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49 Articles found on Tuesday, 3 January 2012
New Year’s baby boom
03-01-2012
A TOTAL of 58 New Year’s babies were born in Namibian hospitals on New Year’s Day.The Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital reported the birth of 12 New Year’s babies. According to the maternity ward nurse,
readChild kidnap drama at Swakop
03-01-2012
TWO suspects were arrested at Swakopmund on Thursday on charges of kidnapping and extortion involving a nine-year-old girl.A 23-year-old woman and her 18-year-old nephew were arrested in connection
readDam project on agenda again
03-01-2012
THE Namibian Government’s Tender Board is scheduled to hold another emergency meeting on Friday to clear up a controversy that stemmed from a multibillion-dollar dam construction tender award late in
readSyrian activists heap criticism on Arab League monitors
03-01-2012
DAMASCUS – Activists piled pressure yesterday on Arab monitors to do more to prevent Syrian forces pursuing their brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protesters, amid fresh criticism of the
readDu Plessis targets Burger
03-01-2012
NAMIBIAN flanker Tinus du Plessis, who was recently signed by English Premier League club Wasps, has already set his sights on going toe-to-toe with compatriot and national team captain Jacques
read2012 to be worse than 2011, says Germany
03-01-2012
BERLIN – The new year will probably be worse than the last, but Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, should be able to withstand it, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview
readNigeria sue Rick Ross for cancelled performance
03-01-2012
RAPPER Rick Ross is being sued by Nigeria’s Cross River State after he abruptly cancelled a scheduled performance at a music festival in the country.According to Nigerian Entertainment Today, the
read2011 most watched music videos in SA
03-01-2012
BRITISH actor-comedian Russell Brand is set to make up to £20 million from his divorce from wife Katy Perry, according to reports.The comedian is in line for the huge lump sum in a 50/50 split of the
readZambia’s Sata reconciles with Malawi after row
03-01-2012
LUSAKA – Zambian president Michael Sata said on Friday he had decided to reconcile with eastern neighbour Malawi after a diplomatic row over his 2007 deportation from that country when he was an
readBoko Haram spokesman threatens Nigeria’s Christians and troops
03-01-2012
MAIDUGURI – A purported spokesman for Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has issued an ultimatum to Christians in the country’s north and threatened to confront troops after the president declared a
readSADC seed centre to provide more, cheaper varieties
03-01-2012
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) has established a centre to address seed supply challenges in the region.The SADC Seed Centre is aimed at facilitating the co-ordination and
readPohamba promises focus on Green Scheme in 2012
03-01-2012
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has promised to focus on the expansion of Green Scheme Projects in 2012 in order to boost local food production.In his New Year message, Pohamba said the potential for
readMozambique: Better seeds for better crops
03-01-2012
THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has assisted Mozambique in stepping up quality seed production to increase crop yields, something that is crucial to unlocking the country’s vast
readPut ethics before profits
03-01-2012
Businesses know that they need profits, customers, and ethics to be successful, but not all get the sequence right, says Harvard Business Review.Everyone knows a business needs ethics, customers, and
readEuro vulnerable, hits decade low vs yen
03-01-2012
LONDON – The euro fell to a decade low versus the Japanese yen yesterday as concerns about the financing needs of highly indebted eurozone countries plagued the shared currency into the new calendar
read2011: Traders’ annus horribilis
03-01-2012
LAST year was one that traders would prefer to forget: most Asian equity indexes closed out 2011 deeply in the red. The Nikkei in Tokyo ended the year at its lowest closing since 1982, while China’s
readSo long 2011, hello 2012!
03-01-2012
It’s no secret that the past year has its fair share of ups and downs for Kim Kardashian but the reality star was all smiles as she rang in the new year in Las Vegas. And a new year means a new look
readIt’s going to cost you, Katy: Russell Brand stands to make £20m from divorce
03-01-2012
BRITISH actor-comedian Russell Brand is set to make up to £20 million from his divorce from wife Katy Perry, according to reports.The comedian is in line for the huge lump sum in a 50/50 split of the
readHackers target emails of UK’s Gordon Brown-report
03-01-2012
LONDON – British police have found evidence that private investigators working for newspapers hacked into the email account of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown while he was finance minister, The
readMore than 20 feared dead in Kenyan boat crash
03-01-2012
LAMU – More than 20 people were feared dead after a Kenyan ferry carrying more than 80 passengers capsized on Sunday night following a collision with a cargo boat off the island of Lamu, a popular
readRomney eyes decisive ‘boost’ as Iowa vote looms
03-01-2012
ATLANTIC – Republican presidential hopefuls made eleventh-hour pitches to Iowa voters yesterday, seeking a decisive “boost” over their rivals on the eve of the first contest of this year’s election
readHope for justice, world peace lies with youth: Pope
03-01-2012
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI celebrated New Year’s Day with a homily on world peace which stressed the importance of educating youth in moral values, so they could become “builders of peace.”The
readPohamba a indile pukale uukumwe momumvo ngu
03-01-2012
OMUPERESIDENDE, Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa indile opo oshigwana sha Namibia shikale kumwe nuumvo mokupalamena omashongo gehumokomeho. Metumwalaka lye lyomumvo omupe Omutse gwoshilongo ogwa ti
readPohamba ta ka tala nawa kelongo lyoondya nuumvo
03-01-2012
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa uvaneke ta ka longa niilonga yoproyeka yedhina Green Scheme nuumvo nelalakano lyokulonga nenge oku yeluthapo elongo lyiikulya moshilongo. Euvaneko ndika
readMuumbangalantu mu na ompumbwe onene yomambakumbaku
03-01-2012
NONANDO omvula ya loka nawa muumbangalantu, aalimimapya oyendji otaya lili ompumbwe yomambakumbaku opo ya lime omapya gawo, unene tuu sho iimuna yoondoongi noongombe, mbyoka oyo hayi longithwa
readNCCI ta ti mOoprojeka dhoTIPEEG omu na omaulingilingi aniwa
03-01-2012
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi oshinene shAanangeshefa mOngwerdiva pehulilo lyomumvo gwa yi, Omunashipundi gwOshitayi shEhangano lyAanangeshefa moNooli omusamane Thomas Koneka Iindji okwa indila
readIizemo yondondo ontimulongo ina yi nyanyudha Nantu na Nanso nando
03-01-2012
EHANGANO lyopashigwana lyaalongi lya Namibia[Nantu] olya ti oli uvite hwepo kombinga yiizemo yekonakono lyondondo ontimulongo mbyoka ya pitilemo omanga oKrismesa inaa yi dhana.Ndele Nantu okwa ti ke
readAanona yaheyali ya valwa moVenduka mesiku lyotango
03-01-2012
AANONA yomwaalu omunene oya valelwa moshipangelo shepangelo sha Katutura mesiku lyotango lyomumvo nguka. Aanona ayehe kumwe yeli ya yatano otaku tiwa oya valelwa moshipangelo shoka, ya monika
readOrange naOtjinene ta yi ka hogolola mu Maalitsa nuumvo
03-01-2012
IILANDO mbyoka ya pewa omuthika gwokwiipangela yoyene pamukalo gwomalelo giilando nenge goondoolopa, shOrangemund nOtjinene moshitopolwa sha Karas noshowo shoka shOmaheke ota yi ka hogolola omalelo
readWayne Rooney fined over night out
03-01-2012
MANCHESTER – Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has been fined the equivalent of a week’s wages by the Premier League club for a night out over the Christmas weekend, according to press reports
readLiverpool ponder Suarez appeal
03-01-2012
LIVERPOOL – Liverpool were considering whether to appeal the ban imposed on Luis Suarez after the panel that found him guilty of racial abuse released a report accusing him of giving “unreliable” and
readKvitova shuns ranking talk to focus on titles
03-01-2012
PERTH - Petra Kvitova admits the attention surrounding her attempt to overhaul Caroline Wozniacki at the top of the women’s tennis rankings is getting on her nerves.Kvitova demolished Tsvetana
readMancini urges City to tighten up
03-01-2012
SUNDERLAND – Roberto Mancini has warned his title-chasing Manchester City side they need to understand there is more to football than attack after being caught out in a 1-0 defeat at
readPienaar set for Spurs exit
03-01-2012
TOTTENHAM have told midfielder Steven Pienaar he can leave this month if Sunderland or another club match their £5 million valuation of the South African.Spurs boss Harry Redknapp held a conversation
readRider death overshadows Dakar Rally first day
03-01-2012
SANTA ROSA DE LA PAMPA - The death of Argentinian rider Jorge Martinez Boero overshadowed the first day of the Dakar Rally on Sunday during which Russia’s Leonid Novitzkiy lead the cars section and
readGladiators four points down on Fifa rankings
03-01-2012
THE Brave Gladiators dropped four places on the Fifa/Coca-Cola Women’s World Rankings that were released recently.They are now ranked 121st in the world and 16th in Africa. In the period under review,
readNamibia third at Women’s T20
03-01-2012
NAMIBIA placed third in their first ever international tournament while Uganda were crowned champions as the Pepsi ICC Africa Women’s Twenty20 competition concluded on Friday. Namibia were placed
readVMP rocks Keetmans on New Year’s Eve
03-01-2012
KEETMANSHOOP – Keetmanshoop’s popular music group, VMP, on Saturday hosted a successful show to end the year in style.The Kwaito/R&B group is made up of CT, DJ nxt, DJ Early, Romeo, BK, Zamaz, MoD
readTractor shortage delays ploughing
03-01-2012
DESPITE good rains in many parts of the central north, many mahangu famers are struggling to get tractors to plough their fields.Farmers are complaining that private tractor owners are charging
read!Nara the lifeblood of the Topnaar
03-01-2012
THE Topnaar people live in the lower Kuiseb valley in the Erongo Region, with the unassuming !Nara plant their main source of sustenance. But they are still not getting as much out of it as they
readSouth Africa’s ruling ANC celebrates 100 years
03-01-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s ruling ANC marks its 100th anniversary this week with a huge celebration attended by dozens of heads of state and buoyed by an unbroken 17 years in power since the end of
readSMSes for Tuesday 03 January 2012
03-01-2012
SMS Of The Day *I THINK there is a misconception on how children can master English. To me children MUST be taught English by teachers who are near native speakers. Others believe children must be
readRDP Women’s Council regional coordinator in Karas resigns
03-01-2012
THE regional coordinator of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) Women's Council in Karas, Irene Meintjies, last week resigned in solidarity with members suspended from the party.The party's
readPohamba appeals for unity in 2012
03-01-2012
WINDHOEK – President Hifikepunye Pohamba has appealed to all Namibians to join hands to confront developmental challenges facing the nation this year.Pohamba, in his New Year’s message on Sunday,
readFree China trips for Rundu councillors
03-01-2012
THE managing director of a Chinese construction company has financed trips to her native land for top officials of the Rundu Town Council on more than one occasion.A source inside the Rundu Town
readFewer fatal car accidents in the North
03-01-2012
THE Police in the Oshana Region have reported only one death in a road accident between Christmas and the New Year.The acting regional commander, Chief Inspector Karl Theron, ascribed this success to
readNotable Quotes
03-01-2012
LET us work together to promote national reconciliation and the values of honesty, hard work, tolerance and patriotism. Namibia is my country. Namibia is your country. – President Hifikepunye Pohamba
readCharred corpses found near Brakwater
03-01-2012
TWO burnt-out human bodies were found at two spots in the Brakwater area north of Windhoek on New Year's Eve.By yesterday, the mystery had not been solved. According to Khomas Deputy Commissioner
readRoad accidents claim 60 lives
03-01-2012
SIXTY people died on Namibian roads and 667 people were injured in December, says the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund. The statistics were collected during the MVA Fund’s road safety campaign from
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