKW 1 won the Bank Windhoek
readLadies Coastal Open held
28-09-2011
THE Rossmund Golf Course played host for the sixth consecutive year to the Hollard Insurance Ladies Coastal Open on Saturday. The weather over the weekend turned out to be excellent for golf as the
readUnder-15 Champs succeed
28-09-2011
THE Erongo Region took top honours at the national under-15 football championship held in Windhoek over the weekend.The Erongo regional under-15 team beat Karas 4-1 in the final match in the winners’
readJS Academy regain top spot
28-09-2011
JS Academy regained the top spot of the Women’s Super League (WSL) after they beat Okahandja Beauties 2-1 on Saturday.Beauties scored the first goal in the 43rd minute through a header from Juliana
readFootball Fixtures
28-09-2011
Wednesday, September 28 Uefa Champions League Zenit v Porto 18h00 Shakhtar v Apoel 20h45 Arsenal
readItaly beats USA, Japan exits in tears
28-09-2011
AUCKLAND – Italy set up a World Cup showdown with Ireland after roughing up the United States yesterday, while Canada were left feeling “glum” and Japan reduced to tears after a draw in Napier.Japan
readVan Persie key for Arsenal’s Greek test
28-09-2011
LONDON – Robin van Persie has emerged as the man to lead Arsenal out of their early-season funk and the Dutch striker will be a key figure in ensuring their rehabilitation continues in the Champions
readFrom The Twittersphere
28-09-2011
WIT, wisdom and Namibian pride from the twittering classes:@RealBlackNinja: My granny’s so advanced she just showed me how to post from twitter to facebook. Kwaaaaaa kwaaaa @Fileon_Fly: When i grow up
readTouching base with EU envoy
28-09-2011
What was the purpose of your visit in Namibia?It is important to have personal contacts with all countries in the region. The EEAS was created in 2011 based on the Lisbon Treaty to improve the
readTeachers urged to improve proficiency in English
28-09-2011
WOMEN's Action for Development (WAD) has urged the Education Ministry to focus on the challenges teachers face in the use of English as the medium of instruction in schools. “Without being disparaging
read‘Spring Madness’ winners!
28-09-2011
EIGHT of the lucky readers who won prizes in last week’s MooObile and The Namibian ‘Spring Madness’ competition:• Rudohine Mureti, Windhoek: N$200 MoJoe’s meal voucher •
readRundu flood victims homeless
28-09-2011
FLOOD victims who moved to the golf field in the Kaisosi area on the outskirts of Rundu in January this year, are still without homes.About 72 flood victims abandoned their flood-prone houses along
readRegulation for earth sciences
28-09-2011
NAMIBIA will soon have an Earth Science Council to oversee the registration of earth scientists and will specify the education, training and qualifications for people in professions such as
readNedbank gives employees 6,3%
28-09-2011
NEDBANK Namibia has bowed to the pressure of a possible nation-wide strike and has concluded an eleventh hour agreement with the Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) which will see its
readQuestions over war vet payments
28-09-2011
IN his audit report of the War Veterans Trust Fund, the Auditor General (AG), Junias Kandjeke, expressed concern because “payments to the war veterans could not be verified”.This report for the
readNamPower workers petition management
28-09-2011
APPROXIMATELY 260 NamPower employees staged a protest outside the power utility’s main offices in Windhoek yesterday.They handed over a petition to NamPower managing director (MD) Paulinus Shilamba.
readMore guests needed at development party
28-09-2011
ECONOMIC development is yet to see “tangible results”, because all interested parties have not come to the party.According to Erkki Nghimtina, the Minister of Works and Transport, the reason why
read/Khomanin claim agreement with Trepper
28-09-2011
/KHOMANIN Chief Josephat Gawa!nab has opposed a High Court application by the City of Windhoek to evict a group of people from an area just outside Windhoek on the grounds that he had an agreement
readJudge to rule on mental state of treason accused
28-09-2011
A RULING on the mental condition of one of the men facing charges in the main Caprivi high treason trial is scheduled to be given in the High Court at Windhoek Central Prison on Monday next
readHuge losses at Etosha Park
28-09-2011
A DEVASTATING fire in the Etosha National Park has resulted in the damage of between 250 000 and 300 000 hectares of land and also killed a number of elephants, rhinos and giraffes.Chief control
readAssaulted German tourist leaves Namibia
28-09-2011
A GERMAN tourist who was shot at and assaulted on Ondekaremba Lodge near Hosea Kutako airport on Sunday left with his family after about a day in Namibia to return to Germany.According to Inspector
readSMSes for Wednesday 28 September 2011
28-09-2011
SMS Of The Day *ZERO tolerance for hate speech PLEASE. Food for Thought *LOOMING labour unrest in the country. It is time union leaders become conscious of the impact of industrial action on the
readNotable Quotes
28-09-2011
Men are like that in their make-up, doing evil things. They become suspicious when their loved ones are just having a discussion with a comrade. – Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant
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