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52 Articles found on Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Namibia still assessing new AIDS drug
18-07-2012
NAMIBIA has advised its citizens against the use of Truvada, the drug reported to prevent HIV infection which the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in the United States on
readBasket lady
18-07-2012
Anna Amunyela of Kuvukiland has decided that unemployment won’t get her down. Each day the residents of the informal settlement in Tsumeb witness how she uses leaves of the makalani palm and the
readNamibian on trial for murder in Zambia
18-07-2012
A NAMIBIAN national, apparently involved in a love triangle, has been charged with murder together with the wife of the deceased and a Zambian national and will appear again in the Sesheke court next
readGovt negotiates salary hikes for public service
18-07-2012
GOVERNMENT is negotiating with the Namibia Public Workers’ Union (Napwu) and the Namibian National Teachers’ Union (Nantu) on an inflationary adjustment by about six per cent of public servants’
readLowest inflation in eight months
18-07-2012
ANNUAL inflation in Namibia hit its lowest level in eight months in June, coming in at 5,6 per cent, down from six per cent in May.June’s figure, released by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA)
readIndian fishermen say US boat fired without warning
18-07-2012
DUBAI – Indian fishermen who survived a hail of gunfire from a United States navy boat off the coast of the United Arab Emirates disputed US claims that their boat drew fire after ignoring warnings to
read‘Starlile’ snap up big names
18-07-2012
AFRICAN Stars have made a major coup with the signing of Black Africa midfielder Bradley Wermann and former Ramblers striker Alfred Ndyenge for the new season. They have also signed up former Orlando
readYour employees’ career paths
18-07-2012
Managers need to stop being so self-interested and instead think about what they can do to help their star employees find that next level of growth, says Harvard Business Review.No boss likes to think
readDBN launches Good Business Award
18-07-2012
OUTSTANDING entrepreneurs will compete for the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) Good Business Award, launched yesterday.Winners of the award, which is open to current and former DBN borrowers, will
readImpregilo investors meet for showdown
18-07-2012
MILAN – Investors in Impregilo met yesterday to vote on whether the builder needs a board overhaul, possibly tipping the balance in a bitter fight to control the group between two prominent Italian
readCall for probe into Barclays’ takeover of Absa
18-07-2012
JOHANNESBURG – President Jacob Zuma must appoint a commission of inquiry into Barclays bank’s takeover of Absa Group in 2005 and its link to the arms deal, activist and author Terry Crawford-Browne
readSpain central bank was ‘ineffective’
18-07-2012
MADRID – The new head of Spain’s central bank yesterday said it had been indecisive and ineffective in combatting the deep financial crisis sparked by the implosion of a massive property market
readHSBC’s lax control led to money laundering
18-07-2012
WASHINGTON – Lax controls at Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through its US operations, a Senate investigation has found.The extensive report
readAnother cold front to batter SA
18-07-2012
CAPE TOWN – A fresh cold front would hit the Western Cape at the weekend, the SA Weather Service said yesterday.Forecaster Puseletso Mofokeng said South Africans should brace themselves from Friday
readUS approves first drug to prevent HIV
18-07-2012
WASHINGTON – United States health regulators for the first time approved using an HIV drug to prevent infection in people who are at high risk of contracting the virus that causes AIDS.Gilead Sciences
readAfrican Briefs
18-07-2012
SA recalls 500 000 HIV test kits JOHANNESBURG – South Africa is recalling 500 000 HIV test kits it ordered from a South Korean company despite a World Health Organisation (WHO) warning over
readAssad will use chemical weapons: top defector
18-07-2012
QATAR – Syrian President Bashar Assad will use chemical weapons against opposition forces and may have already deployed them, Nawaf Fares, the first Syrian ambassador to defect, told the BBC on
readBangladesh corruption reality TV for education minister
18-07-2012
DHAKA – Bangladesh aims to get the full picture on corruption in the education ministry by installing closed-circuit television cameras in its key offices in the capital to catch bureaucrats taking
readWorld Briefs
18-07-2012
Putin vows to back Annan’s plan MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed yesterday to “do everything” to support Kofi Annan’s tattered peace plan for Syria as he hosted the envoy amid
readBill Clinton visits Nelson Mandela’s village
18-07-2012
QUNU – Former president Bill Clinton hailed his close ties with Nelson Mandela on a visit yesterday to the anti-apartheid icon’s rural childhood village ahead of his 94th birthday.“It was a great
readOmukiintu mOshomeya a dhipagwa nonyanya
18-07-2012
Omunangeshefa, Josia Zorro Muhongo[54] okwa pewa iifutilemo oodola omayovi 30 000 konima yoku kala mondjedhililo yopolisi uule woomwedhi mbali metamaneko lyeyugo. Mengestrata, Jermaine Muchali sho a
readOshiponga oshinene sha ningilwa popepi nondjila yokapale koondhila
18-07-2012
OSHIPONGA oshinene sheidhengomumwe lyiihauto osha ningilwa pokapale koondhila ka Ndangwa komatango gOsoondaha ya zi ko moka mwa sile aantu yaali noyendji yeehamekwa unene nokashona, Chief Inspecta,
readSMS mOshiwambo
18-07-2012
*Onda kala nakulwa omukulu meni lyoshilongo,ihe sho nda kiinyolitha nokugandja ehokololo lyandje mo 2010,oshikondo shoveterans oshati ngame anuwa omushona nonando nda valwa 1969,te tameke okukwathela
readOmbaanga ya Barclays oyo ayike yina okulanda iipambuliko moCIH
18-07-2012
OMBAANGA ya Namibia oya endulula kutya ombaanga ya Barclays PLC yo ko England oyo awike yina oku landa iipambuliko yooperesenda 49,9 mombaanga ya Venduka, ndele mbika ka yina oku landwa kombaanga ya
readHitmen in fight for title
18-07-2012
PAULUS ‘The Hitman’ Moses will battle South Africa’s Cassius ‘Hitman’ Baloyi for the WBO International lightweight title on July 28, promoter Nestor Tobias said yesterday. The fight – set for the
readOn court with globe-trotting Sarty
18-07-2012
SARTY Mona Nghixulifwa is on a basketball safari of sorts. She has played ball in Malawi, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. For the past nine months, the former Tomahawks captain has been officiating and
readCUCSA Games in full swing
18-07-2012
THE 16th edition of the Confederation of Universities and Colleges Sports Association (CUCSA) Games are underway in Windhoek. Here is a round-up of results in the various codes so far:FOOTBALL The
readFirst Y-front underpants, now worth billions
18-07-2012
THE start of the 2012 Olympic Games is only a few days away and London is ready. This is the third time that Britain is hosting the Olympics; the first time was in 1908. That was the first time in the
readShooting-China set to remain top guns in London
18-07-2012
NEW DELHI – If the presence of five Olympic champions in their ranks is anything to go by, China’s supremacy in pistol and rifle events is unlikely to wane in London.Since rising to the top of the
readTwo more suspects arrested for counterfeit banknotes
18-07-2012
TWO more suspects allegedly involved in the counterfeit banknote ring cracked by the Erongo police a week ago were arrested in Windhoek on Friday; bringing the total to five suspects, Commissioner
readResettlement farmers face water crisis
18-07-2012
THE farm Oerwoud about 50 kilometres outside Tsumeb on the Tsintsabis road is a government resettlement farm which has only one working borehole. The borehole is on the plot belonging to the TOV
readRDP sit-in still not authorised
18-07-2012
THE secretary to the National Assembly, Jakes Jacobs, yesterday said that the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) did not get permission to continue its sit-in at the Parliament Gardens. The RDP
readOver 160 police officers fired
18-07-2012
OVER 160 members of the Namibian Police have been fired between January and July this year, and 25 others remain suspended for indiscipline.The Deputy Minister of Safety and Security, Erastus Uutoni,
readNursing council tackles maternal deaths
18-07-2012
THE Nursing Council of Namibia has identified student nurse midwife training as one of the areas that need improvement to prevent women and babies from dying in childbirth. Speaking at a press
readNavachab Gold Mine strike continues
18-07-2012
THE wage strike at the Navachab Gold Mine at Karibib entered its sixth day today. Renewed efforts by the company and the union to end the strike proved futile despite the presence of Erongo governor
readMagistrate asked to recuse himself
18-07-2012
HEATED arguments were exchanged in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday about a magistrate’s alleged links to two of the men facing charges over a robbery in which N$2,2 million is claimed to
readKamwi to reshuffle management
18-07-2012
HEALTH Minister Richard Kamwi yesterday revealed his intention to reshuffle the top management of his ministry.Addressing senior health workers of the Karas and Hardap regions during what he termed a
readHousebreaking on the increase
18-07-2012
THE Namibian Police say housebreaking and theft cases are on the increase in the Khomas Region.“A trend of stealing specific electronic items by thieves is emerging. Thieves are now targeting specific
readGovt offers Erindi elephants
18-07-2012
THE Erindi Game Reserve’s hopes to import 200 elephants from South Africa could soon be a reality. Without revealing much, this was hinted by Erindi co-owner Paul Joubert when he told The Namibian
readChasing the dots ... The Beauty of Dirty Laundry
18-07-2012
MANY, many years go “consultants” purporting to represent a bank where I kept money promised me ways to reduce my tax. Pushed, their proposals were ethically doubtful but probably just legal. I
readFive-year jail term over N$1,9 m fraud
18-07-2012
FRAUD which he committed over the course of four and a half years has earned a former employee of Pupkewitz Megabuild, Robert Helao Shivute, a five-year prison term.Shivute was sentenced in the High
readResidents sick of mess in Swakop
18-07-2012
SWAKOPMUND’S central business district has turned into a rubbish dump and business owners have had enough, calling for the immediate removal of the vagrants blamed for the mess.They are complaining
readBethanie residents dismantle camp
18-07-2012
A GROUP of Bethanie residents camping in front of the local council offices on Monday voluntarily dismantled their protest camp. The residents calling themselves ‘The Bethanie Concerned Community’ had
readOtjozondjupa a high accident region
18-07-2012
THE Otjozondjupa Region had the most fatal road accidents in Namibia in the past five years, according to the National Road Safety Council (NRSC).NRSC executive secretary Eugene Tendekule said this at
readSMSes for Wednesday 18 July 2012
18-07-2012
SMS Of The Day *OH my goodness! Another Mercedes-Benz to glorify someone in a town that can’t afford it. What planet are they living on that they think they can justify this kind of extravagance? The
readWedding bells for belly dancer and deputy minister?
18-07-2012
Local belly dancer-cum businesswoman Dalarize Callista, real name Dalah Hapulile, has kept a low profile of late.Sources have it that the reason for this absence is a pregnancy, brought about by
readGoldie is in a happy place
18-07-2012
Big Brother Stargame has officially been left colourless, romanceless and with considerably less imposing eyelashes in the wake of the shocking, yet not entirely unexpected, exit of Goldie, the
readFrom The Twittersphere
18-07-2012
NAMIBIAN tweeps raise the roof on housing prices and mining taxes, go Brazilian about weaves, get hot under the collar over the cold weather, and generally talk the hind leg off a donkey!@buruxadewet:
readVote For Lady May
18-07-2012
By now every Namibian should know how to vote for Lady May – even in their sleep! Our girl is once again up for eviction, breaking the record this year in topping the nominations and the number of
readWIN WITH THE Namibian AND ‘STAR GIST’
18-07-2012
Three lucky readers have a chance to win one of three fabulous ‘Star Gist’ hampers, courtesy of MultiChoice Namibia.To win, please SMS your name, along with the keyword WINNA, to 45045. SMSes cost N$2
readWIN!! Boxing Bonanza! Tickets and cash up for grabs!!
18-07-2012
Stand a chance of winning tickets, or a cash prize, for the July 28 Mega Boxing Bonanza at the Ramatex arena in Windhoek! Two draws and two chances of winning!!Sunshine Boxing Promotions is presenting
readNotable Quotes
18-07-2012
IF we start electing presidential candidates by looking at tribal issues, then that is a deviation from the norm of the Swapo Party of ‘One Namibia, One Nation’, and it would not be clear where to
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