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53 Articles found on Wednesday, 12 December 2012
The rise and fall of the mighty in Swapo
12-12-2012
THE vice president of Swapo and the party’s presidential candidate for the 2014 presidential election, Hage Geingob, has made a slow comeback to the Swapo hierarchy following his near political demise
readOld Politburo Line-up
12-12-2012
• Hifikepunye Pohamba • Hage Geingob • Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana • Nangolo Mbumba • Nahas Angula • Jerry Ekandjo • Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila • Abraham Iyambo • Marco Hausiku • Ben
readSurprises in Swapo Politburo election
12-12-2012
THE winds of change are blowing through Swapo, resulting in promising and rising young stars having lost their position in the party’s Politburo.Education Minister Abraham Iyambo, Finance Minister
readHeritage Council approves new plan for Swakop’s Strand Hotel
12-12-2012
OHLTHAVER & List’s Strand Hotel project in Swakopmund is back on track after the National Heritage Council of Namibia approved the revised development plan, O&L Leisure said yesterday.The
readCrunch time for ANC
12-12-2012
Johannesburg – The ANC wants its public representatives in national, provincial and local government to sign a contract with the party that could lead to their being axed if they fail to honour it.
readNamibia swimmers win 21 medals at Zone 6 Games
12-12-2012
NAMIBIAN swimmers gave a good account of themselves at the Zone VI Under-20 Youth Games in Lusaka, finishing second overall with an impressive haul of 21 medals.South Africa dominated the swimming
readSA banks warn ANC
12-12-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Banks have warned the ANC to be aware of the implications of its policy decisions at the upcoming Mangaung conference, it was reported yesterday. Banking Association of SA MD Cas
readB2Gold’s Otjikoto gold project gets mining license
12-12-2012
GOVERNMENT has granted B2Gold a mining license for Otjikoto for 20 years, the Canadian miner said yesterday.The company, dual-listed on the Namibian and the Toronto stock exchanges, said construction
readCouncil to help US compete in SA
12-12-2012
WASHINGTON – A leading US business group has said it was creating a new body called the US-South Africa Business Council as part of a broader effort to respond to increased competition throughout
readChasing the dots ... The Fun and Intent of the Column
12-12-2012
LIFE is a strange and ever-changing reality constantly confused, especially in this increasingly electronic world, with masses of new “information” and “events” portrayed to challenge beliefs and
readAfrican bourses must link-up to meet investors demand
12-12-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Africa’s stock markets must better collaborate to make the most of historic levels of investor interest in the continent, the head of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange has told AFP.“The
readZanu-PF congress wants Zimbabwe dollar back
12-12-2012
GWERU – Zanu-PF is pushing for the re-introduction of the Zimbabwe dollar as a way of easing the current liquidity crisis.The party’s just-ended 13th National People’s Conference resolved to instruct
readBread crisis hits Syrian flashpoints
12-12-2012
BEIRUT – As if life under shelling and air strikes, as well as power cuts, was not harsh enough, residents of several flashpoint towns and cities in Syria face a new misery: a shortage of bread and
readJenni Rivera’s family hopes
12-12-2012
Mexican-American singer still aliveThe family of Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera said on Monday they are holding onto hope that she may still be alive, although US officials said earlier that she
readAustralian prank call radio to donate profits to nurse’s family
12-12-2012
The Australian radio station behind a prank call to a British hospital will donate its advertisisng revenue until the end of the year to a fund for the family of the nurse who apparently took her own
readTaliban set to attend Paris conference
12-12-2012
Kabul – The Taliban said on Monday it would attend a conference in Paris on Afghanistan this month but would not hold peace talks with Afghan government delegates or other groups.A member of
readU’s Jewish policy ‘like 1930s’: Israel’s Lieberman
12-12-2012
JERUSALEM – Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman criticised Europe yesterday, saying its treatment of the Jewish state was comparable to policies during the Holocaust.Lieberman said Europe had
readMali PM resigns after arrest
12-12-2012
Bamako – Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra resigned on Tuesday, hours after he was arrested at home by soldiers acting on the orders of former coup leader Amadou Sanogo.“I, Cheick Modibo
readGunmen open fire at Cairo protesters
12-12-2012
Cairo – Nine people were hurt when gunmen fired at protesters camping in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday, according to witnesses and Egyptian media, as opponents and supporters of President Mohamed
readShaanika okwa hala iilonga ye
12-12-2012
MENGESTRATA, Lea Shaanika ngoka a tidhilwe miilonga mbyoka mu June nuumvo okwa hala okushunwa miilonga ye mbyoka.Shaanika okwa hala okushunwa miilonga, konima sho a ningi eindilo ndyoka tali kondjitha
readOmunona a sile mefiko lyowina pOtjomuise
12-12-2012
KANSELA gwoshikandjohogolo sha Khomasdal north, Margaret Mensah-Williams okwa ti eso lyomunona omushona momulilo gwa fikilwa owina olya nika uushunimonima. Mensah-Williams okwa indile opo oshikondo
readSMS mOshiwambo
12-12-2012
*Ame omukalimo womOhangwena region.ondina epulo la yuka kuministeli wopolisi nokomuperesidende: kutya natu ka vake?Ohatu teke omahooli okudja moAngola ashike opolisi otaa kwata,yooshima yaakwata ohayi
readPohamba a simaneke aakiintu aaNamibia mesiku lyawo
12-12-2012
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okuna omaipulo keindjipalo lyiiningwanima yelongitho lyoonkondo mbyoka tayi ningilwa aakiintu mwa kwatelwa naamboka aakokele noshowo aanona yaakadhona. Okwa ti
readOmulilo pegumbo lyaakulupe gwa dhipaga omuntu gumwe
12-12-2012
OMULILO ngoka gwa hwama pegumbo lyaakokele lyedhina Huis Palm mOmbaye molyomakaya ogwa faalele omwenyo gwomukulukadhi, Hendrina Els[88]. Omuwiliki gwookadhimamulilo moshilando shokomunkulofuta okwa
readOshilando sha pangula edhiko lyomagumbo shaali paveta
12-12-2012
EFAMILIA limwe olya dhike egumbo lyalyo komeho gokapangelo okashona mOtjomuise nonando ewiliko lyoshilando olya ningi elondodho kutya shoka inashi ningwa. Ewiliko lyoshilando olya ti okutunga
readSMSes for Wednesday 12 December 2012
12-12-2012
SMS Of The Day *THE strategy engineered by SPYL in favour of Jerry Ekandjo has caused his political burial. The likes of Elijah Ngurare and Job Amupanda are politically unseasoned. They acted like
readMauritius hold Namibia at Z6
12-12-2012
LUSAKA – The Namibian under-17 boys’ football team drew two-all against Mauritius on Monday. The Mauritians registered the first goal of the game in the 25th minute, which came from a header by Kervin
readSA duo win Desert Ultra Triathlon
12-12-2012
SOUTH African triathletes Gerhard de Bruin and his partner Corinne Berg won gold medals at the FNB Desert Ultra Triathlon in Swakopmund on Sunday. De Bruin won the Individual Male Elite category of
readElite athletes star in Oshakati
12-12-2012
NAMIBIA’S big names got the local athletics season underway with decent performances during the Bank Windhoek Grand Prix held at the Oshakati Independence Stadium on Saturday. Globine Mayova, Lavinia
readDjokovic, Serena Williams named ITF World Champions
12-12-2012
LONDON – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has won the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) annual men’s World Champion award with American Serena Williams taking the women’s prize for a third time.Djokovic,
readBester could join Risser at Chippa United
12-12-2012
HAVING already signed Namibian international striker Wilko Risser, South African Premiership side Chippa United are reportedly courting his compatriot Rudolf Bester when the transfer window re-opens
readHayatou runs unopposed for Caf presidency
12-12-2012
INCUMBENT Issa Hayatou will be unchallenged in the upcoming Confederation of African Football presidential elections.At a meeting on Monday, the Caf general secretariat informed the body’s executive
readCalls in Philippines for Pacquiao to retire
12-12-2012
MANILA – Philippine media commentators have put pressure on boxing great Manny Pacquiao to retire after his heavy defeat in Las Vegas, with one comparing him to Parkinson’s disease sufferer Muhammad
readForeign players to get cultural lessons to tackle racism
12-12-2012
FOOTBALL’S governing bodies are considering the introduction of cultural lessons for foreign players as part of a series of measures to tackle the recent increase in racially related offences in the
read‘Vambo Lokasie’ launched!
12-12-2012
Hard work finally paid off for new kid on the Kwaito scene J-Bentley, after the towering rapper launched his debut album ‘Vambo Lokasie’ at Zenso Lounge on Friday, amidst much funfair.The show may
readFrom The Twittersphere
12-12-2012
THAT man Lionel Messi setting a football world record on Sunday night sparked a flood of tweets on Namibian timelines (only space for some, though); plus, different takes on sidechicks, breasts,
readTeek’s N$6,8 m claim fails
12-12-2012
RETIRED Supreme Court Judge Pio Teek yesterday suffered a legal defeat in his quest to sue Government over the judgement in which his acquittal on six criminal charges was set aside by the Supreme
readSigns and gadgets for safer roads
12-12-2012
THE National Road Safety Council (NRSC) donated over equipment worth N$151 000 to the Namibian Police to help them cope with heavier road traffic during the festive season.The equipment will also be
readSummer Music Festival in Rehoboth
12-12-2012
As the holiday season kicks off and summer is in full swing, the Summer Music Festival 2012 that takes place in Rehoboth this weekend, comes just at the right time.Organised by Silver Cricket
readPohamba calls on cadres to ensure landslide victory in 2014 elections
12-12-2012
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has congratulated Nangolo Mbumba, the secretary general of the Swapo Party, for having taken the position on a full-time basis.Speaking at the Swapo Central Committee
readGet rid of opposition parties on town council: Mumbala
12-12-2012
KEETMANSHOOP – The Swapo Party coordinator for the Karas Region, Matheus Mumbala, has called on the party’s supporters at Keetmanshoop to ensure that the party occupies all seven council seats next
readGagging claimed life of murder victim
12-12-2012
THE late Koos Stoop Snr died as a result of suffocation, a doctor has testified in the trial of the three people accused of robbing and murdering Stoop in his home in Windhoek three years ago.State
readReho matricide suspect granted bail
12-12-2012
ALMOST two years after allegedly raping and murdering his mother, George van Wyk was granted bail in the Rehoboth Magistrate’s Court on Friday.Magistrate Leopold Hangalo released him on bail of N$2
readInternational body advocates for Baster authority
12-12-2012
THE Unrepresented Nations and People’s Organisation (UNPO) resolved at its November general assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, that the Baster community in the Rehoboth district should be afforded the
readHimba, Zemba protest widens
12-12-2012
HIMBA and Zemba communities have again taken to the streets to amplify their demand for more control over their traditional lands. The groups first demonstrated at Okanguati, 120 kilometres from
readHealth commission report to serve before Cabinet
12-12-2012
THE Presidential commission of inquiry into the state of the public health sector and a report on the salaries of the president and political office-bearers will be on the agenda of the last Cabinet
readSwapo welcomes RDP defectors
12-12-2012
ABOUT 48 members of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) in the Kunene Region have defected to the ruling Swapo Party and were officially welcomed by the Swapo leader assigned to the region,
readCoD accuses Swapo of tribal divisiveness
12-12-2012
HAGE Geingob’s election as Swapo Party’s vice president – and thus the party’s presidential candidate in the 2014 general election – is a hoax and not addressing pervasive tribalism in the party, said
readNamibia elected to Climate Adaptation Fund board
12-12-2012
THE deputy director of multilateral environmental agreements in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Peter Muteyauli, has been elected to serve on the Climate Adaptation Fund board as an alternate
readCity Police demolish shacks
12-12-2012
AT LEAST two illegally erected shacks were demolished in Otjomuise’s Agste Laan area yesterday.The City Police officers who broke down the dwellings also arrested one of the owners. City Police Chief
readAccused man admits he murdered his wife
12-12-2012
A WINDHOEK resident admitted in the High Court yesterday that he murdered his wife in a knife attack in February last year.Gerson Uri-Khob (51) offered a plea of guilty to a charge of murder when his
readNotable Quotes
12-12-2012
I ALSO call upon our entire criminal justice system to act firmly against perpetrators of crime, especially the crimes targeting women, girls, the elderly and other vulnerable members of our society.
readNewly elected members of the Swapo Politburo
12-12-2012
Name Votes Nahas Angula
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