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46 Articles found on Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Sorensen slashes libel claim
11-07-2012
A N$10 million defamation claim that property developer Vincent Sorensen lodged against businessman Desmond Amunyela, two newspapers and four journalists in the High Court early this year has been cut
readMore trouble
11-07-2012
Some ‘struggle children’ were injured last night when a police truck in which they were transported overturned at the corner of Hans Dietrich Genscher Street and Independence Avenue opposite the
readPolice, struggle kids in accident
11-07-2012
THE ‘struggle kids’ who were forcibly removed from the Swapo Party headquarters by the Police on Monday blame Swapo Party general secretary and Justice Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana for the action
readNearly N$1 billion worth of building plans approved
11-07-2012
THE City of Windhoek has approved 1 287 building plans so far this year, valued at N$970,5 million.The number of plans which got the go-ahead by the end of June is 0,3 per cent less than the same
readEgypt’s legislature convenes despite court ruling
11-07-2012
CAIRO – Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament opened a new front in the country’s leadership showdowns yesterday by meeting in defiance of orders that disbanded the chamber and brought President
readNam rugby at crossroads
11-07-2012
NAMIBIAN rugby’s prowess in Africa over the past decade has come under threat following their defeat to Madagascar on Sunday which has made qualification for the 2015 Rugby World Cup much more
readBig Brother Stargame: The Namibia-Kenya Connection
11-07-2012
Namibian Big Brother housemate Junia (23) and her 22-year-old student beau, Malonza from Nairobi, Kenya, wasted no time in getting comfortable in the BBA house where they each lived it up and each had
readMali to form 1 200 strong elite force to protect transition
11-07-2012
BAMAKO – Mali’s transition government yesterday announced the creation of an elite force of 1 200 troops to protect the leaders of the country’s embattled interim regime.“Under the direct authority of
readDRC, UN troops reinforce threatened city of Goma
11-07-2012
NEW YORK – The United Nations and Democratic Republic of Congo troops are reinforcing a key city in the east of the country to guard against attack by rebels who have seized ground in recent days, UN
readICC jails Congolese warlord for 14 years over child soldiers
11-07-2012
THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court yesterday sentenced Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga to 14 years in jail for using child soldiers in his rebel army, in the tribunal’s first such
readIn South Sudan, a state of dependency
11-07-2012
MALUALKON, South Sudan – The world’s newest nation relies on oil to finance 98 per cent of its budget. So when the government decided to shut off crude production in January after a dispute with a
readMayor banks quit Dubai Group debt talks
11-07-2012
DUBAI – Royal Bank of Scotland and two other banks have abandoned talks on restructuring Dubai Group’s US$10 billion debt and threatened to bring unprecedented legal action against the investment
readMassmart says in advanced talks to enter Kenya
11-07-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South African retailer Massmart is in talks to enter Kenya, a senior executive said yesterday, the latest step by the unit of Wal-Mart Stores to expand its presence in Africa.“We are in
readMinister may step up sanctions for South African mines
11-07-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s deputy mines minister has threatened to step up sanctions, including closures, for mines which flout health and safety rules resulting in fatalities.Godfrey Oliphant was
readWiFi hotspots bring convenience to City’s mobile web users
11-07-2012
AFRICAONLINE, formerly MWeb Namibia, is rolling out WiFi hotspots in Windhoek, with more centres to follow. Marc Gregan, general manager of AfricaOnline, said the massive increase in users of mobile
readAsking for a new assignment
11-07-2012
Before preparing to ask your boss for a new project or assignment it pays to do extensive preparation and to think through what it would mean to not get the nod, says Harvard Business Review.If you
readAfrican Briefs
11-07-2012
Zuma asked ‘send army’ to CT CAPE TOWN – Western Province premier Helen Zille has asked President Jacob Zuma to send soldiers into gang-infested areas in Cape Town to fight “emergency” levels of
readWorld Briefs
11-07-2012
Chinese flight crew rewarded BEIJING – Chinese state media say an airline has awarded cash and apartments worth millions of dollars to a crew that foiled a hijack attempt last month. Six Uighur
readAlligator bites off US teenager’s arm
11-07-2012
MOORE HAVEN – An alligator at least three metres long lunged at a teenager swimming in a river and bit off the teen’s right arm below the elbow, state wildlife officials said yesterday.Kaleb Langdale,
readWar vets threaten Angolan elections
11-07-2012
LUANDA – A decade after the end of Angola’s brutal civil war, veterans are threatening to block general elections in seven weeks if authorities fail to pay them their promised pensions.“We are
readAsheeke tashi vulika a kuthwe muunashipundi
11-07-2012
OMUNASHIPUNDI shewilikongundu lya Namibia Wildlife Resorts[NWR] Jackie Asheeke okwa pewa sigo oshiwike tashiya opo a gandje omatompelo kutya omolwashike ena oku kala natango muunashipundi wehangano
readAanona yomekondjo ya nyanya moVenduka konima yoku tidhwa
11-07-2012
AANONA mboka yiiluku oyo, aavalelwa mekondjelomanguluko oya kambadhala oku katuka yuuka koombelewa dhehangano lyuuthemba womuntu lya Namibia, nenge NamRights moVenduka metiyali.Omarchinga ndjika oya
readOmushangwa gwosmetela ya Shomeya tagu simononwa
11-07-2012
OMUSHANGWAHOKOLOLO kombinga yohite ya Shomeya kutya oya luudhika nokunyateka omeya goshitopolwa shimwe shomondoolopa ndjoka ogwa fa itaa gu tsuwa kumwe nagwo kaanawino yamwe.Omolwa ehokololo ndyoka
readSMS mOshiwambo
11-07-2012
*Aakalimo yomomukunda Omeyantalala moshikandjohogololo Okankolo , mOshikoto natu popilwe kenota yakwetu, oomvula odhindji twa kala nokwiidhidhimika, okutega kepa, ku tute ayee, olaina yomunino
readEpangelo lya Namibia olyaantu ayehe yehe Pohamba ta ti
11-07-2012
OMAYAKULO noshowo iinima mbyoka hayi gandjwa kepangelo iha yi zi komuntu gumwe nenge kongundu yopolitika yimwe , molwaashoka mbika oha yi futwa niimaliwa yoshigwana. Omayakulo ngoka ogena woo oku
readYouth volleyball team leaves for World Champs
11-07-2012
THE Namibian Youth Boys’ Beach Volleyball team left for the FIVB Youth World Championships on Sunday. The team consists of Tin Hlupic and Gerard Fischer and is being accompanied by Antero Epifanio as
readRef Shikongo gets another Caf call
11-07-2012
CAF has entrusted its Confederation Cup playoff match between giantkillers Black Leopards of South Africa and Sudan’s Al Merreikh to Namibian referee Rainhold Shikongo.The MTC Premiership referee of
readPrimary level upstarts win high-school league
11-07-2012
THE Basketball Artists School, consisting of primary-school children, pulled off a sensational triumph to win the trophy at the Khomas High School League in Windhoek last Saturday.In the playoffs at
readWomen’s golf in spotlight this weekend
11-07-2012
THE Bank Windhoek Namibia Ladies Open Golf Championship will take place on Saturday at the Windhoek Country Club. The Open Championship has become a highlight on the Namibian amateur women’s golf
readI’m no racist, I help Africans says Terry
11-07-2012
LONDON – Chelsea captain John Terry pointed to his work helping African footballers and their charities as evidence he isn’t prejudiced during police interviews heard at his racism trial yesterday.The
readBolt-Blake’s Jamaican rivalry adds intrigue to Olympic track
11-07-2012
ALMOST from the moment Usain Bolt finished his 3-for-3-for-3 performance at the Beijing Olympics - three events, three gold medals, three world records - everyone began to wonder what he would do for
readFrom The Twittersphere
11-07-2012
LIFE is a soapie laced with reality. Or so it seems judging by the Twitter timelines (TLs) of some Namibians! A few of yesterday’s dispatches from the frontline of daily life – from rent to Russia,
read‘Struggle Kids’ trending on Twitter
11-07-2012
DEBATE about the latest controversy involving Namibia’s struggle children was the trending topic on Namibian Twitter timelines yesterday.Views varied but were largely unsympathetic. Government also
readStruggle children: The story as it all unfolded
11-07-2012
Like a messiah, NamRights executive director Phil ya Nangoloh with outstretched arms yesterday commanded the Namibian police to “let all the children come to me”.With a sense of relief, the group of
read15 stowaways awaiting deportation
11-07-2012
SINCE May, 15 stowaways have been arrested at the port of Walvis Bay and are now awaiting deportation.Two of the 15 men are juveniles. The stowaways include Nigerians, Tanzanians and Ghanaians. Five
readSMSes for Wednesday 11 July 2012
11-07-2012
SMS Of The Day *AS someone who grew up in exile, I initially supported the ‘struggle kids’ protests. But now it has become clear that the protesters are embarrassing us with increasingly unrealistic
readRDP plans sit-in at Supreme Court
11-07-2012
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has announced plans to stage a sit-in demonstration at the Supreme Court from July 15 until the verdict on the 2009 National Assembly election case is
readChasing the dots ... Are Inmates Running the Asylum?
11-07-2012
A beauty that emerges from crises is diversionary language created and revival of old metaphors! “Quantitative easing” (printing money), a “credit event”, the Greeks defaulting on €107 billion, and
readOld woman beaten to death
11-07-2012
POLICE have arrested a 30-year-old man who allegedly beat to death his mother with sticks at Omangundu village, some 50 kilometres east of Ondangwa.Paulina Ndawedapo (62) died on Sunday evening and
readNavachab faces a strike
11-07-2012
MORE than 200 workers of the Navachab Gold Mine at Karibib will go on strike tomorrow after salary negotiations between the mine and the Mineworkers Union of Namibian (MUN) reached deadlock.MUN’s
readN$11 900 counterfeit notes seized at coast
11-07-2012
ERONGO police seized counterfeit banknotes with a face value of N$11 900 from a car boot in Swakopmund on Monday.Three Namibian men were arrested and will appear in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court
readMore controversies at electricity board
11-07-2012
COSMAS Kamwi, an engineer at the Electricity Control Board (ECB), was also given the boot recently.This comes on the heels of the news on Monday that two ECB employees were suspended following alleged
readMixed results for Namibia on democracy index
11-07-2012
NAMIBIA remains one of the most unequal societies in the world, the latest Democracy Index compiled by Idasa, a South African think tank reveals. According to the study, the wealthiest 10 per cent in
readFather acquitted of daughter’s rape
11-07-2012
A SHEBEEN and shop owner from Windhoek who was accused of kidnapping and raping his 15-year-old daughter almost nine years ago has been acquitted on all charges in the High Court at Oshakati.The man,
readAllegations of irregularities at Okahao Swapo conference
11-07-2012
ALLEGATIONS of vote buying and tribalism have been made following the Okahao Swapo district conference on June 29.The allegations were made by the former Swapo district coordinator, Natangwe Nambahu,
readNotable Quotes
11-07-2012
WHAT is happening? I ‘m not aware of that rubbish. Even if I had some Indian visiting me – are Indians known for fortune telling? – Siseho Simasiku, the chief executive officer of the Electricity
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