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48 Articles found on Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Olufuko initiation starts
22-08-2012
NERVOUS, shy, curious, excited, or sceptical – describing the experience of the teenage brides is almost impossible.The brides arrived yesterday, and the day before, at the artificial mock homestead
readSmelter given clean bill
22-08-2012
FEARS of a significant impact of Namibia Custom Smelters’ (NCS) operations on the health of employees and the Tsumeb community have been dispelled by a medical tribunal.An earlier investigation done
readPolice probe dog smuggling racket
22-08-2012
POLICE in Namibia, Angola and South Africa are investigating an international dog-smuggling syndicate after two vehicles transporting dogs stolen in South Africa were spotted in northern Namibia on
readBarclays show Absa colours in Africa
22-08-2012
BARCLAYS Plc intends combining the majority of its operations in Africa with Absa, the UK-based financial services giant has said.“The proposed combination of the majority of the Barclays Africa
readEthiopia’s prime minister Meles Zenamwi dies at 57
22-08-2012
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, a regional strongman in the volatile Horn of Africa in power for over two decades, has died in hospital abroad, the government said
readNepal beat Namibia by 39 runs
22-08-2012
NEPAL beat Namibia by 39 runs in their Under-19 Cricket World Cup playoff match yesterday, with the result that Namibia will now play off for 15th position against Zimbabwe in their final match
readRelationships crucial for business growth
22-08-2012
NAMIBIA Economist Businesswoman of the Year 2011, Nangula Uaandja, says business people who want to make a difference in life should understand that they can never succeed on their own without the
readSOE Business Centre launched
22-08-2012
THE Namibia Institute for Public Administration and Management (Nipam) has launched a State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) Business Centre aimed at “fostering excellence” in SOE administration.The SOE
readCelullar operators looking to go green with infrastructure
22-08-2012
MTC and Leo have conducted five-month trials for the substitution of diesel generators that power cell site infrastructure which carries mobile phone traffic, with an environmentally friendly
readApple’s market value exceeds Microsoft’s during 1999 bubble
22-08-2012
NEW YORK – Apple Inc’s market value climbed past US$623 billion on Monday, surpassing the record set by Microsoft Corp during the heyday of technology stocks in 1999.Apple shares rose 2,6%, bringing
readCome and verify at the Ongwediva Trade Fair
22-08-2012
THIS year the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) will focus on verification of its members at the Ongwediva Trade Fair in order for them to receive their benefits. “We will also offer our
readLife on a SA mine, decades of squalor
22-08-2012
MARIKANA, South Africa – From scrawny dogs wandering shanties and pit toilets, workers living at South Africa’s tragedy-hit Marikana platinum mine still live in miserable conditions 18 years after the
readOn new job sensitivities
22-08-2012
BOSTON –Taking on a new job doesn’t mean stomping all over the people you are now working with and overriding the existing dynamics without first learning what they are, says Harvard Business Review.
readFox to star as dad with Parkinson’s
22-08-2012
Actor Michael J Fox, who stepped back from full-time acting in 2000 to focus on fighting Parkinson’s disease, will star in a new TV comedy loosely based on his own life suffering from the illness.NBC
readI still love Chris, Rihanna tells Oprah
22-08-2012
While many fans of the singer may have been upset by the collaboration between Rihanna and Chris Brown, Rihanna spoke of forgiveness and still loving Chris in a recent interview with Oprah. According
readLonmin backs off mine sackings
22-08-2012
MARIKANA – Platinum giant Lonmin eased off its threat to fire miners who failed to return to work yesterday, as South Africa urged the firm to allow more time to mourn those killed in a wildcat
readRussia warns West over Syria after Obama threats
22-08-2012
BEIRUT – Russia warned the West yesterday against unilateral action on Syria, a day after United States President Barack Obama threatened “enormous consequences” if his Syrian counterpart used
readMali forms unity government
22-08-2012
BAMAKO – Mali’s interim president Dioncounda Traore has formed a national unity government in an attempt to bring stability to a country split in two after Islamists seized northern regions following
readChina: Leftists defy party, back Bo Xilai
22-08-2012
BEIJING – Leftist supporters of China’s toppled politician Bo Xilai are digging in for an unusually defiant defence of their hero, arguing that he and his wife are victims of a plot that has opened a
readOompango dhohofa
22-08-2012
AAPANGULI yohofa yopombanda moNamibia oyi inekela kutya elunduluko moompango dhiilonga yoohofa ota dhi ka endeleleka egandjo lyomatokolo kuyo.Omalunduluko ngoka taga etwapo ogena elalakano okutula
readEsiku lyomapendafule mOmuthiya
22-08-2012
OMUNAMBELEWA Omukwatakanithikumwe oshigwana nUuministeli w Omauyelele nOmakwatathano gOpautekenika, Kaleni Nghiyalwa ota lombwele oshigwana kutya esiku lyOmapendafule, ano eti 26 Auguste, nuumvo otali
readYa londodhwa yaatukithe oondhila pevi unene
22-08-2012
MBOKA haya ulike omutemo gwo lasers kaahingi yoondhila noshowo aahingi yoondhila mboka haya tukitha oondhila dhawo pevi unene oya londodhwa kOminista Yiiyenditho kutya oshinima shoka osha nika
readRDP ita lundulula etulwopevi lya yatatu
22-08-2012
OMUPEVIPERESIDENDE, gwo Rally for Democracy and Progress[RDP], Steve Bezuidenhout okwa ti ongundu ye ita yi shuna monima moshinima shokutula pevi aawiliki yayo yatatu. Okwa ti ongundu oyina omilandu
readSMS mOshiwambo
22-08-2012
*Yakwetu natu popilwe enota,kansela gwaKankolo otatu mono iihuna kenota pomikunda Omuhama,Ashihaya nOshipanga katuna omeya nando otatu nu momatope olusheno ihalu popiwa oclinic iihuna,oskola oyili
readAakalimo yomo DRC ya hala onkalamwenyo yili nawa
22-08-2012
AAKALIMO yomolukanda lwa Democratic Resettlement Community pondje yoShiwakopo oya indile ewiliko lyoshilando shoka opo li longe neitulemo oku tula olukanda ndoka pomuthika gwolukanda lwa yalulwa.
readSunshine Boxing Academy tour heads to Opuwo
22-08-2012
PROMOTER Nestor Tobias and a small band of his most prized boxers are expected to whip up a frenzy in Opuwo starting today. Among his troopers are WBO title holders Paulus ‘Hitman’ Moses, Paulus ‘The
readNamibia to host Cosassa Ball Games
22-08-2012
MORE than 1 000 athletes will compete in the Confederation of Southern Africa School Sport Associations (Cosassa) Ball Games which will be hosted by Namibia on August 31 and September 1. At the launch
readNamibia to play in Botswana tournament
22-08-2012
THE national under-17 men’s football side will head to Gaborone today to compete in a Four Nations Tournament organised by the Botswana Football Association.The team of 20 players is coached by
readRVP’s debut falls flat
22-08-2012
LIVERPOOL – Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson criticised his own players for failing to utilise Robin van Persie’s talents after they crashed to a surprise 1-0 defeat at Everton.Van Persie
readIngo frets over funds
22-08-2012
INGO Waldschmidt is “very nervous” and having many “sleepless nights” as he tries to scrape together sufficient funding in time for his third Dakar Rally adventure. Namibia’s first – and so far only –
readSmith hails victorious Proteas
22-08-2012
LONDON – South Africa captain Graeme Smith was delighted by the “perfect” way his side replaced England as the world’s number one Test side as they held their nerve in a 51-run win at Lord’s on
readFrom The Twittersphere
22-08-2012
OUTAPI’S in. The NBC’s out. OK, off the air! Namibians tweet on the ‘ups’ and downs’, the ‘hot’ and the ‘cold’, and the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of daily life. From virgins to weddings, trade fairs to fair
readTrial postponed for evidence on DNA
22-08-2012
THE High Court trial of a young man accused of having raped, robbed and murdered an elderly woman in the Ovitoto area east of Okahandja three years ago is due to continue in December with the hearing
readSwapo MP !Coma dies
22-08-2012
THE Swapo regional councillor for the Tsumkwe constituency, Moses Kgao !Coma (50), died yesterday afternoon.!Coma was in Otjiwarongo for a public accounts committee seminar when he started feeling
readSMSes for Wednesday 22 August 2012
22-08-2012
SMS Of The Day *PEOPLE should stop complaining about their salaries and appreciate that they receive one. People who live beyond their income means are struggling because salary cannot pay for
readChasing the dots ... Fanning the Flames of Fascism
22-08-2012
I WATCHED in disbelief as our neighbours murdered their people in what I suppose can be called ‘Zuma’s Sharpeville’. A year ago a similar disgusting episode was televised showing police thugs
readOmaruru continues to defy Ekandjo
22-08-2012
THREE months after Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo ordered the Omaruru Town Council to replace its newly appointed chief executive officer, Edward Ganaseb, with Jeremiah Kavaa, Ganaseb
readNoa pleads for access to information
22-08-2012
NAMIBIA should move immediately to enact laws promoting access to information and the protection of whistleblowers, or it would lose credibility as a country hailed for its democracy.If they were
readNBC must divert funds
22-08-2012
BY late yesterday afternoon, indications were that the six-day Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) strike might come to an end after Cabinet intervention.Following a recommendation by the Cabinet
readNamrock Festival ‘set to raise the roof’
22-08-2012
Rock music will be taking centre stage once again at this year’s Namrock Festival. The two-day Festival which will take place at the Windhoek Showgrounds is set to start on Friday, September 28, and
readMoney missing at Schlip
22-08-2012
AN audit conducted in March at the Rehoboth Rural Constituency office at Schlip revealed that N$152 000 had gone missing between April and December 2011. The audit found shortages of money generated
readNamibia urged to adopt law on right to information
22-08-2012
NAMIBIA was yesterday criticised for its sluggish attitude in adopting a comprehensive right-to-information (RTI) law despite having signed a slew of regional and international treaties to that
readLeo goes to court to prevent liquidation
22-08-2012
THE owners of Powercom and Leo yesterday turned to the High Court in a bid to save its merger with Telecom Namibia and stop the country’s second mobile operator from being liquidated by
readKiller cop jailed for 17 years
22-08-2012
AT THE age of 57, and after having served in the Namibian Police for 22 years, police officer Gabriel Tueufilwa heard yesterday that he has been sent to prison for 17 years for murder.Tueufilwa was
readHardap police seize fake R200 notes
22-08-2012
THE police at Mariental last week confiscated counterfeit R200 notes with a face value of N$25 200. Police Commissioner Kobus Meyer yesterday said the circulation of fake money was detected when
readFIS in alleged graft scandal
22-08-2012
THE daggers are out between shareholders of Financial Insurance Services (FIS) – a company that was accused by the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) of not paying out
readCuban zoo gets ready for Namibian wild animals
22-08-2012
THE Zoological Park in Cuba’s capital, Havana, is busy preparing for a delivery that it hopes will transform its fortunes: 146 wild animals, donated by the government of Namibia.The operation is so
readNotable Quotes
22-08-2012
IF ever the need arises for the CEO of Swakopmund [Eckart Demasius] to go to the toilet, we encourage him to make use of one of the toilets in the DRC. – Ambrosius Marsh, a spokesperson for residents
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