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48 Articles found on Monday, 30 January 2012
Keetmans land invaders defy court order
30-01-2012
NOT even the risk of arrest is convincing some Keetmanshoop residents to leave municipal plots in the Tseiblaagte residential area that they have illegally settled on since last Wednesday. The land
readFamily furious about neglect of patient
30-01-2012
A WINDHOEK family is furious after a relative was made to lie on a cold floor for hours before he was attended to in the psychiatry ward at the Windhoek Central Hospital.Ismael Mbeuserua, who has
readNdishishi’s N$3b dam project flops
30-01-2012
IT is back to the drawing board for the N$2,8 billion Neckartal Dam project after the Tender Board could not reach consensus over the winning tender.The tender process will have to start all over
readIMF leads global push for euro zone to boost firewall
30-01-2012
DAVOS – International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde led a global push on Saturday for the euro zone to boost its financial firewall, saying “if it is big enough it will not get used”.Lagarde,
readLibyan PM calls for security meeting over weapons
30-01-2012
ADDIS ABABA – Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim Keib called yesterday for a regional security conference to tackle a proliferation of weapons by exiled supporters of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.The
readHitman targets quick end to Burns’s world title reign
30-01-2012
PAULUS ‘The Hitman’ Moses intends to make Ricky Burns reign as WBO lightweight champion brief, after learning that the Scot was installed as the new champion on Thursday. Burns was confirmed as the
readFrom The Twittersphere
30-01-2012
NAMIBIANS chronicle the aspirations, perspiration and machinations of daily life, and dissect the world around them:@Hugi_bear: Namibia might be, behind when it comes to technology and
readCalls for protests against Wade
30-01-2012
DAKAR – Senegal’s opposition called on Saturday for popular resistance against President Abdoulaye Wade as the country reeled from riots that erupted after the top court said he could run for a third
readAfrica’s leaders must respect gay rights: UN’s Ban
30-01-2012
ADDIS ABABA – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told African leaders they must respect gay rights, speaking at the opening of a summit yesterday.“One form of discrimination ignored or even
readRomney would rank among richest presidents ever
30-01-2012
WASHINGTON – Just how rich is Mitt Romney? Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. Then double that number. Now you’re in Romney territory.He would be among
readKenya to tackle rates, volatile shilling
30-01-2012
NAIROBI – Kenya’s acting Finance Minister Robinson Githae has said he plans to tackle high lending rates, a volatile local currency and a rising import bill, the Daily Nation reported on
readTunacor’s only agenda is securing employment for workers: Marino
30-01-2012
WALVIS BAY – The managing director (MD) of Tunacor Fisheries, Antonio Marino, says his company’s only agenda is trying to ensure that more than 1 000 workers remain employed at the fishing company.The
readAngola seeks to shake up, grow Portugal BCP bank
30-01-2012
LISBON – Angola’s state-controlled oil company Sonangol – the largest single shareholder in Portugal’s Millennium bcp – wants the bank to gain global scale in a restructuring that involves a
readWoman robbed cop called to help her
30-01-2012
ST. LOUIS – Police say a St Louis woman who allegedly robbed an officer who responded to her call for help was caught when she used his bank card a short time later.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch report
readMerkel to ‘actively support’ Sarkozy re-election
30-01-2012
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will ‘actively support’ French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a fellow conservative, in his spring campaign to win re-election, her Christian Democrat (CDU) party
readJackson doctor wants to be released on bail
30-01-2012
THE doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson’s death on Friday asked a judge to release him from jail pending his appeal.Dr Conrad Murray, who is serving a four-year jail
readUK police arrest Murdoch tabloid staff
30-01-2012
LONDON – British police arrested four current and former staff of Rupert Murdoch’s best-selling Sun tabloid plus a policeman on Saturday as part of an investigation into suspected payments by
readSyrian opposition pushes for UN action
30-01-2012
DAMASCUS – Syrian President Bashar Assad’s opponents sought yesterday to ramp up pressure on the international community for UN action after the Arab League withdrew its observers and 16 soldiers died
readMboka ya yakele oosikopa moMagic Discount pOndangwa ya kwatwa po kopolisi
30-01-2012
Komanda gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Shana Komufala Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa, pethimbo ta popitha Oshigongi shAatoolinkundana pOsasiona yOpolisi ya Ndangwa, okwa ti kutya Opolisi oya kwata po aalumentu
readYokelambo lyiiyagaya yahala iimaliwa
30-01-2012
KONYALA aantu omilongo 30 oya nyanya oku ya kOmbelelwa Ya Prime Minister, Nahas Angula, ta ya holola omadhiladhilo kombinga yiilonga mbyoka ha ya longo yo taya pewa iikulja.Ongundu ndjika oyaa ntu
readEtokolo moshinima shuukwaniilwa
30-01-2012
OMPANGU yOpombanda ya Venduka ina yi gandja etokolo moshinima shoontamanana pokati kElelo lyOpamuthigululwakalo lyAambalantu naangoka a ti oye omuulikwa kwaniilwa gwAambalantu. Iihokolola mbika oya
readOmugameni ta tamanekelwa eyugo po Jac-Mat
30-01-2012
OMUGAMENI gwomaliko po Jac-Mat ngoka a li a langela ehala ndyoka ehuliloshiwike lyayi nokwa tile pehala mpoka opwa yugwa kaantu yaashiwike okwa kwatwa nota tamanekelwa oshinima shoka. Paulus
readOpolisi ota yi konakona oshinima sha ekano lyoshimaliwa poGIPF
30-01-2012
AMUSHANGA ndjayi gwa National Union of Namibian Workers[NUNW], okwa nyanyukwa okuuva kutya opolisi ota yi ka konakona oshinima shiimaliwa mbyoka ya kanena momikuli dha pelwe aaindili okuza moshiketha
readNaigambo shatters marathon record
30-01-2012
BEATA Naigambo shattered the Namibian marathon record on Friday when she came 14th at the Dubai Marathon in a time of two hours, 29 minutes and 20 seconds.Naigambo’s time was an improvement of more
readFootball Results
30-01-2012
Saturday, January 28 English FA Cup Brighton 1 - 0 Newcastle Sheff Utd 0 - 4 Birmingham Bolton 2 - 1 Swansea Leicester 2 - 0 Swindon Millwall 1 - 1 Southampton Hull 0 - 1 Crawley Town West Brom 1 - 2
readGeneration next for women tennis, says Azarenka
30-01-2012
MELBOURNE – Newly crowned Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka believes women’s tennis is in for a fascinating 12 months as a new generation challenges the supremacy of the established
readFemale cricket players invited to Elite Academy
30-01-2012
FOUR female Namibian cricket players were invited to the ICC-Africa Regional Office’s Senior Women’s Elite Cricket Academy from 11 to 14 February in Johannesburg, South Africa.The aim of the academy
readSaudi women to be allowed in sport stadium
30-01-2012
RIYADH – A government-run Saudi Arabian newspaper reports that for the first time in the conservative Muslim country, women will be allowed to attend soccer matches in one of the country’s
readMeyer spells out his mission
30-01-2012
NEW Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer got his first taste of how tough it is going to be to marry the two main tasks he has identified when he attended the announcement press conference at the South
readFerguson ‘sickened’ by Liverpool FA Cup defeat
30-01-2012
LIVERPOOL – Sir Alex Ferguson labelled Manchester United’s 2-1 FA Cup defeat by Liverpool as “sickening” after the champions dominated the tie before being sunk by a late Dirk Kuyt goal.Kuyt’s
readResults
30-01-2012
Saturday, January 28 Ghana 2 – 0 Mali Botswana 1 – 6 Guinea Friday, January 27 Niger 1 – 2 Tunisia Gabon 3 – 2 Morocco Thursday, January 26 Ivory Coast 2 – 0 Burkina Faso Sudan 2 – 2 Angola
readDrogba’s mom cooks for fans
30-01-2012
THE mother of Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba has been cooking for the national team supporters at a makeshift restaurant she set up near the fans’ village in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, where
readFifa asked to get tough on naturalised players
30-01-2012
MALABO – Fifa needs to toughen the rules on naturalised players, Zambia coach Herve Renard said on Saturday as they prepared to face Equatorial Guinea whose entire team were born abroad.“I think Fifa
readThree top plays on menu for Namibian theatre fest
30-01-2012
‘The Teacher’, which deals with Namibian teachers’ struggle with English as a medium of instruction, will form part of the fifth annual theatre festival of Committed Artists of Namibia (CAN).It is
readSMSes for Monday 30 January 2012
30-01-2012
SMS Of The Day *MINISTERS in business: Article 42 of the Namibian Constitution provides as follows: 1. During their tenure of office as members of the Cabinet, Ministers may not take up any other
readRains to resume as cyclone Funso moves away from the southern African region
30-01-2012
AS tropical cyclone Funso moves ever southward on the eastern shores of southern Africa, Namibia can expect more rain in the next week. Cyclone Funso has been moving along the Mozambique channel for
readOtjimbingwe residents demonstrate over brutal murder
30-01-2012
KARIBIB – Residents of Otjimbingwe on Friday staged a demonstration in front of the Karibib Magistrate’s Court to express their anger at the brutal murder of 64-year-old Theresia Tsuses.Tsuses was
readOkahandja bank heist suspect acquitted
30-01-2012
AFTER close to five years in custody, the only person who stood trial in connection with a bank heist allegedly carried out by a gang of Zimbabwean armed robbers at Okahandja in April 2007 is free
readNdeitunga denies removal of Pohamba’s security chief
30-01-2012
THE Inspector General of Police, Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga, last week reiterated an earlier denial that Deputy Commissioner Elias Mutota was not fired as President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s
readMonument’s centenary remembered
30-01-2012
ON January 27 1912, exactly one hundred years ago, Windhoek's Equestrian Monument (Reiterdenkmal) was inaugurated on the birthday of Kaiser Willhelm II.Sculptor Adolf Kurle from Berlin designed the
readBroken schools breed SA’s ‘lost generation’
30-01-2012
JOHANNESBURG – The first blow to Martha Netshiozwe’s future came when her parents died of AIDS. The second came when she ran out of money and had to drop out of a South African high school.Netshiozwe,
readKomeya remains behind bars
30-01-2012
GERHARD Komeya, who allegedly shot and killed his prison-warden lover, remains behind bars.Komeya made a brief third appearance on a charge of murder in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura on
readTaxi hits and kills woman on Western Bypass
30-01-2012
A 25-YEAR-OLD woman died on the Western Bypass on Thursday after she was hit by a taxi.The accident took place at about 20h20 near the NamPower Von Eck power station in the Northern Industrial Area.
readNorth prepares for worse flooding
30-01-2012
THE Deputy Minister of Education, David Namwandi, has called on all parties in the education sector to brace themselves for floods that may hit the north-central and northeastern regions at the
readFather pleads ignorance over twins’ injuries
30-01-2012
THE man accused of raping his twin babies and murdering one of the children in the Otjimbingwe area in mid-2007 denied knowing who had injured the two children when he testified in his own defence in
readNotable Quotes
30-01-2012
I HAVE proof in the form of testimonies from markers and teachers, but none of them want to confront the ministry for fear of their jobs. – Susan Brown, the principal of the Combretum Trust School
read600 Havana families face eviction
30-01-2012
ABOUT 630 families illegally occupying Erf 551 in the Havana informal settlement in Katutura face eviction in March. However the municipality has no money to provide basic services such as water and
read‘Massimo mastered art of living’
30-01-2012
FORMER Italian ambassador to Namibia Massimo Baistrocchi (69), who died in Windhoek last Sunday, was hailed as someone who had “mastered the art of living”.At a function to pay tribute to his life on
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