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62 Articles found on Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Governor gives school pep-talk
21-02-2012
KHOMAS governor Samuel Nuuyoma yesterday visited the Highline Secondary School in Windhoek where pupils have been locked out for persistent lateness.It was his second visit to the school in less than
readTurf tussle between Napwu, Natau at NAC
21-02-2012
THE Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union (Natau) will request the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) management today to let it negotiate on behalf of NAC staff who have joined it.The general
readHuey hoo-ha intensifies
21-02-2012
IT is well known that the United States government sends its military helicopters into foreign territories unannounced to “conduct unauthorised military actions”, for example the recent entry into
readEU pays price for oil sanctions
21-02-2012
LONDON – Businesses and consumers across the EU are starting to pay a financial penalty for the bloc’s decision to ban crude oil imports from Iran.Near record prices for crude oil in sterling and euro
readSenegal opposition calls fresh protest after deadly riots
21-02-2012
DAKAR – Senegal’s opposition called for a new protest yesterday, prompting fears of fresh violence days before polls in which President Abdoulaye Wade’s bid for a third term has upset the normally
readNNOC lays out sport vision
21-02-2012
THE Namibia National Olympic Committee held a stakeholders’ meeting on Saturday to share ideas with stakeholders and to discuss a common vision for sport in Namibia.The meeting was attended by
readAgricultural Diary
21-02-2012
• Auctions February 23: Phillip Strauss production auction (Dorper) at Farm Duurdrift. February 24: Small stock production auction at Agra Ring in Windhoek. Van Rooy, White Dorper and boergoats.
readN$4m paid out for ear tags claims
21-02-2012
THE Meat Board of Namibia has processed the payouts of Government subsidies for the new animal ear tags and compensation for used and unused old ear tags to cattle farmers in the foot-and-mouth
readMovement of Kavango’s cloven-hoofed animals banned
21-02-2012
RUNDU – The Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) at Rundu has banned the movement of cloven-hoofed animals out of the Kavango Region.This was after blood samples of the two buffalo cows that
readEmbrace Distraction
21-02-2012
RECENT studies have revealed the productivity cost of interruptions. But as the world gets more distracting, can we truly uphold the ideal of undivided attention? Not all disruptions are negative.
readWalvis Bay cargo volumes on the rise
21-02-2012
CARGO volumes along all the Walvis Bay corridors have hit a record high of more than 63 000 tons in January 2012, the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) announced yesterday. The significant growth in
readInternational Digest
21-02-2012
Rio Tinto unveils automated mining MELBOURNE – Global miner Rio Tinto has accelerated a move toward automation, unveiling a US$518 million plan to pioneer the use of driverless trains in Australia
readBRICs no less vulnerable to global risks-report
21-02-2012
LONDON – BRIC countries have not become less vulnerable to global shocks despite their strong economic growth over the past four years, a survey showed yesterday.Risk consultancy Maplecroft said its
readAfrican Digest
21-02-2012
Egypt to accept US$3,2 billion IMF loan CAIRO – Egypt’s finance minister said his government will sign a memorandum of understanding with the International Monetary Fund in March for a previously
readOil reliance fuels Nigeria’s poverty
21-02-2012
LAGOS – A feckless political system and excessive reliance on an oil industry that generates few jobs have conspired to reverse Nigeria’s battle against poverty despite economic growth, analysts
readBeckham awarded ‘Most Stylish Athlete’
21-02-2012
Aside from his wife Victoria, his sons are the most important people in his life and are never far from his side. So it wasn’t at all surprising that David Beckham shared the limelight with his
readCongolese teen wins top award at Berlin Festival
21-02-2012
The 14-year-old star of a Canadian film has won the best actress award at the Berlin Film Festival for her performance as a young African girl turned child soldier.Congolese actress Rachel Mwanza
readFrom The Twittersphere
21-02-2012
UNICORNS? Did you say unicorns?! Seems more than one Namibian has unicorns on their mind. Otherwise, millionaires, achievers, pastors and more feature in today’s take from tweet street:@abiatarfestus:
readMixed feelings about 2nd edition of NTN’s Last Band Standing
21-02-2012
LOCAL live musicians received wonderful news this week, when the organisers of the The Last Band Standing competition announced an increase prize monies for the winner and two runner ups of the live
readFun to run with Rössing
21-02-2012
THE very popular 10 km run in the Rössing Namibia Marathon the past weekend saw a total of 156 runners participating. The Swakop Striders athlete, Johannes Skrywer, took home gold in the 10km Run in
readBannerman introduces its Learner Assistance Scheme to assist underprivileged children
21-02-2012
UNDER its corporate social responsibility programme, Bannerman Resources introduced the Learner Assistance Scheme (LAS) in 2011 to assist underprivileged children at schools in Erongo.As part of this
readWoermann Brock opens second store in Kuisebmond
21-02-2012
WOERMANN Brock & Co (Swakopmund) will open a second store in Walvis Bay’s Kuisebmond suburb on Thursday, bringing the total number of these stores in Walvis to four, and the total at the coast to
readBillion-dollar Bahnhof plan balloons with retailer interest
21-02-2012
DUE to a good response from prospective retailers wanting to do business in Swakopmund, the N$1,2 billion ‘Bahnhof Square and Lifestyle Centre’ project will have to be 5 000sqm bigger than the
readOil on Swakopmund beach ‘quite normal’
21-02-2012
THICK, sticky globs and patches of oil on the beach and in the waves close to shore in the Vineta area about two weeks ago was “no cause for concern” and is “quite normal” along Namibia’s coast,
readMysterious deaths of marine mammals at coast
21-02-2012
WITHIN a period of a month the carcasses of a whale and two dolphins were washed up on shore between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, and the reasons for the deaths are unclear, according to marine
readChina warns Syria of civil war
21-02-2012
AMMAN/BEIRUT – China’s main newspaper accused Western countries of stirring civil war in Syria and two Iranian warships docked at a Syrian naval base, underscoring rising international tensions over
readAfrican Briefs
21-02-2012
Zim teen to be caned over Facebook slur HARARE – A court in Zimbabwe has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to be caned after he posted a picture of a woman on Facebook with a caption that called her a
readWorld Briefs
21-02-2012
Prison fight kills 44 in Mexico MEXICO CITY – At least 44 people died in a fight between rival gangs at an overcrowded prison in northern Mexico in a violent outbreak that authorities said could have
readLufthansa bears brunt of Frankfurt strike
21-02-2012
FRANKFURT – A strike by ground workers at Frankfurt airport will be extended through to the middle of the week, union officials said as another 231 flights, primarily operated by national carrier
readScouts to turn over ‘sexual abuse’ files
21-02-2012
SANTA BARBARA – A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by the family of a California boy molested by his troop leader in 2007 has ordered the Boy Scouts of America to hand over confidential files
readMugabe threatens to reject Zuma as mediator
21-02-2012
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe threatened Monday to reject South African counterpart Jacob Zuma as facilitator for the tense power-sharing government formed to stop Zimbabwe’s political
readGerman presidency row shakes Merkel’s coalition
21-02-2012
BERLIN – Angela Merkel’s conservatives accused their coalition partner yesterday of a “massive breach of trust” in backing opposition candidate Joachim Gauck for the German presidency, a move which
readA indile opo Ompangu Onene yi talule egeelo lyuufuthi
21-02-2012
OMUGUNDJUKA ngoka a pangulilwa omimvo 20 omolwa uufuthi wiimuna ota ka pulakenwa kOmpangu Onene yoshilongo meindilo lye opo ndyoka li talululwe.Maveheheko Muhenje okwa li a lombwele ohofa yopOpuwo
readOonkundana pafupi moAfrica
21-02-2012
HARARE: Omuperesidende Robert Mugabe okwa gana kutya ota ka tinda okuzimina ekotampango epe ndyoka opo lya shangwa, ngele ita li ulike omaiyuvo gaantu, ngoka ga gongelwa konima yaasho ga li ga nika
readOminista yomaudhano ita yi ka kala puudhano wOlympics moLondon
21-02-2012
OMINISTA yOmaudhano, Kazenambo Kazenambo ita ka kuthombinga moku yambidhidha ospana yaadhani puudhano wOlympics mboka wu li moLondon mu July nuumvo. Omuperesidende gwoKomittee ya Namibia yOlympics,
readOshinima shotendela yomahogololo sha piyagana
21-02-2012
OPWA holoka omauyelele omape kombinga yotendela yiilonga yoku gandja omashina gokushangitha aahogololi.Otendela ndjika oya pewa ehangano lyedhina Face Technologies koodola oomiliona 63,8.
readOonkundana pafupi muuyuni
21-02-2012
KABUL: Okufu kuutalala uudhigu okwa dhipaga aanona konyala yeli 40 mo Afganistan oomwedhi dhapiti, oyendji yomuyo oye li oontauki mookamba pondje yoshilandopangelo. Agandji yomakwatho oya londodha
readEpangelo ta li futithwa molwetando lyapuka
21-02-2012
OSHIKONDO shUundjolowele nOnkalonawa oye li mehilathano pamwe nofamily yomunona Vetuhena Tuneeko. Ehilathano lyopahofa olinasha neindilo lyaakuluntu yomunona nguka opo ya futilwe koholomende, omolwa
readUupapa komakutsi wa kotha oomiliona ne
21-02-2012
EWILIKO lyonyama lya Namibia olya longekidha iifuta yuupapa uupe wokutulwa komakusti giinamwenyo, noshowo mbyoka yokufuta mboka wa longithwa naamboka inaawu longithwa uupe nuukulu. Iifuta mbika ota yi
readNAC ta kutha aaniilonga miilonga
21-02-2012
EHANGANO lyuupale woondhila mo Namibia olya tseyithile aaniilonga yalyo ayehe kutya ota ya kuthwa miilonga, no ya tegelelwa opo ya ninge omaindilo omape omolwa iilonga mbyoka ha ya longo
readSoccer House looted again
21-02-2012
THE Namibia Football Association’s Soccer House was broken into again on Thursday. The burglars forced their way into a number of offices before they made off with four computers, according to an
readKaras raises over half a million for Newspaper Cup
21-02-2012
KEETMANSHOOP – Karas Governor Bernardus Swartbooi yesterday announced that the region has managed to raise N$733 000 for the renovation of the Keetmanshoop Sport Stadium.The renovation is taking place
readLionel Messi hits four as Barcelona rout Valencia
21-02-2012
MADRID – Lionel Messi hit four goals to inspire Barcelona to a 5-1 victory over Valencia on Sunday, but the champions still remain 10 points behind leaders Real Madrid.Messi, playing his 200th game
readGhana rout Young Gladiators
21-02-2012
THE Young Gladiators’ hopes of reaching the 2012 Fifa U/20 Women’s World Cup are all but over after being thumped 7-0 in their first-leg qualifier by Ghana at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday.Down a
readCosta Seibeb takes Cycle Challenge
21-02-2012
DEVELOPMENT rider Costa Seibeb on Sunday won the Nedbank Cycle Challenge in dramatic fashion after just holding the chasing pack off in a climb to the line.The 20-year-old Seibeb won the 75km race in
readWP beat Namibia by 58 runs
21-02-2012
NAMIBIA stumbled to a 58-run defeat in their CSA One-Day Challenge match against Western Province in Cape Town on Sunday.Western Province won the toss and elected to bat and eventually reached a total
readSKW starts fistball season on a high
21-02-2012
THE Namibian fistball season began with some exciting games played at the season-opening tournament on Saturday. Sport Klub Windhoek 1 fended off tough competition to win the Category A contest, while
readChelsea tries to keep Champs League chances alive
21-02-2012
LONDON – Out-of-form and low on morale, Chelsea heads to Napoli in the Champions League on Tuesday aiming to maintain English interest in the competition.With Manchester United and Manchester City
readVeteran defence lawyer dies
21-02-2012
A VETERAN defence lawyer who was a widely-known figure in Namibia’s courts, André Louw, died in Windhoek over the past weekend.Louw died in the Roman Catholic Hospital in Windhoek early on Sunday
readTwo Reho murders over weekend
21-02-2012
TWO people were stabbed to death at Rehoboth over the weekend. On Saturday morning, shortly after midnight, Cameron Gareth Gowaseb (19) was stabbed to death – allegedly by a 16-year-old boy.The
readSylvester Black leaves New Era
21-02-2012
THE chief executive officer of State-sponsored daily newspaper New Era, Sylvester Black, will leave the company at the end of this month after a six-year stint at the helm of the organisation. Black’s
readStandard Bank woes continue
21-02-2012
STANDARD Bank Namibia, whose new computer system has caused an outcry from its clients, had Government employees seeing red yesterday.Police officers, teachers and secretaries who bank with Standard
readSMSes for Tuesday 21 February 2012
21-02-2012
SMSes Of The Day *BRAVO to the principal of Highline Secondary School! Being on time is a basic discipline one has to adhere to your whole life. Not doing so shows a lack of respect. Can you imagine
readRuling delivers blow to Corruption Act
21-02-2012
A KEY part of Namibia's Anti-Corruption Act is unconstitutional, it was ruled in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.The definition of “corruptly” in the Anti-Corruption Act is unconstitutional
readManaging Parastatals: Form or Substance
21-02-2012
YOU have probably seen the Citizen of Onyanyaa going in for the kill – I mean the kiss when he spotted Angelika Muharukua, Deputy Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, at the official opening
readWhat are our children doing on the streets?
21-02-2012
GONE are those years when Dr Libertina Amathila, during her years as Minister of Health and subsequently Minister of Local Government and Housing, fought tooth and nail to ensure that no Namibian
readNotable Quotes
21-02-2012
HE won’t fight me again. I don’t blame you. I wouldn’t fight me either. – Bennet Chisora was not hopeful of a re-match with Vitali Klitschko after his post-match brawl with former World Boxing
readNamrights wants compensation for Oshakati bomb victims
21-02-2012
NAMRIGHTS has called on the Namibian Government to compensate all the survivors of the February 1988 bomb attack at the First National Bank, then Barclays Bank, in Oshakati.Sunday was the 24th
readGIPF disburses funds slowly
21-02-2012
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has committed approximately N$3 billion to be invested in its Unlisted Investment Programme, but to date only over N$330 million has been disbursed.The
readGIPF ‘outperforms’ balanced fund managers with returns
21-02-2012
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) claims to have produced returns that are in line with Namibia’s best performing balanced fund managers over the past 12 months ending January 2012, and
readEducation director accused of slapping teacher
21-02-2012
DRAMA unfolded at the Nuuyoma Secondary School on Friday when a male teacher was allegedly assaulted in full view of about 400 teachers by the Omusati education regional director, Esther Anna
readEducation a collective responsibility – Kaiyamo
21-02-2012
HOME Affairs Deputy Minister Elia Kaiyamo has called on parents in the Katutura East Constituency of the Khomas Region to play an active role in the education of their children, saying that education
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