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58 Articles found on Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Etale back in business
04-01-2012
ALL four of Etale Fishing’s vessels will return to the fishing grounds before the end of the week to catch the company’s quota after a lengthy court battle with the Ministry of Fisheries to renew its
readPolice probe link between charred bodies
04-01-2012
DEPUTY Commissioner Silvanus Nghishidimba yesterday said the Police are trying to establish if there is a link between the two charred bodies found at two spots near Brakwater on New Year’s Eve.He
readHarmful smoke
04-01-2012
Smoke billowing out of a chimney at Tsumeb.The photo was taken on December 31 at lunchtime. The smoke is from old tyres which are burnt every year-end. Apparently it is an old practice at Tsumeb that
readHealth Ministry battles malnutrition
04-01-2012
HEALTH authorities in the Karas Region have been treating 47 children at the Keetmanshoop District Hospital for malnutrition since November.Of the 47, 13 were severely malnourished. The children are
readBotswana nurses eye Namibian jobs
04-01-2012
AT least 30 Botswana nurses are looking for greener pastures in Namibia after they were fired following a civil servants’ strike in Botswana last year.Although no official agreement exists between the
readLos Angeles police arrest German man in arson spree
04-01-2012
LOS ANGELES – Authorities arrested a German man on Monday in connection with dozens of suspected arson attacks that destroyed parked cars, scorched buildings and rattled much of the second-largest
readKaras promises to be ready to host Newspaper Cup
04-01-2012
THE Karas Region Newspaper Bid Committee chairman, Gabriel Freyer, has promised that the region will be ready to host this year’s The Namibian Newspaper Cup. His assurance followed a recent progress
read‘Made in Namibia’ to boost growth in 2012
04-01-2012
MANUFACTURING in Namibia is likely to grow by 3,9 per cent this year, driven by cement, beverage and food production, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) has said.The expected growth will be a welcome
readWhat’s the big deal over my fees – Zahara
04-01-2012
SOUTH African music sensation Zahara has spoken for the first time on the issue of her “high” performance fee. Zahara, who last year surprised all and sundry by breaking the local music logjam by
readLibyan assembly to reserve 10 % of seats for women
04-01-2012
TRIPOLI – Ten per cent of the seats in a proposed Libyan constituent assembly will be reserved for women, a draft electoral law published on Monday said, triggering harsh reaction from a human rights
readZim police stop Anglican prayer retreat
04-01-2012
HARARE – Zimbabwean police stopped a retreat of 80 clergy over claims that their prayer gathering was not given police clearance under sweeping security laws, the country’s mainstream Anglican church
readSouth Sudan flashpoint town under government control
04-01-2012
JUBA – South Sudan’s army is in “full control” of a flashpoint town, after thousands of villagers fled into the bush to escape a marauding militia army in the world’s newest country, officials said
readSenegal’s Youssou N’dour to stand for president
04-01-2012
DAKAR – Senegalese world music star Youssou N’dour said he will stand in next month’s presidential elections, mounting a high-profile challenge to the West African state’s veteran leader Abdoulaye
readNo drastic food price respite expected
04-01-2012
ROME – Food prices may ease in 2012 due to a slowing global economy, though no drastic drop from high levels is expected, the new director-general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
readDon’t worry about your first job
04-01-2012
New graduates should remember that no matter what job you choose today, you build skills and create options for the long term: the learn, earn, contribute trifecta.Graduates, take note: Few people
readInternet fraud cons Namibians out of N$3,5m
04-01-2012
COMPANIES, consumers and Government were swindled out of nearly N$6 million in 2010 through reported commercial crime, ranging from false cheques and employer claims to card and internet
read‘US won’t give a dollar to save Europe’
04-01-2012
MILAN – US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told an Italian newspaper that Europe must solve the eurozone debt crisis without any help from the United States.“The US must take care of its
readSpain’s unemployment hits fifteen-year high
04-01-2012
MADRID – The number of people in Spain filing for unemployment benefits hit a 15-year high in December.The Labour Ministry said yesterday that 4,42 million people are now out of work, as December saw
readGreece: Clinch bailout or face eurozone exit
04-01-2012
ATHENS – Greece will have to leave the eurozone if it fails to clinch a deal on a second, 130-billion-euro bailout with its international lenders, a government spokesman said yesterday.It was an
read‘Half the problems start from the World Economic Forum’
04-01-2012
NEW DELHI – Top Indian industrialist Rajiv Bajaj mocked the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos yesterday, saying the annual power bash in the Swiss Alps was the source of half the world’s
readRand starts year on firmer footing
04-01-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s rand was slightly firmer against the dollar on the second trading day of the year yesterday and should stay largely rangebound as market players drift slowly back after
readPakistanis clash with police over gas shortages
04-01-2012
ISLAMABAD – Pakistanis angry at gas shortages blocked a major highway and clashed with police for the second day yesterday, adding pressure on a government bogged down by scandal, near economic
readSenegalese turn to horse-drawn carts in strike
04-01-2012
DAKAR – Thousands of Dakar residents found themselves stranded on Monday as bus and taxi drivers took part in a two-day strike over high fuel prices, leaving some to turn to horse-drawn carts to get
readOutcry in Nigeria as fuel prices more than double
04-01-2012
LAGOS – Irate drivers in Africa’s most populous nation paid more than twice the usual price Monday after the government quietly removed a long-cherished consumer subsidy that had kept gas affordable,
readBeyonce not a new mom yet despite reports
04-01-2012
BEYONCE has dismissed rumours suggesting she gave birth to her first child at the end of last week the same way she announced her pregnancy – by stepping out with her baby bump.Reports that the singer
readUsher responds to ex-wife’s child custody claim
04-01-2012
USHER has filed legal documents asking a judge to dismiss his ex-wife’s demand for full custody of their kids.The R&B star’s former partner Tameka Raymond filed paperwork in Georgia last month
readIran threatens US Navy as sanctions hit economy
04-01-2012
TEHRAN – Iran yesterday threatened to take action if the United States. Navy moves an aircraft carrier into the Gulf, Tehran’s most aggressive statement yet after weeks of sabre-rattling as new US and
readEndiki lyoombuto moSADC noombuto dhombiliha lya dhikwapo moshitopolwa
04-01-2012
EHANGANGO lyuukumwe wehumokomeho muumbugantu wAfrica,[SADC] olya tulapo endiki opo li longe kombinga yoku gandja oombuto dhoku kuna moshitopolwa nopamukalo nguka oku kuthapo eshongo lyegandjo
readAagundjuka oyo ya humbata uuyuki
04-01-2012
OMUPAPA, okwa kumike aakuluntu ya longe aagundjuka esimano lyoohedhi nomakankameno omawanawa opo yo ya ninge aatungi yombili muuyuni. Omupapa Benedict XVI okwa ningi eindilo ndika metumwalaka lye
readOmukwatakanithi gwewa lyaakiintu yoRDP a thigipo iilonga ye mbyoka
04-01-2012
OMUKWATAKANITHI gwopashitopolwa gwongundu yo Rally for Democracy and Progress, mewawa lyaakiintu moshitopolwa sha Karas okwa ethapo iilonga mbyoka oshiwike shayi. Irene Meintjies okweethapo
readIiponga yiiyenditho iishona ya ningwa muumbangalantu
04-01-2012
OPOLISI moshitopolwa shaShana oya lopota ashike eso limwe lyeetwa koshiponga sho sheenditho pokati koKrisimesa nOmumvo omupe moshitopolwa shoka.Omugandjimalombwelo ta kwathele moshitopolwa shoka Chief
readIiponga yomoondjila ya dhipaga 60
04-01-2012
AANTU omilongo 60 oya sile miiponga yomoondjila miitauwa ya Namibia, omanga 667 oya li ya ehamekwa momwedhi gwayi, pahokololo lya Motor Vehicle Accident Fund. Omiyalu dha gandjwa ku MVA odha li dha
readOraata yootendela moonkundathana ishewe
04-01-2012
EWILIKONGUNDU lyokugandja iilonga yepangelo komahangano ga yooloka ota li ka gongala pa ulumompumbwe oshiwike shika. Oraata nenge ewilikongundu lyootendela dhepangelo ota li ka gongala metitano ndika
readZambia wants Namibia friendly
04-01-2012
THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) is hoping to add Namibia and Kenya to its friendly match programme in South Africa before Zambia heads to the African Cup of Nations from January 21 until
read‘Kaka’ set for Cosmos trials
04-01-2012
PANDULENI ‘Kaka’ Nekundi has been invited to attend trials at South African Premiership side Jomo Cosmos from Sunday. Nekundi confirmed the planned trial to The Namibian Sport yesterday. The
readMinister assures security of Bangladesh team
04-01-2012
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s interior minister yesterday promised comprehensive security to the Bangladesh cricket team if it becomes the first international side to tour the country in more than three
readFederer braced for busy 2012
04-01-2012
DOHA – Roger Federer is hoping his ageing body will be able to stand up to a hectic start to 2012, the former world number one said on Monday.The 30-year-old Swiss begins the countdown to the first
readFootball Results
04-01-2012
Monday, January 2 English Premier League Fulham 2 - 1 Arsenal QPR 1 - 2 Norwich Wolves 1 - 2 Chelsea Aston Villa 0 - 2 Swansea Blackburn 1 - 2 Stoke Fixtures Wednesday, January 4 English Premier
readWe’re back in it, says jubilant Villas-Boas
04-01-2012
WOLVERHAMPTON – Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas claimed his team are back in the Premier League title race following their last-gasp victory over Wolves.Frank Lampard’s dramatic 89th-minute goal
readUnderdogs fan lands ‘impossible’ bet
04-01-2012
LONDON – A fan who staked just five pounds on three of the most unlikely Premier League results of the season last weekend won 7 590 pounds (US$11 800) when they all proved correct.The Everton fan
readFooty transfer talk
04-01-2012
AC Milan eye Balotelli, Tevez AC Milan want to acquire controversial pair Carlos Tevez Mario Balotelli in a sensational twin-transfer swoop concoction they intend to fund by selling Alexandre Pato
readWenger rages at referee after Arsenal defeat
04-01-2012
LONDON – Arsene Wenger blamed referee Lee Probert following Arsenal’s dramatic 2-1 defeat at Fulham and claimed his team have been unfairly denied penalties in four of their last five Premier League
readFerguson expects United response
04-01-2012
MANCHESTER – Sir Alex Ferguson will be looking for a typical response from his Manchester United side when they head to Newcastle tonight.The Premier League champions suffered a surprise 3-2 home
readUgly Creatures rock at Katutura venue
04-01-2012
THE rebirth of Namibia’s supergroup from the 1970s, the Ugly Creatures, continued with another sold-out concert at the Katutura Community Hall on Friday.The show, which was hosted to bid farewell to
readSMSes for Wednesday 04 January 2012
04-01-2012
SMS Of The Day *FELLOW Namibians, let’s look at our strengths in 2011 and build on them. Let us also vow not to celebrate mediocrity in whatever we do and reward excellence; let us do away with empty
readNo road deaths in New Year yet
04-01-2012
FOURTEEN car crashes took place in Namibia during the first two days of January but nobody died in any of the accidents. According to the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund’s statistics, 32 people were
readNorthern river levels drop as Angolan rain stop
04-01-2012
RIVER levels on Namibia’s northern boundaries are falling fast because of low rainfall in key catchment areas in Angola during the last weeks of December. Until the last days of 2011, the Kunene,
readReho Spa in limbo
04-01-2012
BY April this year the once sought-after Reho Spa resort of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) at Rehoboth will have been closed for exactly a year. NWR has been searching for a replacement contractor to
readPolice patrols curb violent crime in Karas Region
04-01-2012
A SPECIAL Police operation against alcohol-related violence succeeded in reducing violent crime in the Karas Region over the festive season. Acting regional commander Johannes Tsuseb yesterday said
readChasing the dots ... The Alternative: Let’s Go for Broke!
04-01-2012
2011 pushed me to a realisation that rational dialogue between people and those governing them under multiple forms of democracy or more lenient forms of despotism, while possibly still making sense
readKidnap accused remain in custody
04-01-2012
THE two suspects who were arrested at Swakopmund last week on kidnapping and extortion charges were refused bail when they appeared in the town’s magistrate’s court yesterday.Veyonne Beukes (23) and
readIivula-Ithana urges businesses to invest locally
04-01-2012
MINISTER of Justice and Swapo secretary general Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has appealed to businesses awarded government contracts to provide quality work and not cheat the State through substandard
readS Hoff vs E Hoff saga continues
04-01-2012
THE Police yesterday confirmed that Susanne Hoff has laid charges of theft against her estranged husband, Egbert.Egbert Hoff allegedly stole a stallion worth N$100 000 and a horse box worth N$40 000.
readHeatwave to continue, no rain in sight
04-01-2012
SCORCHING heat has kept Namibians hiding in their homes or under shade trees for the last few weeks. The south is suffering the worst. On Monday, Mariental’s maximum temperature shot up to 40 degrees
readWoman in court over baby’s murder
04-01-2012
RUNDU – A 21-year-old woman accused of killing a two-month-old baby by slitting her throat appeared in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court yesterday.Veronika Nehepo Sangotjo was arrested on Thursday last
readSusan Mitchinson in search of God and ‘the line’
04-01-2012
ARTIST Susan Mitchinson opened her studio at her house on the smallholdings outside Swakopmund to the public over the festive season to share her work with those interested in art and to see how they
readAnger over ‘delayed justice’ in DCP saga
04-01-2012
NEWS that Government has solicited the services of a South African company, Nexus Forensic Services, to do yet another audit of the Government Institutions Pension Fund’s (GIPF) failed Development
readNotable Quotes
04-01-2012
WELCOME to Twitter… @rupertmurdoch. I’ve left you a Happy New Year message on my voicemail. – John Prescott, former British Labour party deputy leader, tweeted media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Prescott
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