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52 Articles found on Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Another Neckartal disaster feared
25-04-2012
WITH the second attempt to get the multimillion-dollar Neckartal Dam project off the ground, a total of 23 companies from all corners of the world have tendered for the pre-qualification for the
readPrincipal orders girls to take off shirts in front of whole school
25-04-2012
THE St Joseph’s High School at Döbra was abuzz on Monday, after the principal allegedly ordered nine girls to remove their school blouses in front of everyone to punish them for disrespecting school
readELCIN is N$2 million in the red
25-04-2012
THE Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN), with a membership of around 700 000 from mainly the central North of the country, is N$2 million in debt.The church needs to pay its membership fees
readNamibia’s Eurobond nominated for another award in 2012
25-04-2012
NAMIBIA’S first Eurobond continues to win accolades, the latest being nominated for the African Banker Awards’ Bond Deal of the Year 2012.The debut US$500 million ten-year sovereign bond has already
readSyrian officer killed, car bomb hits central Damascus
25-04-2012
BEIRUT – A Syrian intelligence officer was killed in Damascus yesterday, opposition sources said, and pro-government television reported at least three people wounded in a car bomb blast in the
readNamibian athletes in the dark about doping
25-04-2012
THERE are no regulatory anti-doping structures available to athletes in this country, the Namibia Sport Commission confirmed yesterday.This is despite the Namibia Sports Act making provision for such
readMalawians bid farewell to leader Mutharika
25-04-2012
NDATA – Malawi’s late president Bingu wa Mutharika was buried onMonday in an imposing private mausoleum dubbed the ‘Taj Mahal’, as both critics and leaders of his party stressed reconciliation.New
readNBL Urbock to hit Angolan shelves
25-04-2012
NAMIBIA Breweries Ltd (NBL) celebrated Reinheitsgebot Day in style on Monday by launching its RHG campaign and opening the first barrel of Urbock, the brewer’s winter beer.NBL has been brewing
readKnow your unwritten plan
25-04-2012
When looking to the future, your unwritten plan is likely to be far broader and more fluid than your written plan, and making the plan take shape will take effort, says Harvard Business Review.When
readBank CEOs, ANC meet
25-04-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Bank CEOs and the ANC economic transformation committee have held a private meeting, the Banking Association of South Africa said yesterday.“Yes, a meeting was held... but I can’t say
readSpain pushes austerity in ‘extremely fragile’ period
25-04-2012
MADRID – Spain’s government warned yesterday that the country must pursue its most austere budget since the Franco-era if it is to weather a period of heightened vulnerability.Budget Minister
readWal-Mart shaken by bribery probe, shares plunge
25-04-2012
CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY – Wal-Mart Stores Inc lost US$10 billion of its market value on Monday on concerns that a bribery investigation in Mexico could be very costly and hinder its plans to grow.In a
readZambia short-lists 11 banks for Eurobond
25-04-2012
LONDON – Zambia has issued requests for proposals to 11 international banks seeking to act as book runners for its debut US$500 million Eurobond, a government agency official said on Monday.Goldman
readPortuguese plant seeds to cope with crisis
25-04-2012
ALFANDEGA DA FE, Portugal – Disillusioned by the unfulfilled promise of the cities and feeling stifled by tough austerity measures aimed at coping with an economic downturn, some Portuguese are opting
readSouth Sudan president says Khartoum has ‘declared war’
25-04-2012
JUBA – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said yesterday Khartoum had “declared war” on his country, as violence between the world’s newest nation and Sudan intensified.Kiir’s comment – in a meeting
readLindsay Lohan set to portray Liz Taylor
25-04-2012
Lindsay Lohan will portray Elizabeth Taylor in a Lifetime film about her love affair with actor Richard Burton.Lifetime on Monday made official a casting decision rumoured for months. The network says
readWriter to dish dirt on Simon
25-04-2012
Simon Cowell “remains friends” with his unauthorised biographer Tom Bower. The 52-year-old music mogul granted the journalist hundreds of hours of access during Tom’s research for the tell-all book –
readAfrican Briefs
25-04-2012
AU meets over political crises ADDIS ABABA – The African Union’s peace and security body met yesterday to discuss ongoing political crises in Mali and Guinea-Bissau and the escalating conflict
readWorld Briefs
25-04-2012
Putin no longer party chief MOSCOW – President-elect Vladimir Putin tried to distance himself from the fraud-tainted ruling United Russia party yesterday, announcing he was stepping down as its
readN Korea’s nuclear test ‘soon’
25-04-2012
BEIJING – North Korea has almost completed preparations for a third nuclear test, a senior source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing told Reuters, which will draw further international
readSA Navy in pirate bust
25-04-2012
The South African Navy has helped nab pirates off Africa’s notorious eastern coastline, helping drive a pirate vessel into the hands of South Africa’s waiting military allies – and freeing captive
readSMSes for Wednesday 25 April 2012
25-04-2012
SMS Of The Day *IT is tremendously encouraging to see the positive turnaround in athletics in Namibia. Congratulations to Globine Mayova, Tjipekapora Herunga and Hitjivirue Kaanjuka on your good
readKauandenge a pangula dhompilameno
25-04-2012
OMUPERESIDENDE ta kwathele gwo People’s Democratic Movement[PDM] okwa kumithwa koongundu dhompilameno ndhoka tadhi indile opo iizemo yomahogololo gopashigwana gomumvo 2009 yi ekelwehi. Joseph
readOnkalo yomufekelwa mokudhipaga omulongwa
25-04-2012
OMWIILONGI gwooveta po Univesiti ya Namibia ngoka ta fekelwa a dhipaga omwiilongi mukwawo penongelo ndyoka oshiwike shayi ota, talwa ngele oku li nawa momutse. Omwiilongi nguka okwa holokele mompangu
readMavara a kuthwa muuhamushanga wewa lyaagundjuka
25-04-2012
OSHILYO shongundumutima yewawa lyaagundjuka yoSwapo, naamushanga gwewawa ndyoka moshilando sha Rundu, osha thigwa pomutenya ehuliloshiwike lyayi.Wensel Mavara okwa kuthwa oshipundi she pethimbo
readBannai eethiwa manga noku shuninwa iimaliwa ye
25-04-2012
OMUKWASHIGWANA gwIsraeli ngoka a halika ku Poland okwa ethiwa kompangu ya mengestrata moVenduka omaandaha nokwa shunithilwa oodola omiliona yimwe mbyoka a li a iifutilamo mwene mondholongo. Boris
readOmagumbo goonakulwa aakulu ga tengenekelwa
25-04-2012
IIMALIWA oyindji ya nuninwa Oshikondo shoonakulwa aakulu yekondjelomanguluko omumvo gwiimaliwa 2012/13 ota yi ka longithwa oku futa aakwiita mboka konyala omayovi 15 000, epandulo omolwa eigandjo
readSMS mOshiwambo
25-04-2012
*Vakwetu epangelo otali hepeke unene iimaliwa moinima ina ipumbiwa ngaashi odila yaPresidende ya kosha aniwa emilliona 600, eumbo lipe lepangelo la kosha obilliona 1, ondama ipe yokoKaras tai kosho
readMinista Abraham Iyambo a talela po oshigongi shaalongi mOshana
25-04-2012
OMINISTA yElongo Omundohotola Abraham Iyambo, ngoka a kala noku li natango mefudho lyuuwehame, konima sho a longo noonkondo nonuudhiginini omvula ya zi ko, ota ti po hwepo nokwa li nokuli a talele po
readChasing the dots ... Immunity, Impunity and Impudence?
25-04-2012
I ADMIT only occasionally reading columns from other papers due to our pathetic internet speed but when I do, I see a thought shift, a rising sense of anger focusing on individuals inside ruling
readSenegal football accounts frozen by court
25-04-2012
DAKAR – The bank accounts of the Senegal Football Federation have reportedly been frozen in a dispute with former national coach Amara Traore, just as the under-23 team claimed the final place at the
readArchers shine at South African Championships
25-04-2012
NAMIBIA’S senior archers won one gold and one bronze medal at the South African Target Archery Championships which recently took place in Grahamstown, while their junior archers won two gold, four
readWindhoek High School tours Argentina
25-04-2012
WINDHOEK High School’s senior rugby team yesterday embarked on a 12-day tour of Argentina. During this period, the youngsters are expected to test their mettle against formidable opponents in three
readWimbledon responds to calls to share the wealth
25-04-2012
LONDON – Wimbledon chiefs have increased the total prize money on offer at the grass-court tournament to £16,1 million (US$26m, 19,7 million euros) in a bid to satisfy calls for a fairer distribution
readCairo to Cape Town cyclists arrive in Gobabis
25-04-2012
GOBABIS – Over 50 international cyclists arrived here for a quick stop yesterday on their way to South Africa from Egypt.The cyclists from different countries started their four-month journey in
readBayern expect ‘hell’ in Madrid
25-04-2012
MUNICH – Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has said he expects tonight’s Champions League semi-final return leg at Real Madrid to be like a trip to ‘hell’.Bayern hold a slender 2-1 lead
readYoung woman hacked
25-04-2012
A young woman is in a critical condition after she was reportedly attacked with a panga by her father.The young woman from Oshoopala informal settlement in Oshakati is in the Intensive Care Unit and
readWorkers threaten to ‘switch off’ NBC
25-04-2012
SHOULD the management of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) not meet workers’ salary demands by Friday, they will go on strike.The employees want a salary increase of 13 per cent. Apart from
readFrom The Twittersphere
25-04-2012
WISDOM, wit and a world of worries from Tweet Street Namibia:Seriously Speaking @DUMENInam: They don’t talk about (it) as much anymore, that lion in the jungle,,,learn to keep it humble, be about your
readSouthern men encouraged to get circumcised
25-04-2012
THE Keetmanshoop health district is encouraging men to get circumcised to reduce the chances of contracting HIV.The Keetmanshoop district health management, with assistance from the Health Ministry’s
readPuppy’s ears cut off
25-04-2012
A two-month-old puppy was found in the Okahandja Park informal settlement on Sunday afternoon with both its ears cut off. Gisela Marnewecke was on her way home to Brakwater when she saw the puppy and
readOmaruru residents demand answers
25-04-2012
TROUBLE continues to haunt the municipality of Omaruru and its councillors. Following an article in The Namibian last week about the high rate of resignations by its senior staff, a letter said to be
readNo law against remote controls
25-04-2012
POLICE in Swakopmund have been confiscating gate remote controls from people they found loitering in an attempt to stem a growing nuisance at the coast of the use of these gadgets to steal from motor
readNdeitunga’s libel case postponed to October
25-04-2012
THE defamation case in which Namibian Police Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga is suing a former magistrate, Peter Kavaongelwa, for N$100 000 is scheduled to return to the High Court in Windhoek
readNamdeb wage negotiations reach stalemate
25-04-2012
LABOUR tension has hit Namdeb again with the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) declaring a wage dispute after the diamond giant refused to meet the union’s demand for a basic wage increase of 25 per
readMpacha airport falling apart
25-04-2012
THE Mpacha airport near Katima Mulilo has been neglected over the past 22 years and has deteriorated to such an extent that it will cost now cost nearly N$500 million to rehabilitate and bring it to
readMore garment employees on street
25-04-2012
ALMOST 40 employees of Africa Garment Manufacturers in Windhoek’s Prosperita area have been dismissed for allegedly staging an illegal strike.Work at the company, which supplies the Police with
readMinimum wage for guards being reviewed
25-04-2012
THE Namibian security sector is negotiating an increase in the minimum wage for security guards.The current minimum wage is set at N$3,80 per hour. A minimum wage for security guards was introduced in
readMan killed by train
25-04-2012
A TRAIN travelling from Windhoek to Swakopmund hit and killed a man on Saturday.According to Erongo Police spokesperson Ottilie Kashuupulwa, Casstiano (Melcane) /Koe (30) was on the railway line near
readKeetmans residents owe council N$20 million
25-04-2012
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council has threatened legal action against defaulters who owe the council N$20 million in unpaid municipal bills. The mayor of the Keetmanshoop, Moses Titus, last week urged
readAlmost 300 000 benefit from feeding programme
25-04-2012
A TOTAL of 9 585 pupils from 1 200 schools benefit from Government’s school feeding programme.Alfred Ilukena, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, this week said the programme “is
readNotable Quotes
25-04-2012
NOW the hypocrisy is that for the last three years you are sitting in parliament, earning money from the state by virtue of those election results and yet you are contesting that same election results
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