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65 Articles found on Thursday, 26 January 2012
Unam turns thousands away
26-01-2012
THE University of Namibia (Unam) has admitted 4 366 new students out of 15 577 applications received for this academic year.This means that 11 211 people who sought admission to Unam were rejected.
readClose call
26-01-2012
A white Opel Corsa caught fire on a busy junction at the traffic lights in Hosea Kutako Avenue yesterday. The fire brigade was called in and rushed to the scene. Here they are busy extinguishing the
readKhomasdal man shot in cold blood
26-01-2012
FAMILY members, friends and neighbours in Karlin Street, Khomasdal, were left in shock and unable to come to terms with the death of Carlos van Neel yesterday morning.Van Neel (42) appeared to have
read‘Naked maniac’ caught after gruesome murder
26-01-2012
A 64-year-old woman, Theresia Tsuses, was raped and murdered near her home at the Otjimbingwe settlement in the Erongo Region on Tuesday afternoon – while the regional police chief, Commissioner
readObama urges taxing the rich, reining in Wall St.
26-01-2012
WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama used his last State of the Union speech before the November election to paint himself as the champion of the middle class, by demanding higher taxes for
readObama offers populist vision in State of the Nation
26-01-2012
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama wants large tax hikes on millionaires to finance a fair economy for all, a populist vision aimed at convincing crisis-weary voters he merits a second White House
readNBC airs Nations Cup
26-01-2012
MOBILE operator MTC announced yesterday that it had forked out N$550 000 to enable the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation to air the remainder of Orange Africa Cup of Nations. The deal to air the
readAt least 25 die in Mozambique cyclones
26-01-2012
MAPUTO – At least 25 people have been killed as a result of two tropical cyclones that hit central and southern Mozambique over the past two weeks, government officials said yesterday.“Twenty-five
readUS military free American and Dane kidnapped in Somalia
26-01-2012
MOGADISHU – United States military forces helicoptered into Somalia in a nighttime raid yesterday and freed two hostages, an American and a Dane, while killing nine pirates, officials and a pirate
readOne year on, Egypt will demonstrate and celebrate
26-01-2012
CAIRO – Egyptians headed to Tahrir Square yesterday to mark the first anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak with some seeking a new revolt against army rule and others celebrating the
readStart your assignment with phase zero
26-01-2012
BOSTON – In the weeks leading up to a new assignment, carve out and hold sacred at least 30 minutes a day to prepare, says Harvard Business Review.Many managers know when their next promotion is
readTelecom finally signs directory deal
26-01-2012
TELECOM Namibia yesterday issued a press release confirming that TDS Namibia has been awarded a lucrative five-year-long contract to compile national telephone directories.The process has been
readInternational Digest
26-01-2012
BoE chief backs CEO pay restraint LONDON – The governor of the Bank of England has joined calls from Britain’s government and Parliament for banks and other big businesses to curb lavish executive
readAfrican Digest
26-01-2012
Zimbabwe mine licence fees set to soar HARARE – Zimbabwe is set to raise registration fees for platinum mines to US$2,5 million from the US$300 it currently costs to discourage the holding of claims
readAs Africa’s consumers rise, so does inequality
26-01-2012
NAIROBI – In a cafe on the terrace of a Nairobi mall, well-heeled Kenyans sip coffee as shoppers in the car park navigate between BMW X5s, Toyota Land Cruisers and Mercedes.A nearby cinema last month
readGlobal Fund chief quits after funding cuts
26-01-2012
GENEVA – The head of the Global Fund, the largest backer of the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, will step down in March after a misuse of funds led it to cut back on new grants to battle
readA love for predators
26-01-2012
WORLD-RENOWNED big cat conservationists, authors and photographers Jonathan and Angela Scott are heading to Namibia to share their passion for big cat predators.The Scotts have achieved world fame for
readBrighter future at Tsumkwe
26-01-2012
THE official inauguration of the Tsumkwe energy project took place at the settlement in the Otjozondjupa Region yesterday. The Tsumkwe energy project, based on a solar-diesel hybrid system, is
readMark your diary: Namibia Bird Club wetland count
26-01-2012
THE Namibia Bird Club invites all members and interested volunteers to participate in a wetland count in and around Windhoek on January 28 and 29. The locations of the bird count will be at Farm Monte
readA look at Namibian carnivores
26-01-2012
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has set the ball rolling to improve large carnivore legislation and in-depth studies on the various species.In a press statement the MET explained that
readValue of rhino horn could save the species
26-01-2012
WITH the stigma attached to poaching of rhinos and the moral outrage provoked by media reports on ever increasing incidents, Namibia and South Africa may be missing a major economic and environmental
readWorld Briefs
26-01-2012
Boko Haram linked to al Qaeda NOUAKCHOTT – Niger’s foreign minister says a radical Nigerian Islamist sect responsible for a series of deadly attacks received training and weapons from al-Qaida’s
readSA patients get biscuits instead of food
26-01-2012
POLOKWANE – Severe food shortages at Limpopo hospitals have resulted in patients being given biscuits to eat instead of bread, vegetables and fruit.The Star reports that in some state hospitals
readYouths overrun bombed north Nigeria police station
26-01-2012
KANO – Jubilant youths overran a blood-splattered police station yesterday after it was attacked by a radical Islamist sect, revealing a streak of popular discontent with a government that many say
readWorld Briefs
26-01-2012
Dozens die in Philippine landslide PORT MORESBY – As many as 60 people are feared dead after a massive landslide wiped out an entire village in a scene of ‘utter devastation’ in Papua New Guinea,
readEvundakano po Rehoboth
26-01-2012
ONGUNDU ta yi pangele oya indilwa opo yi tule Ominista Yomalelo giitopolwa melandulathano. Eindilo olya ningwa kutya, Jerry Ekandjo na tulwe mondjila oshoka aniwa oye, eeta pu kale omapiyagano melelo
readAanasikola mOseko ya Ngha ya kelelwa iikulya pondje
26-01-2012
AANASIKOLA yomOseko yOpombanda yaNgha mOhangwena oya lombwelwa kOmukuluntusikola gwawo, Andreas Amoomo kutya inaya ka landa we iikulya yuukuki nosho tuu pondje yosikola, oshoka iikulya yawo mbyoka ya
readOonkundana pafupi moAfrica
26-01-2012
Harare: Konyala aantu 90 oya taambelwa moshipangelo ta ya alukwa uuvu wombwela mboka gwa guma woo aantu konyala 600 moshilandopangelo sha Zimbabwe, Harare. Omuwiliki guundjolowele moshilando, Prosper
readMboka itaa ya longo nawa na ya geelwe nenge ya ye
26-01-2012
IILONGA yepangelo oyi na oku shoneka oshinima shoku gandja omayakulo omawanawa nogondjungu. Ishewe iilonga mbika na yi kale woo yi na oshinakugwanithwa, mpoka mboka taya longo nuudhiginini taya
readAafuthi yoongombe ya pewa omimvo ndatu oku longela ondholongo
26-01-2012
AALUMENTU yatatu mboka ya dhipagele ongombe yondema pofaalama popepi noVenduka momayuvi 2005 oya tumwa kondholongo kehe gumwe omimvo ndatu. Mbaka oye na elago oshoka ando omautho goveta yokukondjitha
readEpangelo ota li ka kondjela oshipambuliko
26-01-2012
OONKUNDATHANA kombinga yomutungilo gwa Meatco tadhi ningwa oshilongo ashihe itadhi ka lundulula sha, pahapu yominista yuuunamapya. John Mutorwa okwa ti etokolo lyokabinete kombinga yiilonga
readNamibia ta kwathele Western Cape
26-01-2012
OSHITOPOLWA sha Western Cape, osha taalele ku Namibia, tashi kongo omayele nkene tashi vulu okungambeka elongitho na yi lyomalovu kaantu yasho. Omupremier gwoshitopolwa shoka, Helen Zille okwa
readEtungo lyomihandjo po Unam lya tokelwa
26-01-2012
SIGO oompaka iilonga yokutunga omihandjo dha gwedhwapo poshiputudhilo shopombanda sha Namibia Unam ina yi pwa natango.Omihandjo ndhoka okwa li dha tegelelwa dhi kale dha manithwa andola omwedhi tuuka
readAalongi ya indilwa yeetepo omikalo omipe dhokulonga
26-01-2012
AALONGI oya kumikwa yeetepo omikalo omipe dhokulonga iilongwa yawo unene mpoka pena elongo tali nyengwa nenge tali ndopa. Ekumiko ndika olya ningwa molupe lweindilo okuza ku Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa
readCup of Nations winner
26-01-2012
The fourth winner of a The Namibian goodie bag in our first Africa Cup of Nations competition is: Liswaniso Albert from Katima Mulilo. The other winners were announced in Wednesday’s newspaper.
readBusinesses not into corrupt sport: Mbalula
26-01-2012
BUSINESSES will not invest in sport if a culture of corruption persists, South African Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula said on Tuesday.“We have made it quite clear that we will not
read‘Persecuted’ Balotelli may quit England
26-01-2012
MANCHESTER – Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli feels persecuted and could quit English soccer if what he sees as unfair treatment continues, his agent said on Tuesday.The 21-year-old Italian,
readPending matches resume first division
26-01-2012
THE Southern Stream first division is set to kick off its 2012 programme with four fixtures outstanding from the first round. All four matches – involving Tura Magic, Young Beauties, Young Ones and
readGrimacing Djokovic into Open semis
26-01-2012
MELBOURNE – Top seed Novak Djokovic survived a brief injury scare before setting up an Australian Open semi-final with British rival Andy Murray yesterday.The Serbian defending champion grimaced and
readNew home for Swakop gymnastics
26-01-2012
THE Swakopmund gymnastics club (SCG) will have a new permanent facility in the near future, thanks to fundraising by the Dongina Risser Gymnastics Foundation. The fundraising is still continuing and
readEthiopia lifts Bekele Olympic ban
26-01-2012
BRUSSELS – The suspension of Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele and 34 others was lifted Tuesday, clearing the way for the Ethiopian great to run at the London Games.Ethiopian Athletics Federation
readBrave Gladiators in must-win away tie
26-01-2012
THE Brave Gladiators will have to go for broke when they take on Tanzania on Saturday in Dar es Salaam in their African Women’s Championship qualifiers second leg.The Gladiators are trailing 2-0 after
readNFA prepares to host Women’s Championships
26-01-2012
NAMIBIA Football Association president John Muinjo says they have begun organising the 2014 Caf Women’s Championship, which Namibia will host.Muinjo said earlier this week that they want to make a
readAfcon Fixtures
26-01-2012
Thursday, January 26 Sudan v Angola 18h00 Ivory Coast v Burkina Faso 21h00 Results Tuesday, January 24 Mali 1 – 0 Guinea Ghana 1 – 0 Botswana
readGoals and fans thin on the ground in Nations Cup
26-01-2012
MALABO – Goals and fans were thin on the ground at the Nations Cup as Ghana and Mali kicked off their campaigns with single-goal wins in a depressingly empty stadium in Franceville on Tuesday.Captain
readPorous Burkinabé face solid favourites
26-01-2012
MALABO – Burkina Faso must stop conceding soft goals if they are to have any hope of defeating Ivory Coast tonight and getting their Africa Cup of Nations campaign back on track.Error-ridden defending
readZille on Eveline Street, ANC and the media
26-01-2012
EVELINE Street in Katutura will form the point of departure when the Western Cape rolls out a “high street model” to try and get rid of shebeens in residential areas.Western Cape Premier Helen Zille
readWhat community policing?
26-01-2012
A WINDHOEK resident says despite living in Khomasdal North, he is yet to reap the rewards of the community policing pilot project launched last year.The Police divided Wanaheda into five
readTB patient found dead in veld
26-01-2012
THE body of a man who was found dead in Windhoek’s Northern Industrial area on Sunday is that of Neels van Rooi.According to Chief Inspector Barry de Klerk, the 58-year-old man discharged himself from
readSuspect awaits verdict over school stabbing
26-01-2012
A YOUNG man who is accused of murdering his girlfriend in a stabbing at a school in the Kavango Region almost two years ago is due to hear the verdict in his trial in the High Court at Oshakati
readStill no resolution for Bowker Hill
26-01-2012
FRUSTRATION and anger boiled over again at a second public consultation meeting last week to discuss the erection of a cluster of MTC cellphone towers in the upmarket Ludwigsdorf area of Windhoek. A
readSecurity guard charged with Jac-Mat robbery
26-01-2012
PAULUS Ruben, a security guard who claimed that he was overpowered at Jac-Mat Super Centre in Windhoek over the weekend, is behind bars for the crime.According to Chief Inspector Barry de Klerk, Ruben
readMariental residents plan another march
26-01-2012
ANGERED by alleged misappropriating of council money, poor service delivery and skyrocketing municipal services, Mariental informal settlement residents plan to stage another protest march today. This
readHelen Zille’s visit ‘not political’
26-01-2012
THE visit by Helen Zille, Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa and leader of that country’s official opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA), should not be seen as significant in
readHardap SPYL leader says he is still in charge
26-01-2012
THE Hardap Swapo Party Youth League regional secretary, Titus Huisemab, has rejected his recent ousting by the youth wing’s regional executive leadership.At a recent press conference convened at
readHanse-Himarwa returns to her old ways
26-01-2012
HARDAP governor Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, who kept a low profile last year following her appointment by President Hifikepunye Pohamba, says she will be more vocal on the speedy implementation of
readDumpsite group march for money
26-01-2012
AT least 30 people marched to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Tuesday to protest against the food-for-work programme and asking for a cash-for-work system instead.The group are all linked to
readViolence in prisons a complex issue
26-01-2012
THE Namibian Prison Service should aggressively evaluate offenders upon admission, make accurate placements, speed up rehabilitative efforts and manage the correctional environment
readCity Police claim drop in crime
26-01-2012
CRIME in Windhoek was contained during 2011, and fewer car accidents were recorded in the city over the 2011/2012 festive season in comparison to the previous year.Speaking at a media briefing on the
readA tribute to Massimo Baistrocchi
26-01-2012
FRIENDS of the late Massimo Baistrocchi, former Italian ambassador to Namibia who died in Windhoek on Sunday evening, are invited to pay tribute to him on Friday night at a function at the National
readFinnish embassy lends helping hand to DRFN project
26-01-2012
THIS week the embassy of Finland in Windhoek granted funding to the tune of N$2,2 million to a water and sanitation project of the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia (DRFN). The funding agreement
readNotable Quotes
26-01-2012
I THINK I am the most dangerous unarmed woman on the planet. [Looks to audience] I could literally kill every single person in this room with my bare hands if I had them one at a time. – Ronda Rousey,
readSMSes for Thursday 26 January 2012
26-01-2012
SMS Of The Day *PARENTS now at the end of exams, and after a whole year saying this particular school or teachers are not doing their job, it’s too late. Be responsible for your kids. Help educate
readFrom The Twittersphere
26-01-2012
WAS Western Cape Premier Helen Zille bamboozled when it comes to the Khomas Region’s liquor law? Some Namibian tweeps think so! Otherwise, mopani worms flee as The Dogg grinds his teeth, and other
readLiberia and Sierra Leone join BBA
26-01-2012
ETHIOPIA’S out, Mozambique’s going to have some or the other mysterious role, and housemates from Liberia and Sierra Leone will take part for the first time when BBA hits TV screens on Sunday, May
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