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52 Articles found on Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Investigation into BDF shootings
15-08-2012
THE simmering border tension between Namibia and Botswana has intensified over the past weeks following the shooting of two Namibians by the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) for allegedly poaching in the
readPensioners battle on to keep their home
15-08-2012
TWO Windhoek pensioners who are locked in a legal battle to prevent a bank from evicting them from their home lost a procedural appeal in the Supreme Court on Monday, but scored an important victory
readRDP suspensions loom
15-08-2012
THE suspension of three top members of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) was on its national executive committee (NEC) agenda yesterday morning.However, Hidipo Hamutenya, president of the
readEarning their daily bread from baking
15-08-2012
IN 1984, Tate Moses Joseph and Meme Alina Naidyala began baking traditional bread and vetkoek to supplement their income. Today they bring the aroma of freshly baked bread to Windhoek, Opuwo and
readTwo dead in Uganda copter crashes on Mount Kenya
15-08-2012
NAIROBI – Rescue teams searching for survivors in the aftermath of the crashes of three Ugandan helicopter gunships on Kenya’s highest mountain found two dead bodies yesterday and were searching for
readNamibia crash against SA, Sri Lanka
15-08-2012
NAMIBIA got off to a poor start in the Under 19 Cricket World Cup as they suffered heavy defeats in their opening two matches.On Monday, Sri Lanka beat Namibia by 195 runs and on Tuesday South Africa
read3 dead in violent Cape service protests
15-08-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Protests in Khayelitsha have so far left three people dead and cost millions of rands, the City of Cape Town said yesterday.“This senseless loss of life is unacceptable and on behalf of
readKhanyi Mbau’s life story becomes a book
15-08-2012
“Being a mistress is one of the most powerless positions a woman can ever be in. It’s also the loneliest” – Khanyi MbauKhanyi Mbau’s biography, entitled ‘Bitch, Please! I’m Khanyi Mbau’, will hit
readAfter Games, Britons face austerity to 2020
15-08-2012
LONDON – After the party, the hangover looms: London’s golden Olympics may soon be a distant memory as Britain returns to the reality of its economic mess and years of more belt tightening.The 2012
readMTN in talks with US to move money out of Iran
15-08-2012
JOHANNESBURG – MTN Group, Africa’s top telecom, is in talks with South African and US officials about moving money out of its Iran business, as tightening sanctions have prevented it repatriating
readUK tourism slumped during Olympics
15-08-2012
LONDON – The Olympics brought less tourist money to recession-hit Britain than businesses had hoped for, a trade group has said, with a majority of tourist companies reporting losses from last year.A
readStanChart CEO takes charge of Iran probe talks
15-08-2012
LONDON/NEW YORK – Standard Chartered’s Chief Executive Peter Sands has flown to New York to take personal control of the bank’s attempts to reach a settlement with US regulators over allegations it
readSierra Leone plans gold tax cut to curb smuggling
15-08-2012
FREETOWN – Sierra Leone plans to cut taxes on gold produced by small, individual miners nearly in half to reduce smuggling and boost exports, a year after the West African state did the same for
readPolice patrol South African mine after deadly clashes
15-08-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Security forces yesterday patrolled a platinum mine run by leading producer Lonmin in South Africa, where nine people, including two police, were killed in clashes between rival
readCreate raving fans for your idea
15-08-2012
If someone truly ‘enrolls’ in the idea you are trying to sell, especially by keying off your own enthusiasm they will spread the word far and wide, says Harvard Business Review.Selling an idea to your
readBigger, better Windhoek Show around the corner
15-08-2012
THE Windhoek Industrial and Agricultural Show is upgrading the grounds to the tuneof about N$750 000 to ensure that this year’s event will be the biggest ever.The Show will start on September 28 and
readNobel laureates call for end to ‘Stars Earn Stripes’
15-08-2012
Nine Nobel Peace laureates, including retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, on Monday called on American television network NBC to cancel its ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ reality show, calling it a
readFrench youths fire on police in overnight clashes
15-08-2012
AMIENS – Youths fired buckshot at police in clashes in the French city of Amiens overnight yesterday, torching cars and a nursery school in a resurgence of urban unrest that President Francois
readPM who defected says Syrian regime is near collapse
15-08-2012
AMMAN – Syria’s former prime minister Riad Hijab, who fled to Jordan last week after defecting, said yesterday the regime was collapsing and now only controlled a third of the conflict-wracked
readZuma heads to Zim to push for reforms
15-08-2012
JOHANNESBURG – President Jacob Zuma will meet Zimbabwean leaders today to press for political reforms and new elections under a recently finished draft constitution, his spokesman said.Zuma, the chief
readDesmond Tutu calls for axing of US TV show
15-08-2012
NEW YORK – Nine Nobel Peace Prize winners are speaking out against a new NBC competition series they say treats military manoeuvres like athletic events.Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the other Nobel
readEcuador to decide on Assange this week
15-08-2012
QUITO – Ecuador is likely to announce a decision on whether to grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange before the end of the week in a case with diplomatic implications around the
readKazenambo calls for re-evaluation
15-08-2012
MINISTER of Sport Kazenambo Kazenambo said Namibia needs to take stock of its performances at the Summer Olympics in order to better results at future international competitions. There were no medals
readKevin Pietersen texts just ‘banter’
15-08-2012
LONDON – South Africa team manager Mohammed Moosajee has said Kevin Pietersen’s controversial texts to members of the Proteas squad were just “banter” after claims he criticised England captain Andrew
readSouth African netball to turn professional
15-08-2012
NETBALL will be a professional sport in South Africa from April 2013, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said yesterday.The news received huge applause at the launch of the four-day Diamond Challenge.
readBrazilian player accuses referee of diving
15-08-2012
REFEREE Christian Fischer has been accused of taking a dive after falling to the floor following a confrontation with Benfica captain Luisao during a friendly against Fortuna Dusseldorf.The official
readRevamped United Sport Club grounds open
15-08-2012
UNITED Sport Club officially reopened its new-look facility over the weekend. The club teamed up with the Trustco Group in September last year to transform the old venue into a modern sports
readSimon snubs ‘wrestler’ Shihepo
15-08-2012
HARRY Simon believes Wilberforce Shihepo is better suited to wrestling and lacks the necessary boxing attributes to fight him. Shihepo - the current Interim WBO Africa super-middleweight champion -
readWHO not alarmed by ‘shoddy medicines’ report
15-08-2012
THE World Health Organisation has launched an investigation into a study which claims that some WHO-approved medicines used to treat malaria and tuberculosis that were sampled in Nigeria and Ghana
readFrom The Twittersphere
15-08-2012
NAMIBIANS doing it for themselves, the wind doing it for everyone, the power of one; Namlish, Bolt swish, and a whole lot of other ‘ish’ from the Twitter frontlines! @Subzeroc: Is there really a
readThree years in prison for crack binge rape
15-08-2012
A YOUNG Windhoek resident convicted of raping a seven-year-old girl while he was high on dagga and crack cocaine was sentenced to an effective three years’ imprisonment yesterday.Judge President
readSMSes for Wednesday 15 August 2012
15-08-2012
SMS Of The Day *FELLOW Namibians, are we always there to criticise nurses? Is there ever a day that someone will stand up and appreciate the little things that nurses do for us? Yes, not all of them
readOranjemund cleaners call off weeklong strike
15-08-2012
WORKERS employed by Eopaleko company, which renders cleaning services to Namdeb at Oranjemund, on Monday called off a weeklong strike after the company management and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia
readChasing the dots ... Apocalyptic Algorithms and Conflagtorial Cliffs
15-08-2012
I FAILED! Two weeks where matters non-Olympic were on media back burners plus the western world on summer leave! Time, as not bombarded with normal media propaganda, to clear my addled thoughts. Well
readOmuthiya pupil in court on assault charge
15-08-2012
ONE of the two pupils of Omuthiya-Iipundi Senior Secondary School who were arrested at Omuthiya last Saturday after allegedly assaulting a teacher appeared in the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court on
readNo money for NBC salary increases
15-08-2012
“THERE will be no NBC [Namibian Broadcasting Corporation] after 16h00 today if NBC workers do not get a salary increase.”This was said by Gabes Andumba, the deputy general secretary of the Namibia
readNo evidence of ‘massive’ casual layoffs
15-08-2012
FEWER than 60 workers so far are officially in danger of losing their jobs due to the clampdown on labour-hire companies through new labour legislation.Labour Commissioner Bro-Mathew Shinguadja told
readNeckartal still has a long way to go
15-08-2012
THE pre-qualification tender of the Neckartal Dam is likely to be one of the topics of discussion at a Tender Board meeting on Friday.It has been eight weeks since Cabinet’s deadline expired and it
readRUN N.A.M.S. goes Acoustic
15-08-2012
The next instalment of Acoustic Night will take place on Friday, August 31, and will feature crack hip hop group RUN N.A.M.S. The FNCC hosts its Acoustic Fridays every other month, when Namibian music
readMad Max’s impact on young extras a concern
15-08-2012
THERE are concerns that children employed as extras in the ‘Mad Max Fury Road’ production at the coast are being financially exploited and that their schoolwork is suffering.The students, all from
readDumped charcoal cause of Outjo ash
15-08-2012
THE answer to the mysterious burning ash at Outjo has been found: dumped charcoal buried under the ground at the north-western town caused all the consternation.The Outjo municipality’s chief
readAbout 38% of Namibians use candles for lighting
15-08-2012
OVER 32 percent of Namibian households use electricity for cooking, while 42 percent use electricity for lighting and 21 percent for heating.This was revealed by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) in
readNotable Quotes
15-08-2012
ALWAYS remember that women will have to overcome the barriers of prejudice. Hence, women will have to work twice as hard in order to attain excellence. – Veronika De Klerk, Executive Director of
readOkakomisi taka konakona oshikondo shUukalinawa
15-08-2012
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ulike oka komissi kaantu yane opo ka konakone onkalo moshikondo shuukalinawa woshigwana. Pohamba okwa lombwele okakommissi keli kohi yuunashipundi womupanguli
readSMS mOshiwambo
15-08-2012
*Otandi iindile moshigwana aaholike mukwathendje ndina ompumbwe onene ndahala ilonga yokupayinda kandina shoka tandi pe uunona wandje otawu hepeke omukulupe noku wufutila osikola noku wu landela
readNUNW a lundile labour hire naagandji yiilonga mekotokelo
15-08-2012
ONDUNDAHANGANO yopashigwana yaaniilonga ya Namibia[NUNW] oya lundile ehangano lyoku hehelitha aaniilonga lyedhina Edu Letu Consultants kutya aniwa ota li tilitha aaniilonga yalyo yopakathimbo opo ya
readMuhongo po Univesiti ya Namibia ita vulu okupangulwa
15-08-2012
OMULONGWA po Univesiti ya Namibia ngoka ta lundilwa kutya okwa dhipaga omulongwa omukwawo sho emu tsu noombele momasiku 19 April nuumvo ita vulu okutamanekwa mohofa oshoka omutse gwe kaguli nawa opo a
readAPS eetha eindilo lyomeendelelo moshinima shehehelo lyaaniilonga
15-08-2012
EHANGANO limwe lyaangoka haga hehelitha aaniilonga, lya Africa Personnel Services[APS] inali tsikila we neindilo lyalyo lyomeendelelo opo ohofa yi gandje andola elombwelo oku keelela okatokolitho
readOmulongwa gwopOmuthiya-Iipundi mompangu
15-08-2012
GUMWE gwomaanasikola yaali ya tidhilwe moseko yOpombanda yedhina Omuthiya-Iipundi pOmuthiya mOndonga mOshikoto sho aniwa ya dhenge omulongisikola gwomukiintu gwoposeko ndjoka mEtitano lyeti 3 Auguste
readAbed Elago naatekulu yaali ya si moshiponga shohauto
15-08-2012
OMUKALIMO gwomomukunda Oshipanda mUukwambi mOmusati, Abed Elago[71] naatekulu ye yaali Matti ya Matti Kapolo[37] na Martin Hamukwaya[29] yomOshuungu mUukwambi, oya si eso lyombaadhilila sho ohauto
readAaniilonga ya NBC ya hogolola opo ya ye mekanka
15-08-2012
AANIILONGA yehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia[Namibia Broadcasting Corporation] NBC, oya ti ngele oonkundathana omolwa egwedhelo lyoondjambi inadhi pondola sha oshiwike shika opena ompito
readIt's EPL time! N$500 up for grabs!!
15-08-2012
Join in the buzz as another highly anticipated English Premier League season kicks off this weekend. All you have to do to stand a chance of winning N$500 is to SMS us the name of your favourite team.
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