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55 Articles found on Monday, 23 January 2012
Nujoma honorary advisor, not ‘consultant’
23-01-2012
FOUNDING President Sam Nujoma is an ‘honorary advisor’ to East China Mineral Exploration and Development Bureau (ECE).The Namibian is in possession of a letter dated April 7 2009 in which Nujoma wrote
readCell murder plot thickens as ‘Kofi Annan’ joins as third suspect
23-01-2012
A SOUR love affair between four men, and not three as was earlier suspected, is claimed to have resulted in the death of Eddie /Gomxob (33) in Windhoek Central Prison last week./Gomxob was stabbed to
readShocking discovery of cruelty on trailer
23-01-2012
A HORRIFIC discovery of six adult horses squashed onto a tiny trailer on Thursday led to the arrest of Amwaama Eliakima for animal cruelty at Okahandja.Eliakima (43), thought to be a resident of Rosh
readSevere jail terms for Keetmans killers
23-01-2012
NAMIBIANS’ cries for justice and protection from criminals have been heard and will be heeded, was the message from the High Court in Windhoek on Friday with the sentencing of the two men convicted of
readNetball stars on Singapore roll-call
23-01-2012
NAMIBIAN netball stars in the making Anna Kasper and Delia Keja have been summoned to take their place in the Singapore’s Netball Super League second phase.The International Netball Federation’s
readSearch resumes in cruise ship amid rough seas
23-01-2012
GIGLIO – Rescuers yesterday resumed searching the above-water section of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise liner, but choppy seas kept divers from exploring the submerged part, where officials have
readNigeria probes attacks that killed 162 in north
23-01-2012
KANO – Soldiers and police yesterday manned checkpoints in Nigeria’s second largest city after coordinated bombings and gun battles killed 162 people in one of the deadliest attacks to hit the mainly
readEconomy chiefs warn on growth, jobs and trade
23-01-2012
GENEVA – Economic growth, jobs and protectionism are the top three worries at the start of 2012, according to a ‘Call to Action’ published by 11 leaders of international organisations on Friday in a
readRavalomanana still hopes to return
23-01-2012
JOHANNESBURG/ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar’s exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana was back where he started on Saturday after a plane flying him home was ordered to turn around mid-flight and returned
readWheels Digest
23-01-2012
GM top-selling automaker DETROIT –General Motors Co has retaken the title of world’s top-selling automaker, selling just over nine million cars and trucks across the globe. The company said it sold
readGoogle launches project for SA businesses
23-01-2012
PRETORIA – Getting more small companies wired will help their businesses grow, and help their country fight unemployment, officials said Thursday as Google launched a project that makes it easy to
readAfrican Digest
23-01-2012
S. Sudan to build pipeline BEIJING – South Sudan is planning to construct an oil refinery and a crude oil export pipeline through East Africa with the help of international oil companies operating in
readInternational Digest
23-01-2012
UK rejects metals theft bill LONDON –Britain’s government rejected proposed legislation on Friday aimed at combating metal theft, which costs the UK economy upwards of 770 million pounds a year, but
readIMF opposes Kenya proposal to cap lending rates
23-01-2012
NAIROBI – The International Monetary Fund opposes a proposal by parliamentarians in Kenya to cap interest rates for banks because the plan could lead to a credit squeeze, its resident representative
readCuba set to explore offshore as oil rig arrives
23-01-2012
HAVANA – A huge drilling rig has arrived in the warm Gulf waters north of Havana, where it will sink an exploratory well deep into the seabed, launching Cuba’s dreams of striking it rich with offshore
readPerformance review blues?
23-01-2012
It’s performance review season, and you know the drill. Drag each of your direct reports into a conference room, hand them an official-looking document, and then start in with the same, tired
readCan Heidi and Seal make it work?
23-01-2012
Heidi Klum and Seal are going through a rough patch in their marriage but have not yet decided to split, as is being reported.“They’ve been fighting a lot lately, but they have no plans to announce a
readA Music Legend Dies
23-01-2012
Etta James, the influential 1950s rhythm-and-blues singer best known for her show-stopping hit ‘At Last’, died in hospital on Friday from complications of leukaemia, surrounded by her family.She was
readChina’s driving schools teach millions
23-01-2012
BEIJING – China is rapidly becoming a country on wheels and its crowded driving schools are racing to churn out licensed drivers as fast as cars roll off the assembly lines.But judging by the daily
readTycoon’s plan to fight Putin
23-01-2012
MOSCOW – Billionaire oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov vowed on Friday to break up state control of the media and huge enterprises in an election manifesto aimed at denting Vladimir Putin’s chances in March
readGingrich victory in South Carolina jolts Republican race
23-01-2012
COLUMBIA – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich trounced frontrunner Mitt Romney in South Carolina on Saturday in a jarring victory that indicates the party’s battle to pick a challenger to
readUK scientists find ‘lost’ Darwin fossils
23-01-2012
LONDON – British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his peers collected but that had been lost for more than 150 years.Dr Howard Falcon-Lang, a
readJohan Kotze ‘just a normal child’
23-01-2012
JOHANNESBURG – The ‘Modimolle monster’ was a normal child who grew up in a “good home” said people who went to school with Johan Kotzé at the Wennie du Plessis High School in Gobabis, Namibia.Kotzé’s
readOmunadholongo a dhipagwa ku yakwawo
23-01-2012
OMUNANDHOLONGO gumwe gwomimvo 33 okwa dhipagwa ku yakwawo mondholongo yopokati yaVenduka oshiwike shayi. Ota ku fekelwa kutya otashi vulika aanandholongo mbaka ya li ye na iihole mokati kawo naashika
readElelo lya Shakati olya ti otali ka mbonyagula
23-01-2012
MOSHIGONGI SHALYO nAatoolinkunda mOshakati mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko, Elelo lya Shakati olya ti kutya onkee tali ka tsikila nokumbonyagula po omagumbo nomatungo galwe ngoka ga tungwa shaali paveta
readIizemo yondondo 12 na yi konakonwe
23-01-2012
OMUKULUNTU gwenongelo lyopaumwene lya Combretum moVenduka, Susan Brown okwa thaneke pu ningwe omakonakono kombinga yiizemo yekonakono lyondondo 12. Eindilo ndika Brown okwe li ningi konima sho iizemo
readOntopa ya Niipa otashi vulika yi ngumuke po ombinga yimwe
23-01-2012
ONTOPA ya Niipa moshitopolwa sha Shikoto otashi vulika yi ngumuke po ombinga yimwe ngele inaku endelelwa yi tungululwe, unene tuu mpoka tayi hala okungumuka po.Omunashipundi gwElelo lyOshitopolwa sha
readOhorongo cement natango yi indikwa oku landithwa Angola
23-01-2012
EPANGELO lya Angola natango ina li kuthapo oondjindikila okwiindika osamende ya Namibia yi landithwe moshilongo shoka. Oondjindikila ndhika dha tulilwepo omumvogu odha li dhina oku kuthwapo
readSwapo ina koleka ekuthomo lya Pietertjie miilonga yewiliko
23-01-2012
SWAPO okwa ti ina kuthamo Pietertjie Pieters ongo meya gwa Rehoboth ngaashi sha popiwa kaaniilonga yomelelo lyoshilando shoka. Amushanga ndjayi gwopevi gwo Swapo Nangolo Mbumba okwa ti ekuthomo
readIihokolola ya undulilwa komeho
23-01-2012
IIHOKOLOLA iinene yekengelelo nuulingilingi mbyoka yi li mompangu oya undulilwa ishewe komeho mOmpangu yOpombanda moVenduka oshiwike sha yi.Iihokolola mbyoka oya undulilwa sigo oku April nuumvo opo pu
readOmvula onene yaloka moNooli nOosikola dhimwe dha pata
23-01-2012
OMVULA onene ya loka muumbangalantu wopokati oshiwike sha zi ko, oya eta mpoka Oosikola dhimwe, unene tuu mOmusati dhi pate nadhimwe dhi tameke okuninga oothaila poosikola opo dhi shiwe okutsikila
readMillion-dollar goal and Senegal upset open Cup
23-01-2012
LIBREVILLE – The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations dished up a pulsating opening day with co-hosts Equatorial Guinea bagging their $1 million bonus and star-studded Senegal falling to Zambia.Saturday’s
readCo-hosts Gabon enter Cup fray
23-01-2012
LIBREVILLE – Gabon will not want to be outdone by their neighbours and Africa Cup of Nations’ co-hosts Equatorial Guinea when they tackle competition first-timers Niger here today.This opening Group C
readMorocco, Tunisia in 2004 seque
23-01-2012
LIBREVILLE – Morocco and Tunisia both have something to prove when they face off on day three of the Africa Cup of Nations here tonight..The north African neighbours are favourites to qualify into the
readIndian pride, Sachin quest add spice to final test
23-01-2012
MELBOURNE – India have five days at the Adelaide Oval to show some fighting spirit, restore a modicum of pride and avoid a whitewash in the fourth and final test against Australia this week.The
readDreamy Schalke join Bayern on top
23-01-2012
BERLIN - Schalke 04 joined Bayern Munich at the top of the table after easing past VfB Stuttgart 3-1 on Saturday to collect their fourth straight Bundesliga win.Hosts Schalke took a third-minute lead
readAngry Dalglish threatens Liverpool axe
23-01-2012
BOLTON - Furious Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish threatened to wield the Anfield axe after accusing players of failing to represent the club properly in Saturday’s shock 3-1 defeat at Bolton.Dalglish
readNo Namibian swimmers at Olympics
23-01-2012
THERE will be no Namibian swimmers at the London 2012 Olympics, according to the Namibia Swimming Union (NASU) president, Klaus Laborn.“We do not have any swimmers that have qualified to swim at the
readStar SA defender stabbed to death
23-01-2012
BAFANA Bafana capped defender Jeffrey Ntuka is dead after reportedly being stabbed in the early hours of Saturday morning in a local nightclub in his township of Kroonstad in the Free State
readAnkle anxiety for comeback Clijsters
23-01-2012
MELBOURNE – Defending Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters said she faced an anxious wait to find out the condition of her injured ankle after her remarkable win over China’s Li Na
readFrom The Twittersphere
23-01-2012
TWEETS all but ‘flood’ many Namibians’ Twitter timelines, as Mother Nature makes herself felt! Otherwise, more unfiltered wit and wisdom on life, toffees and the US presidential primaries.@Jemslee:
readSMSes for Monday 23 January 2012
23-01-2012
SMS Of The Day *WE need a report on how the money and items donated for floods last year were spent and allocated before people start donating again. Food for Thought *WHERE is Namibia heading?
readRobbers loot Jac-Mat
23-01-2012
ARMED robbers on Friday targeted Jac-Mat Super Centre in Windhoek, stealing looting electronic goods and cash to the value of N$400 000.Chief Inspector Barry de Klerk yesterday said four men arrived
readPohamba wants more from pupils
23-01-2012
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba praised rural schools for their latest academic performance after they outshone urban schools with the most top-performing pupils in last year’s Grade 12 examinations.He
readNatasha, the ‘special one’ of Da-Palm
23-01-2012
THE top performer in the 2011 Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) ordinary level exams, Natasha Kameeta, received a hero’s welcome at her village school, Da-Palm Senior Secondary at
readNamas deadline ‘won’t be extended’
23-01-2012
THE closing date for the Namibia Annual Music Awards (Namas) will not be extended.Artists and their managers are urged to ensure that they submit their entries on or before the closing date, says
readMore than 70 families relocated
23-01-2012
MORE than 70 families in Oshakati have already been relocated to the Oshoopala Flood Victim Relocation Centre after the recent heavy rain flooded their houses.Oshakati Town Council spokesman Jackson
readKrohne remembered as firebrand politician
23-01-2012
POLITICIANS and community members paid their last respects to former teacher and veteran politician Albert Krohne as he was laid to rest at Keetmanshoop’s Krönlein cemetery on Saturday. Krohne, known
readGobabis nine remain behind bars
23-01-2012
THE case of nine people linked to an armed robbery in the Omaheke Region has been postponed to April 24 for further investigation. All nine remain behind bars, the Gobabis Magistrate’s court clerk
readFather to be sentenced for daughter’s murder
23-01-2012
A WINDHOEK resident convicted of murder over the death of his daughter eight years ago will have to wait another week and a half for his sentencing.Theophilus Amon (58) was due to be sentenced in the
readEkandjo ‘behind Pietertjie’s removal’
23-01-2012
JERRY Ekandjo, the Minister of Regional and Local Government, was allegedly behind the removal of Pietertjie Pieters as the Rehoboth mayor.It is understood that Ekandjo wrote a letter to the Rehoboth
readDocket thieves still at large
23-01-2012
BY yesterday, no one had been arrested in connection with the theft of three dockets from the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court last week.But Chief Inspector Barry de Klerk said the Police are following up
readNotale Quotes
23-01-2012
All individuals who are implicated in this matter need to be investigated thoroughly. If they are found guilty, they need to be charged. – South African National Defence Union’s Musina Monageng
readClassrooms not ready for new year
23-01-2012
A COMBINATION of bureaucratic miscommunication and non-payment of subcontractors are to blame for new classrooms not being ready for the start of the new school year.An investigation by The Namibian
readChinese give N$500 000 annually to Unam
23-01-2012
EAST China Mineral Exploration and Development Bureau (ECE), with whom founding President Sam Nujoma reportedly has close ties, annually donates N$500 000 to the University of Namibia (Unam).Kenneth
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