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53 Articles found on Thursday, 26 April 2012
Swindler gets a year in prison
26-04-2012
A WINDHOEK resident who concocted a livestock sales swindle in which Prime Minister Nahas Angula was one of his victims was sentenced to an effective one-year prison term on Tuesday.Cliff Renton was
readDetainee wins damages claim against Police
26-04-2012
AN USAKOS resident who sued the Minister of Safety and Security after he was allegedly assaulted and unlawfully arrested and detained by Police officers at Karibib has won his case in the High Court
readPohamba appeals for unity
26-04-2012
ALL eight Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) MPs walked out of Parliament yesterday amidst booing from the ruling party benches just before President Hifikepunye Pohamba was about to deliver his
readSchool Namibians in African political economy, says Mbeki
26-04-2012
FORMER South African President Thabo Mbeki has called on the Namibia Business School (NBS) to empower its students as agents of change with knowledge of the African political economy.Mbeki, who was
readMurdoch ‘never asked a UK prime minister for anything’
26-04-2012
LONDON – Rupert Murdoch batted away accusations yesterday that he used his vast media empire to play puppet master to a succession of British leaders, electrifying a media inquiry that has shaken
readHarry Simon training in SA
26-04-2012
HARRY Simon is said to be earnestly preparing for his upcoming Dubai fight in a South African gym. The former two-time world middleweight champion has been sharpening his skills with sparring partners
readEnvironment takes over land management programme
26-04-2012
NAMIBIA’s key environmental threats include desertification, deforestation, land degradation and climate change.These threats, which also include veld fires, bush encroachment and water pollution, are
readNTB launches ‘Conservation Destination’ campaign
26-04-2012
THE Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) has launched an online marketing campaign called ‘Conservation Destination’ to showcase remarkable conservation stories about Namibia, and inspire locals to make
readAfrican big game poaching surges on Asian affluence
26-04-2012
THE hit job was done by professionals who swooped over their quarry in a helicopter before opening fire.The scene beneath the rotor blades would have been chilling: panicked mothers shielding their
readHomeopathy – It’s just water, right?
26-04-2012
HOMEOPATHY has followers all over the world. They range from gullible housewives to the rich and famous. The British royal family are supporters, as is footballer David Beckham. The origins of
readIOL student needs answers, none given
26-04-2012
The Namibian has received an SMS from a reader frustrated with the service received from the Institute for Open Learning (IOL), a subsidiary of the Trustco group of companies. According to its
readKeys to successful pitches
26-04-2012
As participants on television’s ‘Shark Tank’ can attest, pitching your ideas is often a humbling experience. But there are some keys to boost your chances of success, says Harvard Business
readRates unchanged on eurozone worries
26-04-2012
NAMIBIA’S economic growth outlook in the medium term remains “clouded by downside risks” and uncertainties haunt the eurozone, Bank of Namibia (BoN) Governor Ipumbu Shiimi said yesterday, leaving
readMexico has no plans to probe Wal-Mart
26-04-2012
MEXICO CITY – Nearly half of Mexico’s state prosecuting authorities have said they had no immediate plans to investigate allegations of corruption by the Mexican arm of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The New
readNew Malawi president sacks central bank chief
26-04-2012
BLANTYRE – Malawi’s new president has fired her central bank governor and named a telecoms CEO as his replacement, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.It was the latest move by
readSA’s apartheid land fix withers in fields
26-04-2012
SENEKAL, South Africa – South Africa’s plans to undo the wrongs of apartheid by returning land seized from native blacks is embodied in the life of Koos Mthimkhulu.He was born on a white-owned farm in
readNamibia a top bet for Brangelina’s honeymoon
26-04-2012
The bets are on! In all seriousness we knew it wouldn’t take long before people started betting on what’s set to be a bigger wedding than Kate Middleton and Prince William last summer.Brad Pitt and
readSyrian forces resume shelling
26-04-2012
BEIRUT - Activists said Syrian troops yesterday fired mortar shells and machine-guns at a Damascus suburb that was visited repeatedly by United Nations observers, prompting calls for the international
readSwazi king receives a jet as birthday gift
26-04-2012
MBABANE – Swazi King Mswati III has received a jet for his 44th birthday, despite the tiny country’s crippling financial crisis, the prime minister said on state radio yesterday.Prime Minister
readMalema down, but not out: analyst
26-04-2012
JOHANNESBURG - The political future of expelled African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema is tied to the ANC faction that holds power, a University of the Witwatersrand political
readANC expels Malema
26-04-2012
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party on Tuesday expelled its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema after a long and acrimonious disciplinary process, the Sapa news
readAshanga omambo gaali
26-04-2012
OMUUVITHI a tseyika nawa moVenduka noshowo moshilongo ashihe okwa nyola omambo gaali pethimbo eli moshipundi shevululuko. Omusitagongalo, Vilho Shiyandja okwa lombwele o The Namibian kutya okwa, nyola
readELCIN a pumbwa Eemiliona mbali nasha a fute eendjo
26-04-2012
AMUSHANGA woiniwe mOngeleki ya ELCIN Omufita, Linus Dama Shimakaleni okwa shivifa kutya Ongeleki ya ELCIN oya pumbwa meendelelo oshimaliwa shEedola da Namibia eemiliona mbali nasha opo yi dule okufuta
readVictoria Iipumbu yaShilongo e tu thiga po
26-04-2012
KUKU Victoria Temapo ya Iipumbu ya Shilongo gwomOshakati kwali okwa mana oondjenda dhe meti 21 Apilili 2012, a manene megumbo lye mOshakati moka sho a hakukilwa komukithi ombaadhilila.Nakusa Temapo
readSMS mOshiwambo
26-04-2012
*Vakwetu Namibia otali hepeke ovalumenhu ame ou hai popi omulumenhu ndina okaana kange taka liwa ondjala ku yina maala ngeno okwa li oxe te kali ondjala ngaho ngeno iixuna kedu. Ina ohanu omalodu
readOkakadhona ka pandwa ku he nekatana momutse mOshoopala
26-04-2012
OKAKADHONA koomvulaa omulongo nahetatu komOshoopala mOshakati mOshana, Sophia Stefanus oka taambelwa moombete mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati,Omaandaha oshiwike shika sho ka hahalwa nayi nekatana
readAaniilonga moNBC mOshakati nayo ya ninga ehololomadhilaadhilo
26-04-2012
AANIILONGA yomoNBC mOshakati nayo osho ya ndjoina yakwawo moshilongo ashihe nokuninga wo nayo ehololomadhilaadhilo taya nyenyeta oondjambi dhawo dhi li pevi nayi noshowo onkalo yiilonga kayi li nawa
readElundululo melongo lyopetameko
26-04-2012
AANAWINO melongo oya pandula omathaneko ngoka ga ningwa okweetapo omalundululo momusindalongo.Ayehe mboka ya popi kombinga yomalunduluko ngoka ,kutya aalongisikola, nayalwe oya ti oshinima shika
readSMSes for Thursday 26 April 2012
26-04-2012
SMS Of The Day *ALCOHOL abuse is not a disease. It’s a symptom. The disease is hopelessness which comes from poverty, no good prospects in sight and an all-round lack of faith in things ever
readNam refs get CAF Cup call
26-04-2012
NAMIBIAN referee Reinhold Shikongo leads a quartet of match officials to take charge of a 2012 CAF Confederations Cup second-round match in Luanda, Angola on Sunday.Shikongo will officiate the match
readThe Twitter Touchline
26-04-2012
A FEW of the lighter touchline comments on Tuesday night’s Barcelona–Chelsea clash! @lynsey_king: Nothing wrong with Pique, he just didnt want Shakira to be alone with John Terry in the same stadium
readBayern leading the way on finances, study suggests
26-04-2012
BARCELONA – If this year’s Champions League title were awarded to the club with the soundest finances among the four semi-finalists Bayern Munich would probably win with Real Madrid runners-up,
readBudd says money drives ‘Plastic Brits’
26-04-2012
PRETORIA – Foreign-born athletes who have taken UK citizenship ahead of the 2012 London Olympics have been dubbed ‘Plastic Brits’ by critics but the most famous sportswoman to have made that journey
readPandas beat Phoenix in close encounter
26-04-2012
THE women’s rugby league in Namibia recently got underway with Reho Pandas beating Phoenix 17-12 on Saturday to go to the top of the league.In a close encounter of fluctuating fortunes, Pandas took a
readDie-hard Chelsea send Barcelona crashing
26-04-2012
BARCELONA – Lionel Messi walked off the Camp Nou pitch in tears, as one of the most dominant eras in European club football came to a crashing halt. He wasn’t the only one shaking his head in
readTwo men in court for docket theft
26-04-2012
MORE than three months after three Police dockets had vanished from the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court, two men were arrested.One of the two accused, Thomas Mutilifa (29), is an interpreter at the court.
readFrom The Twittersphere
26-04-2012
GOINGS-ON at the Unam campus, the booting of Juju, and an otherwise generally random take on life and British dental care take a turn down Tweet Street Namibia. @Gazza467: What now again? –––>
readA trilogy of plays at College of the Arts
26-04-2012
Theatre enthusiasts can look forward to a trilogy of short plays to be staged at the College of the Arts Courtyard in Windhoek today and tomorrow.A common theme — the importance of people connecting
readTheatre Festival starts with ‘Play Land’
26-04-2012
THE country’s longest surviving yearly contemporary theatre festival kicks off tomorrow in the capital with three knockout plays lined up monthly over the next five months, Committed Artists of
readSuspect set to admit attempted murder
26-04-2012
A WINDHOEK resident who is accused of having tried to murder his girlfriend in a knife attack in March last year intends to plead guilty, his defence lawyer said yesterday.His instructions from his
readSPYL’s /Huisemab playing ‘hide and seek’
26-04-2012
TITUS /Huisemab, earmarked by a faction of the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) to take over from SPYL secretary Elijah Ngurare, seems not to be interested in solving problems experienced by the Swapo
readSchool inspector stays in trouble
26-04-2012
A SCHOOL inspector who narrowly escaped prison last week is again under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission.Leonard Masene Sinvula appeared in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court last
readTwo robbery suspects escape
26-04-2012
TWO suspects, Simon Haufiku (30) and Erastus Silas, who escaped from the Wanaheda Police holding cells on April 19, are still at large. The Police have offered a reward of N$10 000 to anyone who can
readRas Sheehama to launch ‘Standing Still’
26-04-2012
Reggae legend Ras Sheehama has vowed to bring the house down when he launch his eighth album, ‘Still Standing’, at Zenso Lounge tomorrow night.Asked about the title of the 15-track album, Sheehama
readNam reduces malaria cases by 97 per cent
26-04-2012
THE number of malaria cases in Namibia has been reduced by 97% between 2001 and 2011.This was said by Health Minister Richard Kamwi when he addressed a World Malaria Day event in Oshakati yesterday.
readNaked ‘preacher’ shocks Unam students
26-04-2012
A MASTER’S student in Economics was dragged from the Unam soccer stadium in Windhoek on Tuesday afternoon after he took off his clothes and started preaching to no one in particular.According to
readHome Affairs justifies denial of work permit
26-04-2012
THE Ministry of Home Affairs has justified the turning down of a work permit application by a Kenyan neurosurgeon while the country has only two brain surgeons.The Motor Vehicle Accident Fund, the
readEnvironment ministry hands out grants
26-04-2012
THE Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia yesterday handed out 11 grants worth N$3,1 million to projects addressing environmental sustainability and contributing to economic growth. This was the
readFunds needed to fight Africa’s hunger
26-04-2012
DAKAR - Aid groups warned on Monday they are nearly $200 million short of the money needed to fight a growing hunger crisis that threatens more than 1 million children across western and central
readChildren taught about child labour
26-04-2012
THE findings of two studies on child labour in Namibia have prompted the ILO Namibia office and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare to embark on a nationwide programme to raise awareness and
readAyoub on attack against extradition to France
26-04-2012
LEBANESE businessman Fadi Ayoub, who is wanted in France on a rape charge dating back more than 20 years, has lodged an urgent case with the High Court in Windhoek to ask for an order for his release
readGuardian Angels banish loneliness
26-04-2012
MINDA Coetzee is an animal behaviourist and together with her dog Benji she is now also a member of the Guardian Angels and visits old-age homes.She was working at the laboratory of the State
readNotable Quotes
26-04-2012
I FEEL very humiliated. Even my own brothers have never seen me naked and here I was, exposed in front of the whole school. – One of the girls from St. Joseph’s High School at Dobra said after the
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