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69 Articles found on Thursday, 9 February 2012
Wardrobe malfunction
09-02-2012
A rape suspect, Mathias Aibeb, has again been ordered to undergo a period of psychiatric observation to determine if he is fit to stand trial. Aibeb (39), pictured in action in the dock before his
readGeingob kicks back
09-02-2012
HE paid tax on every cent he earned in 2006-07 as a consultant to UraMin, previous owners of the Trekkopje uranium deposit, Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob vowed yesterday.He also refuted
readPoaching syndicate caught red-handed
09-02-2012
THE Hosea Kutako Crime Prevention Forum and the Police stationed at the Hosea Kutako Airport Police Station made a breakthrough in their anti-poaching campaign when they arrested four suspects who
readNam in nuclear plant trade-off with France
09-02-2012
GOVERNMENT has bargained with Areva to realise its dreams of nuclear energy: tax incentives for the French state-owned giant’s Trekkopje project in exchange for a feasibility study on generating
readRio Tinto wants Rössing/Husab joint venture
09-02-2012
CAPE TOWN – Rio Tinto is eager to secure a joint venture with the likely new owners of the huge Husab uranium deposit in Namibia.Doug Ritchie, the head of Rio Tinto’s energy division, told The
readIce-breakers battle Europe’s big chill
09-02-2012
BELGRADE – Ice-breakers on Tuesday battled Europe’s big chill as the Danube river froze over more for than 170 kilometres, and dozens died of cold on a continent gripped by some of the lowest
readBA join hands with Hoffenheim
09-02-2012
NAMIBIA Premiership champions Black Africa yesterday announced that they had entered into a cooperative one-year agreement with German Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim.According to BA chairman Cassius
readDon’t worry about your first job
09-02-2012
New graduates should remember that no matter what job you choose today, you build skills and create options for the long-term, Harvard Business Review: the learn, earn, contribute trifecta.Graduates,
readBarriers blunt trade within Africa
09-02-2012
WASHINGTON – South African grocer Shoprite spends US$20 000 a week in import permits to truck meat, milk and other goods to its stores in neighbouring Zambia. One of its trucks may need as many as 1
readInternational Digest
09-02-2012
BHP Billiton profit falls MELBOURNE – BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest miner, reported a seven per cent fall in first-half profit as iron ore, copper and coal prices fell, and warned markets would
readSouth Africa ties to Iran under scrutiny
09-02-2012
JOHANNESBURG – The West’s increasing pressure on Iran has meant scrutiny for South African businesses that operate in the Middle Eastern nation accused of having nuclear ambitions.South
readAfrican Digest
09-02-2012
Commerzbank opens office in Angola FRANKFURT – German bank Commerzbank has opened a representative office in the Angolan capital of Luanda as part of its strategy to tap into growth opportunities in
readGreeks overspending on medicine
09-02-2012
ATHENS – Greeks are still overspending on unnecessary medicine and hospital tests, burdening social welfare funds as the country struggles with its debt crisis, the health minister said
readANC seeks new taxes, buries nationalisation
09-02-2012
JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN– A study submitted to South Africa’s ruling ANC to reform its vital mining sector proposes a 50 per cent tax on profits and rejects nationalisation as an “unmitigated disaster”
readLong queues and frustration at Keetmanshoop NaTIS
09-02-2012
WHILE the written learner’s licence test might solve the problem of alleged corruption and high failure rates, it might not reduce long queues at the testing centres.Keetmanshoop Municipality Chief
readRepossession is the last resort — FNB Namibia
09-02-2012
WHILE cash in January is usually tight, it does not mean that banks take away houses and cars from people to recover costs. Quite the contrary, says Dawn Humphries, communications manager at First
readFrom The Twittersphere
09-02-2012
IT’S no tissues barred, as Namibians crunch the issues. Even former parastatal boss Tobie Aupindi gets something of a browbeating, while the wearers of certain shoe brands are told to ‘put a sock in
readBra Dops is a true star in the making
09-02-2012
ANDILA Robert Lepono is an artist with great potential. Known by his stage name, Bra Dops, the South African-born rapper is one of the few upcoming kwaito artists who ooze real talent.Bra Dops, who
readAdele to perform live at Grammys
09-02-2012
BRITISH chart-topper Adele will make her live comeback at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, after being on vocal rest since throat surgery sidelined the singer late last year.The 23-year-old
readNamibia gears for filming of ‘Mad Max Fury Road’!
09-02-2012
Preparations are in full swing for the filming of ‘Mad Max 4’ in Namibia.A ‘secret location’ in the Namib Desert has been identified, while skilled stuntmen are undergoing training in Cape Town,
readMark your diary:
09-02-2012
• Fund-raising lecture by award winning wildlife authors and photographers Jonathan and Angela Scott in Windhoek on February 14. Tickets cost N$250. For more information, contact Heike at 067-304 806
readGet wise about marine tourism
09-02-2012
A LANDMARK course on sustainable marine tourism will be held in Namibia this month.The course has been designed specifically to the Namibian situation, according to course developer and presenter Dr
readDorob rules clarified
09-02-2012
A RECENT article in The Namibian, (‘Citizens fight for freedom of movement’) failed to demonstrate the freedoms allowed people in the Dorob National Park (DNP), as well as to differentiate between
readStudy puts central Namib vulnerability under the loop
09-02-2012
THE Central Namib Desert in the western Erongo Region displays a variety of different features and is home to an impressive range of biodiversity, which includes several endemic species, remarkable
readButterflies fight poverty
09-02-2012
WHEN one thinks of farming, butterflies are not the first commodity that comes to mind. But in Tanzania, this unlikely crop is cultivated to help conserve threatened forests and provide an alternative
readEU threatens new sanctions on Syria
09-02-2012
BEIRUT – The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said yesterday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence.
readYemen’s Saleh to return to vote
09-02-2012
NEW YORK – Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in New York for medical treatment after agreeing to step down following months of protests, will return to vote in presidential polls, a member of his
readWorld Briefs
09-02-2012
Iraq executes 14 in one day BAGHDAD – Iraq executed 14 people on a single day this week, most of them al Qaeda members, a senior justice ministry official said yesterday, bringing to at least 65 the
readAfrican Briefs
09-02-2012
Uganda’s anti-gay bill back KAMPALA – A lawmaker in Uganda is re-introducing an anti-gay bill that received wide condemnation, including from President Barack Obama. The bill was re-introduced on
readEuropean agency orders global check on A380 wings
09-02-2012
BERLIN – Europe’s air safety authority has ordered checks on the entire global fleet of Airbus A380 super-jumbo jets for cracks on parts inside the wings – extending a previous order to check nearly a
readEgypt risks ‘disastrous’ rupture in ties: US senators
09-02-2012
WASHINGTON – A trio of leading United States senators warned Egypt that the risk of a “disastrous” rupture in ties had “rarely been greater” amid an escalating row over the planned trial of US
readAagundjuka muuyuni ya tila okwaana iilonga
09-02-2012
AAGUNDJUKA oyendji muuyuni oyena uumbanda molwonakuyiwa unene tuu kombinga yoku kala niilonga. Omushangwa gwa gandjwa kIigwana ya Hangana omaandaha oshiwike shika ogwa ulike kutya
readAapalestina ya hala uukumwe
09-02-2012
OONGUNDU mbali dhaaPalestina odha katuka onkatu ndjoka tashi vulika yi galule uukumwe mokati kadho.Shika osha ningwa sho Omuperesidende gwaPalestina, Mahmoud Abbas a tokola opo a konge
readAaniilonga po TransNamib ya shuna kiilonga metitatu
09-02-2012
EWILIKO lya TransNamib nehangano lyaaniilonga oya uvathana opo aaniilonga mboka ya li ya mwena itaa ya longo ya shune kiilonga mbala. Moonkundathana ndhoka dha ningilwe etiyali oongundu mbali odha li
readEpangelo lya manitha uumbangi walyo miihokolola yekengelelo
09-02-2012
OSHIKONDO shokutamaneka osha manitha oku gandja uumbangi miihokolola yi nasha nekengelelo enene moCaprivi. Uumbangi mboka wa li tawu gandjwa koombangi dhepangelo owa hulu etiyali, mOmpangu
readOomina itadhi ningwapo dhepangelo
09-02-2012
EPANGELO lya South Africa olya ti oku kuthako oomina dhiningepo dhoshigwana itashi ka longa. Ongundu ta yi pangele oyati ka yi na edhiladhilo lyoku ninga oomina dhoshigwana. Ekwashilipaleko ndika olya
readIimaliwa yoothigwa tayi longithwa nayi
09-02-2012
AAWILIKI yoosikola noshowo aakuluntu yiitopolwa poosikola moshitopolwa shaHangwena oya ti oye na omaipulo omanene nogendji kombinga yelongitho nayi lyiimaliwa mbyoka ha yi pewa aanona yoothigwa
readOmatando ka ge shi oshitopolwa shOngwediva aanamukunda ya ti
09-02-2012
AAKALIMO yomomikunda Omatando 1, 2 no 3 oya ti yo ka ye shi oshitopolwa shOngwediva na oya talako etokolo lyewiliko lyoshilando shoka okuteyapo omagumbo gawo ongo etokolo lyuuka yamukulwa.Mombapila
readAakwashigwana ya Namibia oyendji moluhepo
09-02-2012
OSHIKONDO shAaniilonga Nonkalo nawa osha ti ooperesenda 49 dhaantu ya Namibia odhi li moluhepo. Uuyelele mbuka owa popilwe kwaamushangatakalele moshikondo shaaniilonga nonkalo nawa oshiwike sha yi
readObama ota yambidhidhwa kooperesenda 50 dhaantu
09-02-2012
AAKWASHIGWANA yooperesenda 50 yAmerica ota ya tsu kumwe nomilandu dha Barack Obama, unene tuu dhina sha nomahupilo noshowo eindjipalo momwaalu gwaantu mboka yena iilonga moshilongo shoka. Einekelo
readGbowee a dhikepo endiki lyombili
09-02-2012
OMUSINDANI gumwe gwepapa lyombili pamwe naasindani ooyakwawo yaali okwa dhikepo endiki lyombili moshilongo shaandjawo sha Liberia, muuninginino waAfrica.Leymah Gbowee ngoka pamwe nOmuperesidende gwa
readOonkundana pafupi moAfrica
09-02-2012
KAUDA: Ongundu yaaniilonga aaChina mboka ya li ya kwatwa kaanamapove mo South Sudan omasiku 11 ga piti oya mangululwa no ya falwa nondhila ko Kenya, pahapu dhOshikondo shiikwapondje. Epangelo lya
readAagundjuka muuyuni ya tila okwaana iilonga
09-02-2012
AAGUNDJUKA oyendji muuyuni oyena uumbanda molwonakuyiwa unene tuu kombinga yoku kala niilonga. Omushangwa gwa gandjwa kIigwana ya Hangana omaandaha oshiwike shika ogwa ulike kutya
readEpangelo lya manitha uumbangi walyo miihokolola yekengelelo
09-02-2012
OSHIKONDO shokutamaneka osha manitha oku gandja uumbangi miihokolola yi nasha nekengelelo enene moCaprivi.Uumbangi mboka wa li tawu gandjwa koombangi dhepangelo owa hulu etiyali, mOmpangu
readAapalestina ya hala uukumwe
09-02-2012
OONGUNDU mbali dhaaPalestina odha katuka onkatu ndjoka tashi vulika yi galule uukumwe mokati kadho.Shika osha ningwa sho Omuperesidende gwaPalestina, Mahmoud Abbas a tokola opo a konge
readCash boost for indoor hockey
09-02-2012
TELECOM Namibia yesterday announced a sponsorship of N$75 000 to the Namibia Hockey Union for the Telecom Namibia Indoor Hockey League that will start on Friday, February 10.NHU president Jesse
readKhomas Region Track and Field Championship
09-02-2012
THE annual Khomas Region Track and Field Championship is billed for Windhoek’s Independence Stadium on February 18. Thereafter a team will be selected to represent the Khomas Region at the Athletics
readGuardiola urges Contador to fight doping ban
09-02-2012
MADRID – Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, who successfully fought a doping case while a player in Italy, has urged Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador to fight his two-year doping ban “until the end of the
readFinancial constraints, complacency worry doping body
09-02-2012
LAUSANNE – Financial constraints and a general boredom with the issue could undermine the fight against doping, the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA said yesterday.WADA president John Fahey said the
readSpanish federation to sue French TV over Nadal drug skit
09-02-2012
MADRID – The Spanish tennis federation (RFET) plan to sue French TV broadcaster Canal+ over a sketch which appeared to imply world number two Rafa Nadal and his fellow Spanish athletes are all drug
readFerguson calls for hard line on racism
09-02-2012
LONDON – Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson says it is time that soccer took a hardline stance against racism and that he could not believe the problem had re-emerged in the sport.Speaking before
readSenegal fire Traore after Nations Cup failure
09-02-2012
DAKAR – Senegal have fired coach Amara Traore after their dramatic failure at the African Nations Cup.The departure of the former World Cup striker was announced after a meeting of the Senegal
readZambian plan yields success
09-02-2012
BATA – Zambia captain Christopher Katongo thinks the team’s impressive march to the semifinals of the African Cup of Nations is “payback time” for a six-year development plan.African football is
readCommunity Policing: Women make their mark
09-02-2012
NEIGHBOURHOOD watches form the basis of fighting crime within communities, Sergeant Christine Fonsech says.Apart from observing the property of one’s neighbour, these watchdog organisations are there
readTwo tourists killed in Erongo accident
09-02-2012
TWO foreign nationals were killed in a bus accident between Usakos and Karibib at noon yesterday.The tour bus was apparently on its way to Swakopmund. It is suspected that a tyre burst, causing the
readTransNamib board blames management for strike
09-02-2012
TRANSNAMIB’s board of directors has blamed the national railway carrier’s management for the illegal strike at railway depots across the country. Speaking at a media conference in Windhoek yesterday,
readThieves loot thousands of euros and dollars
09-02-2012
THREE suspects are behind bars and at least one is on the run after 16 000 euros (approximately N$160 000) and N$10 000 were stolen from a vehicle in Windhoek on Tuesday.According to Deputy
readSuspect admitted panga murder, court hears
09-02-2012
AN ALLEGED confession made by Otavi area farm murder suspect Abisai Ndaumbwa shortly after his arrest in June 2009 has become part of the evidence in his trial in the High Court at Oshakati.The
readSoldier fined for role in uranium deal
09-02-2012
AFTER pleading guilty on Monday in the Swakopmund Regional Court for his ‘middle-man’ role in a busted September 2009 uranium deal, in which three men were arrested during an undercover police
readSMSes for Thursday 09 February 2012
09-02-2012
SMS Of The Day *NBC TV news presenters please send out a warning to sensitive viewers before you air ‘disturbing’ images at all times! Thank you. Food for Thought *AS the money taps for the
readRespondents refuse to appear in court
09-02-2012
RESPONDENTS in a civil case refused to appear in the High Court yesterday, charging that they have been treated unjustly by officials of the court. BV Investments 264 CC and Fredrich Schroeder (first
readOtjinene voters’ roll contested
09-02-2012
POLITICAL parties and individuals have contested the provisional voters’ registration for the Otjinene local authority election that is taking place on March 16. The returning officer of the Electoral
readOpposition parties want stronger ECN
09-02-2012
TEN opposition parties demanded a strengthening of the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s (ECN’s) independence, with its own budget and staff to operate “at arm’s length” from the Executive – Cabinet –
readNotable Quotes
09-02-2012
AT this stage the State wishes to inform the court, counsel and the accused that this concludes the State’s case. – Deputy Prosecutor General Taswald July said when he announced that the prosecution’s
readMixed reactions to KK’s statements
09-02-2012
“SWAPO is not the spokesperson of neither the Boers or Ovambo,” was the response of Swapo secretary general Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana when asked about the recent tribal and racist diatribe of Kazenambo
readHigh price for foreign exchange offence
09-02-2012
A CHINESE resident of Namibia has paid a fine of N$20 000 and stands to lose close to half a million Namibia dollars after she was found guilty of trying to illegally take foreign currency out of
readFour caught for poaching at Karibib
09-02-2012
FOUR suspected illegal hunters were arrested at Karibib on Tuesday after a wild chase by the Police.According to Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, the head of the Police’s Public Relations
readEsau wants Namibian fish brand
09-02-2012
THE Ministry of Fisheries will concentrate on the development of aquaculture, as well as facilitate the participation of new fishing rights holders in all aspects of fishing in 2012.Speaking at his
readAupindi and Di Savino ask for discharge
09-02-2012
TOBIE Aupindi, former Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) MD, and his corruption co-accused Antonio di Savino have to wait a week before hearing whether Magistrate Helvi Shilemba will discharge them on
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